CHRISTIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4006
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full title	: CHRISTIAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RESEARCH FOUNDATION
Date(s)	: 1953-1987
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 0.22 linear metres
Name of creator(s)	: Christian Economic and Social Research Foundation

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Christian Economic and Social Research Foundation was founded in the 1950s, carrying on the work of the Economic Research Council.

It produced many publications on aspects of social welfare, the most important of which were the Chief Constables' Reports on Drink Offences. It provided evidence for royal commissions and other public bodies.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Publications of the Christian Economic and Social Research Foundation, on subjects as diverse as drink offences; theft and the victims of crime; taxation; shopping centres; violence; social problems of youths; family problems; alcohol advertising; road safety; and licensing legislation. The majority of the publications are concerned with alcohol and the control of drinking.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

LMA/4006/001-002/016: Annual Reports; LMA/4006/003-052: Publications and Reports.

Conditions governing access:

Available for general access.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Records gifted to the Archive in January 1997.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Apart from the LMA's parish and nonconformist holdings, there are the records of a number of campaigning organisations such as the National Temperance Foundation (LMA/4005) and the Liberation Society (A/LIB).

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
June to August 2010.