Papers of the Rt Hon Evan Frank Mottram Durbin, 1918-1948, comprising lectures and notes on miscellaneous subjects, 1935-1944, including English politics, socialism, social history, peace and war, Russia, sociology and economics; secondary historical material, 1931-1944, namely working and research notes by Durbin; correspondence collected by Elisabeth Durbin from his papers and correspondents, 1928-1961, including Reginald Bassett, Sir (Henry) Roy (Forbes) Harrod, John Maynard Keynes, the Rt Hon Hugh Todd Naylor Gaitskell, the Rt Hon Clement Richard Attlee, (Edward) Hugh (John Neale) Dalton, Baron Dalton, and the Rt Hon Sir (Richard) Stafford Cripps, as well as papers and correspondence relating to his political work, his election as an MP, and his appointment to the Ministry of Works; material relating to monetary and trade cycle theory, 1935-1948, mainly comprising lecture notes on economics, psychology, causes of war, political theory, and general politics, with associated correspondence; galley proofs of articles by Durbin on economics, 1935-1946, with royalty statements, 1940-1946; copies of The Times relating to the Colonial Education Committee, 1945; working materials, drafts and transcripts of 'The economics of democratic society' by Durbin, 1942-1943; press cuttings of reviews of published works, 1932-1942; papers relating to Oxford University, 1918-1940, mainly comprising notes, essays, letters and examination papers; drafts and manuscripts of Purchasing power and trade depression: a critique of under-consumption theories (Jonathan Cape, London and Toronto, 1933); material relating to Taunton School, 1918-1939, including school exercise books, correspondence and notes; notes, research and texts for lectures on economics, [1938-1947], notably monetary theory, economic history, industrial fluctuations, taxation and land tenure; drafts and notes for research articles, mainly unpublished, [1937-1939]; personal financial material, 1935-1948.

Papers of Professor Ernest André Gellner, [1946]-1996, notably correspondence with friends and colleagues, [1946-1995], including Professor Sir Isaiah Berlin, Professor (Avram) Noam Chomsky, Professor Bernard Rowland Crick, Professor John Horsley Russell Davis, Professor Ralf Dahrendorf, Baron Dahrendorf of Clare Market, Professor Sir Edward Evan Evans-Pritchard, Professor Sir Raymond (William) Firth, Professor (Walter) Bryce Gallie, Sir Victor Gollancz, Professor John Rankine (Jack) Goody, Professor Richard Mervyn Hare, Professor Sir Edmund Ronald Leach, Professor Claude Lévi-Strauss, Anne Mary Lonsdale, Professor Alan Donald James Macfarlane, (Jean) Iris Murdoch, Professor Sir Karl (Raimund) Popper, Professor Hugh Redwald Trevor-Roper, Baron Dacre of Glanton, Bertrand Arthur William Russell, 3rd Earl Russell, Professor Gilbert Ryle, Professor Edward W Said, Charles Percy Snow, Baron Snow, George Soros, Professor Alfred Stepan, Professor (Ann) Marilyn Strathern, and Professor Sir Bernard Arthur Owen Williams; material relating to Gellner's teaching work at the London School of Economics and Cambridge University, 1977-1989, including individual files relating to his PhD students, 1977-1984, and correspondence with Macfarlane regarding the administration of the Anthropology Department at Cambridge, 1988-1989; papers created during Gellner's time as Director of the Centre for the Study of Nationalism at the central European University, 1992-1996, notably correspondence with students, material relating to conferences, Senate papers, documents concerning the financial future of the Centre, details of project funding and grant proposals, and correspondence relating to the Erasmus Chair at Warsaw University; material relating to field trips to Morocco, [1950-1968], probably in connection with Gellner's PhD thesis, including maps, manuscripts, correspondence, field notes, research notes, reports and photographs; manuscripts, 1957-1995, some with corrections, of Gellner's published books and articles, as well as unpublished material, on subjects including anthropology, Islam, social science, nationalism, politics and religion, imperialism, Marxism, the London School of Economics, philosophy, history, culture, psychoanalysis, Eastern Europe, and Russia; offprints and newspaper cuttings of reviews of Gellner's work, 1957-1995, and reviews written by Gellner concerning the work of others, 1960-1995; papers relating to the publishing of books, [1957-1996], including proofs, contracts with publishers, and correspondence; tapes and films, 1982-1990, mainly comprising lectures on philosophy by Gellner; obituaries and papers relating to the memorial service in Prague, 1995.

Tapes, transcripts and summaries of oral history interviews relating to the history of the London School of Economics, 1973-2000, with staff, students and administrative staff of the School, including Professor Amiya Dasgupta, George Panormo, Professor Sir Raymond William Firth, Sir (Ernest) Henry Phelps Brown, Professor Albert Henry Halsey, Mrs Betty Scharf, Mrs Dora Cleather, Dr Anne Bohm, Ted Brown, Professor Frederick Jack Fisher, Hugh Lancelot Beales, Professor Alan Musgrave, Professor Eugene Grebenik, Professor James Durbin, Professor Alan Stuart, Professor Benjamin Charles Roberts, Professor Kingsley Bryce Speakman Smellie, Baroness Beatrice Nancy Seear, Dr Thomas Humphrey Marshall, Professor Donald Gunn Macrae, and Professor Sir Karl Raimund Popper. Also includes a life story interview with Professor Sir Raymond William Firth, given in 2000, and an interview with Professor Michael Joseph Oakeshott, 1988-1989.
Also includes transcripts and tapes of interviews undertaken by Nadim Shehadi with 1930s economists, [1980-1985], notably Professor Sir Roy George Douglas Allen, Hugh Lancelot Beales, Professor Nicholas Kaldor, and Professor Frederick Jack Fisher.

Papers of the Organisation for Comparative Social Research relating to an international study of the teaching profession carried out in 1952-1953, with the aim of providing a comprehensive account of the views of teachers on a number of problems of national and international concern. The papers mainly comprise manuals and instructions for interviewers, circulars to headmasters and coding guides.

