Wilson, James Harold, 1916-1995 (Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, statesman)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1916 - 1995
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
File
Correspondence, 1944-1964 (The date-range is estimated.)
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/F12/1
Scope and Contents
Meynell's correspondents from the Council are Thomas Barlow, J. M. Benoy, Roger Edwards, S. C. Leslie, Paul Reilly, and Gordon Russell. Other correspondents include A. H. Hetherington, Ake Stavenow, and Harold Wilson (President of the Board of Trade). With the letters are memoranda including 'What is a design centre?' (1945?)
Dates:
1944-1964 (The date-range is estimated.)
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Correspondence with [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, 1966 - 1973
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KAUF 5/2
Scope and Contents
Includes: summary from GK of his visit to Israel, June 1967, with the comment by Wilson that it "should be carefully locked away. Or swallowed"; briefing note from Marcus Sieff on a proposed Israeli oil pipeline between the Red Sea at Eilat and the Eastern Mediterranean at Ashdod, which GK passed on to Wilson; note from GK to Wilson on his meeting with the Israeli Ambassador, Aharon Remez, October 1967, on Israeli public opinion about Britain and talks between the United States and Arab...
Dates:
1966 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
First Sale File, 2000 - 2002
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/7/2/1/2
Scope and Contents
A file of papers concerning matters prior to and following the first sale of Spitting Image puppets by Sotheby's, held online over 14 days in July 2000. A large proportion of the file's contents are correspondence, in the form of faxes, and they cover the following topics: the preparation of puppets for the sale; the preparation of photographs; matters regarding payments owed following the sale; the intention to sell the unsold puppets at another auction; and...
Dates:
2000 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
General political papers, 1965 - 1978
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KAUF 4/2
Scope and Contents
Includes: letter from the Secretary of the Staff Board of the Labour Party offering GK the post of Labour Party Representative in the Parliamentary Lobby, 1965; paper sent by GK to [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, c December 1965, and annotated by Wilson, on maintaining the political initiative during the lead up to the Hull by-election in January 1966; note annotated by Wilson on whether he agreed with a reply from GK on an unknown subject, May 1966; statement by the Labour Liaison...
Dates:
1965 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Harold Wilson, 1970-1972
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9813/C1/130
Scope and Contents
Three letters to Francis and Alix Meynell (1972); and Christmas cards (1971, 1972).
Dates:
1970-1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Sub-Series
Nova, 1966 - 1975
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/2/1/7
Scope and Contents
12 issues of the British monthly women's magazine, Nova, along with a number of tearsheets from other editions. Roger Law not only produced illustrations for some of the publication's issues, but also wrote several articles as well. The following issues/tearsheets are present:1. October 1966 - features plasticine model illustrations, which accompany the article, Bless Me Father, For I Have Sinned, written by Norman Price...
Dates:
Publication: 1966 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sub-Series
Photographs, 1962 - 1974
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/3
Scope and Contents
A box holding an assortment of mainly black and white photographs, which feature images of pencil and plasticine model illustrations produced by Roger Law. These images were published in various magazines and newspapers, along with featuring on the cover and interior of books. There are both single photographs and sets of images. The material present is labelled or in packaging labelled with their original reference numbers (i.e. RL/Pre-/number), which can be used to search the record forms...
Dates:
1962 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Photographs from a visit to Germany by [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, 1965-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBT 11/59
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Mainly photographs of official and social events.
Dates:
1965-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Research Material, 1983 - 1986
Sub-Sub-Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/3/3/8/2/1/1
Scope and Contents
Files with research material collected by Lewis Chester, as part of his work on the publication, Tooth & Claw: The Inside Story of Spitting Image. The following are present, and their accompanying number corresponds to their file reference number within this sub-sub-sub-sub-series: 1. A folder with letters received by Chester from Spitting Image's 'victims' (i.e. the celebrities and politicians that were the subjects of the...
Dates:
1983 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
Second Sale Correspondence File, 2001, 2013
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/5/7/2/2/1
Scope and Contents
A file containing correspondence largely relating to preparations for the second sale of Spitting Image puppets and other items, which was held at Sotheby's in November 2001. The vast majority of this correspondence is in the form of faxes, and is between Roger Law and Deirdre Amsden, based in Australia at that time, with representatives at Sotheby's, the director of Spitting Image Productions Limited, Richard Bennett; and Law's brother, Martin. Other topics...
Dates:
2001; 2013
Conditions Governing Access:
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Sub-Sub-Series
Small and Medium Transparencies, c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Sub-Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/1/2/3/2/1
Scope and Contents
Three boxes containing 35mm and 62mm colour photographic transparencies and slides, along with a small amount of negatives and contact prints. The majority of these items feature images of Roger Law's plasticine model illustrations, used in various publications, from the late 1960s to the mid-1970s. However, there are also images relating to Law's and Peter Cook's Almost the End column in The Observer Weekend Review, c 1962; a...
Dates:
c early 1960s-c mid 1970s
Conditions Governing Access:
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File
The Economist, 1975 - 1979
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/8
Scope and Contents
Full issues and tearsheets for the British weekly current affairs magazine/newspaper, The Economist, which feature photographic images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. All these illustrations appear on the front covers of the issues.The following are present:1. Two tearsheets containing the front cover for issue 20-26 December 1975, which features an illustration of British Prime Minister, Harold Wilson, depicted as a car...
Dates:
Publication: 1975 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Roger Law Archive
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Luck & Flaw
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Published Material
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Magazines
Sub-Series
Transparencies, 1975 - 1983
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/2
Scope and Contents
Four boxes containing an assortment of 63mm x 63mm and 126mm x 120mm photographic transparencies, along with 35mm slides, which feature images of Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in various magazines, newspapers and other mediums. The contents of the four boxes are in alphabetical order, based on the subject(s) of the illustrations or the title of the work, and they are split into the following: A to C, D to G, H to R, and S to W. The final box...
Dates:
1975 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Special Collections Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. Please see specific entries within the catalogue for any access restrictions present for particular files or items. For further details on conditions governing access please contact specialcollections@lib.cam.ac.uk . Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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- Subject
- Israel (nation) 1
- Jewish-Arab relations 1
- Oil supply 1
- Six Day War (1967) 1