EMPIRE AND COMMONWEALTH
Archives of the Royal Commonwealth Society from Cambridge University Library

Part 2: Imperial and Commonwealth Conferences, 1887-1955

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Reports and Papers of Colonial and Imperial Conferences

1870 XLIX

Colonial Office. Correspondence regarding proposed conference of colonial 5 representatives in London. 2 parts. 1870. 24pp and 51pp.

[NZ pap]

New Zealand Official Papers regarding proposed Colonial Conference in London. 1870. 6pp.

[Cd.7553]

1894 LVI

Report by the Rt Hon the Earl of Jersey on the Colonial Conference at
Ottawa, with Proceedings of the Conference and certain correspondence, 1894. xii and 376pp.

[Cd.7824]

1895 LIX

Colonial Office. Despatches from the Secretary of State for the Colonies on questions of trade and commerce treaties, 1895. 18pp.

[Cd.8596]

1897 LIX

Colonial Conference, London, 1897.
Proceedings. 19pp.

[Cd. 1299]

1902 LXVI

Papers regarding Conference between Secretary of State and Prime Ministers
of self-governing colonies. Colonial Conference, London, 1902.
xii and 155pp.

[Cd. 2785]

1906 LXXVII

Colonial Office. Correspondence regarding future organisation of Colonial
Conferences, 1905. 15 pp.

[Cd. 2975]

1906 LXXVII

Colonial Office. Correspondence regarding proposed Colonial Conference in 1907. 12 pp. (1906).

[Cd. 3340]

1907 LIV

Colonial Office. Correspondence regarding Colonial Conference, 1907.
iv and 33pp.

[Can. pap.144]

Despatches and Orders in Council regarding Colonial Conference of 1907, from 20 April 1905 to 15 February 1907. 48 pp. (1907).

REEL 27

Colonial Conference, London, 1907. Published Proceedings and Précis.
4 parts. (1907).
[Cd. 3404] 1907 LV;
[Cd. 3406] 1907 LV;
[Cd. 3523] 1907 LV and
[Cd. 3524] 1907 LV

(alternative copies held at L8 [Aust. pap.] for Australian version; and L62 [Can. pap.] for Canadian version).

11m9

Imperial Conference (Defence Conference, 1909).
Conference on the Naval and Military Defence of the Empire, with additional papers relating to New Zealand and Australia. Ottawa, 1909. 61pp.
See also [Can. pap. No 18] (1910).

[Cd. 4948]

1909 LIX

Imperial Conference, 1909.
Correspondence and Papers relating to a Conference with representatives of the Self-Governing Dominions on the Naval and Military Defence of the Empire. 52 pp.

[Cd. 4475]

1909 LI

Imperial Conference (Defence Conference, 1909). Correspondence and
proposed formation of an Imperial General Staff. 17 pp.

[Cd. 5273]

1910 LXV

Great Britain. Colonial Office. Further correspondence relating to the
Imperial Conference, 1910. 220 pp.

[Cd. 5513]

1911 LIV

Imperial Conference, London, 1911.
Great Britain. Colonial Office. Correspondence relating to the
Imperial Conference, 1911. 16pp.

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L13 Imperial Conference, London, 1911.

[Cd. 5741]

Précis of the proceedings. 85pp.

[Cd. 5745]

Minutes of proceedings. 441pp.

[Cd. 5746-1]

Papers laid before the Conference. 302pp.

[Cd. 5746-2]

Papers laid before the Conference: Naval and military defence. 19pp and

1911 LIV

map.

[Cd. 8566] Imperial War Conference, London, 1917.
1917/18 XXIII Extracts from the minutes of proceedings and papers laid before the
Conference. 163pp.

[Cd. 8673]

1917/18 XXIII

Extracts from discussions at the Imperial War Conference on the admission
of Canadian cattle into the UK. 1917. 6pp.

REEL 29

[Cd. 9177]

1918 XVI

Imperial War Conference, London, 1918. Extracts from minutes of
proceedings and papers laid before the Conference. 252pp.

[Cd. 1474]

1921 Sess. 1

XIV

Imperial Conference, London, 1921.
Summary of Proceedings and documents. 67pp.

L8

61451

[Aus. pap.]

Imperial Conference, 1921.

Australia – Official Statement by the PM, the Rt Hon W M Hughes, together
with certain resolutions arrived at by the Conference with reference to imperial communications, etc. 20pp. (Melbourne 1921).

[Cd. 1987]

Imperial Conference, 1923.

[Cd. 1988]

1923 VII Pt. 1

Summary of proceedings and appendices. 2 volumes. 24pp & 151pp.

L89

71258

[NZ. pap.]

Imperial Conference, 1923.

Summary of proceedings.
88pp. (Wellington 1924).

L62

Imperial Economic Conference, 1923.

[Cmd. 2009]
1923 XII Pt 1

Record of proceedings and documents. 492pp.

