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Major Accessions to Repositories 1994 relating to Political History
National, Special and University
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Sir John Elijah Blunt: personal papers and consular reports
from the Middle East 1870-1902
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Raoul Bossy (1894-1975), Rumanian diplomat: additional
papers, to Add MSS 63730-41 (Deposit 9307)
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Margaret Gardiner, political campaigner: political and
literary papers 20th cent (Deposit 9381)
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Emilijan Yaroslavsky: three MS commonplace books kept while
in a Tsarist prison, 1909-11 (Deposit 9412)
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Mary Ward (Mrs Humphry Ward): letters to Richard Acland
Armstrong rel to the settlement movement 1888 (Deposit
9431)
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Sir Roy Welensky: letters (65) to Col. Theo ODonoven rel
to Rhodesia during UDI, etc; 1962-79 (Deposit 9437)
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Gerald Chetwynd Talbot (1819-85), Private Secretary to
Governor-General of India: private letter books and diary
1856-58 (IOR: Mss Eur F 0271)
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Sir Thomas Higham, Indian Public Works Dept: personal
letters 1867-1911 (IOR: Mss Eur F 0267)
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John Younie, Indian Civil Service: further personal letters
1910-42 (IOR: Mss Eur D 0939)
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Sao Sein Nyun, daughter of Sawbwa (Chief) of South Hsenwi,
Burma: memoir describing early life and the people of
Hsenwi c1919-48 (IOR: Mss Eur C 0709)
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Elizabeth Cornish collection of tape recordings: Children
of the Raj: childhood reminiscences of British India
c1920s-30s (IOR: Mss Eur 9495/40)
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Poor Law Guardians Elections: papers 1856-1913 incl
election leaflets for the London Poor Law Unions, a letter
to Beatrice Webb from (S.G.F.?) Hoare, register of children
sent to St Saviours School by Chorlton Union 1856-58 (COLL
MISC 0850)
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Fabian Society: returns to a questionnaire, published as
Fabian Tract No 24, to Parliamentary candidates on their
intentions as MPs 1891-92 (COLL MISC 0826)
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Fabian Society: election leaflets of candidates for the
London County Council Election of 1892 and returns to the
questionnaire issued as Fabian Tract No 26, Questions for
London County Councillors (COLL MISC 0839)
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Sir Sydney Olivier: International Socialist Workers
Conference Zurich, minutes of the British section, notes
and drafts of a report on the conference and a list of the
delegates by organisation and name 1893 (COLL MISC 0829)
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Fabian Society: ephemera relating to School Board Elections
and the 1902 Education Bill, replies to a questionnaire
about the constitution of School Boards, Town or Urban
District Councils and Boards of Guardians in 1899 (COLL
MISC 0832)
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Richard Mudie Smith: catalogue of the Daily News Sweated
Labour Exhibition at the Queens Hall May 1906;
correspondence with Cadbury Bros of Bournville about forced
labour in Angola, San Thome and Principe, 1906-08 (COLL
MISC 0851)
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F Keeling: correspondence, official print and statistics,
press cuttings, reports and leaflets rel to juvenile
employment, labour exchanges and employment committees in
England and Ireland, 1911-21 (COLL MISC 0841)
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Halsbury Club: minutes and papers of the Committee on the
Reconstruction of the Second Chamber of the Halsbury Club
1912 (COLL MISC 0866)
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John Robert Riding: photocopies of papers of the Peckham
and Camberwell branches of the Independent Labour Party,
incl annual reports for Peckham 1928-30 and circular
letters for both branches plus the South London Federation
and the Camberwell Branch of the Communist Party; summary
list and biographical notes on J.R.Riding and his mother,
Esther Riding 1923-30 (COLL MISC 0867)
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Walter McLennan Citrine, Baron Citrine of Wembley:
additional diaries, photographs, travel guides and trade
union material 1932-1946 (CITRINE V)
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Russell Duncan MacRae, HM Consular Service (1888-1956):
Leaving Moscow, photocopy of a typescript essay describing
an overland journey from Moscow to Constanza 1938 (COLL
MISC 0820)
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Progressive League archives 1939-88 (PROGRESSIVE LEAGUE)
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Professor Michael Lee: papers rel to the Treasury 1967-69
(COLL MISC 0817, 0870)
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International Marxist Group: ephemera, conference papers
and cyclostyled journals of the IMG, circulars and
publications of other organisations including Red Camden
and Am Phoblacht c1969-86 (IMG)
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Liberal Democrats: working group papers and Whips Office
files 1970s-80s (LIBERAL DEMOCRATS)
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London Gay Campaign Group: papers, including questionnaire
