Additional papers of John Harry Jones, including note-books of lectures on economics and politics given by him and others at Cardiff, Liverpool, Glasgow and elsewhere, 1903-1921

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 MS 497
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1903-1921
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 25 items in 2 boxes

Scope and Content

Includes notes taken by Mary Macdonald (Glasgow, 1912-13), R.A. Macdonald (Liverpool, 1906-7) and Jonathan Grey Morgans (Cardiff, 1903-4). Apart from Jones, lecturers include E.C.K. Gonner (Liverpool, 1906-7), D.H. McGregor (?Cambridge, 1903), Donald McKay Stalker (Glasgow, 1912-3) and, by inference, C.J. Hamilton (Cardiff, 1902-4). Also included is an analysis of most of the note-books by Dr M.A. Hudson

Administrative / Biographical History

John Harry Jones was Professor of Economics at Leeds 1919-1946. He was born in Wales and graduated at Cardiff in 1903. After further study at Leipzig and Berlin he lectured at Liverpool and Glasgow before coming to Leeds. During the First World War he served in the Ministries of Munitions and of Labour. Later he served on a number of Royal Commissions and Boards, notably the Nova Scotia Royal Commission of Economic Enquiry in 1934

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The gift of the School of Economic Studies, University of Leeds, October 1980

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Contents listed in Handlist 48

Related Material

For other papers of Professor Jones see MSS 178, 272, 407 and 515