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Beveridge Collection of Unemployment, Volumes 1-20 on Microfilm

 Collection
Identifier: 6130 mf

Scope and Contents

Central and local government reports, pamphlets and papers of the London Central (Unemployed) Body for London relating to the causes and incidence of unemployment in the United Kingdom and its cure including labour exchanges, benefits and relief. The collection is particularly rich in London material.

v. 1.Reports, 1886-1909, (reel 1) -- v. 2.Unemployment : Liverpool. etc., 1894-1908, (reel 2) -- v. 3.Unemployment : Oxford. etc., 1897-1909, (reel 2) -- v. 4.Unemployment, etc., 1890-1914, (reel 3) -- v. 5.Unemployed, Poor Law, etc., 1893- 1905, (reel 4) -- v. 6.Provincial Distress Committees, 1905 Oct.-1909, (reel 5) -- v. 7.London Unemployed, 1906-1907, (reel 6) -- v. 8.London Unemployed, 1903-1906, (reel 6) -- v. 9.London Unemployed, 1903-1908, (reel 7)

v. 10.Vagrancy and Labour Colonies, 1903-1906, (reel 7) -- v. 11.London : Central (Unemployed) Body for London, Minutes, 1905-1906, (reel 8) -- v. 12.London : Central (Unemployed) Body of London, Minutes, 1906-1907, (reel 8) -- v. 13.London : Central (Unemployed) Body for London, Minutes, 1907-1908, (reel 9) -- v. 14.Unemployed, Labour Exchanges, etc., 1887-1914, (reel 9) -- v. 15.Unemployment, 1893-1895, (reel 10) -- v. 16.Unemployed, Metropolitan Employment Exchanges, 1906-1910, (reel 11) -- v. 17.United Kingdom, Labour Dept., Board of Trade, 1908, (reel 11) -- v. 18.Central (Unemployed) Body for London, Reports, 1907-1914, (reel 11) -- v. 19.London, Central (Unemployed) Body for London, Minutes, 1908-1910, (reel 12) -- v. 20.Central (Unemployed) Body for London, Proceedings, 1914-1915, (reel 12)

Dates

  • 1834- 1986

Language of Materials

Collection material in English

Conditions Governing Access

Access to the collections in the Kheel Center is restricted. Please contact a reference archivist for access to these materials.

Conditions Governing Use

This collection must be used in keeping with the Kheel Center Information Sheet and Procedures for Document Use.

Extent

1.33 cubic feet

Quantity:

12 microfilm reels

Forms of Material:

Records, microfilm.

General

Contact Information:
Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation and Archives Martin P. Catherwood Library 227 Ives Hall Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 (607) 255-3183> kheel_center@cornell.edu http://www.ilr.cornell.edu/library/kheel-center
Compiled by:
Kheel Staff, September 26, 2012
EAD encoding:
Randall Miles, February 23, 2016
Title
Beveridge Collection of Unemployment, Volumes 1-20 on Microfilm
Status
Completed
Author
Compiled by Kheel Staff
Date
February 23, 2016
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Revision Statements

  • 02/23/2024: This resource was modified by the ArchivesSpace Preprocessor developed by the Harvard Library (https://github.com/harvard-library/archivesspace-preprocessor)

Repository Details

Part of the Kheel Center for Labor-Management Documentation & Archives Repository

Contact:
227 Ives Hall
Ithaca NY 14853