'Documents and Correspondence', 1953-1956

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Contains:

(fols. 1-3) correspondence with Ramsay Blackwood, National Students' Movement, Jamaica, about the Movement's aims and the Bureau's work, 25 Jul 1953
(fols. 4-5) letter to R.A. German, Knox College, about a projected Fabian group at Montego Bay and the Society's rules of membership; with a related note, 12 Feb 1953
(fol. 6) covering note from Ida Greaves to Marjorie Nicholson enclosing a letter for publication in Venture about comments by Balogh on her study of Colonial Monetary Conditions for the Colonial Economic Research Committee, 30 Mar 1954
(fols. 7-9) correspondence between Marjorie Nicholson and Nethersole about West Indian and African affairs and political leadership; Nicholson's visit to Tanganyika (mainland Tanzania) (late 1953); and the 1954 elections in Jamaica. Those mentioned include Bustamante, Manley, Grantly Adams, N. Azikwe and Marjorie Stewart (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/145, folder 1, fols. 136-137; also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/142, 1B, fols. 163-193), 8 Jan 1953-24 Nov 1954
(fol. 10) letter to F. De Souza, Jamaican Welfare Colonial Office, about printing the Senior-Manley report on West Indian immigration, 2 Mar 1956
(fols. 11-15) 'An Economic Plan for Jamaica': article by Arthur Lewis about the report of the Economic Policy Committee (Chairman, Dr F.C. Benham), [c. 1945]
(fols. 16-23) Colonial Office Releases and Information Sheets, mainly about financing development, constitutional changes, a taxation enquiry, and a Banana Delegation to the United Kingdom, 1 Apr 1953-20 Sep 1954
(fols. 24-25) text of a broadcast talk on Radio Jamaica by Rawle Farley about the Central Bank's Report on the island's economic development (see also: MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 365/133, folder 5, fols. 25-28), 20 Aug 1953
(fols. 26-36) Colonial Office Information Sheets: No. R 2671 - 'Facts about Jamaica and Dependencies'; No. R 2699 - 'Constitutional Development in Jamaica'; No. R 2974 and R 2977 - Biographical Sheets about Bustamante and Manley, with details of their political and trade union organisations, 25 Sep 1953-22 Dec 1954
(fols. 37-38) Monthly Comments, Jamaica, Vol. I, No. I, Oct 1953
(fols. 39-42) cutting of article by Olive Cruchley for Labour Woman, 'Family Patterns in Jamaica' (two copies), Mar 1954
(fols. 43-44) Man of Destiny: pamphlet about Norman Manley (84 pp.), and related correspondence with the Secretary of the Peoples' National Party (PNP), 29 Nov-10 Dec 1954.