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COLL MISC 0519/38 - Liberal and Tory Finance. No. 1. Taxation Imposed or Remitted During the Last Twenty-one Years

Half page of text with bar chart comparing levels of taxation under Tory and Liberal governments, 1865-1885. Lithograph in black ink with red and blue bar chart, produced for the Liberal Central Association, 41 - 42 Parliament Street, Westminster, London.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: National Press Agency Ltd
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

Charles Booth Digitised Archive

  • UKLSE-DL1CB01
  • Collection
  • 1886-1903

The poverty maps, papers and notebooks of Charles Booth’s inquiry into the Life and Labour of the People in London (1886 – 1903), an investigation into the distribution of wealth and poverty in late-Victorian London. The most famous items in this collection are the maps, known for their street-by-street colour-coded display of wealth distribution throughout the city at the time. This collection includes both the printed and hand-coloured maps produced by the inquiry. Further topics addressed in Booth's papers and notebooks include industry and religion.

COLL MISC 0519/75 - Liberal and Tory Finance, No. 3: National Debt

Three colour lithograph (black, blue, red) produced for the Liberal Central Association, comparing the Liberals record on reducing the National Debt with that of the Conservatives, between 1865 - 1885. Mostly text, with a large graph.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: National Press Agency Ltd
Publisher: Printer
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

COLL MISC 0519/74 - The Tax-payers' Financial Barometer

Full text poster in black on white paper, with large graphs in blue and red ink. The graphs compare the expenditure of Tory and Liberal governments between 1875-1886, to the detriment of the Liberals.
Artist: Unknown
Printer: C Terry and Co
Publisher: John Hall
Place of Production: London
Note: For citation purposes check full catalogue reference indicated in Finding aids field.

Fabian Society and Young Fabians

  • UKLSE-DL1FS01
  • Collection
  • 1884-2009

A collection of papers and publications produced by the Fabian Society between 1884 and 2009, including the Fabian Tracts, the Young Fabian pamphlets series and meeting minutes. These materials provide a record of the Society’s internal administration, as well as illustrating their political and ideological evolution over time. Founded in 1884, the Fabian Society is a prominent left-wing think tank which has had (and continues to have) a significant influence on the British left, most notably the Labour Party. The Society was founded with the purpose to "reconstruct society in such a manner as to secure the general welfare and happiness".

Correspondence and papers, 1877-1888

LSE Archives reference: LANSBURY/1 part 1

  • 1-4. Letters from Elizabeth Jane Brine (later Mrs George Lansbury) to 'Alice' (later Mrs W. C. Sewell), 13 and 20 July 1877.
  • 5-25. Letters from Lansbury to W. C. Sewell, 20 July 1877-29 April 1879.
  • 26-27. Letter from Lansbury to James Lansbury, 31 May 1880.
  • 28-33. Letters from Lansbury to W. C. Sewell, 17 July 1880-12 July 1881.
    1. Advert for Bow and Bromley Liberal and Radical Association, 1890.
  • 35-36. Letter from Alf Everett to Lansbury, [1884?].
    1. Immigration and Emigration by Sea, copied by Lansbury from the Queensland Blue Book, 1884.
  • 38-39. Enquiry by Lansbury about social conditions in Australia, 1886.
  • 40-44. Notes by Lansbury in response to a circular, [1884?].
    1. Letter to Lansbury from W. Hoffman, [1885-1895?].
    1. Leaflet advertising meeting for 'What is the Truth about Emigration?', with Lansbury as cosignator, [1886?].
    1. Newspaper clipping from the Sydney Correspondence, 5 February 1886.
  • 48-53. Letters from J. A. Murray Macdonald to Lansbury, [1886?].
  • 54-55. Letter from H. B. Reynolds, Jr. to Lansbury, 31 December 1886.

Beatrice Webb's Diaries

  • uklse-dl1wd01
  • Collection
  • 1873-1943

The diaries of Beatrice Webb (1858 – 1943), including the original manuscript volumes and typescript copies with associated ephemera. Webb kept a diary from 1873 until her death in 1943, providing a detailed account of her life and work. Topics covered include the Fabian Society, the Labour Party, trade unionism, the suffrage movement, LSE, local government and communism, as well as details of Webb’s personal life, her marriage to Sidney Webb and descriptions of friends and acquaintances.

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