GB 0102 MS 380661 - Birmingham, Walter Barr

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GB 0102 MS 380661 Created 1955-1977 Collection (fonds) 1 box Birmingham , Walter Barr , fl 1952-1977 , Professor of Economics
Walter Barr Birmingham was Senior Lecturer in Economics at the University of Ghana at Legon-Achimota from 1952-1960. In 1954 he conducted possibly the first public opinion survey in tropical Africa prior to the Gold Coast General Election. In 1955 he served on the Royal Commission of Enquiry into the mining industry and advised on the Five-Year Development Plan of 1963. From 1972-1975 he was Professor of Economics at the University of Cape Coast. His main publications were Introduction to Economics (1955) and in Social and Economic Survey of Ghana edited by Omaboe and Neustadt.

Deposited on permanent loan in 1996.

Papers, 1955-1977, of Walter Barr Birmingham, comprising bibliographies and publications relating to economics in West Africa including Migrations into the Gold Coast (1955) and The State and Labour Migration in the South African Political Economy, with Particular Respect to Gold Mining (1977). It also contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research (1956).

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English

Unpublished handlist.

15 May 2000 Academic teaching personnel Africa Bibliographies Birmingham , Walter Barr , fl 1952-1977 , Professor of Economics Chemical elements Development planning Development policy Economic and social development Economic research Economics Educational personnel Ghana Gold Labour market Labour migration Labour mobility Metals Migration Mining Precious metals Secondary documents South Africa Southern Africa Teachers West Africa Inorganic chemicals Chemicals Personnel People by occupation People

Deposited on permanent loan in 1996.

Papers, 1955-1977, of Walter Barr Birmingham, comprising bibliographies and publications relating to economics in West Africa including Migrations into the Gold Coast (1955) and The State and Labour Migration in the South African Political Economy, with Particular Respect to Gold Mining (1977). It also contains the Proceedings of the Fourth Annual Conference of the West African Institute of Social and Economic Research (1956).

Unrestricted.

No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.

• English

• Latin

English

Unpublished handlist.

• English