sent to candidates in the GLC elections with analysis 1981-
86 (HALL CARPENTER ARCHIVES)
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: speeches and articles by
Bruce Kent 1981-89 (CND/KENT)
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Speakers Commission on Citizenship: minutes, papers,
evidence submitted, correspondence and drafts of the final
report 1988-90 (CITIZENSIW)
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Auckland Campbell Geddes, lst Baron Geddes (1879-1954),
Conservative MP: private correspondence and papers (GEDD)
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Sir Andrew Graham Gilchrist (1910-1993), soldier, diplomat
and administrator: military, diplomatic and literary papers
(GILC)
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Edwin Noel Plowden, Baron Plowden: correspondence with the
Opinion Research Centre, 1976-88 (PLDN)
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George Russell Strauss, Baron, Labour MP 1929-79, Minister
of Supply 1947-51: unpublished autobiography (STRS)
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John Spenser Ritchie Duncan (b.1921), diplomat: official
papers, personal letters, historical notes, Nuer Grammar
and printed items (G//S 1078)
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Sir Donald Hawley, Sudan Political Service 1944-55: early
draft of memoirs (G//S 1094)
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Robin A Hodgkin, Ministry of Education, Sudan: letters home
from Bakht er Ruda, 1949-54 (G//S 1095)
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Frank Denys Kingdon: papers rel to the Sudan Political
Service 1921-48 (G//S 1097, 1105)
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John Scott Maclay, Viscount Muirshiel of Kilmacolm:
political papers, correspondence, and press cuttings 1939-
88 1942-44 (DC371)
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Donald Macmillan, President of Glasgow University: SRC
quincentenary celebration papers 1948-53; correspondence
and papers rel to rectorial and parliamentary election
campaigns of Walter Elliot, MP 1945-54 (DC382)
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Batley Corporation Water Bill 1871, Stockport Corporation
Water Bill 1901 and Grangemouth Water Order 1903: papers
(Hist Coll 381)
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Hull Communist Party: records, 1950s-80s
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Austin Mitchell MP: papers, 1980s-90s
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John Prescott MP: papers, 1980s-90s
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Lt-Colonel Arthur Brian Boyle: papers as Military Assistant
to the Chief of the Imperial General Staff 1943-45
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Sir Winston Churchill: working draft of speech at the
Mansion House following the Battle of El Alamein, November
1942
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Lt-Colonel J A Codrington: ms memoir, Gathering Moss,
1898-1944, incl service with the British Military Mission,
Smyrna 1920, and as British Liaison Officer to French
Forces, Smyrna, 1926-29
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Sir Frank Cooper: papers rel to EUREKA, the European high
technology research programme; correspondence 1985-86 rel
to competition for European defence business; four
photographs of Chiefs of Staff Committee in session, 1967-
82
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Brigadier H E Hopthrow: papers rel to the Royal Engineers,
1914-35; BEF France, 1940 and as Director of Fortifications
and Works, War Office, 1943-45
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Major General V W Street: papers and photographs rel to
14th Infantry Brigade, Palestine, 1938-39 and Kenya, 1940;
Allied Forces, Greece, 1941; SAS, North Africa, 1942; SOE,
Yugoslavia, 1943-44; as military advisor to King Hussein of
Jordan, 1959-60
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Granby Toxteth Community Poverty 3 Project: papers, 1991-94
(D 640)
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Telegrams and newscuttings rel to the inquiry into the
Lusitania (DX/l78)
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Irish National League, Timahoe branch: minute books,
correspondence, committee lists, etc 1888-97 (John Headen)
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Crowley family of Kilbrittain, Co Cork: correspondence,
mainly rel to the Third Cork Brigade of the IRA, incl an
account of the war in the Kilbrittain area by Denis
Crowley, and letters from Dorothy Price (nee Stopford).
1918-21 (Patrick D. Crowley)
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J.J. Clancy, T.D.: correspondence, incl a letter from
Michael Collins rel to the Dail loan 1918-19 (Ms Maria
Wooton)
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W & G Baird, photographic engravers, Belfast: letter
declining to print photograph of a nationalist subject,
with associated photographs of designs for Sinn Fein
Cumainn 1920 (Mr Mairtin McCullough)
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Authorised text of the northern Loyalists ceasefire
announcement. 12 Oct 1994 (Mr Brendan O Cathaoir)
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Collection of letters and cards from miscellaneous
correspondents, including Kuno Meyer, T.W. Rolleston,
Augustine Birrell, Sir Shane Leslie, William Starkie, Tim
Healy, Horace Plunkett, Alfred Percival Graves, Arthur
Griffith, Lady Gregory, Constance Markievicz, Padraig
Pearse, Bulmer Hobson, Roger Casement and Douglas Hyde,
1893-1912 and n.d.