[Cmd. 1990]
1923 XII Pt. 1

Summary of conclusions. 20pp.

[Can.Pap No.7]
1924 X

Summary of proceedings. 22pp.

Appendices. 127pp.
(Ottawa 1924).

L13

P14250

[Cmd. 2084]

1924 XVIII

Great Britain. Official. Resolutions relating to imperial preference passed at the Imperial War Conference, 1917, and the Imperial Economic Conference, 1923, together with detailed statements of the proposals laid before the Imperial Economic Conference, 1923, and of the preference in force from 1919 to 1924. 10pp. (1924).

L13

P14263

[Cmd. 2115]

1924 XIV

Great Britain. Official. Statement of the position of His Majesty’s Government in regard to the resolutions of the Imperial Economic Conference, 1923, and the proposals laid before the Conference by His Majesty’s late Government. 8pp. (1924).

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[Cmd. 2768]

Imperial Conference, 1926.

[Cmd. 2769]

1926 XI

Summary of proceedings and appendices. 2 vols. 1926.
61pp and 446pp.

RCS.Per.1275

Or UL: South Wing, Floor 5, P214.c.6

Amery, L C M S, ‘Some aspects of the Imperial Conference’ in Journal of the Royal Institute of International Affairs, v6. pp2-24, 1927.

L8

[Aust. pap.]

Imperial Conference, 1926.
Australian. Official.
Summary of proceedings. 38pp. (Melbourne 1927).

[Cmd. 2883]

Imperial Conference, 1927. 2 vols.

[Cmd. 2884]

1927 VII

Summary of Proceedings.
Appendices.

[Cmd. 3628]

Imperial and Colonial Conference, London, 1930. 2 vols.

[Cmd. 3629]
1929/30 IX

Summary of Proceedings and Appendices.

REEL 31

[Cmd. 3717]

Imperial Conference, 1930. 2 vols.

[Cmd. 3718]
1930/31 XIV

Summary of Proceedings and Appendices.

L8

[Aust. pap.]

Imperial Conference, 1930.
Summary of Proceedings. (Canberra 1931). 47pp.

[Cmd. 4174]

Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa 1932. 2 vols.

[Cmd. 4175]
1931/32 X

Summary of proceedings, copies of trade agreements and appendices.

L89

Imperial Economic Conference, Ottawa 1932.
Summary of proceedings and statement by the Rt Hon J G Coates, leader of the New Zealand delegation, 13 October 1932.
(Wellington 1932). 128pp and 11pp.

[Cmd. 5482]
1936/37 XII

Imperial Conference, 1937.

Summary of proceedings. 71pp.

Communiqués

A complete run of communiqués for the Commonwealth Meetings and Conferences, 1944-1955:

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.7

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, May 1944.
Declaration of 16 May 1944.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume I, pp585-586.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.7

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, April-May 1946.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume I, pp595-596.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.7

Canberra Conference, August 1947.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume II, pp1137-1138, 1168-1171 and 1210-1211.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.7

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, London, October 1948.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume II, p759.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.7

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, London, April 1949. 4pp.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.75

Columbo Conference, January 1950.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume II, pp1053-1069.

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559: 1.c.95.75

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, London, January 1951.
See Nicholas Mansergh, Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth Affairs, 1931-1952, 2 volumes (OUP 1953) Volume II, pp1206-1209.

[Cmd. 8717]
1952/53 XXIII

Commonwealth Economic Conference, London, November 1952. 5pp.

Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers, London, June 1953.
For text of the communiqué please see The Times, 10 June 1953.

Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ Conference, London, January 1955.
For text of the ‘Final Statement’ please see The Times, 9 February 1955.

Photographs

CC/1-102

[RCS Manuscript Room]

Photographs of Colonial, Imperial and Commonwealth Conferences, 1887-1955.

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Periodical Literature and Rare Printed Sources

RCS.Per.2030

Or Q.559.c.3

Dalton, Rev J N, ‘The Colonial Conference of 1887’ in Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, v19, pp4-47, (1887-1888).

Pamph 114

Greswell, Rev W H P, ‘Our first Amphictyonic council’ in the National Review, pp251-266, (October 1887).

RCS.Per.2030

Or Q.559.c.3

Wrixon, Sir H J, ‘The Ottawa Conference: its national significance’ in Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute, v26, pp37-62, (1894-1895).

Pamph 155

Colomb, Sir JCR, ‘Wanted: an imperial conference’ in the Nineteenth Century, pp939-946, (December 1894).

[NSW pap.]

Suttor, F B, ‘Colonial Conference at Ottawa: report by F B Suttor, Delegate for New South Wales, 35pp, (1894).

Pamph 151

(21)

Smith, G, ‘The Colonial Conference’ in the Contemporary Review, pp105-116, (January 1895).

Periodical Dept.

