Correspondence on labour, 1926-1939
File
MSS. Lugard 113
- File 1, fols. 1-25: Correspondence with the Anti-Slavery Society about the British Government's proposed inter-departmental committee to consider the Slavery Convention, forced labour and related matters, with enclosures, 1926-1939.
- File 2, fols. 1-124: Correspondence with International Labour Office and Colonial Office officials about the former's Report on Forced Labour and the proposed Convention, 1927-1930.
- File 3, fols. 1-69: Correspondence and despatches about the request by the Colonial Office to colonial governments to make a general survey of labour conditions in their territories and about the attempt by the department to abolish penal sanctions for labour offences, 1932-1933.
- File 4, fols. 1-30: Correspondence with W. Phelan of the Diplomatic Division of the International Labour Office about the minutes of the 1932 October-November session of the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, 1933.
- File 5, fols. 1-38: Correspondence about the appointment of Major Orde-Browne as Lugard's substitute on the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, the work he did as such and his consultation of Lugard on the agenda, 1933-1934.
- File 6, fols. 1-2: Correspondence with C.W.H. Weaver of the International Labour Office about the Portuguese Labour Code of 1928 and the Portuguese government's recent decree on its colonial empire, 1933.
- File 7, fols. 1-12: Correspondence about renewal of Lugard's membership of the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, 1935-1938.
- File 8, fols. 1-19: Memoranda by William Ballinger about the work of the Committee of Experts on Native Labour and a letter to Lugard about the International Labour Office Governing Body's appointment of three new representatives from government, employers and labour, 1936.
- File 9, fols. 1-3: Correspondence about the Grey and Blue Reports of the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, 1938-1939.
Dates
- Creation: 1926-1939
Extent
1 box
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Lugard 113
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
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Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk