Economics and economic history

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• Information about the Land Utilisation Survey maps.
• For information on the Ionian Bank cataloguing project see Projects
• The Ionian Bank Limited Court of Directors minute books have been digitised
• Ionian Bank leaflet (PDF)

Online catalogue

• See the online Archives catalogue for a list of our main collections relating to economics and economic history.
• For a list of those collections with a full item-level catalogue on the Archives catalogue see Completed Catalogues.
• A few collections have handlists which are not currently available on the Archives catalogue: if so, links are provided below. The handlists will be added to the online catalogue as soon as possible.

Main collections

LSE Archives holds the papers of significant economists, including (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):

• William Beveridge, 1879-1963: see the Archives Catalogue for details
• John Barton, 1789-1852 (SR 1088)
• Edwin Cannan, 1861-1935 (CANNAN)
• Evan Durbin, 1906-1948 (DURBIN)
• James Meade, 1907-1995 (MEADE)
• John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873 (MILL-TAYLOR)
• Alban William Housego Phillips, 1914-1975 (PHILLIPS)
• William Piercy, 1886-1966 (PIERCY): for a handlist see PIERCY
• Alan Prest, 1919-1985 (PREST): for a handlist see PREST
• Richard Henry Tawney, 1880-1962 (TAWNEY): for a handlist see TAWNEY
• Reginald Welby, 1832-1915 (WELBY)

Each archive may include:

• Professional papers, e.g. correspondence and lecture notes.
• Personal papers, e.g. diaries and family documents.

LSE Archives also holds the institutional papers of economic organisations, including:

• British Association for the Advancement of Science, Section F: Economics (SECTION F)
• Colonial Economic Research Committee and related organisations (COLONIAL RESEARCH)
• Economic History Society (ECONOMIC HISTORY SOCIETY)
• Ionian Bank (IONIAN BANK)
• Political Economy Club (PEC)
• Political and Economic Planning (PEP)
• Royal Economic Society (RES): for a handlist see RES
• Tariff Commission (TARIFF COMMISSION)
• Youth Movement Archive: Kibbo Kift and Social Credit Party (YMA)

For more information see the Archives catalogue.

Rare books

Many of the Rare Books held at LSE Archives relate to economics. Highlights include first editions of Adam Smith's 'An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations', 1776 and David Ricardo's 'On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation', 1817. See especially:

• Bonar Collection
• Cannan Collection
• Jevons Collection

Surveys of economic and social data

LSE Archives holds some papers regarding economic surveys, including Charles Booth's survey into life and labour in London, 1886-1903 (see the Charles Booth Online Archive).

For more information see the Archives catalogue or our Archives of social investigation leaflet (PDF).

Other topics

LSE Archives also holds other archives of interest to economic historians:

• Account books (pre-19th century): see the Archives catalogue
• Banks: see the Archives catalogue
• Business history: see the Archives catalogue

Transport

LSE Archives holds many papers regarding transport history.

• Main collections: see the Archives catalogue.
• Small deposits: see the Archives catalogue.
• Some collections include papers regarding transport policy: see the Archives catalogue.
• Handlist of the Bridges, canals, roads etc. in Scotland collection (COLL F)
• Handlist of the papers of Ellis Hadfield, 1909-1996, canal historian (Hadfield)

Further information

• Guide to holdings
• Rare books
• Library subject guides
• Other archival resources
• Contact LSE Archives: Document@lse.ac.uk

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