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   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/library ›
Full title	: Organisation for Comparative Social Research
Date(s)	: 1953
Level of description	: Subfonds of the London School of Economics and Political Science Archives View parent record
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 & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright unknown.

Finding aids:

On-line catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Unknown.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

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