Notes, correspondence and other papers relating to Piercy's time at the Ministry of Munitions; at the British Ministry of Food in the USA; as General Trading Manager of Harrisons and Crosfield; as Joint Managing Director of Pharaoh Gane and Co Ltd; as a partner in the stock broking firms of Capel, Cure and Terry, and Fenn and Crosthwaite; as leader of the British Petroleum Mission; at the Ministry of Production; as personal assistant to Clement Attlee; as Chairman of the Industrial and Commercial Finance Corporation; and his official appointments. Personal letters and biographical material, including the records of the Evelyn Trust and Chichester Estate Trust; essays, notes and other material relating to Piercy's education and lecturing; and material relating to Piercy's involvement with educational institutions, the Wellcome Trust, and his various other interests.

Papers of Professor Sir Arnold Plant, 1918-1972, comprising the following: Papers concerning Plant's education, 1919-1923, mainly comprising lecture notes taken during his studies at the London School of Economics and Political Science, and examination papers for the London BCommerce. Material concerning Plant's teaching career, 1918-1969, notably at the University of Cape Town, South Africa, 1918-1931, including lecture notes on subjects including banking, economics and statistics, notes for the Commerce degree, and correspondence from former students relating to their professional work; papers relating to the LSE, 1928-1969, notably Plant's work in the Department of Business Administration, including administrative papers, lists of students, seminars and test results, material concerning the teaching of the Commerce degree including lecture notes and examination papers, papers concerning research projects, research material into higher education training for business and management, and material concerning the formation of a Central Institute of Management; minutes, correspondence and papers of the Commerce Degree Bureau, 1937-1972; material concerning the University of London Council for External Students, 1961-1972, including reports, minutes and papers. Material concerning lectures, writings and publications, 1924-1964, notably working papers and drafts for talks on various subjects including patent law, modern industry, copyright of publications, transport economics, marketing and economic conditions in South Africa; background material, notes and drafts for BBC broadcasts, 1931-1961, notably on pay as you view television, trade and industry and South Africa; correspondence, drafts, notes and offprints of various published articles, lectures and reports, 1925-1964, mainly relating to commerce and business, copyright and nuclear energy. Correspondence, 1921-1972, mainly relating to the teaching of business and commerce, with correspondents including Sir John Carruthers Beattie, Sir William Henry Beveridge, Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders, Sir Henry Clay, William Harold Hutt, Eric Anderson Walker, Professor Lilian Knowles, Professor Lionel Robbins and Professor Richard Henry Tawney. Personal material, 1950-1972, concerning employment, salary, pensions and stays in hospital. Papers concerning Plant's work on the Monopolies and Restrictive Practices Commission, 1948-1959, comprising memoranda, reports, minutes and agenda, evidence and correspondence relating to electrical machinery, industrial gases, linoleum, copper semis, tea, tyres, timber, calico printing, electric batteries, radio valves and street lighting, as well as general reference materials, press cuttings, and correspondence concerning membership of the Commission. Material concerning Plant's work on the Industrial Injuries Advisory Council (IIAD), 1954-1967, including minutes, reports and papers of the Council, 1950-1967; minutes and working papers of the Industrial Diseases Sub-Committee, 1955-1967, especially concerning byssinosis, teeth erosion, lung cancer, vibration syndrome (Raynaud's Syndrome), industrial deafness, cadmium poisoning and respiratory diseases; papers of the Industrial Health Advisory Committee (Ministry of Labour), 1955-1966; Secretary's correspondence with Plant, 1966-1968; general IIAC correspondence, 1954-1959, mainly relating to meetings and expert opinion on industrial health. Papers concerning Plant's work on the Cinematograph Films Council, 1938-1968, including minutes, agenda and working papers of the Council, 1938-1968; material relating to the Committee on Film Distribution and Exhibition (Portal Committee), 1943-1949, including minutes and working papers, evidence, reports and drafts of the final report; papers relating to the Plant Report into Distribution and Exhibition of Cinematograph Films, 1945-1951, including press cuttings, parliamentary reports, and expert views; correspondence and papers, 1946-1965, including letters from Sir (Alexander) Frederick Whyte and J(oseph) Arthur Rank; papers of the Advisory Committee on Amendments to Cinematograph Films Acts, 1957-1958; minutes of the Structure and Trading Practices Sub-Committee, 1962-1963. Material concerning Plant's work on other committees, societies and bodies, 1932-1972, notably minutes, reports, bulletins and research papers of the London and Cambridge Economic Service, 1932-1966; papers relating to the Council for National Academic Awards, 1964-1968, including minutes and working papers, minutes of the Arts and Social Studies Committee and the Economics and Business Studies Board, and applications for recognition from higher education institutions; reports, minutes and correspondence relating to the Advertising Standards Authority, 1962-1967; papers of the Naval Education Advisory Committee, 1946-1970, notably course outlines, minutes and reports; annual reports and publication notices of the National Institute of Economic and Social Research, 1966-1971; correspondence, circulars and Council minutes of the Royal Economic Society, 1970-1972; reports, press cuttings and correspondence of the Committee on Fowl Pest Policy, 1962-1964; and minutes and working papers of the Board of Management of Athlone Press, 1969-1972.

Papers of the Political Studies Association, 1950-1983, including minutes of the PSA, 1950-1981; conference papers, 1952-1981, including material on organisation; Chairman's correspondence, 1965-1968; Treasurer's correspondence, 1965-1968; correspondence and papers concerning the editing of Political Studies, 1965-1966; correspondence of the Executive Committee, 1965-1968, the Fulton Committee, 1966, and the Social Science Research (Heyworth) Committee, 1963-1964; correspondence of the Comparative Politics Group, 1967-1970; papers and correspondence with Oxford University Press, 1965-1968; membership letters, 1961-1975; material concerning the International Political Studies Association, 1963-1968.

This collection covers Read's fieldwork among the Ngoni of Malawi, 1935-1939, her work on education and nutrition in India 1958-1960, her teaching, and her published works.

Papers of (Robert James) Martin Wight, [1939-1972], including research material for books and articles, texts of lectures and talks, conference papers, quotations, press cuttings and correspondence all on subjects including international politics, the United Nations and European unity, World War Two, religion, Russia, and the teaching of history; material relating to societies; and files on the teaching of International Relations at the London School of Economics and Political Science.

