Commonwealth affairs
Found in 12 Collections and/or Records:
Books, articles and pamphlets, 1933 - 1978
Includes correspondence with JA's literary agents, various notes and drafts, and books, pamphlets, articles and papers on various publications by others, many of which he contributed to or commented on.
Colour slides, mainly of overseas visits by Harold Macmillan, 1957-03 - 1960
Commemorative book on the Commonwealth tour, 1958-10
Quotations from the speeches, broadcasts and press conferences given by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton] during the tour, and inscribed by him to Normanbrook.
Commonwealth Tour, 1958-01 - 1958-02
Spare slides from the tour of [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], including: the Khyber Pass and massed pipers and bands rehearsing for the Independence Day parade, India; the Dunedin festival, Old Crocks’ Race and departing from Christchurch, New Zealand; Sydney and Queensland, Australia; house in Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].
Correspondence, 1980-04 - 1980-05
Memoir of Sir Charles William Dixon, 1970-02
Unpublished memoir, mainly on Dixon's time in the Colonial Office and Commonwealth Relations Office.
“Operation British Commonwealth”, 1951
Booklet issued by the Migration Council to encourage migration from Britain to Commonwealth countries.
Papers relating to MT’s statements at the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Bahamas, 16-20 October 1985; plus speech at a dinner for 'Mr [Rajiv] Gandhi (Prime Minister, India)', 14 October 1985, 1985-10
Folder 1, includes: MT’s handwritten annotations and her detailed handwritten speech notes on "World political scene"
Folder 2, includes: speaking notes on South Africa
Papers relating to the Commonwealth, 1983 - 1992
Mainly papers from Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings, chiefly relating to sanctions against South Africa.
Population, 1952 - 1957
Working papers on population trends, migration, and housing, covering subjects such as population statistics; British emigration to Commonwealth countries; refugees from Continental Europe in Britain; generational differences in cultural memory; commuting and suburban sprawl. Consists largely of press cuttings, articles, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes on population trends, class, and social change. Includes draft of Mark Abrams's article "1951 Census Results" (1952).
Transcript of interview: Sir Anthony Goodenough, 2016 - 2019
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Transcript of interview: Sir Richard Dales, 2016 - 2017
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.