GB 0097 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARCHIVES/LSE Oral History - LSE Oral History

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GB 0097 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARCHIVES/LSE Oral History

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LSE Oral History

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  • 1973-2000 (Creation)

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Biographical history

Most of the oral history interviews were organised by the LSE History project for the School Centenary History, or collected by the project. The interviews conducted by Nadim Shehadi were taped in the early 1980s as part of his research on the development of Economics at LSE in the interwar period, and were transcribed by the LSE History Project in 1991.

Archival history

Most of the material was given by the LSE History project in 1995. Material concerning the interview with Michael Oakeshott was given by the School History Project in 1998. The life story interview given by Raymond Firth to the National Sound Archive was given by Qualidata, University of Essex, in 2001.
GB 0097 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARCHIVES/LSE Oral History 1973-2000 Subfonds of the London School of Economics and Political Science Archives 12 boxes London School of Economics and Political Science
Most of the oral history interviews were organised by the LSE History project for the School Centenary History, or collected by the project. The interviews conducted by Nadim Shehadi were taped in the early 1980s as part of his research on the development of Economics at LSE in the interwar period, and were transcribed by the LSE History Project in 1991.

Most of the material was given by the LSE History project in 1995. Material concerning the interview with Michael Oakeshott was given by the School History Project in 1998. The life story interview given by Raymond Firth to the National Sound Archive was given by Qualidata, University of Essex, in 2001.

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.

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Some interviewees not listed above have requested that their interviews be closed during their lifetimes. Apply to the Archivist for details.

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.
English
Audio cassettes.

Printed handlist available for the open material.

Original tapes and transcript of the Raymond Firth interview are held at the National Sound Archive, London.

The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds the papers of the LSE History project (Ref: London School of Economics Archives/LSE History Project), which includes reminiscences by staff and students. Further material concerning the LSE may be found in the other sections of the London School of Economics Archives and the papers of Beatrice and Sidney Webb (Ref: Passfield), Sir Walter Adams (Ref: Adams), Lord William Henry Beveridge (Ref: Beveridge), Sir Sydney Caine (Ref: Caine), and Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders (Ref: Carr-Saunders).

Ralf Gustav Dahrendorf LSE: a history of the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1895-1995 (Oxford University Press, 1995).

Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996). 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. Feb 2001 Allen , Sir , Roy George Douglas , 1906-1983 , Knight , statistician Beales , Hugh Lancelot , 1889-1988 , economic historian Bohm , Anne , fl 1942-1990 , Secretary of the Graduate School, LSE Brown , Edward , fl 1927-1976 , Head Porter, LSE x Brown , Ted Brown , Sir , Ernest Henry , Phelps , 1906-1994 , Knight , economist x Phelps Brown , Sir , Ernest Henry Cleather , Dora W , fl 1931-1989 , secretary to Jessy Mair, Secretary of LSE Dasgupta , Amiya , fl 1920-1988 , Indian economist Durbin , James , b 1923 , Professor , statistician Education England Europe Firth , Sir , Raymond William , 1901-2002 , Knight , anthropologist Fisher , Frederick Jack , 1908-1988 , Professor , economic historian Grebenik , Eugene , b 1919 , Professor , statistician Halsey , Albert Henry , b 1923 , Professor , sociologist Higher education institutions Historical methods History Kaldor , Nicholas , 1908-1986 , Baron Kaldor of Newnham , economist x Kaldor of Newnham , Baron London LSE , London School of Economics and Political Science x London School of Economics and Political Science Macrae , Donald Gunn , b 1921 , Professor , sociologist Marshall , Thomas Humphrey , 1893-1981 , sociologist Musgrave , Alan , fl 1958-1990 , Professor of Philosophy Oakeshott , Michael Joseph , 1901-1990 , Professor , philosopher and political theorist Oral history Panormo , George , 1886-1984 , Head Porter, LSE Popper , Sir , Karl Raimund , 1902-1994 , Knight , philosopher Roberts , Benjamin Charles , b 1917 , Professor of Industrial Relations Scharf , Betty R , fl 1930-1989 , sociology lecturer and Governor of LSE Seear , Beatrice Nancy , 1913-1997 , Baroness Seear of Paddington , social scientist and politician x Seear of Paddington , Baroness Shehadi , Nadim , fl 1980-1991 , economic historian Smellie , Kingsley Bryce Speakman , 1897-1987 , Professor , political scientist Stuart , Alan , fl 1946-1989 , Professor , statistician UK Western Europe Educational institutions

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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.

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Some interviewees not listed above have requested that their interviews be closed during their lifetimes. Apply to the Archivist for details.

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Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

Language of material

  • English

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  • Latin

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English

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The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds the papers of the LSE History project (Ref: London School of Economics Archives/LSE History Project), which includes reminiscences by staff and students. Further material concerning the LSE may be found in the other sections of the London School of Economics Archives and the papers of Beatrice and Sidney Webb (Ref: Passfield), Sir Walter Adams (Ref: Adams), Lord William Henry Beveridge (Ref: Beveridge), Sir Sydney Caine (Ref: Caine), and Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders (Ref: Carr-Saunders).

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Printed handlist available for the open material.

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Original tapes and transcript of the Raymond Firth interview are held at the National Sound Archive, London.

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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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