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(Untitled), [17] [Aug] [1911]
(Untitled), [17] [Aug] [1911]
Nora Barlow Letters: 1926, 1926
Contains 20 letters from Nora to Ida Darwin sent between 15 February and December 1926. Amongst news of family and social engagements, the letters include commentary on the General Strike and an account of volunteer work provided by Nora's cousin, Oliver Thomas Farrer (1904-1954) on the railways during the strike.
Includes a single letter from Eva Farrer to Ida and a coloured crayon drawing from Hilda Barlow to Ida.
Official: Treasury: correspondence., 23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
(Untitled), 01 Sep 1911
Letter from J Freeth (Cardiff [Glamorgan, Wales]) addressed to "My dear General" about the possibility of a general strike in the coal industry over the issue of minimum wages which he thinks will take place in October, and which would threaten the coal supply to the Admiralty. Signed manuscript.
Diary and correspondence, 1921-01 - 1921-06
Office messages, 1984-05 - 1985-01
Letter, 11 May 1926 (circa; year inferred)
Concerning the publication of 'Satirical Poems' and the poem 'Solar Eclipse'; also mentioning the general strike.
'The Worker's Bulletin', Vol. 1, No. 6 (New Series) and Vol. 1, No. 7, 21 Apr. 1919-23 Apr. 1919
Issued by 'Limerick Proletariat' during general strike in the city
Typescript copies of various documents, 1923-1962
SB to Lord Curzon (1923), [from original in the Curzon Papers], memorandum by Sir R. P. M. Gower on the General Strike (1926), C. P. Duff to 'Dear Sir' on the American debt settlement (1929), G. P. Brett to Harold Macmillan (1939), and John Barnes to Sir H. J. Wilson with Wilson's reply (1962).
Photograph album 2, 1924 - 1927
(Untitled), 04 Jul 1942
(Untitled), [1910]
Copy of a letter from [WSC, Home Office] to the Adjutant General concerning the presence of the Metropolitan Police in South Wales. As there is no sign of resolution in the strike it is proposed that the infantry force should be strengthened so that the police may be removed. WSC asks whether the War Office will be prepared to supply further infantry forces if Major-General [Cecil] Macready [Director of Personal Services, War Office] should require them. Unsigned typescript.
Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes, typescript and press cuttings., 14 Jul 1926 - 26 Nov 1926
Letters from RSC to CSC, 1921-01 - 1967-05
(Untitled), 21 May 1910
Copy of an agreement between the shipping companies [involved with the dockers' strike in Newport, Monmouthshire, Wales], their general cargo employees, the Mayor [of Newport] and the Board of Trade concerning the dispute over a proposal by the shipping company, Houlder Brothers, to substitute "days wages for a tonnage weight of payment". Typescript. Covering letter at CHAR 12/6/15.
(Untitled), 23 May 1910
Copy of a letter from [Sir Edward Troup, Permanent Under Secretary of State, Home Office] on behalf of [WSC] to the Mayor of Newport [Monmouthshire, Wales] expressing satisfaction at the agreement reached between Houlder Brothers [one of the shipping companies involved in the dockers' strike at Newport] and their general cargo employees, and congratulating the Mayor and the Watch Committee for their "careful attention". Unsigned typescript.
Briefings and correspondence, 1984-05 - 1984-07
"Clementine Churchill": copies of letters from Bartlett Watt's collection, 1970-08
(Untitled), 14 Jun 1951
(Untitled), 09 Mar 1944
(Untitled), 11 Jun 1942
(Untitled), 1944
Letter from Colonel George Paynter (Eaton Grange, Grantham) [former General Staff Officer Home Guard North Midland District] to WSC informing him of the difficulties of the miners in the Home Guard and explaining why they are on strike and commenting that it is impossible due to the rapid change in command, for the Home Guard officer to appreciate local conditions and that as they are only there for a short space of time they are keen to get on with training Signature in typescript. Copy.
(Untitled), 24 Oct 1941
Telegram from WSC to Major-General Sir Claude Auchinleck [Commander-in-Chief, Middle East] advising that he will support Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Tedder [Air Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Middle East] and Auchinleck should commence attack; proceed to Tripoli [Libya] if possible; Soviets are holding Moscow [Soviet Union] and "winter is near. This is the moment for us to strike hard"; includes envelope.