L900.c.81

‘Character Sketches: the Colonial Premiers’ in the Review of Reviews, pp128-142, (August 1902). Notes regarding the Imperial Conference, 1902.

Pamph 211

‘The Colonial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review, pp315-341, (July 1902).

Pamph 211

Denison, Colonel G T, ‘Canada and the Imperial Conference’ in the Nineteenth Century, pp900-907, (June 1902).

RCS.Per.2543

Or UL: South Front, Floor 6

P422.c.11

Hordern, L H, ‘The Colonies and the Navy at the Conference’ in the United Service Magazine, v147, pp233-244, (1902).

Pamph 232

Farrer, E, ‘The Next Colonial Conference - a Canadian opinion’ in the Fortnightly Review, pp1022-1036, (1905).

Pamph 232

Rea, W R, ‘The Liberal Government and the Colonial Conference’ in the Nineteenth Century, pp801-810, (May 1906).

Pamph 240

‘The Colonial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review, pp504-515, April 1907.

Pamph 240

‘Review of the Minutes of proceedings of the Colonial Conference’ in the Edinburgh Review, pp199-225, (July 1907).

Pamph 232

Cook, Sir E T, ‘Liberal colonial policy’ in the Contemporary Review, pp457-468, (April 1907).

Pamph 232

Drage, G, ‘The Colonial Conference: a plea for one practical result’ in the Fortnightly Review, pp635-645, (April 1907).

Pamph 232

Forbes, Urquhart A, ‘The Imperial Conference, 1907’ in the London Quarterly Review, pp25-35, (July 1907).

Pamph 232

Hain, R, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review, pp1-24, (January 1907).

Pamph 240

‘Imperial unity of the Colonial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review, pp1-24, (January 1907).

Pamph 240

‘Review of the Minutes of Proceedings of the last Colonial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review, pp273-295, (July 1907).

Pamph 232

MacDonald, J Ramsay, ‘The Last of the Colonial Conferences’ in the Albany Review, pp379-389, (July 1907).

Pamph 232

‘Men who are making the Empire - the seven colonial premiers who are coming to the Colonial Conference’ in World’s Work, pp461-469, (April 1907).

Pamph 240

Milner, First Viscount, ‘Some reflections on the coming Conference’ in the National Review, pp193-206, (April 1907).

Pamph 232

Osborn, E B, ‘The Colonial Premiers’ in the Monthly Review, pp108-122, (April 1907).

RCS.Per.74

Or Q640.c.1

Drage, G, ‘The Colonial Conference of 1907’ in the African Monthly, v1,
pp128-37, (1907).

RCS.Per.2083

Shorlt, A, ‘The Colonial Conference and its functions’ in the Queen’s Quarterly, v14, pp318-324, (1907).

RCS.Per.2083

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Ewart, J S, ‘Lessons from the Conference’ in the Queen’s Quarterly, v16, pp15-31, (1908).

RCS.Per.2083

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Drage, G, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1911: a plea for practical results’ in United Empire, v1, pp692-701, (1910).

RCS.c.62m

265 (5)

Bourassa, Henri, La Conférence Impériale et le rôle de M Laurier, 80pp,
(Montreal 1911).

RCS.Per.450

Cammaerts, E, ‘La première Conférence Impériale’ in Bulletin de colonisation compareée
pp477-487, (1911).

UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.53.1

Colquhoun, A R, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Quarterly Review,
no. 428, pp263-288, (1911).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,

P900.c.78

‘The Conference and the Empire’ in the Round Table, v1, pp371-425, (1911).

REEL 33

Reading Rm

Econ.6.91.14

Drage, G, The Imperial organisation of trade, 18pp + 374pp, (1911).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c

Gisborne, F A W, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1911’ in the Empire Review, v22, pp73-82, (1911).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 6,

P559.c.6

Gwynne, Rev. R L, ‘Some notes on the coming Conference’ in United Empire, v2, pp43-46, (1911).

UL: North Wing, Floor 6,

P900.b.55.1

Hain, R, ‘New Imperial burden-bearers’ in the Fortnightly Review,

v90, pp 23-31, (1911).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Hordern, L H, ‘The next Imperial Conference’ in United Empire,

v2, pp88-99, (1911).

RCS.Per.1715

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,

P900.b.18

Jebb, R, ‘The Imperial Conference, 1911’ in the National Review,

v58. pp 123-142, (1911).

RCS.Per.2084

Lewin, P E, ‘Le programme de la proclaime Conférence impériale britannique’ in Questions diplomatiques et coloniales , v15, pp550-556, (1911).

RCS.Per.2381

‘Pious Opinions’ in The State, v6, pp274-286, (1911).

L900.c.81

‘The Sixth Imperial Conference: its five Premiers and its two problems’ in the Review of Reviews, pp 449-454, (May 1911).

RCS.Per.2084

Tarlé, A de, ‘Les resultats de la Conférence impériale britannique in
Questions diplomatiques et coloniales , v15, pp132-150, (1911).

