STATE PROVISION FOR SOCIAL NEED
Series Two: The Beveridge Papers from the
British Library of Political and Economic Science

Part 3: Correspondence and Papers on Health Services, Old Age Pensions,
New Towns, and Post-War Europe, 1919-1962

All references will be laid out in the order of:
Item: Former Reference: Subject

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SECTION VII: OTHER INTERESTS AND ACTIVITIES
[Ia and Ib in former catalogue]

Akroyd Family
1: Ia 302 A2.101
William Akroyd’s Foundation: correspondence about Founder’s scholarships and related papers, 1938, 1947-63.
2: Ia 302
Annette Akroyd Scholarship: correspondence about establishment and award of scholarship at Bedford College, London, 1929-1955.
3: Ia 317 Ia 318 supp.: Health Services and Old Age
Reports, Papers and Correspondence re: British, Swedish X.XXVI and Italian Health Services; Notes and Impressions by John Dodd; Hospital Costing Returns for the National Health Service year ending 31 March 1953; Papers and Reports on the National Health Service, 1942-1955. [2 bundles].

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3 cont.: Ia 317 Ia 318 supp.
Reports, Papers and Correspondence on the X.XXVI National Health Service, 1942-1955; Newscuttings; Papers on the British Hospitals Contributory Schemes Association, 1948-1954; including correspondence, material and speech notes for Beveridge's address to the British Hospitals Contributory Schemes Association (1948) Conference, in Bristol, 5 November 1954. [4 bundles].

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4: Ia 312
Correspondence with John Dodd and memoranda about health services, 1961-1962.
5: Ia 318 Ia 326
National League of Hospital Friends and British Red Cross Society: Correspondence, 1950-1962. [2 files].
6: Ib 358 supp.
Phillips Committee on Provision for Old Age: correspondence and memoranda, 1953-1954.

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7: Ib 360 or L
Correspondence about Parliamentary debates on pensions and related papers, 1954-1955.
8: Ib 358
Correspondence, material and notes for speech on Problems of the Aged to Barnet Club, Oxford, 1 March1955.
9: Ib 360
Correspondence, reports, memoranda, speech notes and other papers about problems of Old Age and Pensions, 1953-1959, including proof copy of text on Institute of Economic Affairs. [2 files].

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9 cont.: Ib 360
Correspondence, memoranda, speech notes and other papers about problems of Old Age and Pensions, 1953-59, including "The Purpose of Pensions" and "Providing Security for Old People: Lord Beveridge on current problems about Pensions". [1 file].
10: Ib 358
Correspondence, material, speech notes and other papers about problems of Old Age, 1955-1961. [3 files].
11: Ib 358
Draft pamphlet on the Problems of Old Age and related correspondence, 1961.
12: Ib 358
Draft addresses on housing problems of old people to Abbeyfield Society Conference, 28 April 1961 and at Newcastle, 18 August 1961.

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13: Ib 358
Correspondence and Papers about housing problems of old people, 1961-1962.
14: Ib 358
Correspondence with Abbeyfield Society, 1960-61. Includes The Abbeyfield Newsletter; also papers about bridge tournament and bookstall for funds, 1961. [2 files].
15: Ib 358
Correspondence with Abbeyfield Society, 1961-62. Includes papers about visit to Belfast, 1961.

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16: Ib 358
Correspondence with Abbeyfield Society, 1962.
17: Ib 305
Correspondence with Cyril Bloomfield about Abbeyfield Society, 1961-62.

New Towns: Peterlee Development Corporation
18: Ib 357
Peterlee Development Corporation: correspondence, minutes, reports and memoranda about disputes with general manager and architect, 1949-1950. [2 files].
19: Z37/3: New Towns: Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation
Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation: Correspondence, 1950-1952.

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20: Ib 357 add b
Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation: Correspondence, 1953-1954.
21: Ib 357
Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation: Correspondence, 1955-1960; and copies of the journal
"The Newtonian". [2 files].
22: Z37/2
Newton Aycliffe Social Activities: Correspondence about social activities in the Town, 1951-1952, eg: Tree Planting, Pioneer Community Association, Red Cross, Clubs and Societies. [2 files].
23: Ib 357
Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation: Correspondence with Harold Macmillan about Chairmanship of Corporation and Parliamentary debates, 1952.
24: Ib 357 add b
Correspondence, minutes and memoranda of New Towns Development Corporations Chairmen’s Conference, 1952.

