This collection contains speeches by Wise; financial reports on the economic condition of Germany; correspondence regarding the publication of his German diary; pamphlets and reports on reparation payments; studies, notes and papers on government policy; notes regarding economic policy; and notes and correspondence regarding his political life.
Wise, Sir Fredric (1871-1928) Knight MP EconomistRecord of the inhabitants of Katharine Buildings, Cartwright Street, Aldgate, London.
Webb , Martha Beatrice , 1858-1943 , wife of 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historianMemoranda on the increased cost of living during World War One, Aug 1914- Jun 1917. Also, Executive Committee of the Workers' National Committee minutes, 11 Sep 1914-10 Oct 1918.
War Emergency Workers National CommitteeMinutes and papers of the Government Committee on the Prevention and Relief of Distress consequent to the outbreak of the First World War.
Government Committee on the Prevention and Relief of DistressBeveridge's papers as Second Secretary of the Ministry of Food during World War One, including:
Volume 6: The 9d loaf and the bread subsidy, May-Aug 1917.
Volume 7: Sugar distribution scheme, Dec 1916-Sep 1917.
Volume 8: Rationing. Jan-Apr 1917.
Volume 9: Rationing, Apr 1917-Mar 1918.
Volume 13: Papers on the future of the Ministry of Food, Nov 1918-1921.
Volume 15: Industrial unrest. Railway strike, 1919.
Volume 16: Industrial unrest. Coal strikes, Oct 1920 and Apr 1921.
Volume 23: Diary of the Ministry of Food, 1917-1919.
Volumes 24 - 26. Minutes of the Food Council, 1917-1920.
One volume containing papers of William Beveridge relating to the family allowance, including correspondence with Eleanor Rathbone (1872-1946) and the Family Endowment Society.
Beveridge , William Henry , 1879-1963 , 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal , economist