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


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 BEVERIDGE UNEMPLOYMENT

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

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

Date(s): 1886-1914

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 20 volumes

Name of creator(s): Beveridge | William Henry | 1879-1963 | 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal | economist

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

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

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

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.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged [by Beveridge] broadly by type of document.

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This collection has been microfilmed and the originals withdrawn from public use for preservation purposes.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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

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

Immediate source of acquisition:

Given by Beveridge in 1896.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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).

Related material:

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).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: Sep 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Public administration | Government
Unemployment | Employment

Personal names
Beveridge | William Henry | 1879-1963 | 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggall | economist x Beveridge of Tuggall | 1st Baron

Corporate names
Central (Unemployed) Body for London
Charity Organisation Society

Places
Bermondsey | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Bethnal Green | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Birkenhead | Cheshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Birmingham | Warwickshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Bournemouth | Hampshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Bristol | Avon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Burton-upon-Trent | Staffordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Camberwell | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Chelsea | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Coventry | Warwickshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Deptford | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Dudley | Worcestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
East Ham | Essex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Edinburgh | Midlothian | Scotland | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Finsbury | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Fulham | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Great Yarmouth | Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Halifax | West Riding | Yorkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hammersmith | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Hampstead | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Holborn | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Lambeth | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Leeds | West Riding | Yorkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Leicester | Leicestershire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Liverpool | Lancashire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Manchester | Lancashire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Newcastle upon Tyne | Northumberland | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Norwich | Norfolk | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Nottingham | Nottinghamshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Paddington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Plymouth | Devon | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Poplar | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Reading (Berks) | Berkshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
St Marylebone | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
St Pancras | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Stepney | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Stoke Newington | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Sunderland | County Durham | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wandsworth | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Warrington | Cheshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
West Ham | Essex | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Westminster | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wolverhampton | Staffordshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Woolwich | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Wirral x Cheshire
Camden
Camden
Camden
City of Westminster
City of Westminster
Dorset
Greenwich
Hackney
Hammersmith and Fulham
Hammersmith and Fulham
Islington
Kensington and Chelsea
Lewisham
Newham
Newham
Southwark
Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets
Tower Hamlets