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25: Ib 357
Correspondence and memoranda about new house ‘Acley’, 1949-1953.
26: Ib 357
Correspondence with Durham County Council about gift of books to proposed new library, 1953-1961.
27: Ib 357 add b
Correspondence, ministerial report and other papers about Easington Colliery disaster, 1951-1952.
28: Z37/1
Census of Town inhabitants, address by W H Beveridge to Trading Estate workers, 7 June 1951 and memorandum by Vicar on Town problems, 1951.
29: Ib 357 add a.c
New Towns and the case for them: Correspondence, reports and papers, including Lecture on New Towns given by Beveridge at Senate House, London, 4 December 1951, report on the Cost of House Building and a Review of Housing in Middlesborough. [4 files].

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New Towns: Newton Aycliffe Development Corporation
29 cont.: Ib 357 add a.c
New Towns and the case for them: various journals, reports and parliamentary papers. [Loose in box].
30: Ia 339
Correspondence with Town and Country Planning Association about New Towns, 1955-1961.
31: L: Oxford Traffic and Preservation Problems
Correspondence with Lionel Curtis and others, with related papers and maps 1937-1939.
32: Ib 359
Correspondence, 1954-1956.

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33: Ib 359
Correspondence, 1957.
34: Ib 359
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, papers and plans for suggested road and other developments, 1946-1961. [5 files].

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35: Ib 359
Press-cuttings, 1954-1960. [2 files].
36: X.VI
Pamphlets about Cowley Community Association, 1951-56. Population and fertility
37: Ib 361/1
Presidential address on Population and Unemployment given to British Association at Liverpool, 1923. Includes correspondence, working notes and other material. [2 files].

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Population and fertility
38: Ib 361/3
Article and working notes on The Fall of Fertility Among European Races, 1925, including journals and pamphlets:
(i) Journals and pamphlets.
(ii) Notes on European Races.
(iii) Notes on Canada.
(iv) Notes on Ireland and Australia.
(v) Notes on Switzerland.
(vi) Miscellaneous working notes.
(vii) Notes on the Netherlands. [8 files].
39: Ib 361/2
Correspondence and working notes on population studies for New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1928-1929. Adjustment of Areas. [1 file].

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39 cont.: Ib 361/2
Correspondence and working notes on population studies for New Survey of London Life and Labour, 1928-1929:
(i) London Death Rates: Tables concerning Diseases and Mortality, 1841-1929.
(ii) Crowding, c1881-1921.
(iii) Birth places and general notes, 1881-1921.
(iv) Age Tables, 1881-1921 and related papers. [4 files].
40: Ib 361/4
Swedish birth-rate and Stockholm temperative correlations.
41: Ib 361/5
Miscellaneous pamphlets about population and fertility, 1951-1954.

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Weather Periodicity
42: Ia 341b/9
Correspondence about weather periodicity and related subjects, 1919-1929. [3 files].
43: Ia 341b/2
Meteorological Office monthly reports, 1927-1932 [with some gaps].

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44: Ia 341b/1
Working notes and statistics on relation of rainfall and temperature to wheat prices, 1928-1931. [7 files].
45: Ia 341b/2-3
Working notes and statistics on barometric pressure, 1928-1931. [2 files].

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45 cont.: Ia 341b/2-3
Working notes and statistics on barometric pressure, 1928-1931. [2 files]
46: Ia 341b/4, 6-7
Harmonic analysis of wheat prices. [4 files].
47: Ia 341b/5
Periodogram of wheat prices: Trial Drawings of Synthetic Curve. [1 file].

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47 cont.: Ia 341b/5
Periodogram of wheat prices (continued): Figures, Tables and Working Notes. [2 files].
48: Ia 341b/10
Miscellaneous working notes on weather periodicity.

