Scope and Contents Various papers on AFB's career, including: photocopy of his election manifesto for the 1941 Lancaster election [see also FEBR 1/6] with a cutting oh his visit to Lancaster in 1972; rough autobiographical notes; copy of a letter sent by AFB and James Griffiths to relief agencies on the continuing need for aid to Nigeria, and the work of the Marist Brothers at Uturu; statement by AFB on his visit to Londonderry [Derry, Northern Ireland], 30 January 1972 (to address a civil rights meeting) and...

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Rough pencil sketch.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Kathleen] Nora Brockway on her view of David Livingstone's work in Africa and getting AFB's papers into order (2); Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone [earlier Quintin Hogg] accepting an apology from AFB; David Hobman, Director of Age Concern, on the effect of the Rapid Transit system for Tyneside and the National Insurance and Supplementary Benefits Bill on the elderly and disabled (2); Peter Shore on the inaugural meeting of the British-Bangladesh Society; Neil...

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Subjects include: AFB's concerns about Kashmir and Pakistan; pay for former civilian employees of British Land Forces Kenya; the situation in Northern Ireland, 1971, particularly the policy of internment. Includes an open letter to the Prime Minister on Northern Ireland, from the National Council for Civil Liberties.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

Scope and Contents Papers on the troubles in Ulster, including: memorandum from the Association for Legal Justice with witness statements alleging ill-treatment by the army and Royal Ulster Constabulary, with responses from William van Straubenzee, Minister of State, Nothern Ireland Office and from 2nd Lord Belstead [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Northern Ireland Office, earlier John Ganzoni]; correspondence with the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, with reports on conditions in Long Kesh...

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Papers relating to Northern Ireland, including: hate mail relating to AFB's visit to the Price sisters [Dolours and Marian Price], both members of the IRA, convicted for their part in the London car bombing campaign, 1973; papers and correspondence on AFB's proposed Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland, with correspondents including John Webb, Chief Clerk, Public Bill Officer.

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Papers and correspondence relating to AFB's visit to the Price sisters [Dolours and Marian Price], both members of the IRA, convicted for their part in the London car bombing campaign, 1973, including: hate mail; other letters on the Price sisters, many congratulating AFB when they abandoned their hunger strike.

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...

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Correspondence on AFB's offer to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, to talk to IRA detainees on hunger strike in the Maze prison, Northern Ireland. Correspondents include: Michael Foot [Leader of the Labour Party] (2); James Prior, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; 6th Lord Carrington, Foreign Secretary; Ernest Roberts; Margaret Thatcher (2).

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A selection of cases submitted to the Association since the imposition of internment in Northern Ireland.

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Correspondence with AFB as President of the campaign, on subjects including rioters being shot dead by British troops in Northern Ireland, and the disapproval of Paul Rose, Chairman of the campaign, for AFB's methods.

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Correspondence, mainly with Patricia McCluskey, on the work of the campaign, with an action sheet on AFB's Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

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Correspondence with the association on AFB's Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly on support for AFB's Bill of Rights for Northern Ireland and the increase in sectarian violence, with correspondents including: Martin Ennals, Secretary General of Amnesty International, on their report into the Compton Commission [regarding allegations of brutality carried out by the security forces, August 1971]; 3rd Lord Windlesham [Minister of State for Northern Ireland, earlier David Hennessy]; Lord Shackleton [Opposition Leader, House of Lords] on AFB's request...

Scope and Contents Correspondence with [Clifford] Tony Smythe, General Secretary of the NCCL, and papers from the NCCL on Northern Ireland, including: cutting of an article by AFB for Tribune on the Widgery Report into Bloody Sunday; open letter to Edward Heath, Prime Minister, on civil liberties in Northern Ireland; message of support from the East German Committee for Human Rights; copy of the report by Professor Samuel Dash for the International League for the Rights of Man, "Justice Denied - a Challenge to...

Scope and Contents Includes: Government communiqué issued in August 1969 following the visit by [Leonard] James Callaghan, Home Secretary, to Northern Ireland, to restore public confidence; newsletter of the Campaign for Social Justice in Northern Ireland, December 1970; pamphlet of the Central Citizens' Defence Committee; pamphlets of the New Ulster Movement on subjects including the election of Ian Paisley as MP for North Antrim; Government of Northern Ireland pamphlet of facts and figures; print of Thomas...

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Statements from various sources on the alleged ill-treatment of "political" prisoners at Holywood Palace and Girdwood Barracks, Belfast.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Kypros Tofallis, Director of the Greek Institute, on interviewing AFB for his history of Cyprus; Peter Cadogan, General Secretary of South Place Ethical Society, on recording a discussion with AFB and the BBC Open Door programme on the society; Louise Ouwerkerk, asking AFB to write the preface for her book "I Too Was a Jailbird" (synopsis enclosed) on her experiences as an internee in India, 1940-41; Nigel Siederer on the National Council for Civil Liberties campaign...

Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence relating to AFB's visit to the Price sisters [Dolours and Marian Price], both members of the IRA, convicted for their part in the London car bombing campaign, 1973, including: hate mail, mainly on the Price sisters, but also against AFB's Private Members' Bill to amend the Race Relations Act; other letters on the Price sisters, many congratulating AFB when they abandoned their hunger strike; rough notes for AFB's statement on the sisters; the text of AFB's speech at...

Scope and Contents Publications on the Emergency Powers and the Proposed Civil Rights Bill for Northern Ireland, including: issues of Hansard for the House of Commons and House of Lords, covering debates on AFB's Northern Ireland Bill of Rights, June 1971, the security situation, September 1971 and June 1972, and the Northern Ireland (Exported Animals) Bill, June 1972; papers published by the Northern Ireland Civil Rights Association, on Unionist discrimination against Catholics, the Special Powers Act and the...

Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This is a collection of art work created by the Royal Engineer Edward Charles Frome (1802-1890). In 1929 Frome’s surviving daughter, Mrs Frank Wynne, presented some of the South Australian drawings to the Royal Empire Society through the good offices of Sir Harry Wilson, to whom she bequeathed the rest of the collection. He presented it to the society in 1931. The majority of Frome’s individual watercolours and drawings, varying in size from 250 to 450 mm, were then housed in eight...