Labour relations
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 23 Mar 1915 - 06 Aug 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/17
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
23 Mar 1915 - 06 Aug 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/20
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Correspondents include Sir George Ritchie (2) on Constituency and Liberal Party affairs Other subjects include the General Election campaign.
Dates:
01 Jan 1918 - 31 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/22
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/24
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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.
Dates:
01 Jan 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence:., 01 Jun 1922 - 15 Nov 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/27
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Subjects include: Constituency affairs, particularly General Election campaign; Trade Union Act Amendment Bill; honours and patronage.
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01 Jun 1922 - 15 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/4
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (7); Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association].Subjects include: parish councils; trade unions; pension queries from WSC's constituents; lowering the voting age for women; importing silk goods; constituency business.Also includes: Souvenir in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Waltham Abbey Permanent Building Society with a foreword by WSC; a record of...
Dates:
31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence F-G., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/28
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2).Other subjects include: requests for WSC to become patron of local groups; licensing laws; the Football Pools Bill; official recognition of the National Union of Postmen; employment queries from constituents; rating issues; international affairs, particularly sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and support for the League of Nations; farming issues; a proposed...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-L., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/47A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (9); Sir Samuel Hoare [Home Secretary] on a constituent's complaint of police inaction at a political meeting.Other subjects include: a device for ARP; WSC's position in relation to his constituency party; pension and employment queries from constituents; a dispute between Messrs. Leslie and Godwin Ltd. and the Guild of Insurance Officials and other insurance matters; international affairs,...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence W-Y., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/50
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (6); Geoffrey Lloyd [Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Home Office] on ARP; Sir Edward Warner on the Connaught Hospital, Walthamstow [London]; Loftus Wigram on the Coal Bill; Lord Esme Gordon-Lennox [Secretary to the Lord Great Chamberlain] on a visit to the Houses of Parliament by constituents; Frederick Wooding, Secretary of the Royal Wanstead [Essex] School, formerly the Royal Infant...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., 31 Jul 1905 - 21 Sep 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/7
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Letters and papers concerning the proposed centralisation of the printing of County Court circulars in London. Includes letters to WSC from the Federation of Master Printers, R H & J Sharp, a Manchester printing firm and A Megan & Sons, a Manchester bookbinding firm who would be adversely affected by this proposal.
Dates:
31 Jul 1905 - 21 Sep 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., 03 Apr 1905 - 17 May 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/6
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Letters and papers concerning the proposed purchase of the National Telephone Company. Letters from correspondents to WSC asking him to intervene including the Manchester Guardian Society for the Protection of Trade and the Manchester Home Trade Association.
Dates:
03 Apr 1905 - 17 May 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 04 Jan 1905 - 29 Jun 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T W Killick of the Free Trade League (2); Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Federation on WSC's engagements and initiation as an Oddfellow (14); Sir Ernest Hatch (3); James Southern (4); B I Belisha (3); Sir Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer about the distraint of goods at the Grand Hotel, Manchester for non-payment for taxes; John Kidger about income tax policy (5) and John Petro (3).Other subjects include: the selection of Edgar Pearson as election...
Dates:
04 Jan 1905 - 29 Jun 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence, Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/13
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Correspondents include: Fred Brierley and T W Killick about the Free Trade League; William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (3); Dr J Dulberg about the Manchester Jewish community's reaction to the proposed Aliens Bill and female suffrage (2) and WSC's reply; Fred Burn, Secretary of the Manchester Liberal Federation (2) and N Jacobson about WSC's intervention in the capmaker's strike (2).Other subjects include: Free Trade; the taxation of land values;...
Dates:
Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/16
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Correspondents include: Walter Speakman, Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce about the Brussels Sugar Convention (2); Arthur Hutton of the British Sugar Growing Association about the delay in completing the Nyasaland [Malawi, Africa] railway (1); T W Killick (1) on Free Trade and a reply from WSC; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the likelihood of an by election in Manchester (2); Henry Massingham, editor of the Nation (1); W H Bridge of the Manchester Protestant...
Dates:
Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire], 1900 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Oldham (1900 - 1906). The papers contain correspondence with local Conservative Association officers discussing constituency affairs. There are also large numbers of letters from constituents and local institutions asking WSC for his support and patronage.Oldham was WSC's first parliamentary seat and the papers include letters of congratulation from many of the prominent figures of the day (see CHAR 3/1). The single issue that...
Dates:
1900 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (15); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (10); Sir Albert Stephenson [newspaper proprietor] (3); 6th Lord Londonderry [President of the Board of Education] (4).Subjects include: Free trade; WSC's relationship with local Conservative party and political clubs; patronage of Oldham churches; Oldham schools, particularly East Crompton National School and the Wesleyan...
Dates:
12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence., 08 Jul 1903 - 30 Dec 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (18); Samuel Smethurst [Vice-Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (7); Sir William Walrond [later 1st Lord Waleran, Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] regarding the creation of magistrates for Waterhead [Lancashire]; Alfred Emmott [later 1st Lord Oldham, Liberal MP for Oldham] regarding an industrial dispute on the railways; 6th Lord Londonderry [President of the Board of Education]...
Dates:
08 Jul 1903 - 30 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (7); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association, resigned 7 Jan 1904] (12); 9th Duke of Marlborough regarding his refusal to become an honorary member of the Oldham Conservative Club; James Maclean (2) regarding a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham. Subjects include: Churchill's relations with the local Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties; his decision not to...
Dates:
03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Smethurst (9); James Travis Clegg [Senior Vice President of the Oldham Conservative Association] (4); Sir John Gorst [Conservative MP for Cambridge University] (2) regarding arrangements for him to address a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham.Subjects include: Churchill's breach with the Conservative Party and his move to the Liberal Party; the Oldham Free Trade League; the Trade Unions and Trades Dispute Bill; the postal service and the rights of postmen; the...
Dates:
01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to the Trades Disputes Bill., 22 Apr 1903 - 22 May 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Clynes and A H Smethurst [Joint Secretaries of the Oldham Trade Union Law Committee](4).
Dates:
22 Apr 1903 - 22 May 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence and newspaper cuttings relating to WSC's attitude towards changes to Trade Union Law., 03 May 1902 - 31 Jan 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Clynes and A H Smethurst, Joint Secretaries of the Oldham Trade Union Law Committee (4).
Dates:
03 May 1902 - 31 Jan 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - C., 04 Jan 1957 - 30 Dec 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/98A-B
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Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (11); David Hilary, Private Secretary, Home Office; Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation; Raymond Prosser [Private Secretary to the Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation]; Richard Langridge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] (3); Theodor Bader, constituent (7); Patrick Benner, Principal Private Secretary to...
Dates:
04 Jan 1957 - 30 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 51-2, 60-5, 220-6 and 287-98, closed for 75 years until 2035 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on potentially living individuals.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - H., 30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/61
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Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (2) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (7); Thomas Shearer, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (3); [Ness Edwards], Postmaster General, on the campaign for official recognition by the Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association, including a note of his negotiations with the Association; Sir Howard Roberts, Clerk of London County Council;...
Dates:
30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 107, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-L., May 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/53
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Percy Cohen [Joint Director] (2) and [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] of the Conservative Research Department; Edith [Summerskill, Parliamentary Secretary, Ministry of Food]; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (12); [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education (2); [Valentine] McEntee; constituent Dr G B Kirkland (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries "E G" [Elizabeth...
Dates:
May 1949 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 152-8 opened 2022)