Institute of Labour Studies, 1960-1961

Component identifier:

Series 44

Content Summary:

Copland was the first Director of the Institute of Labour Studies (I.L.S.) which was set up under the auspices of the International Labour Organisation (I.L.O.) in Geneva in May 1961. Although the Institute was established along lines he recommended during a stopover in Geneva on his return from the North American Trade Mission, he resigned his three-year appointment in August 1961 following disagreements with the I.L.C. Director-General David Morse.

Copland's relations with the I.L.S. can be traced in Series 44. For example, it contains Copland's correspondence telegrams and memoranda with David Morse, Sir Guildhaume Myrddin-Evans, Aamir Ali and R.W. Cox of the I.L.O., and correspondence with friends in Australia such as S. Gilmour, H. Bland, and C.L. Hewitt. The memoranda in particular between Copland and Morse explain the reasons for Copland's resignation. Other material in the series consists of some I.L.O. administrative memoranda, cuttings and a copy of Copland's Memorandum dated August 1960 setting out how the Institute might be established.

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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