Papers relating to the anthropological work of Virginia Adam in central Tanzania, East Africa, 1953-1963, mainly in the Isanzu region, including field notes, 1961-1963, relating to the social composition of Isanzu villages, food gathering, family and tribal relationships, property, justice, music, education and medicine; general fieldwork sources for the district book of Iramba, 1961-1963, including lists of chiefs, descriptions of native authorities, and maps of the Isanzu and Iambi territories; extracts from, and notes on, articles relating to the land and characteristics of Tanzania, 1960-1962; notes by Adam on the structure and purpose of her fieldwork, 1961-1963; files of notes by Adam on various subjects, 1960-1963, including the Beattie and Tonga tribes, kinship and social networks, child care methods and the position of women in Isanzu, community development projects such as road building and literacy campaigns, tribal economy, a survey of the Mukato village, village expenditure, Isanzu and Iramba rituals mainly relating to birth, marriage and death, the composition of clans with their mythologies and customs, household economy, various aspects of kinship, numbers of livestock held by certain individuals and villages, agriculture, inheritance laws of various tribes, crafts and specialisation, court procedures of the district, rainmaking rituals, the Mangola tribe, and land ownership and local descent groups in Kirumi, medicine, pregnancy and childbirth, and education; notebooks in the Ihanzu language, 1961-1963; a file of notes on village economy, 1953-1957, including notes on traditional systems of African agriculture taken from a World Health Organisation/FAO course in human nutrition; drafts and typescripts of a paper on the organisation of labour, 1961-1963, with a typescript giving a description of an Ihanzu village economy; correspondence with members of the East African Institute of Social Research, 1961-1963, including correspondence between Adam and Audrey Richards concerning terms of employment and areas of research; typescript papers written by Adam on aspects of village life in Tanzania, [1961-1963]; quarterly reports compiled by Adam, October-December 1961 and Aug-Sep 1962, giving details of survey work in the Isanzu region, notably the village of Mukato and the Mbulu district; papers relating to the population of regions within Tanzania, 1961, notably extracts from the 1957 population census, giving a breakdown of male, female and total population numbers by tribe; typescript diaries kept by Adam during her time with the Isanzu, 1961-1963.

Letters from Charles Burden to his wife, 1906-1907, sent from a tour of schools in Canada and the USA; photographs of Burden during his headship of Beverley Grammar School, Yorkshire, [1912-1935].

Records of the Child Development Society, 1942-2004, comprising administrative material relating the management of the Society, including the constitution of the Society, 1942-1994; minutes and circulated papers of meetings of the Executive Committee and Annual General Meetings, 1988-2003; correspondence of Annabel Lewis, Chair of the Society, from members of the Society and external bodies, 1996-2004; membership lists, 1993-[2000]; material relating to events held by the Society including programmes, literature, publicity, and correspondence, 1985-2000; promotional literature including the Society's newsletter and leaflets advertising the Society, 1972-2004; and miscellaneous material, including a note book, press cuttings and articles, 1992-[2002].

Scripts, with annotations, for various children's history series, broadcast by the BBC in the 1960s-1970s comprising: Stories from World History,1948-1973; Contemporary History, 1968-1970; Stories from Scottish History, 1964; Peoples of the World, 1971-1972; Great People of History, for Nigerian schools, Dec 1961; Religion and Philosophy: Archaeology and the Bible, 1955; Europe since 1945, (Study on three; Radio Three, 1968-1969); History 1917-1967 (BBC Schools Television, 1969); Human Rights, 1968; Britain in the sixties (Study on three: Radio Three, 1970); For the Middle Years on Romans, 1973; recording for Radio Enterprises, including a script for 'Drake sails round the world', Nov 1970, with a script from the World History Series on the same topic, 1967. Papers relating to the making of children's history series including on 'Recordings for Scandinavia' , including scripts, and notes, 1951-1965; list of titles of past programmes, with names of scriptwriters. List of programmes and schedules, 1938-1972; comments on and suggested alterations to 'How things began: Roman Britain II', with 2 scripts on Roman Britain, 1956-1957; working file for 'Talks for Sixth Forms: The History of Science', including journals, press cuttings and notes [1948-1956]; 'Ancient Greece', including extracts from reference works and press cuttings; 'Cook's second voyage (Radiovision)', including notes, drafts of scripts, key to pictures and photographs of the recording studio; 'Lincoln frees the slaves', including notes on picture sources, background and draft script, 1972. Radio Times articles by Duncan Taylor about the BBC Broadcasts to Schools, Sep 1950-Jan 1952. Publications including, Modern History: notes for the teacher (BBC Sound Broadcasts to Schools), 1944-1963; History I: notes for the teacher (BBC Broadcasts to Schools), 1944-1957 and Stories from British History: notes for the teacher (BBC Broadcasts to Schools), 1957-1966. Talks and other publicity material including 'Initiation, planning and production of a school broadcast', a talk delivered to H.M.I.s' conference [May 1949] and 'BBC talks and articles', containing published articles and notes for talks by Duncan Taylor on BBC Schools Broadcasting, [1960-1969]. Notes for intended contributors to 'Stories from World History' and 'Stories from British History', Jan 1962.

