Correspondence with A.L. Bowley

Scope and Content

Correspondence with Sir Arthur Lyon Bowley (1869-1957), statistician, relating to a request that Bowley write an article on family endowment for the Manchester Guardian, with discussion of the format of, and payment for the article. Also included is reference to Bowley's estimate of population growth and its implications, and the proposed Haweswater [reservoir].

There is a letter from [Sir Alexander] Morris Carr-Saunders, sociologist, relating to Bowley's estimate of population growth, and suggestion that Scott ask Bowley to write an article on the subject.