Webb: Trade Union papers

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0097 WEBB TRADE UNION
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	: Webb: Trade Union papers
Date(s)	: [1814-1924]
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 298 volumes
Name of creator(s)	: Webb | (Martha) Beatrice | 1858-1943 | wife of 1st Baron Passfield | social reformer and historian Webb | Sidney James | 1859-1947 | 1st Baron Passfield | social reformer and historian

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Webbs pooled their respective talents into writing joint works on economic and social issues. This partnership produced books such as The history of Trade Unionism, 1666-1920 (1894), Industrial democracy (1897), and Problems of Modern Industry (1898). Their work spread into areas such as historical and social research, educational and political reform and journalism, and much of what they produced altered the perceptions of economists and social historians, who had previously ignored the working classes. For a biographical history of Sidney and Beatrice Webb, see the description for the Passfield personal papers (Ref: Passfield).

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Materials on trade unionism collated by Sidney and Beatrice Webb, [1814-1924], mainly during research for The history of trade unionism, 1666-1920 (Longmans and Co, London, 1894), Industrial democracy (Longmans and Co, London, 1897) and other works, including manuscript notes relating to various trades, pamphlets and printed material concerning trade unions, trade union rule books, and printed reports and other periodical material.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

The material is mainly arranged according to trade or union.

Conditions governing access:

Open. Some of the volumes are available on microfilm. Section D of the collection is issued at the main Library issue desk.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright is held by the LSE. No documents may be photocopied. Microfilm copies of some volumes.

Finding aids:

Printed handlist available. The majority of the collection is catalogued according to union in the main Library catalogue.

Archival Information

Archival history:

Given by Sidney Webb in 1939. A further deposit was made in 1948. The collection was formerly known as Coll E/Trade Union Collection. Section D, the Trade Union journals, has been continually added to since the original deposit.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Allied Materials

Related material:

There is also material concerning trade unionism in the Passfield papers (Ref: Passfield). For a full list of material relating to the Webbs in the Library and elsewhere, see the description for the Passfield papers.

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Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. 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:
Mar 2001