| Description | Papers and correspondence relating to the Merseyside Development Area and the Lancashire (and Merseyside) Industrial Development Association.
Includes publications and booklets by the Lancashire (and Merseyside) Industrial Development Association: 'Merseyside: an Industrial Survey of Merseyside Based on Research by the Association' (Feb 1949); 'This Enterprising Lancashire! Some Aspects of Industry' (c. 1949); 'Proposed Revised Constitution and Functions of the Association' (c. Jun 1950); minutes of the 5th Annual General Meeting of the Association (Jun 1951); 'The Lancashire Coast Area' (Sep 1951); 'Housing and Industrial Development: A Memorandum Prepared by the Association' (Sep 1951); 6th Annual Report of the General Council' (Jun 1952); minutes of the 6th Annual General Meeting of the Association (Jun 1952); Quarterly Bulletin (Sep 1952); 'Lancashire and Merseyside: a Report by the Association Following Research into the Economic Problems of the Area' (Jul 1952).
Also includes: correspondence with the Board of Trade, London and Manchester, concerning the boundaries of the new Merseyside Development Area (Feb 1949 - c. May 1951); correspondence with Lancashire County Council (Apr 1949); correspondence with various local elected members concerning the Development Area (Apr - Jun 1949); correspondence with the Ministry of Works, Liverpool and Manchester (May - Jun 1949); report for the Highways and General Purposes Committee on the Merseyside Development Area (May 1949); draft constitution of the proposed Merseyside Development Council and articles of association, with plan of proposed Development Area and the Speke Estate (c. Apr 1949); typescript notes of a meeting of representatives of the Merseyside Development Area (May 1949); correspondence with Liverpool Corporation (Jul 1950 - Jan 1951); handwritten notes of a meeting of the Development Council and typescript minutes of the meeting (Jul 1949); correspondence with the Lancashire (and Merseyside) Industrial Development Association, Manchester and Liverpool (Nov 1950 - May 1952); memorandum on Unemployment in the Lancashire Cotton Towns (May 1952). |