Papers and letters in connection with the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, 1941-1943, by John Harry Jones
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Title: Papers and letters in connection with the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, 1941-1943, by John Harry Jones
Classmark: MS 515
Creator(s): Jones, John Harry (1881-1973)()
Date(s): 1940-1943
Language: English
Size and medium: 184 items within 15 envelopes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5096
Description
One of the most significant domestic developments during the Second World War was the emergence of comprehensive social planning. It had its roots in various political, sociological, architectural and general cultural movements of before the war, but the emergency gave it impetus and cohesion. The most well-known document to have resulted from this movement was the Beveridge Report, but many other surveys were made. These papers refer to the involvement of Professor John Harry Jones (1881-1973), professor of economics at Leeds from 1919 to 1946, with the Nuffield College Social Reconstruction Survey, led by G D H Cole in the early 1940s. A large part of the material refers to Jones's local investigations in Yorkshire on behalf of the Survey.
These papers were very kindly presented to the Library by the School of Economic and Social Studies in October 1980.
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Biography or history
John Harry Jones was Professor of Economics at Leeds 1919-1946. He was born in Wales and graduated at Cardiff in 1903. After further study at Leipzig and Berlin he lectured at Liverpool and Glasgow before coming to Leeds. During the First World War he served in the Ministries of Munitions and of Labour. Later he served on a number of Royal Commissions and Boards, notably the Nova Scotia Royal Commission of Economic Enquiry in 1934.
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The MS 515 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1981. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
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