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49: LII extra 220
Correspondence with the Meteorological Office, David Champernowne and others, about Employment and Unemployment, the Trade Cycle and related subjects, 1937-1940.
50: Ia 341b/8
Pamphlets and offprints relating to weather periodicity, 1913-1932. [3 files].

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50 cont.: Ia 341b/8
Pamphlets and offprints relating to weather periodicity, 1913-1932 (continued). [1 file].

World Government and Peace Aims
51: X.XV
Reports, press-cuttings and other related papers about the Dumbarton Oaks Proposals, 1944 and Crimea Conference, 1945.
52: Z29/1
The Borel Committee: International Committee for the Study of European Questions: correspondence and memoranda, 1945-1946. [Material suffers from severe water damage].
53: Z29/4
Agency for Intellectual Relief in Germany: correspondence and memoranda, 1946-1948.
54: Z29/8
Educational Interchange (Austria) Committee: Correspondence and memoranda, 1947.

Crusade for World Government
55: Z35/2 Ib 364/3-4
Correspondence, 1947-1948. Includes addresses and broadcasts given in Australia and New Zealand, 1948, and papers about Luxembourg Congress, 1948. Also includes material on United Nations Atomic Energy Commission, in particular, Official Records for 1946. [2 files].

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55 cont.: Z35/2 Ib 364/3-4 Correspondence, 1947-1948 (continued). Includes papers about Luxembourg Conference on World Government, 5-11 September 1946. [2 files].
56: Ib 364/5
Correspondence, memoranda and National Executive Committee minutes, 1948-1949.

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57: Z35
Correspondence, memoranda and National Executive Committee minutes, 1950. (items 47-48 missing).
58: Z35
Correspondence and memoranda, 1951.
59: Ib 364/6-7
Correspondence and memoranda, 1952-1954.

Europe House (Britain in Europe Ltd)
60: Ib 364/16
Correspondence and Council of Management minutes, 1957-1962. [2 files].

European-Atlantic Group
61: Ia 315
Correspondence, Council and Executive Committee minutes, 1956-1959. Includes memorandum on Letchworth Garden City Bill, 1962.

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Federal Educational and Research Trust (Federal Trust for Education and Research)
62: Ib 364/2
Correspondence, reports and Trustees’ and Executive Committee minutes, 1955-1962. [2 files].

Federal Union
63: Z35/5
Correspondence, Conference Reports and Research Committee minutes, 1940-1945. Includes letter about proposed reprint of "Peace by Federation", 1941-1942. (Some water damage to the original material).
64: Ib 364/2
Correspondence, 1947-1952.

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65: Ib 364/2
Correspondence and memoranda, 1952-1955. [2 files].
66: Ib 364/2
Correspondence, memoranda and reports, 1956-1962.

One World Trust
67: Ib 364/18
Correspondence and trustees’ minutes, 1951-1962. [2 files].

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Parliamentary Association for World Government
68: Ib 364/6-7
Correspondence and conference papers, 1951-1958. (Some water damage to the original material).

Parliamentary Group for World Government
69: Ib 364/6 Z35 Correspondence, speech notes, Group and Executive Committee minutes, 1950-1952.

Parliamentary Group for World Government
70: Ib 364/7 Ib 364/12
Pamphlets, newscuttings, correspondence, memoranda, conference papers and Group and Executive minutes, 1952-1954. [1 file].

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70 cont.: Ib 364/7 Ib 364/12
Correspondence, pamphlets, bulletins, memoranda, conference papers and Group and Executive minutes, 1952-1954 (continued). [2 files].
71: Ib 364/12
Correspondence, conference papers and Group and Executive minutes, 1954-1955.
72: Ib 364/15
Correspondence and Executive minutes, 1956.
73: Ib 364/15 LII 218
Correspondence, memoranda and Group and Executive minutes, 1957-1962. [1 file].

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73 cont.: Ib 364/15 LII 218 Correspondence, memoranda and Group and Executive minutes, 1957-1962 (continued). [2 files].

United Europe
74: X.XII
Correspondence and papers about Paris conference of Independent League for European Cooperation, 1947.

