Labour correspondence, 1924-1945
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- fols.1-2: Letter to Lugard from R.F. Thomson, chief inspector in the Solomon Islands, about quoting one of his maxims on indigenous labour treatment to support his own argument to the Governor, 1924.
- fols. 3-5: Letter from James Deemind of John Holt & Co. about indigenous labour in Togoland and the Cameroons, 1925.
- fols. 6-19: Letter from Joseph Burtt to Lugard about labour conditions in Portuguese West Africa, with a memorandum and Lugard's notes, 1931.
- fols. 20-50: Correspondence with Granville Orde-Browne about his monograph on labour, with Lugard's criticisms and Orde-Browne's list of the emendations he had made as a consequence, 1932.
- fols. 51-52: Correspondence with Dorothy Brackett about methods of settling mining areas with a permanent labour force, 1936.
- fols. 53-59: Correspondence with Professor Henri Labouret about a report by W. Benson on conditions of labour in the Gold Coast and about Labouret's plan for an inquiry into such conditions in the colonies, 1936.
- fols. 60-63: Correspondence with C.W.H. Weaver about supplying Lugard with Industrial and Labour Information and reports of the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, 1940.
- fols. 64-65: Correspondence with Margaret Joseph about Lugard's chapters on labour in his revised version of The Dual Mandate, 1940.
- fols. 66-70: Correspondence with Weaver and Benson about the move to Montreal by the International Labour Organization, the Chatham House study on the Mandates, the proposed Colonial Charter and a study planned by Benson on social policy in the colonies, 1941.
- fols. 71-93: Correspondence with Benson about the transfer of the International Labour Organization, slavery in Abyssinia and the Forced Labour Convention, 1941-1945.
- fols. 94-96: Correspondence with Mrs K.E. Innes of the Women's International League about its resolution on colonial policy, 1943.
- fols. 97-124: Correspondence with Sir Arthur Dawe about forced labour in Kenya and Leggett's memorandum, the position of the Colonial Office and the Committee of Experts on Native Labour, with related newspaper cuttings, 1942.
Dates
- Creation: 1924-1945
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Lugard 114/1
Repository Details
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk