D Boswell papers on Zambia and urbanisation

Survey schedules and research papers relating to Zambia and urbanisation, 1963-1975. Includes census material, surveys of Lusaka housing, papers concerning the World Bank project on planned urban growth in Zambia. Papers relating to Zambia and urbanisation, 1963-1975. Includes census material, surveys of Lusaka housing, and project papers.

Dr David Boswell read history at Cambridge and taught social sciences at the Open University, where he spent 30 years teaching. His research interests include urbanisation in Zambia. He worked on a World Bank-funded project on this topic, which was carried out by a team from the Development Planning Unit at the University of London, 1974-1975.

Records are open to the public, subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws.
The archived survey schedules contain personal data governed by data protection laws and the requirements of Article 89 of the UK GDPR .

The papers came to the Borthwick Institute in 1989.

Dr David Boswell read history at Cambridge and taught social sciences at the Open University, where he spent 30 years teaching. His research interests include urbanisation in Zambia. He worked on a World Bank-funded project on this topic, which was carried out by a team from the Development Planning Unit at the University of London, 1974-1975.

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

The papers were housed in an Open University store for twenty years before being deposited with the Borthwick.

Further accruals are not expected.

Published

GB 193