RCS.Per.

1499.a

Zadow, Dr, ‘Die britische Reichskonferenz’ in Koloniale Rundschau, pp431-
439, (1911).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4,

P559.c.6

Jebb, R, ‘The Imperial Conference from within’ in United Empire,
v3, pp232-237, (1912).

RCS.c.62.m.90

Or RCS.a.

62.m.39 Or

UL: North Front, Floor 6,

662:22.d.90.1

Foster, George Eulas, Sir ‘The Imperial Conferences’ in his Canadian Addresses,
pp33-93, (1914).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘The Dominions and the settlement: a plea for a Conference’ in the Round Table, no. 18, pp324-344, (1915).

RCS.Per.1235

Natesan, G A, ‘India and the Imperial Conference’ in the Indian Review,
v16, pp860-864, (1915).

RCS.c.62.

m.185 Or

Reading Rm, 219.c.91.3

Peterson, Sir W, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in his Canadian essays and addresses ,
pp 117-128, (1915).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘India and the Imperial Conference’ in the Round Table, no. 21, pp86-119,
(1916).

UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.b.551.1

Firth, J B, ‘The new constitutional resolution’ in the Fortnightly Review, v102, pp196-208, (1917).

RCS.Per.1715

Jebb, Richard, ‘The Imperial Conference: a retrospect and warning’ in the National Review, v69, pp181-188, (1917).

RCS.c.11m12

R129163

Hall, H D, The British Commonwealth of nations: a study of its past and future development. xviii, 393pp. (1920).

REEL 34

-62m

60810

Ewart, J S, The Subsidiary Imperial Conference, 1921: preparatory papers.
28pp. (1921). (In pamphlet box – 62m to 1969)

RCS.Per.1194

Or L227.6.120

Findlay, Sir J G, ‘Problem of the Imperial Conference: The passing of “colonialism” into the self-contained national unit’ in Imperial Commerce and Affairs, v2, no. 7, pp21-23, (1921).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Hughes, Rt Hon W M, ‘On the eve of the Conference: Some thoughts and suggestions’ in the Empire Review, v35, pp230-235, (1921).

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 44, pp735-758, (1921).

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The Imperial Conference from an American Standpoint’ in Round Table, no. 44, pp835-847, (1921).

RCS.Per.972

Or L900.b.190

McKenzie, F A, ‘The Imperial Conference: its problems and personalities’ in Landmark, v3, pp363-366, (1921).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Massey, Rt Hon W F, ‘What I told the Conference’ in the Empire Review,
v35, pp236-243, (1921).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘The Meeting of the Imperial Cabinet’ in Round Table, no. 43, pp535-557, (1921).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Mills, J S, ‘Common counsels: an appreciation for the Empire Conference’
in United Empire, v12, pp560-565, (1921).

L214.d.17.1

Or RCS.Per.

1278a

‘Present problems of the Commonwealth of British nations: Conference of Prime Ministers and representatives of the UK, the Dominions and India, held in June, July and August 1921’ in International Conciliation, no. 167, 85pp, (October 1921).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Veal, D A E, ‘The Empire in consultation: from self-government to nationhood’ in the Empire Review, v35, pp244-248, (1921).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Veal, D A E, ‘Imperial Conference, 1921: on the road to organic unity’ in the Empire Review, v35, pp298-302, (1921).

RCS.Per.2083

Or P900:1.b.16

Ewart, J S, ‘The Imperial Conference, 1921’ in the Queen’s Quarterly,
v29, pp329-345, (1922).

L559.c.6

Mills, J S, ‘Common counsels in the Empire’ in the British Dominions Year-book, pp17-24, (1922).

RCS.Per.776

British Empire Producers’ Organisation.
Memorandum for submission to the Imperial Economic Conference, 1923,
in Production and Export, pp331-335, (1923).

RCS.Per.972

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Britain, Sir H E, ‘Personalities of the Imperial Conference’, in Landmark,

v5, pp705-709, (1923).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘Canada: The attitude to the Imperial Conference’ in
Round Table, no. 53, pp132-137, (1923).

RCS.Per.1433

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P911: 11.e.2

Davson, Sir E, ‘The Economic Conference and the Colonies’ in the Journal of the Royal Society of Arts, v71, pp633-644, (1923).
[alternative copy in United Empire, v14, pp421-425, (1923)].

RCS.Per.2661

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‘The Dominions look at the Imperial Conference: a symposium on the plans and policies the various States are bringing to the council table’ in World’s Work, v42, pp439-456, (October 1923).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Griffin, W, ‘A Britannic council of premiers’ in the Empire Review,
v37, pp202-209, (1923).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78,

‘The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 52, pp683-711, (1923).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78,

‘The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 53. pp1-12, (1923).

