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Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm, (1871-1954), sociologist and manufacturer

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Surname: Rowntree
Forenames: Benjamin Seebohm
Gender: Male
Date: 1871-1954
Biography: ODNB link for Rowntree, Benjamin Seebohm (1871-1954) Sociologist and Manufacturer
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P146809 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P24859 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Benjamin Seebohm Rowntree
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
personal, family and official papers, incl travel journals
Joseph Rowntree Foundation Library
NRA 32299 Rowntree
2
official corresp and papers, files rel to Poverty and Progress, lectures, records rel to enquiries and surveys, incl leisure time, ageing and planning
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
NRA 36650 Rowntree
3
1942-1978: corresp and papers rel to his third survey of York
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
Rowntree Papers (ACC 2017/023)
See Annual Return 2016
4
1937-54: corresp rel to Nuffield Trust for Special Areas
Oxford University: Nuffield College Library
NRA 36428 Nuffield
5
corresp with Dame Katharine Furse
National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive
DAU
See Guide vol 2
6
1923-43: letters to David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Archives
LG
NRA 15700
7
1930-37: corresp with Lord Lothian
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
GD40
NRA 10737 Kerr
8
1937-63: corresp with Sir Frederic Osborn
Welwyn Garden City Central Library and Information Service
B127
NRA 34633 Osborn
9
1911-15: corresp with Charles Sarolea (33 items)
Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections
Coll/15
10
c1916-1930: corresp to Arthur Henderson rel minimum wage
Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York
2015/036
See Annual Return 2015