File titled 'Colonial Research Committee', 1945-1955
Item
Identifier: Coll-41/10/11
Scope and Contents
The material contains:
- copies of two Colonial Office reports titled: 'Colonial Research 1944-1945' and 'Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies: Second Report, 1947-1949';
- typescript reports titled: 'A Case for a Colonial Biological Survey and Regional Biological Institutes: Note by E.B Worthington, March 1946' and Waddington's 'Operational Research in Peace';
- related correspondence with individuals including H.A.C Dobbs (then of the Oxford University Institute of Colonial Studies), E. Barton-Worthington (then travelling Secretary of the Colonial Research Committee) and F.A.E Crew (15 January 1951) concerning the Inter-University Council for Higher Education in the Colonies.
Dates
- Creation: 1945-1955
Language of Materials
English
Conditions Governing Access
Open, subject to the researcher completing a Data Protection undertaking form where noted.
Biographical / Historical
It appears that Waddington assisted the work of the Colonial Research Office on a relatively informal basis after his involvement with Operational Research during the Second World War. Waddington was interested in how the techniques of operational research, particularly aerial photography, could be applied to development planning in the Colonies.
Extent
1 folder
Physical Location
CLX-A-1074
Subject
- Crew, Francis Albert Eley, 1886-1973 (professor of animal genetics and professor of public health and social medicine, University of Edinburgh) (Person)
- Dobbs, H.A.C, fl1945 (lecturer on colonial administration, Oxford University) (Person)
- Edgar, Barton Worthington, 1905-? (environmental biologist) (Person)
Creator
Repository Details
Part of the University of Edinburgh Library Heritage Collections Repository
Contact:
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Centre for Research Collections
University of Edinburgh Main Library
George Square
Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland
+44(0)131 650 8379
heritagecollections@ed.ac.uk