1950 General Election Campaign
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Series comprises files related to Gordon MacDonald's role in the campaign for the 1950 General Election.
1950 General Election Campaign
Series comprises files related to Gordon MacDonald's role in the campaign for the 1950 General Election.
1951 General Election Campaign
Series comprises material related to speaking engagements related to the campaign for the 1951 General Election in Wales.
Address to Newfoundland by Clement Attlee
Typescript of a radio address by the UK Prime Minister, Clement Attlee, broadcast on the radio to the people of Newfoundland on 28 March 1949, on the eve of confederation with Canada. The typescript was sent to Gordon Macdonald before the broadcast.
Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967
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
Appointment as Paymaster General
File contains papers related to the Australian trade mission including some notes, receipts and information related to a defective car as well as a tax document detailing MacDonald's over/underpayments.
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.
The file comprises handwritten notes and newspaper clipping relating to Lord MacDonald's term as BBC Governor of Wales.
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
Correspondence and a copy of the Gala fete programme relating to visit of Lord MacDonald to the Bridgewater Labour Party fete on 9 June 1951.
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.
Broadcasting Council for Wales
Papers relating to the Broadcasting Council for Wales including a copy of the annual report 1962-63 and correspondence and supporting documents relating to arrangements for party political broadcasts in Wales, newspaper cuttings, including material relating to Lord MacDonald's successor as Chairman.
The file comprises a copy of Lord MacDonald's entry in Burke's Peerage, dated 1988.
Burke’s Peerage & Gentry (UK)
Typescript of a speech, possibly given by Lord MacDonald on Burns night, 1949 noting the connections between Newfoundland and Scotland.
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.
Cash book showing petty expenditure of the Governor's mansion.
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.
Series comprises speeches, notes for speeches, correspondence and other papers related to Lord MacDonald's Christian interests.
File comprises notes and types questions relating to Lord MacDonald's appearance on WLW Radio in Cincinnati while in the USA as part of UK delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.