Records of the Institute of Education, University of London, 1890s-1994 (Ref: IE), including the London Day Training College Local Committee and Council, 1904-1931 (Ref: IE/TCC); Jubilee Lectures correspondence, 1904-1952 (Ref: IE/JUB); the Islington Day Training College, 1906-1917 (Ref: IE/ISL); examination records, 1909-1970s (Ref: IE/EXN); the University of London Training Colleges Delegacy, 1928-1948 (Ref: IE/TCD); the Institute of Education Delegacy, 1931-1948 (Ref: IE/ULD); the Committee of Management, 1948-1987 (Ref: IE/COM); the Council, 1948-1982 (Ref: IE/COU); the Senate, 1987-1992 (Ref: IE/SEN); the Committee of Principals, 1948-1979 (Ref: IE/CPR); Directorate material, including annual report files, 1933-1980 (Ref: IE/ARP), collegiate files, 1925-1975 (Ref: IE/DCO), files of Sir Percy Nunn, 1923-1936 (Ref: IE/TPN), the papers of G.B. Jeffery, 1940s-1950s (Ref: IE/GBJ), subject files, 1950s-1980s, and letter books, 1906-1926 (Ref: IE/PLB); Secretariat day files, 1948-1984 (Ref: IE/DLB), and subject files, 1960s-1990s, and memoranda books, 1907-1937 (Ref: IE/MEM); the Central Academic Board, 1949-1987; the Meeting of Staff and the Academic Board, 1909-1982 (Ref: IE/CAB, IE/ACB, IE/ABD); the Department for Overseas Students, 1930s-1980s (Ref: IE/DOS); visitation files, 1949-1971 (Ref: IE/VIF), and papers of the Visitations Sub-Committee, 1948-1969 (Ref: IE/VSC); the Conference of Local Education Authorities, 1948-1979 (Ref: IE/LEA); the Domestic Subjects Group of the Training Colleges Delegacy, 1928-1948 (Ref: IE/DSG); research material collated by C. Willis Dixon during the writing of his history of the Institute, 1930s-1970s (Ref: IE/DIX); the Committee on Facilities for Practising Teachers, 1949-1978 (Ref: IE/FPT); the Centre for Teachers, later the INSET Office, 1950s-1990s (Ref: IE/CFT); the Colonial Department, later known as the Department of Education in Tropical Areas, the Department of Education in Developing Countries, and the Department of International and Cooperative Education, 1935-1980s (Ref: IE/COL); the Department of Child Development and Educational Psychology, 1972-1987 (Ref: IE/CDE); the Department of History, Humanities and Philosophy, 1980s-1990s (Ref: IE/HHP); the Department of Mathematics, Statistics and Computing, 1980s-1990s; the Music Department, 1980s; the Library, 1923-1980s, the School Relations Office, 1960s-1980s (Ref: IE/SRO); the Policy Advisory Committee, 1970-1983 (Ref: IE/PAC); the Joint Committee in Education, 1975-1982 (Ref: IE/JCE); the Joint Degree Committees, 1975-1980 (Ref: IE/JDC); the Joint Professional Committee, 1977-1983 (Ref: IE/JPR); the Interim Joint Planning Committee, 1982-1987 (Ref: IE/IJP); the Academic Policy Committee, 1983-1987 (Ref: IE/APC); the Audit Committee, 1991-1993 (Ref: IE/AUD); the Computing Policy Committee, 1988-1992 (Ref: IE/CPC); the Joint Planning Committee, 1988-1994 (Ref: IE/JPC); the Standing Committee on Equal Opportunities, 1987-1993 (Ref: IE/EQO); the Finance and General Purposes Committee, 1988-1992 (Ref: IE/FGP); the Investments Sub-Committee, 1988-1992 (Ref: IE/ISC); the Consortium for Assessment and Testing in Schools, 1980s-1990s; files relating to Institute publications, 1940s-1980s (Ref: IE/PUB); the Institute of Education Society, 1980s; student records, 1902-1980s (Ref: IE/STU); John Adams Hall, 1980s; the Institute Nursery, 1975-1980 (Ref: IE/NUR); research files, 1960s-1980s (Ref: IE/SRF); staff records, 1912-1933 (Ref: IE/SFR); the Senior Common Room, 1960s-1980s (Ref: IE/SCR); photographs (Ref: IE/PHO); Library Committees, 1923-1977 (Ref: IE/LSC); Student Associations/Unions, c1950-c1979 (Ref: IE/SAU); Teacher Training Enquiry [1970-1971] (Ref: IE/TTE); papers of Richard Goodings, c1890s-1960s (Ref: IE/RGO); buildings and estates records (Ref: IE/BLD); charters and statutes (Ref: IE/CSS); History of the Institute Panels (Ref: IE/HIP); records of Peter Newsam (Ref: IE/NEW); records of Peter Mortimore (Ref: IE/PEM); Personnel Department records (Ref: IE/PER); records of a Centre for Higher Education Research project on quality assurance in higher education (Ref: IE/QUR).

Papers of Nigel Spearing relating to education and government, 1962-2002, including files on educational provision for children with special needs, 1960s-1970s; educational reconstruction, 1979-1980; Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) reorganisation (especially relating to the amalgamation of Holland Park, Isaac Newton and Ladbroke schools, 1980-1981); examination reform, 1978 and the Socialist Educational Association (SEA), 1990s.

Annotated published government sources on educational matters, including briefing papers, draft bills, Hansard and related press cuttings on topics including: the comprehensive system, 1965; London education, 1972; the Education (No. 2) Bill, 1980; assisted places, 1980; the abolition of the HMI, 1991; and school governing bodies, 1999.

Papers relating to the life and work of Brian Simon, 1940s-1990s, including memoirs from Simon's time at Kurt Hahn's progressive school at Salem; talks, articles, reviews, lectures and other papers by Simon; correspondence, [1952-1990], including with Caroline Benn and Norman Morris; press cuttings, 1967-1989, chiefly comprising obituaries and biographical material (of others); working papers, chiefly in preparation for the following publications by Simon: Studies in the History of Education, 1780-1870 (1960), Education and the Labour Movement, 1870-1920 (1965), The Politics of Educational Reform, 1920-1940 (1974) and Education and the Social Order, 1940-1990 (1991); papers relating to the National Union of Students; papers relating to visits abroad; publishers' correspondence and personal photographs and scrapbooks.

Minute books of the City of London Education Committee, Court of Common Council, 1970-1973.

Minute book of the City of London School Building Committee, 1983-1991. Please note that this volume is closed until 2022.

Records of the Elementary Education Committee, Court of Common Council, comprising minutes, 1907-1956 and committee papers, 1941-1956.

Records of the Beaufoy Trust, including minutes, financial accounts and letters. Also minute book of the Hill, Eldon and Francis Foundation.

