Articles and reading lists

Articles

• Accountants in Wartime 
  An article on the sacrifice made by accountants during the First and Second World Wars.
• Chartered Accountants' Hall 
  An introduction to the building and its frieze, with links to sources of further information on the building and the men who helped to shape it.
• History of the West Yorkshire Society of Chartered Accountants 
  A resume of the history of the WYSCA from the nineteenth century to the present day, compiled by past WYSCA President Roger Oakley.
• The Institute Lady and the Coat of Arms 
  A short introduction to the history of the 'Institute Lady' and her place in the Institute's Coat of Arms - with a list of further reading.
• Melekh Manuscript 
  Find out about the unusual manuscript that was displayed on the walls of the ICAEW Library & Information Service for many years...
• A study of practising accountants listed in London trade directories published before 1840
  This study of practising accountants listed in London trade directories published before 1840, by Peter Boys, is of particular significance to our understanding of the number of accountants practising in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries in London.
• The mystery of the missing members: the first 600 Chartered Accountants in England and Wales 
  An article by respected accounting historian Peter Boys, of particular significance to the early history of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. It is reproduced here by kind permission of the publishers, Taylor & Francis. The article first appeared in Accounting, Business & Financial History, Volume 14, Number 1, March 2004.

Reading Lists and Reviews

• Autobiographies of Chartered Accountants in the LIS collection 
  The LIS holds a collection of over 70 autobiographies and biographies of Chartered Accountants spanning the lifetime of the Institute. Find out more about the collection...