GB 0097 BEVERIDGE UNEMPLOYMENT - BEVERIDGE, William Henry, 1879-1963, 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal, economist: Unemployment Papers

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GB 0097 BEVERIDGE UNEMPLOYMENT

Title

BEVERIDGE, William Henry, 1879-1963, 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal, economist: Unemployment Papers

Date(s)

  • 1886-1914 (Creation)

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Extent and medium

20 volumes

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Name of creator

Biographical history

For a biography, see the Beveridge personal papers (Ref: Beveridge).

Archival history

Originally part of the Library pamphlet series, probably received by the Archives during the early 1930s. Formerly catalogued as Coll B.
GB 0097 BEVERIDGE UNEMPLOYMENT 1886-1914 Collection (fonds) 20 volumes Beveridge , William Henry , 1879-1963 , 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal , economist
For a biography, see the Beveridge personal papers (Ref: Beveridge).

Originally part of the Library pamphlet series, probably received by the Archives during the early 1930s. Formerly catalogued as Coll B.

Given by Beveridge in 1896.

Central and Local Government reports and pamphlets collated by Sir William Henry Beveridge, 1886-1914, relating to the causes and incidence of unemployment and its possible cures, such as labour exchanges, benefits and relief, and including material created by the Charity Organisation Society, provincial Distress Committees (Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Burton-upon-Trent, Coventry, Dudley, East Ham, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth, Halifax, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sunderland, Warrington, West Ham, and Wolverhampton), various London boroughs (Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Lambeth, Lewisham, Paddington, Poplar, Marylebone, Saint Pancras, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Westminster, and Woolwich), the Central (Unemployed) Body for London, and the government of Great Britain. Includes reports and pamphlets on unemployment written by individual authors, for which there is an index.

Arranged [by Beveridge] broadly by type of document.

This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes. The microfilm must be used. Apply to Archivist for originals.

Copyright held by British Library of Political and Economic Science. Microfilm copies only.
English

Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.

Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1997. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 207-218).

The BLPES holds the personal papers of William Henry Beveridge, which contain a section on unemployment and labour exchanges (Ref: Beveridge/3), and Beveridge papers concerning the Unemployment Insurance Committee (Ref: Coll Misc 0014).

For details of material in other institutions relating to Beveridge, see the Beveridge personal papers (Ref: Beveridge).

Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Sep 2000 Avon Berkshire Bermondsey Bethnal Green Beveridge , William Henry , 1879-1963 , 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggall , economist x Beveridge of Tuggall , 1st Baron Birkenhead Birmingham Bournemouth Bristol Burton-upon-Trent Camberwell Central (Unemployed) Body for London Charity Organisation Society Chelsea Cheshire County Durham Coventry Deptford Devon Dudley East Ham Edinburgh Employment England Essex Europe Finsbury Fulham Government Great Yarmouth Greenwich Hackney Halifax Hammersmith Hampshire Hampstead Holborn Lambeth Lancashire Leeds Leicester Leicestershire Lewisham Liverpool London Manchester Midlothian Newcastle upon Tyne Norfolk Northumberland Norwich Nottingham Nottinghamshire Paddington Plymouth Poplar Public administration Reading (Berks) Scotland Southwark Staffordshire Stepney St Marylebone Stoke Newington St Pancras Sunderland UK Unemployment Wandsworth Warrington Warwickshire Western Europe West Ham Westminster West Riding Wirral Wolverhampton Woolwich Worcestershire Yorkshire Hammersmith and Fulham Tower Hamlets Camden City of Westminster Dorset Kensington and Chelsea Newham Islington

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Given by Beveridge in 1896.

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Scope and content

Central and Local Government reports and pamphlets collated by Sir William Henry Beveridge, 1886-1914, relating to the causes and incidence of unemployment and its possible cures, such as labour exchanges, benefits and relief, and including material created by the Charity Organisation Society, provincial Distress Committees (Birkenhead, Birmingham, Bournemouth, Bristol, Burton-upon-Trent, Coventry, Dudley, East Ham, Edinburgh, Great Yarmouth, Halifax, Leeds, Leicester, Liverpool, Manchester, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Norwich, Nottingham, Plymouth, Reading, Sunderland, Warrington, West Ham, and Wolverhampton), various London boroughs (Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Lambeth, Lewisham, Paddington, Poplar, Marylebone, Saint Pancras, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Wandsworth, Westminster, and Woolwich), the Central (Unemployed) Body for London, and the government of Great Britain. Includes reports and pamphlets on unemployment written by individual authors, for which there is an index.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Arranged [by Beveridge] broadly by type of document.

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Conditions governing access

This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes. The microfilm must be used. Apply to Archivist for originals.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright held by British Library of Political and Economic Science. Microfilm copies only.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The BLPES holds the personal papers of William Henry Beveridge, which contain a section on unemployment and labour exchanges (Ref: Beveridge/3), and Beveridge papers concerning the Unemployment Insurance Committee (Ref: Coll Misc 0014).

Finding aids

Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

Microfilm made available by Follet Preservation Microfilming Project, 1997. Films are held on open access in the Library (Archives MF 207-218).

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For details of material in other institutions relating to Beveridge, see the Beveridge personal papers (Ref: Beveridge).

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British Library of Political and Economic Science

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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  • English

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