STATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED:

Series Two: The Beveridge Papers from the Library of Political and Economic Science

Part 1: Early Working Papers on Welfare, Labour and Unemployment Insurance, 1902-1944

Part 2: Politics, Economic Planning, Social Insurance, Health and the Welfare State, 1944-1963

Contents of Reels - Part 1

REEL 1

Complete Handlist to the Beveridge Papers, Sections I - XIV (164ff)

SECTION III: UNEMPLOYMENT AND LABOUR EXCHANGES

[DO25-O48 and Z1-2 in former catalogue]

Item (Former Ref)

Early Activities

1 (A6.104) Toynbee Hall, Balliol House and Wadham House residents committee on the unemployed, minutes, 1903-4: additional notes and statistics, 1904-19.

2 (?B?D) Working notes and statistics about unemployment, Trade Union Law, the Poor Law, Sunday trading and Toynbee Hall rents, 1902-5.

3 (?B?D) Mansion House Unemployed Fund: reports of the sub-committee and on the working colony at Hadleigh (Essex), and statistical abstract of Stepney applicants, 1903-4. [folio 23 is blank].

4 (?B?D) London Unemployed Fund: report of the sub-committee and other papers, 1904-1905.

5 (?B?D, Z1/2) Central (Unemployed) Body for London, conference reports, summaries of working colony schemes and related papers, 1905-8.

REEL 2

6 (Z1/2) Copy letters between Fabian Ware, E. Peacock and Lord Glenester about management of the Morning Post, 1906-9.

7 (Z1/2) Letters of correspondence on Beveridge’s visit to Germany to study ways of dealing with unemployment, 1907.

8 (X.X) Notes and statistics about unemployment insurance and labour exchanges in Germany, 1907.

9 (X.X) Notes and statistics about unemployment insurance and labour exchanges in Britain, 1908.

10 (X.X) Notes, statistics and circular letters about Salvation Army sweating, 1908-9.

11 (Z1/2) Notice and syllabus of nine lectures on ‘The Economics of Unemployment’ given at Oxford, 1908.

12 (DO25, LIII225) Papers relating to first three editions, 1907-13. Includes preface (draft and proof copy) and conclusion (draft), 1908, correspondence with Longmans and others, 1908-13, and royalty statements, 1909-11.

Unemployment: A Problem of Industry (revised edition)

13 (DO45) Correspondence with Longmans and others about a proposed new edition, 1919-20; royalty statements, 1918-21.

14 (DO25) Correspondence with Longmans and others about a new edition, 1927-30.

15 (DO40) Lists of material for use in the revised edition.

REEL 3

16 (DO44) Pamphlets, articles and reports for use in the proposed revision.

REEL 4

17 (DO40) Eight lectures (no. 2 missing) on The Problems of Industry, given at LSE, 1921.

18 (DO45) Correspondence about problems of unemployment, 1921-27.

19 (DO40) Plan of proposed revision, including working notes. [folios 122, 154, 200, 330-339 and 433 are missing from original.]

20 (DO40) Working notes, statistics and articles for proposed revision.

REEL 5

21 (DO41) Working notes and statistics for proposed revision.

22 (DO42) Working notes, statistics and drafts for statistical supplement. [folio 255 is missing.]

REEL 6

23 (DO43) Working notes, statistics and drafts for statistical supplement. [folio 50 is missing.]

24 (DO25) Reviews of new edition, 1930-34.

Labour Exchanges

25 (LI204) Letters of congratulations on appointment to the Board of Trade, 1908.

26 (A3.101) Copy minute of appointment as Director of Labour Exchanges, 1909; photograph of Director.

27 (LII215) Letters of congratulations on appointment as Director of Labour Exchanges, 1909.

28 (DO46) Correspondence and memoranda about juvenile employment, 1910-11.

29 (DO39, Z1/2) Reports of speeches by G R Askwith and other papers about labour exchanges in Ireland, 1910-19.

30 (Z1/2, A4.101) Papers relating to a conference on unemployment and labour exchanges at Ghant (Belgium), 1913-14.

31 (DO39) Memoranda about working of labour exchange 1915-16.

32 (DO30) Evidence given by Beveridge to the committee on Employment Exchanges, 1920.

33 (DO30) Note of a scheme for cooperation between Birmingham Corporation public works department and employment exchanges, 1929.

34 (DO47) Papers relating to 50th anniversary celebrations of the establishment of labour exchanges. Includes correspondence, 1959-60, Beveridge’s speech in London, 1960, and article The birth of labour exchanges (Minlabour, Vol XIV, No. 1, 1960).

35 (DO39 Z1) Memorandum on 17th century labour exchanges.

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36 (A4.102) Miscellaneous papers, 1909-15.

Unemployment Insurance

37 (Z2) Memorandum on the scheme, draft heads of bill criticisms and amendments, 1908-9.

38 (Z2) Statistical notes and tables for the scheme, 1909.

39 (Z2) Memoranda on specific aspects of the scheme, 1907-9.

40 (DO26) Duplicate memoranda as in Section III 37 and 39, 1908-9.

41 (DO30, Z2) Memoranda on unemployment insurance prepared for the Poor Law Commission, 1907.

42 (DO28) Conference and other papers on aspects of unemployment insurance, 1911.

43 (DO32) Explanatory memorandum on unemployment insurance, 1912; first draft of insurance card, 1907.

44 (DO31, DO27) First report on unemployment insurance, 1913. [One copy bound for Beveridge and endorsed to ASB].

REEL 8

45 (DO30) Report on labour exchanges and unemployment insurance, 1915.

46 (DO39) Statistical returns and abstracts of particular points of unemployment insurance, 1913-18.

