The LSE wants your leaflets

A quick message from one of my old places of work, the London School of Economics:

On the campaign trail: help LSE build our election collections

The London School of Economics Archive is collecting election addresses and publicity materials produced by parliamentary candidates in the run-up to May’s general election.

Please send them to us at:

Freepost RSHB-UHHY-RTSG
Archives and Rare Books
LSE Library
10 Portugal Street
London WC2A 2HD

The LSE Library has been collecting general election ephemera in this way since 1945. We now hold over 15,000 items covering the whole of the UK which includes material from minority parties and independents as well as the three main parties. Anyone wishing to consult them can find more details about the archive here: http://www2.lse.ac.uk/library/archive/Home.aspx

The LSE prefers leaflets to be sent in batches and have provided a wonderful resource to researchers. It would be great to continue that tradition, especially as when it comes to understanding the impact of leaflets seeing the originals often provides knowledge that doesn’t come from simply looking at electronic versions on screen.