UL: North
Wing, Floor 6
P900.b.55.1

‘The Imperial Conference,’ by Curio in the Fortnightly Review, pp722-733, (November 1923).

L13

P13990

Imperial Institute Committee of Enquiry, 1923.
Report, together with resolutions of the Imperial Economic Conference on
the Subject. 55pp. (1923). [Cmd. 1997]

-11m43

Jebb, R, ‘The grand inquest’ in the Morning Post, (November 1923).

RCS.Per.972

Or L900.b.190

Jebb, R, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in Landmark, v5, pp641-644, (1923).

RCS.Per.1910

Jebb, R, ‘This autumn’s Imperial Conference’ in Overseas, v8, no. 92,
pp43-46, (1923).

RCS.Per.932

Or Keynes.
R.1.35 Or
Q900.c.60.1
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.60,

Keith, A B, ‘The Imperial constitution and the Imperial Conference’ in the Edinburgh Review, no. 485, pp1-24, (1923).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Mills, J S, ‘Common counsels: a brief survey, 1887-1923’ in the Empire Review,

v38, pp1169-1180, (1923).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Milner, A M, Viscount, ‘Problems of the Imperial Conference’ in the Empire Review, v38, pp1058-1069, (1923).

RCS.Per.746

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Webb, S, ‘The Labour party and the Conference’ in the Empire Review,

v38, pp1140-1148, (1923).

Q900.c.142.1

Jones, C, ‘The Dominions and Foreign Affairs’ in the English Review, pp928-944, (June 1924).

RCS.Per.776

Morgan, Sir B H, ‘Work of the Imperial Conferences, 1923’ in Production,

pp41-46, (1924).

RCS.Per.584

Skelton, O D, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1923’ in the Journal of the Canadian Bankers' Association, v31, pp153-162, (1924).

RCS.Per.2195 ‘Afterthought on the Imperial Conference’ in Round Table,
Or UL: North no. 54, pp225-241, (1924).
Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78,

‘Australia and The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table,

no. 54, pp376-385, (1924).

RCS.YD.11.9

Mills, J S, ‘The 1923 conferences’ in the British Dominions Year Book,

pp17-30, (1924).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,

P900.c.78

‘New Zealand: public opinion and the Imperial Conference’ in Round Table,

no. 54, pp412-422, (1924).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78,

‘South Africa and the Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 54, pp395-404, (1924).

UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.b.55.1

Hurd, Sir A S, ‘The Imperial Conference: words or acts?’ in the Fortnightly Review, v120, pp353-366, (September 1926).

NPR.c.89

Jebb, R, ‘The Coming Imperial Conference’ in Outlook, British Empire Supplement, pp327-328, (October 1926).

RCS.c.11m12

75643

Jebb, R, The Empire in eclipse.
xxxi, 352pp. (Chapman and Hall, 1926).

REEL 35

RCS.Per.1910

Mackenzie, F A, ‘The Masters of Empire’ in Overseas, v11, no. 131,
pp37-40, (1926).

RCS.Per.746

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Mills, J. Saxon, ‘Common counsels: a brief survey; 1887-1926’ in the
Empire Review, v44, pp405-422, (1926).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Mills, J S, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in United Empire, v17, pp647-659,
(1926).

RCS.Per.1715

Murton, H S, ‘Canada and The Imperial Conference’ in the National Review, v88, pp49-57, (September 1926).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The next Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 62, pp227-254, (1926).

RCS.Per.247

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P620.c.1,

Burdwan, Maharajah of, ‘India at the Imperial Conference’ in theAsian Review,

v23, pp1-4, (1927).

RCS.Per.2083

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Ewart, J S, ‘Dominion autonomy at the Imperial Conference, 1926’ in the Queen’s Quarterly, v34, pp285-297, (1927).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 66, pp225-241, (1927).

RCS.Per.2195

Or, UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘Imperial Conference: report of Inter-Imperial Relations Committee’ in Round Table, no. 66, pp430-445, (1927).

-11m85

169950

Cooper, Sir J A, Address on Empire Development in relation to British trade,
delivered … before the Kilmacolm Literary Association, Glasgow on December 15th, 1927. 24pp. (1927).

NPR.c.89

Jebb, R, ‘After the Conference’ in Outlook, British Empire Supplement,
pp245-246, (March 1927).

P250.c.60.23

Or Squire Law Library

Keith, A B, ‘The Imperial Conference, 1926’ in the Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, v9, pp68-94, (1927).
This includes a Report of the Committee on Inter-Imperial Relations.

RCS.Per.1041

Or OP.36100.

327.03

Lowell, A L, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in Foreign Affairs,
v5, pp379-392, (1927).

RCS.Per.809

Or WRC.568 (Rare Bks)

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.b.13

Parmoor, C A Cripps, Lord, ‘The Imperial Conference and the League of Nations’ in the Contemporary Review, v131, pp1-6, (January 1927).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Salmon, E, ‘The Colonial Conference’ in United Empire,
v18, pp375-379, (1927).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Salmon, E, ‘The Conference and the future’ in United Empire,
v18, pp7-16, (1927).

