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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.

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.

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.

Files related to the suspension of Responsible Government and arrangements for the subsequent governance of Newfoundland including Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of King George V constituting the Office of Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934; Letters Patent under the Great Seal of King George V and dated 21 Jan 1934 appointing Frederick Charles Alderdice, Sir John Hope Simpson, William Richard Howley, Thomas Lodge, John Charles Puddester and Everard Noel Rye Trentham to the Commission of Government and Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934,

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..

Typescripts of broadcasts made by Gordon MacDonald on the BBC Home Service programme "The Week in Westminster"

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 fragments of correspondence and notes which cannot be matched to other items in the archive along with undated letters.

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.

File comprises correspondence relating to Gordon MacDonald's resignation from the Hosue of Commons to take up the position of Regional Controller of Fuel and Power for the North West of England and north Wales, and letters of congratulation on his appointment to the role.

File contains items given to Gordon MacDonald to brief him on Newfoundland. It includes a report on Newfoundland by the chairman of the Parliamentary goodwill mission which visited the island in 1943 and which comprised Sir Alan Patrick Herbert, Sir Derrick Wellesley Gunston and Charles George Ammon. The report includes notes on the possible future constitutional status, health, agriculture, education, housing, natural resources, taxation, as well as the railway, steamships and local government. The file also includes a collection telegrams between London and St Johns, send in 1942 making arrangements for the visit of Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Clement Attlee. Included is a note to Gordon MacDonald describing the contents as 'sensitive' and asking for them to be returned.

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.

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.

File comprises correspondence between Governor of Newfoundland and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in London including a number of memos marked "top secret". Subjects include the reaction to confederation; how to deal with any protests or violence that could result from the vote and the use of the British Navy to keep order. There are also papers relating to a legal challenge to confederation issued by 6 former members of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (John Stewart Currie, John Vincent O'Dea, Frank MacNamara, William Charles Winsor, Harold Mitchell and William Joseph Browne), an appeal to the Privy Council on confederation, correspondence related to the Newfoundland Trade Commission and papers related to a telegram from a number of citizens to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations at the United Nations in Lake Success in February 1948 expressing concern that including confederation as an option on the ballot was illegal.

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..

File comprises a speech entitled "Christ and Work" given during Christ and Life Week" on 4 May 1944 in Swansea.

File comprises loose newspaper cuttings related to Lord MacDonald's career and interests.

Miscellaneous Newfoundland correspondence including Lady MacDonald, a letter from Peter J Cashin to Clement Attlee regarding restoration of responsible government, letters from judges, Clement Attlee and an anonymous letter from an individual alleging that they were pressured by the Catholic church to vote for responsible government.

File of typed speeches including those given to St Johns Rotary Club in Newfoundland, a letter sent to to Harry G Walgrove at the Liverpool Daily and Liverpool Echo and speeches given to George St Church, St Johns and the Canadian Club of Ottawa.