GB 0097 NSOL - New Survey of London

63 boxes and 1 file

The papers were probably deposited in the Library following the completion of the project in 1934. The survey cards were long thought missing but were found in 1978 during the Library's transfer to the Lionel Robbins Building.
GB 0097 NSOL [1881]-1933 Collection (fonds) 63 boxes and 1 file New Survey of London
The New Survey of London was begun in 1928 and concluded in 1933 as a deliberate attempt to update Charles Booth's Survey of Life and Labour in London. It was directed by Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith who had been one of Booth's assistants. The Survey was based at the London School of Economics and was financed by the Laura Spelman Rockefeller Trust and by donations raised by Beveridge from London organisations. Llewellyn Smith published his findings in 1930-1934 as The new survey of London life and labour (London, 1930-1935).

The papers were probably deposited in the Library following the completion of the project in 1934. The survey cards were long thought missing but were found in 1978 during the Library's transfer to the Lionel Robbins Building.

Material created during the compilation of the New survey of London life and labour (London, 1930-1935) undertaken by the LSE in 1930-1934, including working papers of the survey such as minutes of the Steering Committee, correspondence of Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith (Director) with Sydney Frank Markham (Secretary), correspondence with publishers, specimens of street survey cards and enquiry records, and drafts; background material, including census statistics, subject files and information on London organisations, labour and history; survey records, consisting of index cards, each containing information concerning one household and giving information on the age, occupation, place of work, travel and earnings of each wage earner. The London boroughs covered are Acton, Barking, Battersea, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, East Ham, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Hornsey, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth North, Lambeth South, Lewisham, Leyton, Paddington, Poplar, St Marylebone, St Pancras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Wandsworth, West Ham, Westminster, Willesden, and Woolwich.

The index cards are arranged according to London borough.

Open

Copyright held by the LSE. Some documents may be photocopied.
English

Printed catalogue available.

The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds the papers relating to Charles Booth's original survey of London (Ref: Booth).

The new survey of London life and labour (London, 1930-1935).

Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. 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 Acton Barking Battersea Bermondsey Bethnal Green Camberwell Chelsea Deptford East Ham England Essex Europe Field work Finsbury Fulham Greenwich Hackney Hampstead Hertfordshire History Holborn Hornsey Islington Kensington Lambeth Lewisham Leyton London LSE , London School of Economics and Political Science x London School of Economics and Political Science Markham , Sir , Sydney Frank , 1897-1975 , Knight , politician Middlesex Paddington Poplar Research work Shoreditch Smith , Sir , Hubert Llewellyn , 1864-1945 , Knight , civil servant and social investigator Social history Social research Social surveys Southwark Stepney St Marylebone Stoke Newington St Pancras Surveys Tottenham UK Wandsworth Western Europe West Ham Westminster Willesden Woolwich Camden City of Westminster Brent Ealing Tower Hamlets Waltham Forest Kensington and Chelsea Barking and Dagenham Newham Haringey Hammersmith and Fulham

Material created during the compilation of the New survey of London life and labour (London, 1930-1935) undertaken by the LSE in 1930-1934, including working papers of the survey such as minutes of the Steering Committee, correspondence of Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith (Director) with Sydney Frank Markham (Secretary), correspondence with publishers, specimens of street survey cards and enquiry records, and drafts; background material, including census statistics, subject files and information on London organisations, labour and history; survey records, consisting of index cards, each containing information concerning one household and giving information on the age, occupation, place of work, travel and earnings of each wage earner. The London boroughs covered are Acton, Barking, Battersea, Bermondsey, Bethnal Green, Camberwell, Chelsea, Deptford, East Ham, Finsbury, Fulham, Greenwich, Hackney, Hammersmith, Hampstead, Holborn, Hornsey, Islington, Kensington, Lambeth North, Lambeth South, Lewisham, Leyton, Paddington, Poplar, St Marylebone, St Pancras, Shoreditch, Southwark, Stepney, Stoke Newington, Tottenham, Wandsworth, West Ham, Westminster, Willesden, and Woolwich.

The index cards are arranged according to London borough.

Open

Copyright held by the LSE. Some documents may be photocopied.

• English

• Latin

English

The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds the papers relating to Charles Booth's original survey of London (Ref: Booth).

Printed catalogue available.

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.

• English