File: Joint Committee on Post-War Development

Scope and Content

Papers relating to the work of the University Joint Committee on Post-War Development and Reconstruction. The Committee instituted in 1941 to make a full investigation of the University's needs for staff, students, courses, buildings etc. in the post-war period. The file includes submissions from a number of departments in connection with the inquiry; there is also correspondence with the UGC regarding reconstruction. Some earlier papers by Sir Ernest Simon regarding a possible enquiry into the University (1939) have been included with this file.

Former reference: 365-366

Related Material

See also VCA/7/274 and VCA/7/708 . For the Committee's records, see USC/8.