Records of the Davenant Foundation Grammar School and predecessors, including deeds; minute books; accounts; correspondence; report books; pupils' registers; certificates of pupils' academic achievements; maps and plans; histories and papers relating to special events.

Papers of Francis Alphonsus Bourne as Archbishop of Westminster, [1903-1935], including material on the Holy See; Bishop's conferences; synods; religious orders; Vicars General and Chaplaincies; Papal Encyclicals; ecclesiastical and diocesan matters; moral, social and political issues; ecumenicalism; media, communications and publications; foreign countries; national and international institutions; government; embassies; hospitals; trusts, foundations and communities; lectures; homilies; patronages; personal correspondence; staff; invitations; education bills; visits; finance; St Edmund's College, Ware; missions, including in Austria, Germany and India and boy scouts and girl guides.

Papers of Arthur Hinsley as Archbishop of Westminster, [1935-1943], including material on the Holy See; Bishop's conferences; synods; religious orders; Vicars General and Chaplaincies; Papal Encyclicals; ecclesiastical and diocesan matters; moral, social and political issues; ecumenism; media, communications and publications; foreign countries; national and international institutions; government; embassies; hospitals; trusts, foundations and communities; lectures; homilies; patronages; personal correspondence; staff; invitations; education; visits and finance.

Minutes and agendas of the School Board, 1870-1925; minutes and agendas of other committees and sub-committees including the Accommodation and Attendance Committee, Bye Laws Committee, Capricious Migration of Children Committee, Minuting and Educational Endowments Committee, Evening Classes and Continutation Schools Committee, Finance Committee, General Purposes Committee, Industrial Schools Committee, Legal Committee, Manual Training Committee, Overpressure Committee, Rearrangement of Committees Committee, School Management Committee, Statistical Committee, Underfed Children Committee, Works Committee, Health of Schoolchildren Committee and Scholarships Committee.

Printed documents issued by the Board such as forms, requisition lists, notices, contracts, specifications, agendas and tickets; annual reports; publication "The Work of the London School Board", 1900; rules and regulations; list of all members of the School Board compiled after the closure of the Board in 1904; reports by committees including the Bye Laws Committee, the Works Committee and the School Accommodation and Attendance Committee; reports by solicitors relating to legal matters; correspondence; curricula, syllabi and notes on methods of teaching domestic subjects, drawing, history, geography, manual training, physical training, reading, religious instruction, science and technical training; tables of schools within the district of the Metropolis; books of reference for building works; plans of schools; maps showing the locations of Board schools; contracts and registers of contracts for the erection, alteration, repair, cleaning, supply and maintenance of schools; papers regarding Higher Grade schools, Industrial schools, Special schools, Industrial schools and Truant schools; Inspector's Reports; papers regarding staff including salary ledgers; tenders and particulars for stationery and stores; financial accounts and schedules for repairs.

Note on the development of the Army rearmament programme, 1937- 1939; notes for the estimates speeches in 1941 and 1943 by the Secretaries of State for War, Capt the Rt Hon David Margesson and the Rt Hon Sir James Grigg, including formation of new corps, Home Guard, Dominion troops and prisoners of war; official paper entitled 'The Use of Manpower in the Army', 1941; printed circular letters from Adjutant General to Corps District, Divisional and Area Commanders, Dec 1942-Dec 1943; papers on Army education for the Armistice and Post War Planning Committee, 1945; reports to Army Council on overseas tours by Adjutant General, 1942-1946; typescript narrative on administrative aspects of World War Two, 1960.

Prospectus of Miss Millman's School, dated to between 1868 and 1888. Includes list of teachers.

Inner London Education Authority (ILEA) photographs including Sir Peter Newsam, Education Officer, Hon Mrs Diana Geddes, Leader of ILEA, Mrs Chaplin, Deputy Leader, ILEA and Her Majesty the Queen Mother, 1973; public meeting of an ILEA Sub Committee, 1974; Sir Ashley Branall, Leader, ILEA, with Sir Peter Newsam Deputy and Education Officer, ILEA, 1970s ; ILEA final dinner, showing Doctor Birchenaush, Chief Inspector, Doctor Briault, Education Officer, Sir Peter Newsam, Education Officer, Mrs Marion Stockley, Education Officer, Doctor Sir William Stubbs, Education Officer, Baroness Tessa Blackstone, Deputy Education Officer and David Mallen, Education Officer, 1990.

Also pamphlet "Education: Labour's Programme for ILEA as agreed at the Special Policy Conference, 17-18th October 1980", 1980.

Photographs and other albums relating to Kingston Polytechnic and Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College. Includes two albums of staff portraits from Kingston Polytechnic 1970- early 1980s, group photographs from 1969/ 1970, and correspondence from former students of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College sending in Newsletters and other items.

Portrait of Lilian de Lissa, first principal of Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College, by artist Gilbert Spencer. The painting was commissioned by the college as a present for Miss de Lissa and presented to her in a ceremony in October 1953. The portrait has been held by Gipsy Hill Teacher Training College prior to passing to Kingston Polytechnic and Kingston University.

The archive consists of biographical details and list of publications (1985-1990); research papers and articles (1960-1985); addresses at convocations (1980-1984); memorial lectures (1983-1986); conference addresses (1981-1982); speeches (1981-1987).

Documents, predominantly concerning Lesotho, accumulated by John [Jack] Gallagher during periods spent working there as a teacher and education adviser: includes papers relating to the University of Lesotho and education in Lesotho, 1984-1991; records of the Teyateyaneng Centenary Committee, 1985-1986; photographs and slides for exhibitions, c1985; papers concerning Basutoland law, 1951-1952; copy of a published history of Basutoland, written in Sotho, 1917; and other miscellaneous items.

Papers relating to Rhodesian politics collected by Anthony L McAdam, 1964-1972, including correspondence and papers relating to the multiracial University College Rhodesia, 1964-1971; correspondence and papers relating to African National Congress (ANC) meetings, particularly relating to the ANC Committee in London, 1971-1972; miscellaneous material on Rhodesia, 1970-1972, including correspondence on the right of entry to the United Kingdom for Rhodesian africans.