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Commandant Vincent (Vinnie) Byrne: papers, incl notes rel
to planned shootings of British agents and army personnel
1920-70
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Roger Casement: letters and cards (c40) to Richard Morten,
incl from Africa, South America and Pentonville Prison,
1895-1916; letters (c60) to Francis H Cowper rel to his
travels in Africa and South America, etc 1900-14
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A.S. Cunningham, Liberal activist, Dunfermline:
correspondence incl letters from Henry Campbell Bannernan
and Augustine Birrell c1886-1904 (Acc 11048)
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William Winter Hamilton, Labour MP for West and Central
Fife: political, literary and personal correspondence and
papers 1936-92 (Acc 10951)
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James Ramsay MacDonald, Prime Minister: political articles
1910, 1919 (Acc 11026)
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Megan Lloyd George: over seven hundred letters, 1940-57,
from Philip Noel-Baker, Labour politician, together with
related papers, including letters from her father David
Lloyd George 1910-c1918 (NLW MSS 23254-68)
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John Morris MP: papers 1960s-90 (John Morris Papers)
Gordon Parry, Baron Parry of Neyland, Chairman of the Wales
Tourist Board, 1978-84: papers, 1956-91 (Lord Parry Papers)
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British Military Government in Berlin: newsprint archive,
1946-81, transferred from the Universitys Institute of
German, Austrian and Swiss Affairs (ACC 1350)
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Harold Macmillan, 1st Earl of Stockton and his son, Maurice
Macmillan: papers (not available until catalogued)
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Clement Attlee, statesman: letters to his brother Tom, 1915-
60
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Sir Walter Clegg, MP: reports on parliamentary business,
1972-73
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Round Table Organisation: additional papers 20th cent
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British Council: additional minutes and papers 1939-63 (BW1-
BW 137)
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General Nursing Council for England and Wales: additional
finance, area and regional nurse training committee files
1978-83 (DT 46); accounts, correspondence and papers 1974-
83 (DT 47)
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School Curriculum Development Committee: Board of
Management: agenda, minutes and papers 1984-88 (EJ 4)
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Schools Council: secondary science curriculum review,
steering committee papers 1981-84 (EJ 5)
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Medical Research Council and predecessor: further records
1905-78 (FD1)
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Medical Research Council; Industrial Fatigue Board: reports
1919-47 (FD 3)
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Medical Research Committee And Medical Research Council:
reports of special research projects 1915-71 (FD 4)
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Stevenson family of Strabane, Co. Tyrone, and U.S.A.:
family, business, political
and education records, including emigrant letters, 1783-
1939 (D 4042)
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Trade Boards and Wages Councils in Northern Ireland:
minutes 1922-93 (WC)
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Privy Council of Northern Ireland: minutes 1922-72 (PRI
8/1)
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Health and Safety Agency for Northern Ireland: minutes 1979-
93 (HSA)
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Papers rel to Rudolph Hess 1933-66 (RH4/202)
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Miners strike: minutes, accounts and correspondence for
Abergwynfi, Ammanford, Blaengwynfi and Neath committees
1984-85 (1994/30)
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Transcript of trial of miners for incident at Port Talbot
docks during miners strike 1985
(1994/32)
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Aneurin Bevan, statesman: speeches, newspaper cuttings,
interviews collected by Professor David Smith, historian
and critic, in course of writing biography c1945-73
(1994/7)
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Ness Edwards, MP: papers incl "A Rebels Testament", "A
Brief History of Ness
Edwards" and some Penallta miners lodge minutes, 1927-83
(1994/17)
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Cymric Federation Press: ledgers, examples of work carried
out for National Union of Mineworkers, 1920-87 (1994/1)
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Garthewin family and estate papers, 17th-20th cent, incl
c150 letters from Saunders Lewis (1894-1985), writer,
scholar and politician to Robert Wynne
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Florence Nightingale: five letters to William Rathbone MP
rel to Bangor typhoid epidemic of 1882
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Political and social ephemera: topics include the General
Strike in Oxford, demarcation in shipbuilding, working
agreements in the building industry, British Union of
Fascists, the iron, steel and allied industries in 1879,
1880, 1886; Committee of 100 and other radical ephemera
(MSS 21)
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Professor Richard Hyman: additional research and political
papers, incl Conference of Socialist Economists,
International Socialism, 1975-80, Sheffield City Council
industrial relations procedures, Coventry Toolroom
Agreement (MSS 63, 84)
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Lord Allen of Hurtwood: political albums 1931-39 (MSS 121)
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Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament: additional papers of
Bruce Kent as Secretary, CND policy and publication files,
correspondence with the Foreign Office and with military
persons, and about meetings and Walks for Peace, 1980-90
(MSS 181)
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Society of Civil and Public Servants: papers rel to review
of its structure, organisation and operation, carried out
by Peter Fairbrodier and Bob Fryer, Department of
Sociology, University of Warwick, 1979-80 (MSS 232)
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Dr James Hinton: papers rel to CND, incl as convenor of the
Public Information Campaign Group and chair of West
Midlands CND 1980s (MSS 343)
Local Repositories in England
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Third London Airport (Thurleigh) resistance campaign:
papers 1969-70 (CS/LA)
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Campaign against Nuclear Industry Radioactive Waste
Executive (NIREX) dump at Elstow: papers 1984-87 (PI/Nix)
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Shefford, Clifton and Henlow bypass committee: scrapbooks
and records, 1979-90 (Z 564/17-18)
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National Health Service Executive Committee and
predecessors: records, 1913-89 (NHS/EC)
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Sir F Catherwood, MEP: constituency and special subject
correspondence 1979-94. (R94/50; closed 30 years from date
of creation).
