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Avon Papers (Personal and political papers of Anthony Eden)


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Reference AP
Covering dates 1760-1980 (predominantly 1904-1977)
Held by Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department
Extent 40 series: approximately 86,000 items
Conditions of access Written application for access to the collection, accompanied by a letter of introduction, is required in advance in order to obtain permission of the Avon Trustees. Once approval has been granted, the collection is freely accessible to all registered readers.
Access to parts of this collection is restricted and some personal and financial material is not available for consultation during Lady Avon's lifetime. This material includes some papers in AP20 and AP22 and all material in AP31, AP35, AP36, AP37, AP39 and AP40. Some letters of the Royal family (AP30) and a few other papers have also been withdrawn from access at the request of the Cabinet Office.


Expand   Films  AP1  [n.d.]
Expand   Gramophone Records, Speeches and Tapes by Eden  AP2  [n.d.]
Expand   Papers and correspondence relating to official appointments and awards, and to various functions, ceremonies, parties etc hosted or attended by Lord and Lady Avon  AP3  [n.d.]
Expand   Press cuttings  AP4  [n.d.]
No further details   Official, personal and family photographs  AP5  late 19th - 20th cents
Expand   Printed items  AP6  [n.d.]
Expand   Publications by Lord Avon and related correspondence  AP7  [n.d.]
Expand   Resignation, 1938  AP8  [n.d.]
Expand   Resignation, 1957  AP9  [n.d.]
Expand   Constituency Correspondence  AP10  [n.d.]
Expand   Elections, correspondence, press cuttings, printed materials and other papers relating to Conservative Party affairs  AP11  [n.d.]
Expand   Speeches  AP12  [n.d.]
Expand   Mainly Political Papers, arranged by subject and year  AP13  [n.d.]
Expand   Personal and Political Correspondence 1921-1960  AP14  [n.d.]
Expand   Congratulatory letters, letters of good wishes and some of Lady Avon's correspondence  AP15  [n.d.]
Expand   Personalia: private political correspondence and congratulatory correspondence on second marriage  AP16  [n.d.]
Expand   Resignation letters - foreign  AP17  [n.d.]


Expand   Correspondence with Winston Churchill  AP19  [n.d.]
Expand   Political and personal documents  AP20  [n.d.]
Expand   Eden Family Archive Papers  AP21  [n.d.]
Expand   Personal and family papers and correspondence  AP22  [n.d.]
Expand   Post-resignation correspondence with notable people (mainly political)  AP23  [n.d.]
Expand   Post-resignation non-political correspondence  AP24  [n.d.]
Expand   Correspondence with the General Public  AP25  [n.d.]
Expand   General post-resignation correspondence  AP26  1957-80
Expand   Further Miscellaneous Correspondence  AP27  [n.d.]
Expand   Birmingham University  AP28  [n.d.]
Expand   Later Diaries  AP29  [n.d.]
Expand   Royal letters  AP30  [n.d.]
Expand   Lady Avon  AP31  [n.d.]
Expand   Invitations  AP32  [n.d.]
Expand   Biography and Autobiography  AP33  [n.d.]
Expand   Last illness and death  AP34  [n.d.]
Expand   Financial Ledgers  AP35  [n.d.]
Expand   Financial files  AP36  [n.d.]
Expand   Receipts and invoices  AP37  [n.d.]
Expand   Non-book materials  AP38  [n.d.]
Expand   Medical correspondence  AP39  [n.d.]
Expand   Pre-resignation financial correspondence  AP40  [n.d.]

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