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Collection Level Description: Report on labour problems in British tropical Africa by Arthur W. Davies

Reference: GB 0162 MSS.Afr.s.1879
Title: Report on labour problems in British tropical Africa by Arthur W. Davies
Dates of Creation: 1939
Extent: 45 ff.
Name of Creator: Arthur W. Davies

Language of Material: eng


Administrative/Biographical History

Arthur W. Davies was born in 1915 and educated at the Royal Grammar School in Worcester; and Magdalen College, Oxford. He was on military service during 1936-1943. Davies served as a Colonial Administrator in the Gold Coast, holding the posts of Assistant District Commissioner (1939); District Commissioner (1945); Administrative Officer, class II (1952); and Administrative Officer, class I (1955).

Scope and Content

"Labour problems in British tropical Africa", 1939. Typescript.

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Davies | Arthur W | b 1915 | Colonial Administrator

Labor | Africa

Great Britain | Colonies | Africa

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