Guide to holdings

The Library has been acquiring archives since 1898 and holds over 1400 archive collections supporting research across the social sciences.

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Our most popular collections include the papers of: 

  • William Beveridge (economist)
  • Charles Booth (author of the Survey of Life and Labour of the People in London)
  • Hall-Carpenter Archives (archives of lesbian and gay activism)
  • Independent Labour Party
  • London School of Economics and Political Science
  • Bronislaw Malinowski (anthropologist)
  • Sidney and Beatrice Webb (social reformers)

For more information, please complete a Search Request form or contact us on Document@lse.ac.uk.

 

Contents

Anthropology

Business History

Charles Booth Online Archive

Completed catalogues

Economics and economic history

Family history

Government and politics

History of LSE

Industrial relations

International history and relations

Lesbian and gay archives

Local history

Online resources

Philosophy

Bernard Shaw papers

Sociology and social policy

 

Quick links

Archives catalogue

Rare books

Library catalogue

Illustration

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