Papers collected by Tim Matthews concerning activities at University College of Rhodesia (UCR) and conditions in Rhodesia, 1968-1975; comprising correspondence and papers on University College of Rhodesia, 1968-1971, including material on links between UCR and British universities, papers on Matthews' expulson in 1970, and press cuttings; correspondence and papers on Matthews' activities in London, 1970-1972, including correspondence with George Thomson MP and Jack Straw, President, National Union of Students, on events at UCR and the problem of educaton for Rhodesians, correspondence with Harold Wilson on Labour Party policy on Rhodesia; correspondence and papers on the campaign to exclude UCR from the 1973 Association of Commonwealth Universities Conference; and correspondence and papers on the African National Congress, 1973.

Papers of the Development Education Association (DEA), 1980-2005, comprising papers about the DEA launch; slides, photographs and videos; Council papers; Executive Committee papers; publications and magazines; conference reports and organisation papers; papers of affiliated committees and working groups including the Inter Agency Committee, the Small DECs Committee, the Formal Sector Working Group and the Information Resources Group; papers and reports from the independent DECs that form part of the overall network; funding plans and material; papers relating to projects and initiatives; staff recruitment and training information; papers of the NADEC Committee; discussion papers about the Global Education Network (GEN); and NADEC responses to the Education Reform Bill and the Gladstone Report.

Papers of the Education in Human Rights Network, 1985-2005, including minutes with associated papers (emails, correspondence, announcements), 1992-2005 and copies of the Human Rights in Education Newsletter, 1991-2004.

Papers of the Philosophy of Education Society of Great Britain (PESGB), 1964-1991, including Executive Committee minutes, 1964-1980; Annual General Meeting minutes, 1964-1988 and working files of Executive Committee and Annual General Meeting , 1977-1991 (excluding 1980 and 1984). Papers relating to the PESGB constitution, 1983 and amended, 1986. Papers relating to workshops and conferences including Standing Conference on Studies in Education, 1974-1979; the World Congress on Philosophy, 1988; Day conference, 30 Nov 1984; Annual Conference, 1989-1990; Newsletter, 1989; National Conference for Philosophy, 1989-1990 and workshops 1985-1986. Correspondence, 1965-1990, including with the British Society of Aesthetics, 1975. Papers relating to surveys on the Philosophy of Education in Higher Education Departments, 1988 and the PESGB work and activities, 1984. Newsletters and related working papers, 1975-1990; membership files, 1983-1990; information sheets and application forms; papers relating to the Philosophy of Education Society, Australia; press cuttings, 1971; papers relating to London meetings, 1984 and papers relating to the Social Science Research Council, 1975-1976.

Files containing photocopies of articles, manuscripts, notes and a thesis concerning the career and life of infant educationalist Samuel Wilderspin (1792-1866).

Translations into English of charters, statutes, and resolutions relating to the University of Copenhagen from 1788-1837, entitled 'xxiv documents relating to the University of Copenhagen', and dated 11 Dec 1837. Includes the royal charter of 7 May 1788, and lists of lectures for 1835-1836, as well as material on the syllabus, examinations, the University's Polytechnic School (founded in 1829). The translations are followed by an appendix headed 'Remarks on the xxiv documents...', which serves as an introduction to the documents.
Both items are in the same hand, and their title-pages bear the stamp of the 'Translator To Her Brit. Maj. Mission. Copenhagen.' The title-page to the first item is bound at the end.
Inserted at the front of the volume is a [holograph?] letter dated 19 Apr 1838 from Henry John Temple, 3rd Viscount Palmerston, Foreign Secretary, sending the manuscript to William Cavendish, 2nd Earl of Burlington, and later the 7th Duke of Devonshire.

Correspondence and papers of Bellot. The papers represent and illustrate the activities of Bellot's academic life as well as his personal one. There are letters to his family describing his schooldays at Bedales School up to his involvement with University College, Ibadan and his appointment to the Vice Chancellorship of the University of London.

The papers can be divided into three series: papers relating to his involvement in teaching and governance at the University of London, his personal papers that document his relationship with his fellow historians and his family; and papers created in the process of his historical research.

The official papers include case-files relating to: academic policy, University College, Ibadan, Westfield College, Senate committees, Board of Study in History at the University of London, Higher Education in Africa, and Library Policy.

His personal papers include: correspondence (1898-1968) with fellow historians (such as Albert Frederick Pollard, Thomas Frederick Tout, Robert Arthur Humphreys and J.E. Neale), members of his family, and other friends and acquaintances; family photographs; newspaper-cuttings; domestic account-books; diaries, records of his activities at Lincoln College; curriculum vitae; and travel notebooks.

The papers documenting Bellot's academic activities and historical research include: drafts, off-prints and notes for various works, including some unpublished; correspondence with his publisher, The Athlone Press; bibliographical and lecture notes; and the obligatory historical notes on areas of American History, economics and obituaries.

Papers of Arthur Geoffrey Dickens (1910-2001), Fellow and Tutor of Keble College, Oxford, Professor of History at Hull and London Universities, and Director of the Institute of Historical Research, author and editor of books on medieval and Reformation history: Working papers, including typescripts of his 'Reniassance and the Reformation and Reformation in historical thought', bound volumes and folders of handwritten and typed notes, drafts and albums of reviews, offprints, pamphlets etc, some in photocopy, many annotated by Dickens, some correspondence (c1929-1992).

A notebook dated 1772 bearing the title The Rudiments of Geography and Astronomy, from the Dictates of Sam. Dunn, Teacher of Mathamaticks &c.

This collection consists of material relating to the principle functions of the Fabian Society. It includes correspondence; early papers and memorials; minutes and papers of the executive committee, the finance and general purposes committee and the home research committee; and material relating to lectures, publications, local societies, schools and conferences, groups and bureaux of the society, relations with the Labour Party, conferences, biographies of early members, and information gathered on electoral constituencies and issues in local government.

