LSE Library

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The British Library of Political and Economic Science was founded in 1896, a year after the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Arriving at a time when the social, legal and economic environment was becoming increasingly significant; providing materials from all over the world; the Library would enable such research and the ‘laboratory’ of the social sciences was born.

Over the years many significant private collections and papers were donated and collections built to support LSE research and teaching.

History Day 2021 contributions

History Day 2020 contributions

• Live session 1, 15:00–15:30: Stats and more: Recently digitised economic history material

Join Indy Bhullar, Curator for Economics and Social Policy, as he introduces some of LSE Library’s newly digitised Economic History collections. This includes full runs of some key statistical and official publications on a wide variety of topics, covering the 19th – 20th centuries and that can aide researchers of many hues. Titles in the collection include the Labour Gazette, The Annual Report of the Registrar General and plenty more.

• Live session 2, 15:30-15:50: A guided tour of LSE Library Archives 

This 20 minute talk will introduce some of the main archives and special collections at LSE Library. These will include collections in the Women’s Library as well as the Hall-Carpenter archives, material relating to welfare and social security, Brexit, peace and internationalism, and more. We will also outline some of our digital holdings and explain how to find archives using our catalogue.