Labour in the colonies, 1937-1938
folder
Held at the Weston Library
Comprises:
- (fols. 1-2) Labour Party Advisory Committee on Imperial Questions Memorandum No. 189 by Creech Jones on 'Labour Problems at the Colonial Office', Nov 1937
- (fols. 3-5) circular by Ormsby-Gore, on the right time to establish separate labour departments in the larger dependencies; attached to the memorandum, 24 Aug 1937
- (fols. 6-8) typescript of the memorandum, n.d.
- (fols. 9-12) 'List of sources of information on labour conditions in British Dependencies' by Charles Roden Buxton, circulated by the Labour Party, Dec 1937
- (fols. 13-32) letter from W.J. Bolton with the typescript of the source list and a cyclostyled copy, 7 Dec 1937
- (fol. 33) list of Minimum Wage Legislation in the Colonial Dependencies, 14 Dec 1937
- (fols. 34-35) Trades Union Congress (TUC) Colonial Advisory Committee memorandum on the Colonial Office and indigenous labour problems, 17 Dec 1937
- (fols. 36-39) letter from Creech Jones to Lewin on the consideration of contract labour by the International Labour Organization (ILO) Convention; enclosing comments from E.J. Phelan, Acting Director of the ILO, on Lewin's pamphlets on the subject, and a letter from Bolton, 8 Nov, on the Native Workers Contracts Convention, 17 Dec 1937
- (fols. 40-44) bibliography of the Royal Empire Society Library of recent literature on the South African Protectorates (Lesotho, Botswana, and Eswatini), 1938
- (fols. 45-59) reading list of the Royal Empire Society Library on indigenous labour in the British Colonial Empire, Southern Rhodesia (Zimbabwe), and the Union of South Africa, Jan 1938
- (fols. 60-62) TUC Colonial Advisory Committee memorandum on 'Hours and Wages in certain British Dependencies', 16 Feb 1938
- (fol. 63) The Record, article by John Price on 'The Native Labour Problem', Mar 1938
- (fol. 64) Hansard, written reply to a Question in the House by Creech Jones on African mineworkers in West Africa, 30 Mar 1938
- (fol. 65) Hansard, oral reply to a Question in the House by David Adams on labour conditions in St. Vincent, 30 Mar 1938
- (fol. 66) TUC Colonial Advisory Committee 'Note on Minimum Wage Legislation in British Colonies', 25 Mar 1938
- (fols. 67-103) reading list of the Royal Empire Society Library on Native Administration in Africa covering the period 1928-1938, Apr 1938
- (fols. 104-111) typescript of an article for Tribune by Creech Jones on 'Native Labour in the Colonies', n.d.
- (fols. 112-114) typescript of an article by Creech Jones on 'Native Labour and the British T.U.C.', 4 Jun 1938
- (fols. 115-116) TUC Colonial Advisory Committee 'Notes for a deputation on a Native Labour Department in the Colonial Office', 23 Jun 1938
- (fols. 117-118) typescript of a summary of proposals in a memorandum by Julius Lewin on 'Native Labour in British Africa', n.d.
- (fols. 119-125) letter from John Harris to Creech Jones about the pamphlet 'Industrialisation of the African', with Creech Jones's reply and notes on the pamphlet, 20 Oct-15 Nov 1937
- (fol. 126) typed notes headed 'II labour Conditions in General', n.d.
- (fols. 127-128) notes on the African Conference. Modifications in the Draft Note on Labour, n.d.
- (fols. 129-132) Nyasaland Times, extract on 'Nyasaland Labour in South Africa', with a covering note from W. Benson of the ILO, Geneva, 28 Mar-3 May 1938
- (fols. 133-135) memorandum on 'Labour, some comments by Major Orde-Browne', cyclostyled paper, n.d.
- (fols. 136-140) typed paper on 'Labour, Need for Protection: Some notes on the functions of a labour department in Africa by Major Orde-Browne, late Chief Labour Inspector in Tanganyika', n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1937-1938
Extent
1 folder
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 332/14, folder 3
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
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specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk