REES JEFFREYS, William, 1871-1954, writer and publicist

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 REES-JEFFREYS
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	: REES JEFFREYS, William, 1871-1954, writer and publicist
Date(s)	: 1810-1954
Level of description	: collection
Extent	: 97 boxes, 2 files and 1 volume.
Name of creator(s)	: Rees Jeffreys, William, 1871-1954, writer and publicist

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Rees Jeffreys was born in London in 1871. He worked for the Board of Trade until 1903, when he became Administrative Secretary to the Royal Automobile Club and Secretary to the Motor Union. In the same year, Rees-Jeffreys secured the appointment of a Departmental Committee to inquire into Highway Administration in England and Wales. From 1910, to its demise in 1918, he was Secretary of the Road Board. Rees Jeffreys also wrote and campaigned extensively on road transport and motoring in the United Kingdom, Europe and many other countries. He died in 1954.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers relating to Rees Jeffreys' involvement in the Roads Improvement Association and the Road Board; road legislation, finance, design and development; Road Congresses; roads overseas; the relationship between road and rail transport; roads during the two world wars and their reconstruction in the post-war period; motor legislation and motor organisations; motorways; town planning; transport congresses and transport policy; transport infrastructure in the Commonwealth; bridges; buses and tramways; Rees Jeffreys' book, 'The King's Highway'; journals concerned with transport; and personal material, including private correspondence, biographical writings and overseas tour diaries.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

This collection is arranged in 26 sections:
1. Roads Improvement Association, 1890-1952.
2. Road Board, 1909-1950.
3. Road Legislation, 1903-1951.
4. Road Finance, 1830-1951.
5. Road Design, 1919-1951.
6. Road Development, 1910-1952.
7. Road Congress, 1908-1953.
8. Roads Overseas, 1914-1949.
9. Road and Rail, 1922-1951.
10. Roads in World War One, 1911-1922.
11. Roads in World War Two, 1918-1941.
12. Post-War Reconstruction, 1918-1943.
13. Roads in general, 1900-1953.
14. Motor Legislation, 1902-1946.
15. Motor Organisations, 1810-1953.
16. Motorways, 1925-1948.
17. Town Planning, 1910-1953.
18. Transport Congress, 1919-1921.
19. Transport Policy, 1929-1951.
20. Commonwealth, 1911-1946.
21. Bridges, 1915-1947.
22. Buses and Tramways, 1917-1927.
23. The Kings Highway, 1936-1951.
24. Journals, 1918-1943.
25. Personal, 1890-1954.
26. Miscellaneous, 1919-1951.
27. Additional, 1910-1954.

Conditions governing access:

OPEN

Conditions governing reproduction:

APPLY TO ARCHIVIST

Finding aids:

Printed handlist and online catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

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Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Output from CAIRS using template 14 and checked by hand on May 29, 2002

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Date(s) of descriptions:
29 May 2002