Government and politics
Online catalogue
- The following link takes you to a list of collections held at LSE Archives relating to politics and government: Archives catalogue.
- Click on any name on that list to show the collection-level description for those papers (such as biographical or administrative information, and the scope of the papers).
- Some collections are catalogued to item-level on the Archives catalogue. For a full list of these see Completed Catalogues.
Briefing papers
Labour history leaflet (PDF)
Liberal history leaflet (PDF)
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Main collections
LSE Archives holds many papers relating to government, including archives relating to:
- all the main political parties
- political organisations
- politicians
- civil servants
- political scientists
 The following is a list of some collections of political parties and organisations held at LSE Archives (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):
- Centre for Policy Studies (CPS)
- Fabian Society (FABIAN SOCIETY)
- Federal Union and Federal Trust for Education and Research (FEDERAL UNION)
- Independent Labour Party: for a handlist see ILP
- Liberal Democrat Party (LIBERAL DEMOCRATS)
- Liberal Party (LIBERAL PARTY)
- Tory Reform Group (TRG)
The following is a list of some of the papers of politicians, civil servants and political scientists held at LSE Archives:
- Samuel Adams, 1900-1951: for a handlist see ADAMS V
- Paddy Ashdown, 1941- (ASHDOWN)
- William Beveridge, 1879-1963: see the Archives Catalogue for details
- Robert Chorley, 1895-1978 (CHORLEY)
- Anthony Crosland, 1918-1977 (CROSLAND)
- Hugh Dalton, 1887-1962 (DALTON)
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 Andrew Faulds, 1923-2000 (FAULDS)
- Geoffrey Finsberg, 1926-1996 (FINSBERG)
- Hugh Jenkins, 1908-2004: for a handlist see JENKINS
- Dr Donald Johnson, 1903-1978: for a handlist see JOHNSON
- Sir Gilbert Longden, 1902-1997 (LONGDEN)
- Violet Markham, 1872-1959 (MARKHAM)
- Sir Andrew Mcfadyean, 1887-1974 (MCFADYEAN)
- Michael Meadowcroft, 1942- (MEADOWCROFT)
- Edmund Morel, 1873-1924 (MOREL)
- Alfred Morris, 1928- (MORRIS)
- John Stuart Mill, 1806-1873 (MILL-TAYLOR)
- Michael Oakeshott, 1901-1990 (OAKESHOTT)
- John Parker, 1906-1987: for a handlist see PARKER
- William Piercy, 1886-1966: for a handlist see PIERCY
- Denis Pritt, 1887-1972 (PRITT)
- John Redcliffe-Maud, 1906-1982 (REDCLIFFE-MAUD)
- Neville Sandelson, 1923-2002: for a handlist see SANDELSON
- Robert Sheldon, 1923-: for a handlist see SHELDON
- Peter Shore, 1924-2001 (SHORE)
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 David Steel, 1938- (STEEL)
- Richard Titmuss, 1907-1973: (TITMUSS)
- Graham Wallas, 1858-1932: for a handlist see WALLAS
- Beatrice Webb, 1858-1943 and Sidney Webb, 1859-1947 (PASSFIELD)
- George Wigg, 1900-1983: for a handlist see WIGG
- Juliet Rhys Williams, 1898-1964 (RHYS WILLIAMS J)
Small collections
For a guide highlighting some of our smaller collections see: Small political collections.
Rare books
Many of the rare books held at LSE Archives relate to government and politics. Highlights include first editions of David Ricardo's 'On The Principles of Political Economy and Taxation', 1817 and JS Mill's 'On Liberty', 1859; minutes of the Labour Representation League, 1873-1878; and the manuscript of Edward Pease's 'History of the Fabian Society'. See especially:
Further information
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