CAINE, Sir Sydney, 1902-1991, Director of the LSE
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0097 CAINE |
Held at | : British Library of Political and Economic Science Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library › |
Full title | : CAINE, Sir Sydney, 1902-1991, Director of the LSE |
Date(s) | : [1955-1968] |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 2 boxes |
Name of creator(s) | : Caine | Sir | Sydney | 1902-1991 | Knight | Director of the LSE |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1902; educated Harrow County School and the London School of Economics; Assistant Inspector of Taxes, 1923-1926; entered Colonial Office, 1926; Secretary, West Indian Sugar Commission, 1929; Secretary, UK Sugar Industry Inquiry Committee, 1934; Financial Secretary, Hong Kong, 1937; Assistant Secretary, Colonial Office, 1944; CMG, 1945; Deputy Under-Secretary for State, Colonial Office, 1947-1948; KCMG, 1947; 3rd Secretary of the Treasury, 1948; Head of the UK Treasury and Supply Delegation, Washington, 1949-1951; Chief of the World Bank Mission to Ceylon, 1951; Vice-Chancellor, University of Malaya, 1952-1956; Chairman, British Caribbean Federation Fiscal Commission, 1955; Director, London School of Economics, 1957-1967; Chairman, Grassland Utilisation Committee, 1957-1958; Member, 1960-1967, and Deputy Chairman, 1964-1967, Independent Television Authority; Chairman, International Institute of Educational Planning, 1963-1970; Governor, Reserve Bank of Rhodesia, 1965-1967; Coordinator, Indonesian Sugar Study, 1971-1972; Chairman of the Governing Body and Member of the Board, University College at Buckingham, 1973-1983; died 1991. Publications: British Universities: purpose and prospects (Bodley Head, London, 1969); Prices for primary producers (Institute of Economic Affairs, London, 1963); The history of the foundation of the London School of Economics and Political Science (G Bell and Sons, London, 1963); University independence: the main questions (Rex Collings, London, 1971); The price of stability: a study of price fluctuations in primary products with alternative proposals for stablisation (Institute of economic Affairs, London, 1983).
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers of Sir Sydney Caine, [1955-1968], notably material on the early history of the London School of Economics, [1955-1958], including copies of articles by Lady Janet Beveridge concerning the administration of the LSE following World War One and the Directorship of William Henry Beveridge, 1st Baron Beveridge of Tuggal; papers relating to Caine's Directorship of the LSE, 1966-1969, mainly comprising material relating to student unrest; two volumes of a personal diary, 1942-1943; a photograph album of the West Indian Sugar Commission, 1929-1930.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
Arranged in files according to subject.
Conditions governing access:
Closed.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Apply to Archivist for copyright details. No documents may be photocopied.
Finding aids:
Unlisted.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Given by the family in 1991. Diaries and photograph albums transferred by the Librarian.
Immediate source of acquisition:
Allied Materials
Related material:
The BLPES also holds material relating to Sir Sydney Caine in the papers of the Royal Economic Society (Ref: RES/2/1/6-7, 4/4/3, 6/1/73, 11/1/3, 13/9, 16/17-19), the London School of Economics (Ref: LSE Archives/Caine/0001-6, and Unregistered School Archive files/23/1/1-38), Professor James Edward Meade (Ref: Meade/4/15), and Sir Arnold Plant (Ref: Plant/PCom, Corr, LCES, Educ and DOBA). There are also Caine papers relating to Rhodesia, 1962 (Ref: Coll Misc 0433).
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Publication note:
Description Notes
Archivist's note:
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. 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
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