LLAS Centre for Languages, Linguistics and Area Studies

Michael Peto photographic collection

Michael Peto came to Britain from Hungary in 1939. He was a freelance journalist with the Observer newspaper, and travelled extensively, covering the work of the Save the Children Fund around the world. Other aspects of his work involved the arts, especially the London ballet scene. Major topics covered by the collection (which consists of some 130,000 items) thus include Eastern Europe, Israel, India, ballet and theatre and Scotland, as well as leading political, literary and entertainment figures.

British Library for Development Studies

National UK collection funded by the government since 1966 to collect 'development studies' material, especially from Third World countries, which have supplied some 70% of holdings. The largest 'development' library in Europe. 90,000 documents in online catalogue and over 1,000 journals (300 of these indexed on site). Total holdings around 250,000 items, includes a further 5,000 current serials (reports, newsletters, monograph series etc) especially strong in grey, semi-published and unpublished, literature. Chinese newspapers, and others, on microfilm. UN depository library and holds most publications of the World Bank, IMF and all UN agencies (FAO, ILO, Unesco, UNDP etc) and other international organizations. Large collection of African and South Asian government publications.

Stephen Riley Collection

This collection was donated by Stephen Riley and reflects his interests in Development Studies. It also contains material on Social Sciences, Politics, African Studies and Economics. It dates from c.1950 and the items are in English or German.

Development Studies

This collection comprises research materials, dating from c.1900, in the field of development, particularly in relation to Africa. It is a useful resource for those interested in development economics, agriculture, food policy, women's studies, race and colonialism. Materials are partially catalogued and in English, Portuguese, French, German, Creole Spanish, Arabic, Dutch, Afrikaans.