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British Library of Political and Economic Science

Organisation for Comparative Social Research


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS ARCHIVES/Organisation for Comparative Social Research

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: Organisation for Comparative Social Research

Date(s): 1953

Level of description: sub-fonds

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Organisation for Comparative Social Research

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Organisation for Comparative Social Research consisted of a group of social scientists from seven European countries, first brought together in 1951 by the Oslo Institute for Social Research as an international seminar for the planning of a common research programme. The purpose of the OCSR was to encourage co-operation among social scientists of different countries, to increase training facilities and to carry out studies of cross-national differences in respect of group behaviour. The British office of the OCSR was based at the LSE.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Organisation for Comparative Social Research relating to an international study of the teaching profession carried out in 1952-1953, with the aim of providing a comprehensive account of the views of teachers on a number of problems of national and international concern. The papers mainly comprise manuals and instructions for interviewers, circulars to headmasters and coding guides.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

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Open.

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Copyright unknown.

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On-line catalogue available.

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Unknown.

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. 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: Jan 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Education
Social sciences
Teaching profession

Personal names

Corporate names
Organisation for Comparative Social Research

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