Dear All
We would like to draw your attention to the launch of the Charles Booth
Online Archive [http://www.lse.ac.uk/booth]
The Charles Booth Online Archive provides free access to a new, detailed
online catalogue of materials relating to Booth's survey into life and
labour in London (1886-1903). The organisation of trade and industry, the
lives and employment of women, the effects of national and international
migration, leisure activities, and the religious life of the capital are all
described in fascinating detail in the archive of 450 survey notebooks. 31
of the notebooks, describing walks accompanying policemen on their beats,
have been digitised and are available to view on line.
View and search the digitised image of 12 colour-coded maps of London
poverty, produced from Booth's survey. What type of person lived in your
London street 100 years ago? Or perhaps you'd like to know more about your
London ancestors - maybe they were even interviewed by Booth's survey team?
As well as the information on the website itself, the online catalogue will
help you locate further material in the LSE's Library archives (where the
450 original survey notebooks are available to view). The Charles Booth
Online Archive also offers a catalogue of Booth family papers held at the
University of London Library archives and seven digitised editions of the
Booth family magazine.
For further information, visit the website at http://www.lse.ac.uk/booth, or
contact:
Library Archives
London School of Economics and Political Science
10 Portugal Street
London WC2A 2HD
Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 7223
Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 7454
Email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.library.lse.ac.uk/archives/
Apologies for cross posting
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