RCS.a.11m53

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

RE.21.36

Keith, A B, Responsible government in the Dominions.
Volumes I-II. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1912).

REEL 36

RCS.a.11m53

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

RE.21.36

Keith, A B, Responsible government in the Dominions.
Volume III. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1912).

RCS.a.11m53

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

RE.16.64

Keith, A B, Responsible government in the Dominions. 2nd edition.
Revised and re-written in 1927.
Volumes I-II. (Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1928).

REEL 37

RCS.Pamphlet
Box: ¯7n- ¯7z
(case 45, WBB3)

Warneford, F H S, Report on the Imperial Agricultural Research Conference, 1927. 14pp. (Antigua 1928).

RCS.Per.809
Or WRC.568 (Rare Bks)
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,
P900.b.13

Brown, A E, ‘1926-1930-1931? The Imperial Conference’ in the Contemporary Review, v138, pp681-688, (1930).

Q559.c.2

Harding, Sir E J, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Cambridge University Colonial Service Club Magazine, no. 3, pp7-10, (1930).

RCS.Per.2661

Or Q900.c.76

Ibbotson, E, ‘Councils of the Empire: The parliament of the Commonwealth States’ in the World today, pp529-532, (1930).

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, pp27-40, (1930).

UL: North Wing, Floor 6
P900.b.55.1

Johnston, L, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Fortnightly Review,

v129, pp721-734, (1930).

Q900.c.142.1

Malcolmson, V A, ‘The Imperial Conference and the future of the Empire’ in the English Review, v51, pp457-465, (1930).

Q900.c.142.1

Morgan, Sir B H, ‘The Crucial Conference’ in the English Review, v51, pp571-578, (1930).

L89

[NZ pap.]

New Zealand Official Papers. Statement made by the Prime Minister in the
House of Representatives on the 12th day of August, 1926, in reference to the business to be transacted at the forthcoming Imperial Conference.
7 pp. (1930).

RCS.Per.247

Ram, L L, Sunda, ‘India and the Imperial Conference’ in the Asiatic Review,

v 26, pp369-373, et seq, (1930).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4

P559.c.6

Salmon, E, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in United Empire, v21, pp530-532,
(1930).

P900.2.c.1

Tarlé, A de, ‘Après la Conférence impériale britannique: L’Angleterre et ses Dominions’ in Revue des deux mondes, v60, pp663-671, (1930).

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,
P900.c.78

‘The Task of the Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, pp709-731, (1930).

RCS.Per.2536
Or UL: North Front, Floor 4,
P559.c.6

Willis, H J, ‘Imperial Conferences and their corollary: an Australian view’ in United Empire, v21, pp369-371, (1930).

RCS.Per.2536
Or UL: North Front, Floor 4
P559.c.6

Allen, Sir J S, ‘The imperial Conference and the future’ in United Empire,

v22, pp23-25, (1931).

UL: South Front, Floor 2
P250.c.60.23

Keith, A B, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1930’ in the Journal of Comparative Legislation and International Law, v13, pp26-42, (1931).

RCS.Per.2536
Or UL: North Front, Floor 4,
P559.c.6

Canning, A R, ‘Ottawa - and after’ in United Empire, v23, pp188-190, (1932).

RCS.Per.2536

Or UL: North Front, Floor 4,
P559.c.6

Davson, Sir E, ‘The Ottawa Conference’ in United Empire, v23, pp255-261, (1932)

RCS.Per.2688

Haushofer, A, ‘Gestaltwandel des Empire?’ in Zeitschrift für Geopolitik, v9, pp513-516, (1932).

RCS.c.11m85

P22541

Leacock, S B, Back to prosperity: the great opportunity of the Empire Conference. 103pp. (1932).

RCS.Per.321

Or P223.c.1

‘The Ottawa Conference’ in Bankers’ Magazine, v134, September (no 1062)
pp348-355, (1932).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6,
P900.c.78

‘Personalities at the Imperial Conference’ in Round Table, no. 88, pp853-862, (1932).

9000.e.314

Keith, A B, Speeches and documents on the British Dominions, 1918-1931, from self-government to national sovereignty, edited with an introduction and notes by A B Keith.
xlviii + 501pp. (OUP 1938).

RCS.Per.1146

Pantulu, V R, ‘The Ottawa agreement and after: report of results of a year’s
working’ in the Hindustan Review, v66, pp313-319, (1935).

REEL 38

RCS.Per.1041
Or UL: South Wing, Floor 5
P206.c.49

Amery, L C M S, ‘On the eve of the Imperial Conference’ in Foreign Affairs, v15, pp413-428, (1927).

UL: South Wing, Floor 5
P200.c.85

Coatman, J, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Political Quarterly, v8, pp311-325, (1937).