Records of the London School of Economics Central Filing Registry, 1895-1972, comprising:
Material concerning academic teaching and research, notably material relating to degree courses, 1950-1969, both undergraduate and postgraduate; papers relating to staff and student exchanges, 1949-1974; material concerning research grants, 1935-1968, mainly comprising minutes and papers of the Research Committee and the Division of Research Techniques, documents concerning the Ford Foundation, and papers of the Higher Education Research Unit; papers relating to funding bodies, such as the Gulbenkian Foundation, 1958-1971, the Sir Ernest Cassel Fund, 1912-1945, the Hugh Lewis Fund, 1917-1937, the Ratan Tata Foundation, 1919-1967, the Nuffield Foundation, 1949-1955, and the Rockefeller Foundation, 1923-1965; material concerning scholarships, prizes, and fellowships, 1912-1970, including minutes of the Scholarships and Prizes Committee; papers relating to Railway courses taught at LSE, 1902-1964, including those of the Railway Advisory Committee; correspondence and papers concerning the Army Class, 1906-1947; papers of various LSE academic departments, notably Business Administration, 1928-1957, Social Research, 1940-1963, Social Biology, 1930-1939, Social Science, 1916-1966, Psychology, 1949-1966, International Studies, 1925-1939, Language Studies, 1919-1949, Geography, 1908-1963, and Economics, 1965; material regarding teaching techniques, 1927-1968, including minutes of the Committee on Teaching Techniques; material relating to the education of overseas students, 1928-1968, including papers concerning the Colonial Studies course and the Committee on the Welfare of Overseas Students; material regarding the creation and appointment of various Chairs, Readerships and Lectureships, 1924-1967; minutes and papers of the Board of Studies in Economics, 1951-1967; material relating to the Mental Health Course, 1926-1957, including papers of the Child Guidance Council, the Commonwealth Fund and the Mental Health Training Committee; material on the teaching of Statistics and Computing Methods, Insurance, Social Studies, Latin American Studies, Management and Management Studies, 1920-1968; material concerning The New Survey of London Life & Labour (London, 1930-1935) undertaken by LSE, 1926-1953; material concerning public and memorial lectures organised by LSE, 1940-1968; details of the teaching of evening classes, 1939-1965; papers relating to the British Library of Political and Economic Science, 1920-1968, notably correspondence, and minutes of Library committee meetings; material concerning LSE publications, 1900-1968, including Politica, the Quarterly Journal on Reconstruction, Economica, the British Journal of Sociology, departmental pamphlets and various individual publications; papers relating to the Economists' Bookshop, London, 1946-1966.
Material relating to the administration of LSE, notably papers concerning the administrative procedures of LSE, 1928-1969, including constitution and membership of School government and committees, staff terms of employment (notably salaries), School regulations, as well as registers of graduates; papers regarding revisions of the LSE constitution, 1927-1959; material concerning fundraising and appeals, 1946-1967, notably the LSE Benevolent Fund; material concerning LSE buildings, including maintenance and expansion, 1896-1973, notably minutes of the Building Committee and the Accommodation Committee, and papers concerning 10 Adelphi Terrace, Passfield Hall, Clements Inn Passage, the Three Tuns Pub, Skepper House, the Lionel Robbins Building, and Carr-Saunders Hall; committee papers, 1904-1968, including those of the Standing Committee, 1937-1964, the Finance Sub-Committee, 1939-1967, the Appointments Committee, 1945-1968, the Academic Board, 1925-1968, the Court of Governors, 1904-1968, the House Committee, 1905-1923, and Office Committee, 1923-1929; financial material, 1897-1968, including papers relating to rates, taxation, audits, stock transfers and holdings, as well as minutes of the Investments Committee, 1927-1968, and papers concerning staff pensions, 1912-1968; papers of the Administrative Staff Common Room, 1925-1965, and the Senior Common Room, 1921-1967; material regarding LSE dinners and receptions, 1931-1966; material concerning the Graduate School, 1929-1968, mainly comprising minutes and papers of the Graduate School Committee; press cuttings concerning the Board of Discipline, 1967; papers regarding the Student Health Service, 1945-1967; material regarding admission of students to LSE, 1928-1968, notably minutes of the Admissions Committee, details of entry requirements, aptitude tests and the selection procedure; administrative material concerning the evacuation of LSE to Cambridge during World War Two, 1938-1949, and war damage to School buildings, 1940-1954; material concerning School fees, 1927-1968; material relating to the LSE catering services, 1920-1967, including minutes of the Refectory Committee; material concerning the Friends of the LSE and the LSE Society (formerly Old Student's Association), 1921-1963; papers relating to the Robbins Committee (Committee on Higher Education), 1961-1964, and papers of the Research Group on the Future of the School, 1963-1965; general correspondence, financial material, constitutional papers and other papers of the Student's Union and its societies, 1914-1968.
Material concerning relations with outside bodies, including correspondence with other colleges, institutes and universities, 1918-1968, including the International African Institute, the Royal Institute of International Affairs, Dundee School of Economics and the Central School of Arts and Crafts; correspondence with Government bodies, such as the Ministry of Education, 1901-1956, the Treasury, and the Board of Education, 1895-1911; papers of the Greater London Group, 1958-1965; correspondence and papers regarding contracts with the London County Council, 1904-1963; material relating to the University of London, 1911-1968, including annual returns of the University Grants Committee, papers of the University Court concerning capital grants, examinations, quinquennium, building programmes, visitations and relations with the School; papers of the London and Cambridge Economic Service, 1922-1959; papers of the External and School branches of the Association of University Teachers, 1921-1966; minutes of the Intercollegiate Committee in Laws, 1920-1960.
Other material, including general papers relating to Sidney and Beatrice Webb, 1925-1967, such as personal correspondence, and later papers concerning the Passfield Bequest; and correspondence relating to Lord Josiah Charles Stamp, Chairman of the Governors, 1921-1964.