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United Nations Association, Hartford Branch records 1947-71
(D 5026)
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David Penhaligon, MP: constituency correspondence 1974-86
(AD 1010/1-267)
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Arnside Village Society: correspondence rel to housing
policy 1986-1988 (WDSo/194)
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Braithwaite Fold Protection Group: minutes, correspondence
rel to development at Windermere 1978-88 (WDSo/193)
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Settle-Carlisle Joint Action Committee: minutes, reports,
correspondence rel to Settle-Carlisle Railway line 1983-88
(WDSO/195)
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Plymouth Conservative Association: minutes and papers c1937-
90 (1825)
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Darlington branches of United Nations Association and
League of Nations Union: records, 1935-93 (D/X 1061)
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Chart plotting the progress of Rudolf Hesss journey to
Britain, 1941 (D/X 1064)
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Gloucester Conservative Association: minutes, accounts etc
1924-59 (D3127)
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Paul Marland, MP for West Gloucestershire: correspondence
files 1982-92 (D7075)
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League of Nations, Hereford committee: minutes 1920-53 (BH
27)
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Sir Hal Miller, MP: additional election papers 1970s, 1980s
(BA 11701)
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Henry Usborne: papers rel to Crusade for World Government
1940s (BA 11538)
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Humberside Police Authority: records, including predecessor
forces Hull, East Riding, Grimsby, Lincolnshire 1836-c1980
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Sir George Doughty, MP for Grimsby: two autograph letters,
1897 and 1913 (1001)
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Captain F N Blundell: political and military correspondence
and papers 1886-1936 (DDBL)
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Preston Women Citizens Association: minutes, accounts,
registers of members etc 1960-94 (DDX 1749)
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Leicester Peace Council: records 1980-92 (DE 4485)
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Leicestershire Racism-Awareness Consortium: records 1983-90
(DE 4505)
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Diane Abbott, MP: constituency correspondence c1986-90
(1994/3&13)
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Sutton and Cheam Society (1959-1982): minutes and campaign
files (Acc 213)
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Campaign to Save Spitalfields from the Developers: records
1970s-80s (TH/8606)
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G. Tyldesley Hilbert councillor: diaries and yearbooks,
1948-80s (2899)
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Joseph Crossfield & Sons: proceedings in the House of Lords
against Manchester Ship Canal Co (Q237)
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Communist Party of Great Britain: records, 1943-90
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Labour Party: records including material on Labour and the
Black Electorate and the Militant Tendency
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Labour Party Manifesto Group: papers, minutes and
correspondence, 1976-92
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Jo Richardson MP: papers 1949-90 incl minutes and
correspondence of the Labour Party Tribune Group and the
Victory for Socialism Campaign
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Paul Mackney, political activist: additional records of
International Socialist Movement, Troops Out newsletters,
papers of Birmingham United against Motorway Plans (BUMP),
1970s-80s (MS 1591, addnl.)
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RL Thomas, councillor: miscellaneous papers 1916-52
(KA21/P)
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Councillor RE Brown: papers 1962-1994 (Acc. No. 6249)
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Austin Underwood, district and county councillor for
Amesbury, founder of "Imber Forever" and campaigner:
newscuttings and papers 1940-85 (2860)
Local Repositories in Wales
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George Alexander Sawyer: papers and photographs (1910-1950)
incl political, social, military and hospital photographs
from the First World War (Lloyd George Museum Collection)
XD33 (Addit.), XS2009 (Addit.), XCurios
Local Repositories in Scotland
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William Knight Fitzgerald, Lord Provost of Dundee, Convenor
of Tayside regional council: cuttings and photographs: 1968-
84 (GD/LP/WF)
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