| Description | The bundle is arranged alphabetically by correspondent and includes notes on child emigration and returns to the Overseas Settlement Committee of children sailing to Canada and after-care expenditure in 1926 and 1927. Correspondents include Mr. Percy Roberts, Chief Migration Officer at Dr. Barnado's Homes, the British Commonwealth League, Mr. Paul Cadbury, the Child Emigration Society (Fairbridge Farm Schools), Canadian Emigration Agents, the Oversea Settlement Committee, Mr. W.S. Ray (Canadian Manager of the Middlemore Home at Fairview), Lord Stanley of Alderley and Mr. T. Sydney Walker (Chairman of Middlemore Homes). Subjects of correspondence include a conference on migration to be held in October 1927, emigration of children (named in the correspondence) to Canada and Australia, changes in juvenile immigration legislation in Canada and the 'Big Brother Movement' for settlement of boys in Australia. The bundle includes a printed pamphlet relating to the 'Big Brother Movement'. |