Papers of Eric S. Mosley (fl 1929-1967), economist and industrial relations manager, 1929-1967

The collection comprises a sequence of personal files compiled by Mosley on particular aspects of his work and research. The files contain newspaper cuttings, correspondence, maps, notes, graphs, and printed and hand-written lists of statistics. The files have been divided into six sections:

• Files relating to Mosley's work for the National Dock Labour Corporation. The papers in the files include printed statistics and reports of the Corporation and investigations into dock worker welfare and numbers. Included is a typescript report (1943) by Mosley on the welfare of port transport workers. 1943-1946 (MS 315/1);
• Files relating to Mosley's work for the Board of Trade. The papers in the files include statistics and maps relating to the population and insured workforce of the UK, particularly in London and the south east of England. 1946-1952 (MS 315/2);
• Files of student and private study notes on the subject of economics, and papers relating to his involvement with the Workers Educational Association. 1929-1967 (MS 315/3);
• Files of papers relating to his lectureship at the University of Hull. 1934-1940 (MS 315/4);
• File of correspondence. 1943-1952 (MS 315/5);
• Files relating to Mosley's survey work for the Ministry of Labour and National Service, particularly in Middlesbrough, Cleveland. The papers in them include correspondence and statistics. 1940 (MS 315/6).

Eric Mosley received his early education in Derbyshire and then worked at a coal mine for ten years before returning to education. He attained a first degree in mining from University College Nottingham (now The University of Nottingham) in 1930 and an MA in Economics from Cambridge University in 1933. After Cambridge, Mosley took up a post as lecturer in economics at the University of Hull. By 1940, he was working for the Ministry of Labour and National Service in Middlesbrough, Cleveland. Soon after, Mosley joined the staff of the National Dock Labour Corporation as a welfare supervisor in Bristol. By 1944, when he presented papers to the Corporation's first conference of welfare workers, Mosley had become a national welfare and research officer and lived in the London suburb of Hampton Court in Surrey.

Following his resignation from the Corporation in 1946, Mosley joined the Distribution of Industry and Regional Division of the Board of Trade in London as a research officer. He remained in this post until at least 1952. He then moved to the Organisation for European Economic Co-operation in Paris. From August 1956 until his retirement in March 1967, Eric Mosley was Divisional Industrial Relations Director for the East Midlands division of the National Coal Board.

The collection has been divided into six sections.

ACCESS: Pending full cataloguing, access to the collection is limited and is possible only for registered users by advance notice and agreement.

LANGUAGE: English

This description is the only finding aid available for the collection. Copyright in the description belongs to The University of Nottingham.

REPROGRAPHIC: Reprographic copies can be supplied for educational use and private study purposes only, depending on access status and the condition of the documents.

COPYRIGHT: Permission to make published use of any material from this collection must be sought in advance in writing from the Keeper of the Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections (email mss-library@nottingham.ac.uk). The Department will try to assist in identifying copyright owners but this can be difficult and the responsibility for copyright clearance before publication ultimately rests with the person wishing to publish.

The collection was acquired by The University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts in June 1981.

• Bristol Record Office: National Dock Labour Board, Bristol Board. Reports and registers, 1925-1989. Reference: 40194