Colonial Development Corporation
- F2/6
- Ffeil = File
- 1952
File comprises correspondence related to the Colonial Development Corporation.
Colonial Development Corporation
File comprises correspondence related to the Colonial Development Corporation.
File comprises drafts of letters from Gordon MacDonald to the Speaker, Edward FitzRoy and the Prime Minister Winston Churchill as well as a letter and telegrams addressed to Gordon MacDonald along with correspondence relating to work with the BBC..
Correspondence sent to Gordon MacDonald during 1942; correspondents include Jim Griffiths and the managers of several mining companies in the north west of England. Much of the correspondence is congratulating MacDonald on his appointment as Regional Controller of Fuel and Power.
General correspondence including some material related to MacDonald's appointment as Governor of Newfoundland. Correspondents include Emanuel Shinwell and Eric Machtig
File comprises correspondence received by Lord MacDonald written in Welsh. Some are personal, others relate to engagements, donations or attendance at events.
File comprises general correspondence; topics include Gordon MacDonald's career after Newfoundland, thank you letters for speaking engagements, requests for help and invitations to events. Correspondents include Philip Noel Baker, Hugh Gaitskell, Lord Christopher Addison, Clement Attlee and Roy Jenkins.
The file comprises letters sent to Lord MacDonald regarding speaking engagements, along with drafts of replies.
Membership of the Privy Council
File comprises correspondence relating to Lord MacDonald's appointment to the Privy Council.
File comprises general correspondence, mainly related to financial affairs.
Correspondence regarding Lord MacDonald's illness
File comprises letters to Lord MacDonald regarding his illness.
Comprises general correspondence.
Series comprises material related to Lord MacDonald's autobiography, Atgofion Seneddol.
Notebook containing notes on Psalm104. Only 1 page has been used.
The series comprises drafts of speeches and radio broadcasts made by Gordon MacDonald along with some related correspondence.
File comprises drafts of Gordon MacDonald's contributions to a radio programme entitled "Britain Speaks", broadcast on the Overseas North American Service during the Second World War.
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.
Gordon MacDonald's diary for 1948 noting various events.
MacDonald, Gordon, 1888-1966
Gordon MacDonald's diary for 1949, with notes on various events.
MacDonald, Gordon, 1888-1966
Appointment as Governor of Newfoundland
Series comprises documents related to the suspension of Responsible Government in Newfoundland in 1934 and the arrangements for the government of the dominion including the appointment of a Governor and a Commission of Government along with the Royal Commission appointing Gordon MacDonald as Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies and the Government House visitors book and cash book for the period that MacDonald was in Newfoundland.
George V, King of Great Britain, 1865-1936
File comprises maps and reports on the economy and local government in Newfoundland along with a typescript of an address entitled "Some economic aspects of government in Newfoundland" given by J. B. McEvoy on 21 March 1946.