Poverty, Philanthropy, and Social Conditions in Victorian BritainPublished reports, books, petitions, correspondence, maps and architectural drawings, meeting minutes, newspaper and periodical clippings, government documents, printed lectures and speeches, pamphlets, periodicals, and other types of documents. Collection is organized around ten broad themes: Charitable Organizations and Friendly Societies; Education and Children; Health, Medicine and Disability; Manufacturing, Technology and Trade; Race and Immigration; Sanitation, Slums and Housing; Social Order and Discipline; Social Reform and Welfare; Socialism and Political Movements; and The Poor Laws, Workhouses and Outdoor Relief. Also includes subject indexes, place name indexes, and personal name indexes. Highlights of the collection include the complete correspondence of the Poor Law Commission, Poor Law Board and Local Government Board, 1834-1904; National Archives record series MH (Ministry of Health) 32: Local Government Board and Predecessors: Assistant Poor Law Commissioners and Inspectors, Correspondence, 1834-1904; and MH 33: Poor Law Commission: Assistant Poor Law Commissioners, Registers of Correspondence, 1834-1846.