Identity area
Reference code
UKLSE-DL1CB01
Title
Charles Booth Digitised Archive
Date(s)
- 1886-1903 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
568 pdf file format (series A and B)
73 images in jpeg file format (series E)
73 images in jpeg file format (series E)
Context area
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Charles Booth’s enquiry (1886-1903) was a ground-breaking social investigation into late-Victorian London. The enquiry’s most famous outputs are the poverty maps which showed street–by-street levels of wealth and poverty. LSE Library holds Booth’s original notebooks and 2nd edition maps which formed the basis for his publication, 'Life and Labour of the People in London'.
This digitised archives contain digitised surrogates from the archives [Booth; Charles (1840-1916); shipowner and social commentator](https://archives.lse.ac.uk/Record.aspx?src=CalmView.Catalog&id=BOOTH&pos=1)