Material collated by the LSE History Project, 1895-1998, mainly comprising copies of material found in the LSE Archives, other archival institutions and publications, notably papers concerning academic courses (such as the Commerce Degree), academic staff and teaching, including the establishment of various Chairs; financial material, including audited accounts and statistics; papers relating to various trusts and benefactors such as the Rockefeller Foundation and the Carnegie Trust; papers concerning the history of the British Library of Political and Economic Science; material relating to the buildings of LSE from 1899 to the present, including pictures and maps; extensive material concerning individual academic departments, namely Anthropology, Economic History, Economics, Geography, Government, Industrial Relations, International History, International Relations, Language Studies, Law, Philosophy, Social Policy and Administration, Social Psychology, Sociology, Statistics and Mathematical Sciences; biographical material regarding the Directors of the LSE, namely William Albert Samuel Hewins, Sir Halford John Mackinder, the Hon William Pember Reeves, Lord William Henry Beveridge, Sir Alexander Morris Carr-Saunders, Sir Walter Adams, Lord Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf, and Dr Indraprasad Gordhanbhai Patel; papers relating to LSE groups, clubs and societies, including the Senior Common Room and the Friends of LSE; material concerning prominent alumni; articles by various authors on the history of LSE; papers and press cuttings relating to historical incidents at LSE, notably relating to student unrest and demonstrations; press cuttings on various topics relating to LSE, including foundation, relations with the University of London, and national educational policy; biographical material on prominent members of LSE, such as Friedrich August von Hayek, Lancelot Thomas Hogben, Harold Joseph Laski, Bronislaw Kasper Malinowski, Sir Karl Raimund Popper, Lionel Charles Robbins and Sidney and Beatrice Webb; reminiscences of life at LSE by former students and staff, from foundation to the 1990s; material relating to LSE research units; papers on the constitution, organisation and governance of LSE; staff biographical files containing alphabetically arranged information on former and current staff, including governors, professors, readers, senior administration and library, and former students of the School; material relating to the Student's Union, with biographical details of the Presidents; miscellaneous press cuttings and biographical material concerning the position of women at LSE; administration files of the LSE History Project; photographs of LSE staff, students, buildings and general School scenes.

YMA/WF: papers of the Woodcraft Folk, 1910-1975, including yearbooks and annual reports, 1928-1973; administrative material, 1930-1972, notably agenda and minutes of National Delegate Conferences, the National Folk Council and its various committees, membership details, and financial papers such as account books, paysheets and correspondence; general correspondence, 1929-1972, on subjects including the Public Order Act, Folk organisation during World War Two, conscientious objection, and the organisation of campsites; material concerning teaching undertaken by the Folk, 1938-1956, notably papers concerning National Training Camps, tests and badges; correspondence and papers concerning the National Folkhouse, 1938-1958; publications and propaganda, [1926-1965], also including song sheets, play scripts, draft articles and newspaper cuttings; correspondence and papers concerning relations with other organisations, 1929-1972, notably the Co-operative Union; material relating to international activities, 1931-1975, including correspondence with international youth groups, participation in international children's camps and European conferences; papers relating to local Woodcraft Folk groups, 1924-1973; papers of individual Folk, [1925-1975]; photographs of Folk activities, 1938-1971; printed materials and periodicals, 1910-1973. (114 boxes).

YMA/WF/2003 (accessions M3199 and M3204): Additional papers of the Woodcraft Folk, including minutes, annual reports, correspondence, publications, photographs, c 1929-c 1989 (80 boxes).

YMA/WF/2005 (accession M3293): Papers of the Woodcraft Folk: Mount Pleasant Group, 1970s (1 box).

Papers of Sir Walter Adams, [1906]-1974, comprising personal correspondence with family and friends and material relating to early historical and academic work, 1930-[1975]; papers relating to the Commission on African Higher Education, 1949-1952; material relating to Adams' time as Principal of the University College of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1953-1966, including correspondence concerning his appointment, papers regarding overseas visits and conferences, and administrative and financial papers relating to the UCRN; texts and notes for speeches made by Adams, 1945-1966, including some on education in Africa; correspondence by Adams as Principal of UCRN, 1955-1974, including personal letters and testimonials; later papers relating to educational issues in Rhodesia, 1967-1974; material relating to Adam's time as Director of the London School of Economics, 1966-1973, notably correspondence relating to his appointment, minutes and associated papers of LSE committees, official correspondence with administrative and academic staff, papers relating to the Students' Union, selection committees, the Library Appeal, the LSE Magazine, press and publicity, and student unrest; semi-official correspondence of Adams as Director of the LSE, 1967-1974; papers concerning the Society for the Protection of Science and Learning, 1968-1972; papers relating to the placement of foreign refugee scholars (notably from Czechoslovakia), 1968-1971; speeches and writings for audiences outside the LSE, 1967-1972; engagement books, 1968-1973; photographs, [1900s-1973], including early family photographs, and group photos at UCRN and the LSE.

Papers relating to the life and career of Professor Thomas Burton Bottomore, including material relating to his early life, 1930s-1949, such as his Phd thesis; working and research materials, 1950s-1992, comprising notes, articles, press cuttings, translations and offprints of material on subjects including socialist theory, modernism, world systems, radical movements, and Rudolf Herferding; material on the French civil service and students at the École Nationale d'Administration, [1952-1969], possibly for a thesis by Bottomore on the subject; correspondence, 1953-1992, with students, publishers, colleagues and friends, as well as contacts in Greece, Spain, the USA, Canada, India, China, Japan, Africa, Australia, Latin America, and Pakistan; papers concerning conferences, 1960-1981, including correspondence, programmes and texts of lectures and seminars; material relating to campaigns, 1972-1989, notably against Cruise missiles; teaching papers, 1968-1992, mainly comprising course outlines, references, material relating to Sussex University and Sussex Sociology Group; correspondence, committee papers and circulars relating to organisations, 1950-1977, including the Praxis Educational Board, the International Sociological Association (ISA), and the International Society for Socialist Studies (ISSS); material relating to his time in Canada, 1963-1987, including papers concerning work at Simon Fraser University, Vancouver; papers relating to writings and publications, 1957-1992, including correspondence, royalty statements and notes concerning books written by Bottomore, copies of articles on sociological subjects, texts of interviews and radio talks, and reviews; material concerning journals, 1956-1992, such as Current Sociology, Socialism of the Future, and Praxis; transcript of Bottomore's personal diary, 1949-1992.