'1. Bananas', 1935-1944

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(fols. 1-96) 'The Banana Empire (A case study of Economic Imperialism)', by Charles David Kepner, Jr., and Jay Henry Soothill: typescript (two copies) and extract (three copies), 1935
(fols. 97-130) second draft of article by Herbert Hart, about the history of Jamaica's banana industry and Britain's duty towards the colony (corrected typescript), n.d.
(fols. 131-138) extract from Hansard, and drafts of articles (n.d.), about the suspension of imports of bananas into Great Britain, 4 Dec 1940
(fols. 139-144) extract from West Africa, and draft of an article (n.d.) about dried bananas, 8 Mar 1941
(fols. 145-151) letter [from C.W.W. Greenidge] to Creech Jones about the United Fruit Company of Boston (see also the Papers of Greenidge, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/18, folder 1, fols. 13-39, and 18, folder 12, fols. 1-128), 30 Aug 1941
(fols. 152-171) cyclostyled letter from Sir Austin Hudson, Jamaica Producers' Marketing Company, to Oliver Stanley, S/S Col., about steps to restart the industry after the war, and a copy of a memorandum, 'Plan for the co-ordination of the present and post-war development of the Jamaica banana industry in conjunction with that of the British Cameroons', 3 Aug 1944
(fols. 172-178) extracts from Hansard about rehabilitation of the banana industry in Jamaica after hurricane damage, 27 Sep-18 Oct 1944
(fols. 179-183) letter from R.F. Williams, Jamaica Producers' Marketing Company, to Rita Hinden about the government's guarantee to maintain and rehabilitate the banana industry, 25 Oct 1944.