Collection GB 0097 COLONIAL RESEARCH - Colonial Economic Research Committee, Colonial Research Committee, Colonial Social Science Research Council and Related Organisations

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GB 0097 COLONIAL RESEARCH

Title

Colonial Economic Research Committee, Colonial Research Committee, Colonial Social Science Research Council and Related Organisations

Date(s)

  • 1943-1963 (Creation)

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Collection

Extent and medium

259 files

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Name of creator

Biographical history

Colonial Research covers the papers relating to various councils and committees concerned with colonial research. The Colonial Social Science Research Council was established by the British Government at the end of World War Two to undertake research into the economic development of the colonies. The records held at the LSE appear to represent private sets of the Council's papers collected by its leading members, specifically Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders and Sir Arnold Plant. The Council was superceded by the Overseas Development Committee and various other councils and committees, represented by each section of the collection. Official Colonial Office records deposited at The National Archives may contain the Council's central archive.

Archival history

GB 0097 COLONIAL RESEARCH 1943-1963 Collection 259 files Colonial Economic Research Committee, Colonial Research Committee, Colonial Social Science Research Council and associated bodies

Colonial Research covers the papers relating to various councils and committees concerned with colonial research. The Colonial Social Science Research Council was established by the British Government at the end of World War Two to undertake research into the economic development of the colonies. The records held at the LSE appear to represent private sets of the Council's papers collected by its leading members, specifically Sir Alexander Carr-Saunders and Sir Arnold Plant. The Council was superceded by the Overseas Development Committee and various other councils and committees, represented by each section of the collection. Official Colonial Office records deposited at The National Archives may contain the Council's central archive.

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The Colonial Research papers, 1943-1963, contain administrative papers relating to various colonial interests concerning Great Britain. The majority of the papers consist of minutes, agendas, correspondence and further memorandum, although there is also a section containing the general administrative papers of Postgraduate Studentships within the boundaries of Colonial Research.

The papers are arranged as follows:

  1. Colonial Economic Research Committee.
  2. Colonial Economic and Development Council.
  3. Colonial Research Committee.
  4. Colonial Economic Advisory Committee.
    5.Overseas Research Council.
  5. Postgraduate Studentships
  6. Colonial Office correspondence mainly with Sir Arnold Plant.
  7. Colonial Social Science Research Council.

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Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

English

Sources: Copied from LSE Archives CALM database.

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Feb 2008 Colonial Office , Research Council Colonial Office , Economic and Development Committee Colonial Office Colonial Economic Advisory Committee Saunders , Sir , Alexander Morris , Carr- , 1886-1966 , Knight , economist and educationist x Carr-Saunders , Sir , Alexander Morris Plant , Sir , Arnold , 1898-1978 , Knight , Professor , economist Graduates Students Research Postgraduates Political systems Colonial countries Colonial Social Science Research Council UK Western Europe Europe Nigeria West Africa Africa Ghana Sierra Leone London England

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Unknown

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Scope and content

The Colonial Research papers, 1943-1963, contain administrative papers relating to various colonial interests concerning Great Britain. The majority of the papers consist of minutes, agendas, correspondence and further memorandum, although there is also a section containing the general administrative papers of Postgraduate Studentships within the boundaries of Colonial Research.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The papers are arranged as follows:

  1. Colonial Economic Research Committee.
  2. Colonial Economic and Development Council.
  3. Colonial Research Committee.
  4. Colonial Economic Advisory Committee.
    5.Overseas Research Council.
  5. Postgraduate Studentships
  6. Colonial Office correspondence mainly with Sir Arnold Plant.
  7. Colonial Social Science Research Council.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

Open

Conditions governing reproduction

Most items can be photocopied, subject to handling and copyright restrictions. No material may be published without the prior permission of both the copyright holder and the Library. All applications for publication must be made to the Archivist in the first instance, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user.

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

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British Library of Political and Economic Science

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Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

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Language(s)

  • English

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