Projects

Introduction

On this page you will find information on current and recently completed projects. Externally funded project work is carried out by LSE Archives in order to promote and widen access to the collections held in the archives. Projects vary according to the requirements, nature and size of archival collections and can range from a few months to several years.

The Story of a Peace Movement

‘The Story of a Peace Movement’, supported by the Nuclear Education Trust and LSE Annual Fund, is part of an archival and educational programme developed by LSE and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of CND in 1958. A touring exhibition using material drawn from the CND collections at LSE Archives has been created, accompanied by an online version. As the final stage of the project, archives still held at CND National Office will be brought to LSE Archives to create a comprehensive, catalogued and publicly accessible collection at LSE. For more information about the project see CND: The Story of a Peace Movement.

The Foyle Foundation Project

This project is sponsored by The Foyle Foundation and endeavours to widen access to a wealth of previously unseen social and political heritage. This three year project has produced detailed catalogues of eight political archives, opening up over 500 boxes of previously unseen material on a wide range of topics including:

• the development of UK local government after World War II
• UK administration of World War II
• UK's involvement and entry into Europe
• Conservative Party policy and 'One Nation' conservatism
• advocacy of disability rights.

The catalogues of the following collections have been completed as part of this project and are available via the Archives catalogue (reference codes to the documents are in brackets):

Andrew Matthew William Faulds, 1923-2000, politician, actor (FAULDS)
Federal Union, 1938-, and Federal Trust for Education and Research, 1945- (FEDERAL TRUST)
Geoffrey Finsberg, 1926-1996, Baron, politician (FINSBERG)
Sir Gilbert James Morley Longden, 1902-1997, knight, politician (LONGDEN)
Ronald William Gordon Mackay, 1902-1960, politician (MACKAY)
Sir Andrew McFadyean, 1887-1974, knight, civil servant (MCFADYEAN)
Alfred Morris, 1928-, Baron Morris, politician (MORRIS)
John Primatt Redcliffe-Maud, 1906-1982, Baron, civil servant and diplomat (REDCLIFFE-MAUD)

In December, an exhibition using material from these eight archives will be staged both in the Library foyer and online. The exhibition will focus on the topic of international relations and will feature items relating to the European Union, the United Nations and the Council of Europe.

In the final stage of the project, 24 archival catalogues - including the papers of Bert Oram, Hugh Jenkins, Henry Broadhurst and the North Lambeth Labour Party - will be published and made available on the Archives catalogue. Each new catalogue will be included on our list of completed catalogues when it is available online.

To find out about other political archives at LSE see Government and politics.

1967 & All That

The 1967 & All That project was successfully completed in February 2008. It was funded by the Heritage Lottery Fund to mark the 40th anniversary of the 1967 Sexual Offences Act, which partially decriminalised homosexuality. For further information see: Completed Hall-Carpenter Archives project: 1967 & All That.

David Steel and Richard Wainwright Project

November 2007 saw the successful completion of a project to catalogue the papers of Liberal politicians Richard Wainwright (MP Colne Valley 1966-1970; Feb 1974-1987) and David Steel (MP Roxburgh, Selkirk and Peebles 1965-1983; MP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale 1983-1997; Leader of the Liberal Party 1976-1988). The project has opened up two important collections central to the post-war history of the Liberal Party.

Both catalogues are now available online via the Archives Catalogue (Refs: WAINWRIGHT R and STEEL). For further information regarding other political collections held by the LSE Archives Division please see our guide on Government and Politics.

The Ionian Bank Project

September 2005 saw the successful completion of a 2 year project to improve access to the Ionian Bank archives through a programme of archival cataloguing, digitisation and conservation. The Project was sponsored by Alpha Bank and has unlocked a fascinating resource for the study of financial, accounting and business history.

The online catalogue for the Ionian Bank is available through the Archives Catalogue. The Court of Directors' minute books 1839 to 1917 have also been digitised and are accessible on the following page: Court of Directors minute books.

To find out about other papers relating to economics and economic history at LSE Archives see Economics and Economic History.

Future plans

Information on future projects will be provided as soon as plans are finalised.

Further information

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

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