doi:10.7916/d8-hxa6-0n56Meeting of Inter-University Council for Higher Education Colonial and Dominion Principalsphotographsstill imageCharitable uses, trusts, and foundationsEducation, HigherArtsJamaicaThe Inter-University Council for Higher Education council was established in 1946 by joint action of the British universities to promote the foundation and expansion of universities in what was then British colonial territories. Extensive grant files for the Council in the Carnegie Corporation archives provide rich information about the period and the dynamics of transition from British rule to independence.