Regional Studies Association

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 RSA
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	: Regional Studies Association
Date(s)	: 1965-2003
Level of description	: Collection
Extent	: 66 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Regional Studies Association

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Regional Studies Association was founded in 1965. Its objects are: (1) to promote education in the field of regional studies by the exchange of ideas and information; and, (2) to stimulate and aid studies and research into regional planning, development and functions and to disseminate the results of such research. Since 1967, the Association has published a quarterly journal, Regional Studies.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Regional Studies Association, 1965-2003, including annual reports; annual General Meeting papers; conference documents, including lists of participants, papers and financial records; branch papers; Study Group papers; European Urban and Regional Research Network papers; membership records; newsletters; Regional Studies (journal).

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted

Conditions governing access:

Mainly open; some items closed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Finding aids:

Box list available from Archives staff.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by the Regional Studies Association in 2001 and 2006.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database by Anna Towlson.

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:
Apr 2008