- A3/3
- Ffeil = File
- [1946]
Typescript entitled 'Pit Boy to Governor' by David White on the career of Gordon MacDonald up to his appointment as Governor of Newfoundland.
Typescript entitled 'Pit Boy to Governor' by David White on the career of Gordon MacDonald up to his appointment as Governor of Newfoundland.
The sub fond comprises Lord MacDonald's personal papers including correspondence, his Christian faith, articles in the press and his memoirs.
The file comprises family ephemera and ephemera collection by Lord MacDonald mainly relating to his career.
Other International Engagements and Speeches
Series comprises material relating to Lord MacDonald's appearance on WLW radio in Cincinnati during his trip to USA as part of UK delegation to the United Nations General Assembly and the typescript of a speech on foreign affairs by Ernest Bevin.
Official Record of the United Nations General Assembly
The Official Report of the United Nations General Assembly 5th Session containing speeches given by Lord MacDonald on children, human rights, committee machinery, freedom of information, refugees, and prisoners.
Notebook containing notes on Psalm104. Only 1 page has been used.
Notes for a speech entitled "The world we want"
File comprises typed and handwritten notes on automation and typed notes for a speech given by Lord MacDonald at the Workers' Education Association at Ammanford on 10 October 1951 entitled "The world we want"
Notes for a speech at Chatham House
File comprises notes for a speech on Newfoundland given by Lord MacDonald at Chatham House on 21 June 1949.
Newspaper cuttings related to a visit to New Zealand
File comprises newspaper cuttings related to a visit to New Zealand by Lord MacDonald.
File comprises newspaper cuttings related to Lord MacDonald's life, career and interests including coverage of his appointment as BBC Governor for Wales, his time in Newfoundland, reviews of his autobiography "Atgofion Seneddol" and his political career.
Series comprises newspaper cuttings related to Lord MacDonald, his career and interests.
File comprises loose newspaper cuttings related to Lord MacDonald's career and interests.
File comprises newspaper cuttings related to Newfoundland, reports on Lord Macdonald's memoirs, speeches etc.
File comprises documents related to the Newfoundland Railway, including extracts from the report of government members of the railway commission (which reported on the railway before it was transferred to Newfoundland Government ownership in the early 1920s) giving details of the construction of the railway, its traffic and financial situation.
The Series comprises copies of magazine and newspaper articles relating to Newfoundland and Lord MacDonald.
Series contains files of correspondence related to Gordon MacDonald's role as Governor of Newfoundland including letters of congratulation on his appointment and wishing him well on his departure along with correspondence between St Johns and the Department of Commonwealth Relations, correspondence related to the the League for Responsible Government, the delegation to complete the terms of confederation with Canada and the publication of his speeches as 'We Love Thee Newfoundland'.
Newfoundland: A Memorandum by A. P. Herbert Esq MP
File comprises a typed document, entitled "Newfoundland A Memorandum by A. P. Herbert Esq MP", one of the members of the Parliamentary Goodwill Mission which visited Newfoundland in 1942. It contains his observations on the economy, education, religion, industry, taxation as well as options for the governance of the dominion. He includes an option for Newfoundland to become part of the United Kingdom but with home rule. He observes that this would be similar to the status of Northern Ireland but warns against making this comparison in public.
Herbert, A. P. (Alan Patrick), 1890-1971.
Files relating to Gordon MacDonald's tenure as Governor or Newfoundland; primarily dealing with the administration of the dominion, official engagements and the arrangements for deciding its future which resulted in Confederation with Canada in 1949. The Sub-fond includes correspondence, drafts for speeches and radio broadcasts, employment, relations with the Newfoundland Commission of Government, groups campaigning for and against confederation and negotiations with the Canadian Government.
The file comprises a script for a radio broadcast in 193 on Cambriol, a Welsh settlement on the Avalon Peninsular of Newfoundland along with a postscript read by Lord MacDonald.
The file comprises papers relating to miscellaneous Welsh Affairs including handwritten notes, a copy of a draft charter for incorporation of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and a government report in Wales and Monmouthshire 1950-51.