Correspondence, 1941-1949

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Contains:

(fol. 1) letter from Hall, U-S/S Col., replying to a query from Creech Jones about the imprisonment of Ulric Grant for sedition in 1937, 20 Mar 1941
(fols. 2-6) correspondence with L.S. Wilson, Bookseller, Bridgetown, about FCB and other publications, and about a cinema monopoly in the Dutch West Indies and British Guiana (Guyana); with a related cutting from the Barbados Recorder (see also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/135, folder 3, fol. 4), Feb 1942-23 Nov 1949
(fols. 7-15) correspondence with H.W. Springer, General Secretary of the Barbados Progressive League. Topics include: FCB publications; the colony's economic problems, in particular unemployment; the Progressive League and the Workers' Union; political advances, including the Representation of the People Bill (1943); Development and Welfare; Barbados Welfare Ltd.; the Bureau's Sub-Committee on West Indian Affairs; Springer's appointment to the Committee on Higher Education (1944) and subsequently as Registrar to the University College of the West Indies; election results in Barbados and Jamaica (Jan 1945); the Bureau's research in Co-operation, and related discussions with the Colonial Office (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/132, folder 4; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/133, folder 6, item 7), 14 Jun 1943-1 Sep 1947
(fol. 16) letter from D.N. Pritt to John Parke about a request from the West Indian National Congress, Barbados, for a copy of the Fabian Society's rules, 14 Feb 1945
(fols. 17-20) correspondence with the Rev. L.A.O. Woodland, St Mark's Vicarage, St John. Topics include: (1) British Guiana (Guyana) - economic affairs, in particular the effect of business monopolies and the need for co-operatives; political affairs, in particular racial factors and political leaders; (2) Barbados - political and constitutional affairs, in particular the vestry system, the need for adult franchise and for up-to-date administrators; economic affairs, in particular development and welfare and trade union problems; and (3) FCB publications. Those mentioned include: (of British Guiana (Guyana)) Sir Charles Woofley (Governor), W.L. Heape (Colonial Secretary), W.J.W. Cheesman (Head of Co-operative Department), - Collymore (Co-operative Secretary); (of Barbados) Dora Ibberson and Thelma Hackett (Development and Welfare), and Grantley Adams (see also: MSS Brit. Emp. s. 365/138, folder 2B, fol. 94; MSS Brit. Emp. s. 365/138, folder 2C, fols. 113-114), 18 Oct 1948-19 Aug 1949
(fol. 21) draft letter from Rita Hinden to the Editor of The Beacon about a report of an FCB meeting in a letter from the European and Colonial Oppressed Peoples' Association published in his paper (marked 'Not sent'), 17 Nov 1948
(fols. 22-28) letter from Rita Hinden to Grantley Adams, leader of the local Labour Party and a member of the Executive Committee and the House of Assembly, about the Barbados Progressive League and the island's ten-year development plan; with a reference to a meeting with H.N.R. Husbands, Speaker of the House of Assembly, and related biographical notes and synopsis of talks with Husbands (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/133, folder 5, fols. 1-4; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/135, folder 3, fol. 2; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/135, folder 5, fols. 1-4; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/140, folder 1, fol. 5; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 174-200), 11 Oct 1949.