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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 Some letters of the Royal family (AP30) and a few other papers have also been withdrawn from access at the request of the Cabinet Office.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   Post resignation correspondence  AP18  [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.]

Folder icon  Post-resignation correspondence with notable people (mainly political)  AP23  [n.d.]

These documents are held at Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department

Expand   Dean Acheson  AP23/1  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Adeane (Lt. Col. Sir Michael Adeane)  AP23/2  [n.d.]
Expand   Dr Konrad Adenauer  AP23/3  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Aldington (Toby Low)  AP23/4  [n.d.]
Expand   Winthrop Aldrich  AP23/5  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Allan of Kilmahew (Robert Allan)  AP23/6  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Astor of Hever  AP23/7  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Beaverbrook  AP23/8  [n.d.]
Expand   The Earl of Birkenhead  AP23/9  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Frederick Bishop  AP23/10  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Boyd of Merton  AP23/11  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Bracken of Christchurch (Brendan Bracken)  AP23/12  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Butler of Saffron Walden (R.A. Butler)  AP23/13  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Caccia of Abernant (Sir Harold Caccia)  AP23/14  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Alexander Cadogan  AP23/15  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Carr of Hadley (Robert Carr)  AP23/16  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Chandos of Aldershot (Oliver Lyttelton)  AP23/17  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Martin Charteris  AP23/18  [n.d.]
Expand   Jean Chauvel  AP23/19  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Cilcennin of Hereford (J.P.L. Thomas)  AP23/20  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Ashley Clarke  AP23/21  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Coleraine of Haltemprice (Richard Law)  AP23/22  [n.d.]
Expand   Baron Geoffroy de Courcel  AP23/23  [n.d.]
Expand   General Charles De Gaulle  AP23/24  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Pierson Dixon  AP23/25  [n.d.]
Expand   Desmond Donnelly M.P.  AP23/26  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Home of the Hirsel (Sir Alec Douglas-Home)  AP23/27  [n.d.]
Expand   Andre Dunoyer de Segonzac  AP23/28  [n.d.]
Expand   General Dwight D. Eisenhower  AP23/29  [n.d.]
Expand   Eliahu Elath  AP23/30  [n.d.]
Expand   Paul Emrys-Evans  AP23/31  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Nigel Fisher  AP23/32  [n.d.]
Expand   Gunnar Hägglöf  AP23/33  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Hailes of Prestonkirk (Patrick Buchan-Hepburn)  AP23/34  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Hankey of the Chart (Maurice Hankey)  AP23/35  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Harvey of Tasburgh (Oliver Harvey)  AP23/36  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Head of Throope (Anthony Head)  AP23/37  [n.d.]
Expand   Edward Heath  AP23/38  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Keith Holyoake  AP23/39  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Inchyra (Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar)  AP23/40  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Ismay of Wormington (General Ismay)  AP23/41  [n.d.]
Expand   Robert Lacey  AP23/42  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Lambton (Antony Lambton)  AP23/43  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Selwyn-Lloyd of Wirral (Selwyn Lloyd)  AP23/44  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart  AP23/45  [n.d.]
Expand   Iverach MacDonald  AP23/46  [n.d.]
Expand   Iain MacLeod  AP23/47  [n.d.]
Expand   Earl of Stockton (Harold MacMillan)  AP23/48  [n.d.]
Expand   Vincent Massey  AP23/49  [n.d.]
Expand   Rene Massigli  AP23/50  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Robert Menzies  AP23/51  [n.d.]
Expand   Drew Middleton  AP23/52  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Monckton of Brenchley (Sir Walter Monckton)  AP23/53  [n.d.]
Expand   Viscount Montgomery of Alamein (Field Marshal B.L. Montgomery)  AP23/54  [n.d.]
Expand   Nigel Nicolson  AP23/55  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Normanbrook of Chelsea (Sir Norman Brook)  AP23/56  [n.d.]
Expand   Dr F.S. Northedge  AP23/57  [n.d.]
Expand   Lord Poole of Aldgate (Oliver Poole)  AP23/58  [n.d.]
Expand   Paul Reynaud  AP23/59  [n.d.]
Expand   5th Marquess of Salisbury (Robert Cecil)  AP23/60  [n.d.]
Expand   Earl of Scarborough (Roger Lumley)  AP23/61  [n.d.]
Expand   Margaret Thatcher  AP23/62  [n.d.]
Expand   Ronald Tree  AP23/63  [n.d.]
Expand   Robin Turton  AP23/64  [n.d.]
Expand   Peter Walker  AP23/65  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Roy Welensky  AP23/66  [n.d.]
Expand   Sir Philip de Zulueta  AP23/67  [n.d.]


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