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Early life of the Committee

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Papers relating to the early history and context of the PIC including the following:

Annotated typescript of C.P. Blacker and David Glass, The Future of our Population? published by the Population Investigation Committee, 1936
Application to the Carnegie Foundation for a grant towards the cost of an investigation into the population problems of the British Colonies, 20 Oct 1937
A.M. Carr-Saunders, 'Britain's Dwindling Population', reprinted from The Daily Telegraph, 14-15 Sep 1937
Memorandum on the aims and interests of the Committee, 1938
Notes on the Registrar General's Classification for social class, c.1940
Application for a grant for &pound1000, submitted on behalf of the Committee by C.P. Blacker and David Glass, 13 Dec 1944
Minutes of Sub-Committee meetings, 1938, and 1945
List of principal publications of the Committee to 1945
Memoranda and reports relating to the population, the declining birth rate, and the work and activities of the PIC
List of Donors to the Committee between 1937-1939
Memorandum proposing a Committee to Investigate Population Problems, 3 Jan 1936
Undated annotated typescript of C.P. Blacker entitled 'Medical Causes of Infertility: How Can They Be Investigated?', c.1937

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