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Oxford/BL/LSE Study DayTRANSCRIPT
Sue Donnelly, Archivist
30 June 2008
Out of the Archives
History ….
• 1898 - Webb Trade Union Collection
• 1975 - appointment of first archivist
• 2008 – 3 archivists, 1 full time archives
assistant and 4 part time archives
assistants plus two project archivists.
Collection policy
To acquire records in the fields of modern
British political, economic and social history,
the history of the social sciences, with
particular reference to economics and social
anthropology, and the history of the London
School of Economics
Politics
Edmund Morel (1873-1924) and the Congo Reform Association
Economics
Bill Phillips (1914-1975) and the Phillips Machine
Philosophy
John Stuart Mill (1806-1873) and Harriet Taylor Mill (1808-1858)
Anthropology
Bronislaw Malinowski (1884-1942) and the Trobriand Islanders
Lesbian and Gay Studies
Gay Liberation Front
Survey Data
Land Utilisation Maps
Contacts
Archives and Rare BooksLibraryLondon School of Economics and Political Science10 Portugal StreetLondonWC2A 2HD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7223Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7454Email: [email protected]