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British Library of Political and Economic Science

COCKETT, Dr Richard, b 1961, historian

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COCKETT

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: COCKETT, Dr Richard, b 1961, historian

Date(s): 1942-1996

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 3 boxes

Name of creator(s): Cockett | Richard | b 1961 | historian

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

No information available at present.
Publications: editor of Anatomy of decline: the political journalism of Peter Jenkins (Cassell, London, 1995); David Astor and the Observer (Deutsch, London, 1991); editor of My dear Max: the letters of Brendan Bracken to Lord Beaverbrook, 1925-1958 (Historians' Press, London, 1990); Twilight of truth: Chamberlain, appeasement, and the manipulation of the press (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, London, 1989).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers mainly collated by Dr Richard Cockett during research for his book Thinking the unthinkable: think-tanks and the economic counter-revolution, 1931-1983 (Harper Collins, London, 1994), 1942-1996, comprising journal and newspaper articles, official reports and correspondence, 1942-1992, relating to right-wing economic think-tanks, including the Adam Smith Institute, the Society of Individualists (and Sir Ernest John Pickstone Benn, 3^rd Bt), Aims of Industry, the Mont Perelin Society, the Longbow Group (and Diana Spearman), the Selsdon Group, the Institute for the Study of Conflict (and Brian Rossiter Crozier), the Institute for Economic Affairs, the Centre for Policy Studies, The St James Society, and The Carl Menger Society; material relating to influential economic and political advisors, 1952-1996, notably newspaper and journal articles by Arthur Seldon, Sir Alfred Sherman, Professor Timothy George Congden, and Phillip Denis Andrew Vander Elst; miscellaneous reports, notes and newspaper cuttings relating to the activities, and influence on various governments, of political and economic think-tanks, 1952-1992.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in 2 sections: papers relating to specific think-tanks, and papers of influential individuals.

Conditions governing access:

Open, though some confidential files remain closed. Apply to Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Temporary handlist and on-line catalogue available.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given by Richard Cockett in 1997.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Related material:

The BLPES also holds material relating to the Centre for Policy Studies.

Publication note:

Thinking the unthinkable: think-tanks and the economic counter-revolution, 1931-1983 (Harper Collins, London, 1994).

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science catalogue; British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.