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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.

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.

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.

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 sub fond comprises Lord MacDonald's personal papers including correspondence, his Christian faith, articles in the press and his memoirs.

The file comprises family ephemera and ephemera collection by Lord MacDonald mainly relating to his career.

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.

Series comprises various reports written on Newfoundland; its constitutional status, economy and its railway.

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,

The series comprises correspondence sent to Lord MacDonald with the exception of correspondence related to Newfoundland. Topics include Lord MacDonald as Controller of Fuel and Power for the north west of England and north Wales, letters of congratulation on his elevation to the peerage, local functions, get well wishes, his appointment to the Privy Council, financial and personal matters and casework. Correspondence related to Newfoundland can be found in C4.

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..

Sub fonds comprises correspondence and other papers related to Gordon MacDonald's role as Controller of Fuel and Power for the north west of England and north Wales and various speeches and radio broadcasts made mainly before and during the Second World War.

The series comprises drafts of speeches and radio broadcasts made by Gordon MacDonald along with some related correspondence.

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

Series comprises speeches, notes for speeches, correspondence and other papers related to Lord MacDonald's Christian interests.

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.

Series comprises miscellaneous items from Lord MacDonald's period as Controller of Fuel and Power for the north west of England and north Wales.