Correspondence regarding honours
- A1/10
- Ffeil = File
- 1949-1951
File comprises correspondence and supporting documents sent to Lord MacDonald relating to nominations for honours
Correspondence regarding honours
File comprises correspondence and supporting documents sent to Lord MacDonald relating to nominations for honours
File comprises letters sent to Lord MacDonald asking for his assistance and intervention on personal matters, along with drafts of replies. There is also an index to the letters in the file.
Correspondence primarily relating to Lord MacDonald's appointment as BBC Governor for Wales. Also includes copies of correspondence between Lord Douglas of Barloch and Lord Reith.
Comprises general correspondence, including letters related to Lord MacDonald's re-appointment as BBC Governor for Wales.
General correspondence, including letters to his daughter Mrs Fullard enquiring about his papers.
Fragments of correspondence and notes
The file comprises fragments of correspondence and notes which cannot be matched to other items in the archive along with undated letters.
Bound newspaper cuttings of "My three years in Moscow"
Bound cuttings from the New York Times of the serialised version of "My Three Years in Moscow". By Lt. Gen. Walter Bedell Smith.
Smith, Walter Bedell, 1895-1961
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.
English translation of a chapter in Atgofion Seneddol
Typescript of a translation into English of part of 'Atgofion Seneddol', translated by Dr Jones of St Helens.
Typescript entitled 'Pit Boy to Governor' by David White on the career of Gordon MacDonald up to his appointment as Governor of Newfoundland.
File comprises a speech entitled "Christ and Work" given during Christ and Life Week" on 4 May 1944 in Swansea.
Text of a speech entitled "Our Daily Bread", given in Carmarthen on 1 November 1949 on Christian ethics in the world and dealing with the distribution of wealth and food along with associated correspondence.
The file comprises copies of pamphlets, including editions of 'Young Methodism' and 'Y Dysgedydd' and a press cutting relating to Christian matters.
The file comprises ephemera relating to Lord MacDonald and his family, including a passport, ration books, Lord MacDonald's birth and death certificates.
The file comprises ephemera relating to Lord MacDonald's political career including event programmes and orders of service for funerals and memorial services of friends and colleagues.
The file comprises a copy of Lord MacDonald's entry in Burke's Peerage, dated 1988.
Burke’s Peerage & Gentry (UK)
File comprises a memo confirming the appointment of Gordon MacDonald as a member of the Board for Mining Examinations, a letter dated 24 April 1945, newspaper cuttings and a copies of the North Western Fuel Luncheon Club Bulletin.
Files related to the appointment of Gordon MacDonald as Governor of Newfoundland
Royal Commission appointing Gordon MacDonald as Governor of Newfoundland affixed with the seal of King George 6th and dated 5 March 1946. The file also contains a typescript of a letter to Henry John Boulton, former Chief Justice of Newfoundland.
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.
File of correspondence, mostly related to the membership of the delegation completing the negotiation terms of confederation with Canada. Correspondents include Chesley Crosbie of the Party for Economic Union with the United States.