Tasmania, 1917-1924

Component identifier:

Series 17

Content Summary:

In June 1917 Copland arrived in Hobart to succeed Herbert Heaton as the Lecturer in History and Economics at the University of Tasmania. The appointment also carried responsibility for extension work, done primarily in conjunction with the Workers' Educational Association of Tasmania. In 1919, a separate commerce degree course was established with Copland in charge, and late in 1920, in his twenty-seventh year, he was appointed Professor of Economics. He left in 1924 to become the foundation Professor of Commerce at the University of Melbourne.

During his time in Tasmania Copland applied unsuccessfully for positions at Canterbury College, Christchurch, at the University of Otago, Dunedin, and in 1922 for the position of Director of Tutorial Classes at the University of Melbourne. There is material on each of theses applications as well as the earlier successful one, together with correspondence with the University of Tasmania, his New Zealand colleagues, and others like Herbert Heaton.

The series also contains some lecture notes, exam questions, cuttings, leaflets, and correspondence documenting Copland's work for the Workers' Educational Association of Tasmania.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Lady Copland presented the personal papers of Sir Douglas Copland to the National Library in September 1973. Additions to the collection were received from the Copland Family between 1977 and 1981.

Names:

Copland, D.B. (Douglas Berry), 1894-1971

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