RCS.Per.2536
Or UL: North Front, Floor 4
P559.c.6

Dafoe, J W, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1937’ in the University of Toronto Quarterly, v7, pp1-17, (1937).

L200.c.330.25

Or RCS.Per.

606

Dawson, R. McG, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in the Canadian Journal of Economics and Political Science, v3, pp23-39, (1937).

RCS.Per.1275

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 1

P214.c.6

Hodson, H V, ‘The Imperial Conference’ in International Affairs, v16,
pp659-675, (1937).

P900.b.55.1

Hodson, H V, ‘The Imperial Conference and defence’ in The Fortnightly, pp394-404, (April 1937).

RCS.Per.1918

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 1

P678.c.1

Soward, F H, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1937’ in Pacific Affairs, v10, pp441-449, (1937).

RCS.Per.571

Richer, L, ‘Le Conférence impérial d’Ottawa, 1932’ in Canada Français, v27, pp581-602, (1940).

Empire and the Dominions in the First World War

RCS.Per.1146

Ali, A Y, ‘The Imperial War Conference’ in the Hindustan Review, v36, pp97-100, (1917).

Rare Bks,

WRA.2.21

‘The Imperial War Conference’ in the Manchester Guardian History of the War, v6, pp327-336, (1917).

RCS.Per.247

Lethbridge, Sir R, ‘The Indian representation on the Imperial War Conference’ in the Asiatic Review, v11, pp463-468, (1917).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘The new developments in the constitution of the Empire’ in Round Table, no. 27, pp441-459, (1917).

RCS.Per.2195

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.78

‘The War Conference of the Empire’ in Round Table, no. 27, pp218-252, (1917).

RCS.c (WBB3 Case 15)

‘The War government of the British peoples: The Imperial War Cabinet’ in
the Times History of the War, v12, pt 151, (1917).

RCS.Per.2516

Or UL: North Wing, Floor 6

P900.c.83

Worsfold, W B, ‘Where the Imperial War Conference has left us’ in the
Nineteenth Century and After, v82, pp1075-1087, (1917).

UL: South

Front, Floor 2

249.b.30.3

Keith, A B, War government of the British Dominions.
(Carnegie Endowment International Peace Division Economic History).
xvi + 353pp. (Oxford 1921).

The inter-war years

RCS.c.11m35

P34144

Hankey, 1st Lord,
Diplomacy by Conference: studies in public affairs, 1920-1946.
179pp. (1946).

RCS.Per.600

Or UL: North Front, Floor 6

P662.b.6

Gailbraith, J S, ‘The Imperial Conference of 1921 and the Washington
Conference’ in the Canadian Historical Review, v29, pp143-152, (1948).

Commonwealth Conferences

RCS.c.62m.

255 (1)

Dexter, G, The Commonwealth Conference, May 1944.
(Winnipeg Free Press pamphlet. No.1). 18pp. (1944).

RCS.Per.836

Or OP.34700.

327.01

‘British Commonwealth Conference on the Japanese Peace Settlement’ in
Current notes on international affairs, v18, no.7, pp433-452, (August 1947).

REEL 39

RCS.Per.2195
Or UL: North
Wing,Floor 6
P900.c.78

‘The Commonwealth Relations Conference: a Canadian view’ in Round Table, no. 157, pp21-28, (1949).

RCS.Per.2656
Or Q214.c .18.11

Fitzgerald, R C, ‘The 1948 Conference of Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ in World Affairs, vIII, pp64-76, (January 1949).

RCS.Per.746

Or Q900.c.215

Holloway, The Hon T T, ‘The Commonwealth in Council: Impressions of the London imperial gatherings’ in the Commonwealth and Empire Review, pp14-16, (January 1949).

RCS.Per.300

Dyason, C C, ‘The Commonwealth Relations Conference at Bigwin Island, Canada’ in the Australian Outlook, v4, no.1, pp13-17, (March 1950).

P900.b.55.1

McAllister, G, ‘Commonwealth Conference in New Zealand’ in the Fortnightly Review, No.1012, pp231 et seq. (August 1951).

RCS.Per.1005

Or OP.36100.

327.03

‘Meeting of Commonwealth Prime Ministers’ in External Affairs, v3, pp58-62, (1951).

L13
P422947 Or [Cmd.8717]
1952/53 XXIII

Great Britain. Commonwealth Prime Ministers Economic Conference: final communiqué.. 5pp. (HMSO 1952).

RCS.Per.1005

Or OP.36100.

327.01

‘Historic meeting of Commonwealth Statesmen in London’ in External Affairs,

v5, no.7, pp211-212, (July 1953).

RCS.Per.836

Or OP.34700.

327.01

‘Commonwealth Finance Ministers’ Conference’ in Current notes on international affairs ,

v25, no.1, pp25-34, (1954).

