Institute for Contemporary British History

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 ICBH
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	: Institute for Contemporary British History
Date(s)	: [1990-1996]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 51 boxes
Name of creator(s)	: Institute for Contemporary British History

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Institute forContemporary British History was founded in 1986 by Professor Peter Hennessy and Dr Anthony Seldon out of a concern that the recent past was being neglected as a field of historical study in British schools and universities. The ICBH encourages research in British history, creates networks of collaboration for scholars and allows for the development of oral archives and resources, mainly through a system of organising seminars, annual conferences and witness seminars (oral history discussions which bring together key witnesses to past events). It runs the Centre for Scholarship for visiting scholars from the UK and abroad. The ICBH also publishes the Survey of current affairs, the Modern history review, and the electronic Journal of international history. The ICBH joined the Institute for Historical Research, University of London, in 1999.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of the Institute for Contemporary British History, [1990-1996], including administrative files relating to publications and the organisation of seminars and summer schools; files relating to a series of witness seminars on 20^th century British history, including audio tapes and transcripts.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Unsorted.

Conditions governing access:

Open, though some confidential files remain closed.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright retained by the donor. No documents may be photocopied.

Finding aids:

On-line catalogue available.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by Peter Catterall, Executive Director of ICBH, in 1996.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

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:
Nov 2000