ROBSON, William Alexander, 1895-1980, Professor of Public Administration

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 ROBSON
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	: ROBSON, William Alexander, 1895-1980, Professor of Public Administration
Date(s)	: c1920-c1970
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 117 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Robson, William Alexander, 1895-1980, Professor of Public Administration

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

William Alexander Robson, 1895-1980, was a student at the London School of Economics, gaining his BSC (Economics) First Class Honours in 1922, PhD in 1924 and LLM in 1928. He saw active service as a Lieutenant in the Royal Flying Corps and RAF during World War One and was called to the Bar in 1922. He did not practice law for long, however, becoming a lecturer at LSE in 1926 and then a Reader in Administrative Law from 1933 to 1946. He was made a professor in 1947 and continued at the school until his retirement in 1962. From 1940 to 1942, Robson was Principal of the Mines Department before becoming Principal of the Ministry of Fuel and Power, 1942 to 1943. He was Assistant Secretary to the Air Ministry 1943 to 1945 and to the Ministry of Civil Aviation in 1945. He was also a member of the Council of the Town and Country Planning Association, the Committee on Training in Public Administration for Overseas Countries. From 1950 to 1953 he was chairman of the Greater London Group. In 1930 he helped to found the 'Political Quarterly' and went on to be its joint editor, 1930 to 1975 and chairman of the editorial board from 1975 to his death in 1980.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, drafts of published works and press cuttings relating to British government and administration, and local government and planning.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

This collection is currently boxlisted.

Conditions governing access:

CLOSED UNTIL LISTED

Conditions governing reproduction:

COPYRIGHT IS HELD BY THE LIBRARY.

Finding aids:

Incomplete manuscript box list available.

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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:
May 29, 2002