47 (DO29, Z3/5) Unemployment Insurance Committee, Sub-Committee on Dock Labour; minutes, memoranda and correspondence about casual labour problems, 1913-24.

REEL 9

48 (DO32-3) Civil War-Workers Committee, Unemployment Insurance Sub-Committee: minutes, memoranda and correspondence about insurance by industries, 1917-18.

REEL 10

49 (DO34) Extension of the Unemployment Insurance Committee; minutes, memoranda and correspondence, 1919.

50 (DO36) International Labour Office; memoranda and correspondence about unemployment problems, 1920.

51 (DO48) Economic cost of the war: labour balance sheet, 1914-22.

52 (DO30, A4.102) Newspaper articles and notes about unemployment insurance and casual labour, 1924-31.

53 (A6.105) Notes by Beveridge on unemployment, 1925-27, 1944. [folio 121 is missing.]

REEL 11

54 (DO39) Unemployment insurance by industries: working notes and statistics, memoranda and other papers, 1922-23.

55 (DO45) Insurance for all and everything: working notes and correspondence with T W Phillips and others about the pamphlet, 1924.

56 (DO35) Acts, statutory orders and government reports, 1902-30.

REEL 12

56 cont. (DO35) Acts, statutory orders and government reports, 1902-30.

57 (DO30) Ministry of Labour official notes and memoranda on unemployment insurance, 1910-21.

58 (DO30) Government reports on unemployment insurance, 1917-20.

REEL 13

59 (DO38) Government reports and publications on unemployment, 1913-30.
[Ministry of Reconstruction, 2, 3, 4 & 5 Interim Report of Civil War Workers - pp9-10 are missing.]

REEL 14

59 cont. (DO38) Government reports and publications on unemployment, 1913-30.

REEL 15

60 (DO31) Acts and Government reports on unemployment insurance, 1915-30.

REEL 16

61 (DO37) Ministry of Labour reports, 1923-29.

SECTION IV: WORLD WAR I

[WW and Z3-8 in former catalogue]

REEL 17

Item (Former Ref)

Ministry of Munitions, 1915-16

1 (Z6) Memoranda on establishment of the Ministry, 1915, strikes and disputes, 1915, and the training of munition workers, 1916. History and Administration of Section 7 of the Munitions of War Act, 1915, and of war munitions volunteers, 1916.

2 (Z6) Correspondence, memoranda and reports about labour problems, 1915-16.

3 (Z6) Correspondence, memoranda and reports about organisation of departmental work and labour supply, 1915-16.

4 (Z6) Central Munitions Labour Supply Committee: minutes, 1915-16.

5 (LIII227) Correspondence, 1915-16.

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5 cont. (LIII227) Correspondence, 1915-16.

6 (Z6) Memoranda about duties of Board of Trade Staff, 1916.

7 (Z3/3, 6) Memoranda and report on dilution of labour, 1915-16.

8 (Z6) Notes on the history and activities of the Ministry, 1915-16.

Man-power Distribution Board

9 (WW) Correspondence and memoranda about evidence given, 1916.

10 (WW) Memoranda of evidence given, 1916.

REEL 19

10 cont. (WW) Memoranda of evidence given, 1916.

11 (WW) Press-cuttings about first report, 1916.

12 (WW) Drafts, office minutes and memoranda about industrial compulsion, 1916.

13 (WW) Outline plan for the history of economic organisation of the United Kingdom for War [1918].

Reconstruction papers

14 (Z7/1) Draft scheme for post-war demobilisation, and related correspondence, memoranda and reports, 1914. [folios 43-71 and 254-255 missing in original due to misnumbering].

15 (Z7/2) Correspondence, office minutes, memoranda and reports about post-war demobilisation of the army and industry, 1916.

REEL 20

15 cont. (Z7/2) Correspondence, office minutes, memoranda and reports about post-war demobilisation of the army and industry, 1916.

16 (Z7/3) Survey of the position and post-war prospects of trades and industries, 1916.

17 (Z8) Notes on functions of Government departments, 1919.

REEL 21

18 (Z8) Memorandum on distribution of business and staff at the Board of Trade, 1921.

19 (WW) History of the Ministry of Munitions, vols IV (parts 2-4), VI (parts 1-2).

Ministry of Food, 1916-19

20 (Z4/1-2) Correspondence, office minutes, memoranda and reports about the establishment of the Ministry and sugar-rationing proposals, 1916-17.

REEL 22

21 (Z4/3-8) Office minutes, memoranda and reports about bread and flour rationing proposals, 1917. Includes papers relating to a commission for Relief in Belgium.

22 (Z4/4-5) Memoranda and draft reports on the machinery of food rationing, 1916-17.

23 (Z4/7) Draft orders and memoranda on the machinery of food rationing, 1916-17.

24 Z4/6 Memoranda on family budgets and adequate diets, 1917.

REEL 23

25 (Z3/1) Contribution on Ministry of Food and rationing to Harold Begbie’s biography of Lord Rhondda, and related correspondence, 1916-19.

26 (Z3/2) Correspondence, memoranda and press-cuttings about changes of officials in the Ministry, 1918.

27 (WW, Z5) Correspondence, 1916-19.

REEL 24

27 cont. (WW, Z5) Correspondence, 1916-19.

28 (A4.102 Z8) Memoranda, press-cuttings and other papers relating to peace negotiations and post-war economic prospects, 1918-1921. Also includes evidence of EC Gonner to the Tithe Redemption Committee, 1921.

29 (A6.105) ‘Visitors’ Book’ (? dates of arrival and departure of Ministry of Food staff).

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