Scope and Contents From the Fonds: VNST I is divided into two main groups: official papers or copies of official papers (sections 1-3); and personal papers (section 4). The first three groups include not only Cabinet and Foreign Office papers, which were officially registered, but also some secret official correspondence which did not go through the registry and some semi-official correspondence VNST II includes personal letters, several from prominent persons, which give a vivid picture of Vansittart's passionate...

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Papers on overseas propaganda.

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A volume in Portuguese entitled 'O Clima de Portugal...Baixo-Alentejo E Algarve' (Lisbon, 1952), with a covering letter to Redman from H. Amorim Ferreira, and undated notes by Redman on the Portuguese climate.

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the solar eclipse seen in Portugal on 28 May 1900:Correspondence regarding preparations for the eclipse expedition, 1900-1901, including offers of assistance from A. Berry.Correspondence with the Royal Mail Steam Packet Co., 1900, regarding the travel arrangements to Lisbon and the return, including receipts for fares and baggage.A pack containing a photograph of Ovar in Portugal; two maps of Portugal showing the back of the eclipse; a plan of Ovar...

Scope and Contents Papers relating to the solar eclipse seen in Portugal on 28 May 1900:Pamphlets concerning the eclipse expedition, Cooke's Tours, etc., 1900.'Nautical Almanac Circular', No. 17, and a United States Weather Department report on the probable sky state, 1900.Correspondence with the Admiralty, Treasury and Hydrographer concerning arrangements for travelling, money, the loan of watches and travelling claims, 1900.Correspondence with the Portuguese Government and the...

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The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

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Includes correspondence with Professor Freitas do Amarol (CDS) and Baroness (Diana) Elles (Chairman, Conservative Party International Office)

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Includes: notes by Stephen Sherbourne (MT's Political Secretary) of her meeting with Senor Fraga, 4 July 1984 and Professor Freitas do Amaral, 6 December 1985
Part 1, 1984: Includes record by Michael Alison MP (MT's Parliamentary Private Secretary) of his meeting with a visiting Spanish civil servant, Sr Eduardo Serra (MT did not attend), July 1984
Part 2, 1985

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The series includes some earlier files created in Opposition and either continued or used as reference by MT's Political Office at No 10 Downing Street. The files includes briefing notes for MT from her Political Office staff, most regularly Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary) and Richard Ryder (her Political Secretary up to 1981).

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Papers and cuttings on Spain and Portugal with extracts from newspapers and German Foreign Policy documents

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Correspondence, particularly relating to the British Council, but including a file on the Invergordon Mutiny and papers on the Political Fund.

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Arranged by William Bull to investigate the lineage of the Brandons. The volume includes press cuttings relating to the Brandons – family deaths, marriages and news. The remainder of the volume is ‘History of the Ancient Synagogue of the Spanish and Portuguese Jews – A Memorial Volume’, written specially to celebrate the two hundredth anniversary of its inauguration, by The Rev. The Haham Dr. Moses Gaster. Includes a Portuguese letter and seal.