World Parliament Association (World Association of Parlamentarians for World Government)
75: Ib 364/13
Correspondence and conference papers, 1951-1954.
76: Ib 364/14
Speech notes for World Conference of Scientists, 1955, with correspondence and related papers. Draft and proof copy of "The Conditions of Peace", essay for "The Bomb - Challenge and Answer", ed. Gilbert McAllister, 1955, with correspondence and related papers.
77: Ib 364/13
Correspondence and Conference papers, 1956-1958.

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78: Ib 364/13,16,18,19
Correspondence, memoranda, reports, newscuttings, papers and speech notes, 1958-1962. Includes addresses to 8th World Conference, Berne, 1959 and to 10th World Congress, Vienna, 1961. [4 files].

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Wyndham Place Trust
79: Ib 364/16
Correspondence, 1960-1962.

United Nations
80: X.XXVI
United Nations Association: correspondence, memoranda and AGM minutes, 1950-1952.
81: Ib 364/9 Ib 364/12
Correspondence, newscuttings, pamphlets, memoranda, reports and speech notes about nuclear disarmament and United Nations charter revision, 1953-1954. [1 file].

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81 cont.: Ib 364/9 Ib 364/12
Correspondence, newscuttings, pamphlets, memoranda, reports and speech notes about nuclear disarmament and United Nations charter revision, 1953-1954 (continued). [3 files].

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82: Ib 364/10 Ib 364/11
World Security Enquiry: correspondence, newscuttings, pamphlets, memoranda and speech notes, 1954. Includes material on the British Council of Churches. [2 files].

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83: Ib 364/8
Correspondence about J T Shotwell’s Candidature for Nobel Peace Prize, 1952: Typescript copy of his "Economic and Social History of the War" (unfinished).
84: Ib 364/1
Pamphlets about World Government, 1943-1959. Also includes notes by Beveridge.

Settlement Movement
85: Z24
British Association of Residential Settlements: Correspondence, Executive Committee and Grants Committee minutes, reports and papers relating to appeal for £100,000, 1940-1945.

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Broadcasting and Television
86: Ib 352
Correspondence with BBC, General Advisory Council minutes, memoranda and reports, 1931-1935. [Some original documents are in slightly poor condition].
87: Ib 352 add a, b
Correspondence, newscuttings, pamphlets, National Television Council Committee minutes, reports and Hansards about Commercial Television, 1949-1954. [3 files].

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Ceylon
88: LIII 238
Ceylon: correspondence about social security scheme, 1945.
English Cathedrals
89: Ia 314a
English Cathedrals: correspondence as to enquiry into structural improvements, 1924-1925.

Imperial War Relief Fund
90
Imperial War Relief Fund, Fight the Famine Council, Universities’ Committee: correspondence and Executive Committee minutes, 1920-1924. [4 files].

Miscellaneous
91: Ib 354
Inflation and Pensions: correspondence, speech notes, articles and press-cuttings, 1956-1960. [1 file].

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91 cont.: Ib 354
Inflation and Pensions: correspondence, speech notes, articles and press-cuttings, 1956-1960 (continued). Includes manuscript copy of "The Inflation Cure of Capitalism: The Fundamental Statistical Conditions" by Victor Edelberg. 174pp. [2 files].
92: Ia 325 supp.
National Institute of Economic and Social Research: Correspondence, papers, pamphlets, AGM minutes and reports, 1953-1962, including documents on the Finance of Public Companies. [2 files].

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93: Ia 332
Radical Reform Group: correspondence, AGM minutes and speech notes, 1956-1958.
94: Z30/1
Universities: Edinburgh: correspondence about W H Beveridge’s candidature for Rector, 1945.
95: X.XXIII
Universities: St. Andrews: correspondence and other papers relating to Bowie Memorial Lecture, 1954,
W H Beveridge’s candidature for Rector, 1954-1956, and enquiry into proposed development of Burgh and University, 1956-1958.
96: Ia 343
William Wordsworth Centenary, 1950: Correspondence, "Wordsworth Today", pamphlets, drafts and centenary address, 1949-1950.
97: Ib 356
Beatrice Webb Memorial: Committee minutes and correspondence about fund, 1943-1952.