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Resettlement of the surplus population of the West Indies, 1948-1950

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Also, one unfoliated item.

Comprises:

  1. (fol. 1) reply from G.C.L. Bertram, Cambridge, to a letter from Greenidge about the movement of people in the West Indies as a solution to overpopulation, intended to accompany a reprint of his paper for the Eugenics Society, 13 Nov 1948
  2. (fols. 2-3) correspondence (some in a mutilated condition) between F. Seal Coon, of The Daily Argosy, British Guiana (Guyana), and Greenidge about the colony's capacity to absorb West Indian immigrants, arising out of an article in The Times based on material supplied by Seal Coon, 20 Dec 1949; 12 Jan 1950
  3. (item 1) The Times: complete copy containing, inter alia, a letter from Greenidge to the Editor about overpopulation and unemployment in the West Indies, and consequent emigration to England, 23 Jun 1949.

Dates

  • Creation: 1948-1950

Extent

3 Leaves

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/13, folder 2

Related Materials

See also MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/22, folder 1, fols. 1-15; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/22, folder 2, fols. 10-21; MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 285/25, folder 1. Also, MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 19 / D7 / 12; 3 Apr 1947 - Greenidge to Tapscott.

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