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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: Document@lse.ac.uk