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Accounts for WSC's constituency expenses.

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Correspondents include John Sinclair [later Lord Pentland], Sec of State for Scotland; Prof Patrick Geddes; Constituency Chairman George Ritchie and Agent P F Husband Subjects include the Education (Scotland) Bill; The British Medical Association; The Town Planning Bill; a possible "Pageant of Dundee" in 1909; the Canadian Cattle Trade; dissatisfaction with Sheriff Campbell Smith; and Socialist and Labour movements in Scotland.

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Subjects include allegations that WSC was "not at home" to Dundee delegations.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include P F Husband (Consituency Agent); Sir George Ritchie; (Constituency Chairman) Dundee Town Council and The Dundee Lunacy Board.Subjects include, the drop in his majority in the General Election of Dec 1910; complaints that he had not spent enough time in the constituency; Sunday drinking on pleasure steamers operating on the River Tay; The Spirits Act, 1906 passed by the Commonwealth of Australia and its effect on sales of Scotch Whisky; The Dundee Harbour and Tay...

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Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (Consituency Chairman); The Women's Freedom League (Dundee Branch); Herbert Samuel (Postmaster General).Subjects include the possibility of giving Admiralty work to Dundee shipbuilders; Female suffrage; Irish Home Rule; Post Office Telephones and Telegraphs.

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Correspondents include Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General (3); Dundee Women's Suffrage Society; Dundee Liberal Association; The Independent Labour Party (Dundee Branch).Subjects include Female suffrage; telegraph links with Dundee; the strike of Leven textile workers; the claims of Dundee over Aberdeen for the site of new wireless station; the Scottish Temperance Bill.

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Correspondents include Herbert Samuel, Postmaster-General (and others) on Post Office staff wage claim (6); P F Husband, Liberal Agent, on Party organisation and expenses in the constituency (4).Other subjects include duties of Sub-Postmasters; Labour Exchanges; the need for a second Liberal Candidate in the constituency; arrangements for presbyterian chaplaincies at Dundee and Ardrossan submarine bases.

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Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (4) on work of Royal Commission on Sugar Supply and on dismissal of flax and jute workers by Baxter Bros. Ltd.Other subjects include export trade to neutral countries.

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Correspondents include: Dundee Parish Council and Board of Control (7) on supply of sugar for preserving fruit grown in the Asylum Other subjects include WSC's unopposed re-election as MP following his appointment as Minister of Munitions; and the Representation of the People Bill, and Dundee's claim of being entitled to three Members of Parliament.

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Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (2) on Constituency and Liberal Party affairs Other subjects include the General Election campaign.

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Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (5) on Liberal Party and constituency affairs; Frederick Guest (2), on speaking engagement in Dundee.

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Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (5) on Liberal Party, constituency affairs, honours and patronage; Dundee City Council (2) and the Ministry of Labour on unemployment among ex-serviceman in the city, including paper of Cabinet Committee on unemployment.

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Correspondents include: Sir George Ritchie (9), on Liberal Party, constituency affairs and unemployment in Dundee; The City of Dundee Territorial Force Association and the War Office on the amalgamation of the 4th and 5th Black Watch.

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Subjects include: Constituency affairs, particularly General Election campaign; Trade Union Act Amendment Bill; honours and patronage.

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Correspondence with J C Robertson (President, Dundee Liberal Association, see CHAR 5/28A/20-30); James Allison (Liberal Agent); D J MacDonald (fellow Liberal candidate); Sir Alfred Mond (later Lord Melchett) (2) and others on the General Election campaign. Subjects include Ireland; the Government's Eastern policy; taxation; unemployment and Temperance.

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Election correspondence and literature, including signed copy of Election Address, and letter to Sir George Ritchie on the constitutional crisis.

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Election literature including Liberal Party Campaign Notes and WSC's Election Address (mainly on reform of the House of Lords), daily canvass returns, and Election expenses.Mainly relating to Election of Jan 1910, but also containing his letter of thanks to electors following victory in Dec 1910.

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Correspondence on Petition of the 216 Licensed Grocers in Dundee to the Chancellor of the Exchequer, objecting to proposal for "Off Licenses" to sell spirits in minimum quantities of half a pint, stressing differences between English "Off Licenses" and the "Scottish Grocer's Licence" and pointing out that this would cause hardship and bankruptcy.

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Correspondence with Dundee Town Council; The Dundee Chamber of Commerce; and the Assistant Postmaster General, Cecil Morton on proposed limitation of telegraphing facilities at Dundee Post Office.

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Correspondence and press cuttings on objections to the transfer of the Sidaw Sanatorium to Dundee Town Council.

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Correspondents include: Joseph Philip (8), President, Dundee Liberal Association, on constituency affairs; Dundee Unionist Association (3) on the continuation of the Coalition between the Unionists and the National Liberals; Other subjects include the forthcoming General Election campaign and the presence of Independent Liberal and "Wee Free" candidates.

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Cuttings, correspondence, press releases, briefings etc on the Poll Tax and Council Tax in Scotland and Wales, including policy documents on fair rates in Wales, and the future of local government in Scotland.

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Also includes a further press conference by NK on Labour's policy on Scotland in general.

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Subjects include: Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; devolution for Scotland and Wales; Conservative policy on sanctions against Rhodesia, including Margaret Thatcher's sacking of Winston Churchill and John Biggs-Davison from the Conservative front bench over their opposition to the policy; Robert Mugabe's victory in the Zimbabwean elections.

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Subjects include: devolution for Scotland; Conservative "zealots"; elections to the Shadow Cabinet and NK’s battle against the hard left, led by Tony Benn; the miners’ strike; the Chesterfield by-election [Derbyshire]; NK’s visit to Plymouth [Devon], Sept 1984.