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Lord MacDonald of Gwaenysgor Papers
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Unbound typescripts of speeches and scraps

File comprises unbound typescripts and notes for "We love thee Newfoundland", along with a booklet containing notes for speeches given by Gordon MacDonald and a typescript of an interview with Gordon MacDonald on the BBC before his departure for Newfoundland..

Governor's Speeches

Loose typescript speeches given by Gordon MacDonald during his term as Governor of Newfoundland including an address broadcast on the BBC North American Service as MacDonald departed the UK for Newfoundland in 1946 and speeches given at the opening of the extension to Bowater's plant at Corner Brook and on the eve of his departure from Newfoundland in 1949. The file also contains a speech given by the Hon Herman William Quinton on the National Network (radio) on the eve of the Canadian Federal election.

New Cambriol

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.

Press cuttings

Copy of the Daily News dated 31 March 1949 marking confederation and a copy of the Atlantic Guardian magazine with articles on how Newfoundland voted.

Civic Events

The series comprises material related to Gordon MacDonald's attendance at various civic events in Newfoundland while Governor and some correspondence from his later life.

The Labour Party

Comprises files related to campaigning work undertaken by Gordon MacDonald for the Labour party for the 1950 and 1951 General Elections and including arrangements for public meetings and meetings of Labour party members.

Coresspondence

Correspondence relating to Lord MacDonald's work with in the United Nations at the General Assembly in 1950 along with 2 pamphlets on human rights.

Press conferences

File comprises notes on economic development in South East Asia and papers related to the final communique for British Commonwealth Consultative Committee in Sydney conference.

Lord MacDonald of Gwaenysgor Papers

  • GB 0210 GMCDNLD
  • Fonds
  • 1837-1990

The papers of Gordon MacDonald, 1st Baron MacDonald of Gwaenysgor (1888-1966) comprising correspondence, copies of documents, speeches, transcripts for radio broadcasts, diplomatic dispatches, diaries, photographs and ephemera. They relate mainly to his political career as Labour Member of Parliament for Ince, Regional Controller for the Ministry of Fuel and Power for the Lancashire, Cheshire, and North Wales Region during WW2, Governor of Newfoundland and Paymaster General as well as his political interests in the Labour Party and international affairs and his Christian faith. The papers from his period in Newfoundland deal extensively with the negotiations and referenda related to confederation with Canada as well as the resulting political fallout.

MacDonald, Gordon, 1888-1966

General correspondence

File comprises general correspondence including a letter from Clement Attlee appreciating Macdonald's congratulations on becoming Prime Minister and a thank you not from David Lloyd George..

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