RCS.Per.300

Greenwood, G, ‘The Lahore conference and the contemporary Commonwealth’ in the Australian Outlook, v8, no.3, pp157-171, (1954).

RCS.c.11m43

P45487

The Colonial and Imperial Conferences from 1887 to 1937,
compiled and edited by M Ollivier, Law Clerk of the House of Commons.
3 volumes with indexes. (Ottawa 1954).
Volume I. Colonial Conferences. 330pp.
Volume II. Imperial Conferences (Part 1). 474pp.

REEL 40

11m43

P45487

The Colonial and Imperial Conferences from 1887 to 1937,
compiled and edited by M Ollivier, Law Clerk of the House of Commons.
3 volumes with indexes. (Ottawa 1954).
Volume III. Imperial Conferences (Part 2) 487pp.

RCS.Per.247

Walker, Rt Hon Patrick C Gordon-, ‘The Lahore Conference’ in the Asian Review, v50, no.184, pp256-267, (1954).

RCS.Per.1918

Soward, F H, ‘The Korean crisis and the Commonwealth’ in Pacific Affairs,

v24, pp115-130, (1951).

UL: South Wing, Floor 5

P214.b.36

Miller, J D B, ‘Commonwealth Conferences, 1945-1955’ in the Year Book of World Affairs, v10, pp144-169, (1956).
(London Institute of World Affairs, 1956).

UL: South Wing, Floor 5

P214.b.36

Sheridan, L A, ‘The Changing Conception of the Commonwealth’ in the Year Book of World Affairs, v11, p236-256, (1957).
(London Institute of World Affairs, 1957).

Closer Union

RCS.Per.725

Or L559.c.20

‘Colonial representation in the Imperial Parliament’ in the Colonial Magazine and East India Review, v16, pp155-169, (1849).

RCS.a. 11m5

P37761

Roebuck, J A, The colonies of England: a plan for the government of some portion of our colonial possessions.
xii + 248pp. (1849).

RCS.a. 11m

R4632

Store

Thring, Henry, Lord, The supremacy of Great Britain not inconsistent with self-government for the colonies. 64pp. (1851).
[Thring Pamphlets].

REEL 41

RCS. a. 11m4

P37765

Mathews, J, A colonist on the colonial question.
xii, 224pp. (Longman 1872).

RCS.c.62.188

(3)

Sproat, G M, Canada and the Empire: a speech.
35pp. (1873).

RCS.a 11m4

Store

Young, Sir F, Imperial Federation of Great Britain and her colonies: in letters edited by Sir F Young.
xxix + 184pp. (1876).

11m45

P51526

Little, James Stanley, A World Empire: being an essay upon Imperial Federation. 20pp. (1879).

RCS.c.62m.

265 (5)

Bourassa, H, Independence or imperial partnership?: a study of the ‘Problem of the Commonwealth’ by Mr. Lionel Curtis.
62pp. (Montreal 1916).

UL: North Front, Floor 4

535.c.57.16

Tyler, J E, The struggle for imperial unity (1868-1895).
(R E S Imperial Studies. Monographs 16). ix + 219pp. (1938).

RCS.Per.600

Cooke, A C, ‘Empire unity and colonial nationalism, 1884-1911’ in
Canadian Historical Review, pp77-86, (1939).

Reading Rm

9540.d.79

Harper, Mrs H E, ‘Disintegrating problems of the Empire’ in Empire problems, pp91-139, (1939).

REEL 42

RCS.a. 11m12

P30689 Store

Strachey, J, Federation or socialism? 283pp. (Gollancz 1940).

RCS.c 11m42

P31201

Fawcett, C B, The bases of a world commonwealth. xi + 167pp. (1941).

-11m4

P45684

Sinclair, K, Imperial federation: a study of New Zealand policy and opinion,

1880-1914. (Commonwealth papers. no.2). 51pp.
(Institute of Commonwealth Studies, 1955).

RCS.c.11m12

P38658

Dutt, R P, Britain’s crisis of empire. 168pp. (Lawrence and Wishart, 1949).

RCS.Per.1205

Or L900.c.243

Rao, V K R V, ‘The new Commonwealth: will it endure?’ in the India Quarterly, v6, pp3-18, (1950).

RCS.C 11m

138097

Mansergh, Nicholas, The multi-racial commonwealth: proceedings of the
fifth unofficial Commonwealth Relations Conference held at Lahore, Pakistan, 17-27 March 1954: a Report by Nicholas Mansergh. xii + 175pp. (Royal Institute of International Affairs, 1955).

REEL 43

UL: North Front, Floor 4

559.1.c.95.7

Mansergh, Nicholas, ed., Documents and Speeches on British Commonwealth
Affairs, 1931-1952. 2 volumes issued under the auspices of the Royal Institute of International Affairs. (OUP 1953).
Volume I. xli + pp1-604.
Volume II. xvii + pp605-1308.