Hungarian revolution 1956- some free resources to begin your research

Hungarian Uprising of 1956 was a nationwide revolt against the government of the Hungarian People's Republic and its Soviet-imposed policies, lasting from 23 October until 10 November 1956

 Here are some key resources to find out more about this period in history

1956 Hungarian Revolution Collection maintained by the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Cold War International History Project,is a fabulous site with many full text declassified documents. Many come from Russian and Bulgarian archives. 

National Security Archive George Washington University.
has a briefing book with declassified documents from the USA government - showing the response of Eisenhower.
 
I956 institute  Hungary - has catalogues of books, photographs and articles
OSA Digital Archive Videos of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution.The 1956 film collection contains archival footage of and relating to the 1956 revolution in Hungary.The 69 titles include Hungarian newsreels from 1957-1970, propaganda films from the 1960s, fiction films from the 1960s to1980s, that represent the 1956 revolution as counter-revolution.
Universal Pictures and Warner Pathé newsreels regarding the revolution

London's T-charge- what is it? why is it necessary? find out more.

This week

the T charge was introduced as

Drivers of older, more polluting petrol and diesel cars in central London are now liable for a £10 fee on top of congestion charge

 The T-Charge (officially known as the Emissions Surcharge) operates in the Congestion Charge zone and is part of TFL  commitment to help clean up  polluted air.See the rules and use the car checker on the TFL website

 For information on the policy see the London Assembly website

Sadiq Khan (London Mayor)  expanded on his views in his original election manifesto on creating a cleaner greener london

 For recent policy on the environment in London see the London Assembly publications website.

and policy section.  They also have a clean air route finder.

How polluted is London Air.

Get some up to date data

from the London Data store

London Air Quality Network. it has regularly updated maps of current air pollution in london

reports on trends and news

For wider view on how it compares with other nations see the WHO Global Urban Ambient Air Pollution Database (update 2016)

 Also this comment on the quality of the data. by Carlin Rosengarten

United Nations day 24th October- celebrate these free resources.

UN Day marks the anniversary of the entry into force in 1945 of the UN Charter.
Read the full text of this historic document online.  


Great Free UN resources.
Here are some sites we would recommend.

United Nations Digital Library

Digital Library includes UN documents, voting data, speeches, maps, and open access publications. The platform provides access to UN-produced materials in digital format and bibliographic records for print UN documents starting in 1979.

Official Document System: The United Nations official document system provides full text search of documents issued since 1993; resolutions of all principal organs & Security Council plenary documents since 1946. Older documents are added regularly.

UN Member States on the Record: Provides direct access to official documents reflecting the views and actions of UN Member States including: membership to the UN; statements made before principal
UN Oral History Collection: 


for older materials. UNBISnet: includes:

• Voting Records: Voting records for all resolutions adopted by the General Assembly and the Security Council from 1946 onwards.
• ​Index to Speeches: Provides access to meeting records of the Principal organs by country or organization, speaker, document symbol, or topic. Comprehensive from the mid-1980s,

Data.
Yearbook of the United Nations: The Yearbook of the UN is the principal reference work of the UN and provides a detailed overview of the Organization's activities during the course of a year. All the Yearbooks, 1945 to the most recent

UN Data gathered in one place. all recent statistical datasets.


Finding aids
Official Library produces a great collection of
UN Documentation Research Guides:  which get you satarted in all aspects of research.

Remembering the Black Monday stock market crash.

It is the 30th anniversary of the Black Market crash.

for an introduction to what happened in Wall street read this essay from the Federal Reserve history
More detailed is this working paper from Mark Carlson.

A Brief History of the 1987 Stock Market Crash with a Discussion of the Federal Reserve Response

New York Times has a learning site for students  

Library of Congress has a brief history plus a bibliography of basic readings taken from its colections.

There is a broader history of stock market crises from CFA institute

For some contemporary accounts see:

Report of the Presidential Task Force on Market Mechanisms : submitted to The President of the United States, The Secretary of the Treasury, and The Chairman of the Federal Reserve Board. Official US government treasury report 1988.

Shiller, Robert. “Portfolio Insurance and Other Investor Fashions as Factors in the 1987 Stock Market Crash” NBER Macroeconomics Annual 3 (1988): 287-97.

 The October 1987 Market Break a speech - remarks given by David Ruder of the US Securitiies and exchange commission in 1988 on the impact on US japanese securities regulation.

Guardian archive photographs from 1987.

30th anniversary analysis

Bloomberg has personal reflections from those involved.

Wall Street Journal also has a video of oral history recollections.

Search for more references on the BIS Central Bank research hub.