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Lord Goronwy-Roberts Papers

  • GB 0210 GORROB
  • Fonds
  • 1900-1997 (accumulated 1930-1997)

The papers comprise correspondence files, 1918-1982, among them general and political letters to Goronwy Roberts and constituency correspondence; subject files, 1913-1981, including papers concerning foreign affairs (some deriving from Goronwy Roberts's trips abroad), domestic politics, Welsh politics and matters relating to Wales, and files of material concerning Caernarfonshire; various personalia, 1918-1982; and miscellaneous papers, 1900-1997, including printed items and press cuttings.

Roberts, Goronwy, 1913-1981

Political correspondence files

The group comprises general letters to Goronwy Roberts, 1918-1982, occasionally interspersed with drafts and copies of replies from him; constituency correspondence, 1946-1974; and files of letters and messages on specific occasions or from certain individuals, 1918-1982.

Letters to Goronwy and Marian Roberts

The series comprises letters addressed to Goronwy O. Roberts, 1928-1981, together with a small number of letters, 1981-1995, addressed to Mrs Marian Roberts, later Lady Goronwy-Roberts. They are interspersed with a few drafts and copies of letters prepared by Goronwy Roberts in reply to the letters received. Many of the letters reflect Roberts's political career and the history of the Labour Party. Others relate to the wide range of his cultural and literary interests. A few are invitations to deliver speeches and lectures.

Letters to Goronwy O. Roberts

The file includes letters from Clement Attlee, 1949, James Griffiths, 1948, Hilary A. Marquand, 1947, R. Williams Parry, 1940, and Iorwerth C. Peate, 1943.

Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from Barbara Castle, 1970, Tam Dalyell (2), 1970, Professor Mansel Davies, 1970, R. E. Griffith, 1971, James Griffiths, 1970, Hywel D. Roberts, 1971, Sir Wyn Roberts (Lord Roberts of Conwy), 1971, George Thomas, 1970, Peter Thomas MP (5), 1970-1971, and Gwyn Williams, Trefenter, 1970.

Castle, Barbara, 1910-

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from James Callaghan (4), 1972-1973, Islwyn Davies, 1973, Professor Trevor Ellis Evans (2), 1972-1973, R. E. Griffith, 1973, James Griffiths (2), 1972, Sir Alec Douglas Home, 1973, T. Mervyn Jones, 1973, T. W. Jones, 1973, George Thomas (2), 1972-1973, Peter Thomas MP, 1973, David Gibson Watt (2), 1972-1973, Tudor Watkins, 1972, and Harold Wilson, 1972.

Callaghan, James, 1912-2005

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from Philip Noel-Baker, 1975, James Callaghan (3), 1974-1976, Tony Benn, 1975, Anthony Crosland, 1974, Tam Dalyell, 1974, James Griffiths, 1974, Tristan Garel-Jones, 1974, T. W. Jones (7), 1974-1977, Ernest Marples, 1974, Bill Rodgers, 1974, Dafydd Elis Thomas, 1976, and Harold Wilson, undated.

Noel-Baker, Philip, 1889-1982

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from Philip Noel-Baker, 1980, Robert Blake (2), 1980, Fenner Brockway, ?1980, James Callaghan, 1979, Jennie Eirian Davies, 1980, Michael Foot, ?1980, David Jenkins (2), 1978, T. W. Jones, 1978, John W. Morris (Lord Morris of Borth-y-Gest), 1978, Dr David Owen, 1979 and Elwyn Roberts, 1980.

Noel-Baker, Philip, 1889-1982

Letters to Goronwy O. Roberts

The file includes letters from David Maxwell Fyfe, 1953, James Griffiths, 1950, T. W. Jones (Lord Maelor), 1952, and Sir Rhys Hopkin Morris, 1951.

Fyfe, David Maxwell, Sir, 1900-1967

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from Gwilym Prys Davies, 1955, Blaise Gillie, 1954, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1954, R. E. Griffith, 1954, Harri Gwyn, 1955, Sir George Hamar, 1954, Frank Price Jones, 1955, Sam Jones, BBC, 1955, T. W. Jones (Lord Maelor), 1955, T. J. Morgan (2), 1954, John Morris (3), 1955, Thomas Parry, 1955, Iorwerth C. Peate, 1955, Tudor Watkins, 1955, and Jac L. Williams, 1955.

Prys-Davies, Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron, 1923-2017

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file contains letters from Clement Attlee (2), Gwilym Prys Davies, T. I. Ellis (2), Gwilym Lloyd-George, D. R. Grenfell, R. E. Griffith, Cledwyn Hughes (Lord Cledwyn of Penrhos), T. W. Jones, John Morris, Thomas Parry (2), Arthur Pearson, Hywel D. Roberts and Tom Nefyn Williams.

Attlee, C. R. (Clement Richard), 1883-1967

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file contains letters from Aneurin Bevan, 1957, Henry Brooke, 1957, Cynan, 1958, Gwilym Prys Davies (2), 1958, Nan Davies, 1958, David Eccles, 1958, Alun R. Edwards (2), 1957, Huw T. Edwards, 1957, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1957, D. R. Grenfell, 1957, R. E. Griffith, 1957, James Griffiths (2), 1957, Gwilym R. Jones, 1957, T. W. Jones (Lord Maelor), 1958, D. Tecwyn Lloyd (2), 1957-1958, David Rees Williams (Lord Ogmore), 1957, Bob Owen, Croesor (2), 1958, Cliff Prothero, 1957, Robert Richards MP (2), 1957-1958, Hywel D. Roberts, 1958, Peter Thomas MP, 1958, T. H. Parry-Williams, 1957, Harold Wilson, 1957, and Tom Nefyn Williams, 1958.

Bevan, Aneurin, 1897-1960

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file contains letters from Gwilym Prys Davies, Mari Ellis (2), T. I. Ellis, Sir Charles Evans, Hugh Gaitskell, Lady Megan Lloyd George, James Griffiths, Loti Rees Hughes, Frank Price Jones, T. W. Jones, D. Tecwyn Lloyd, and Cliff Prothero.

Prys-Davies, Gwilym Prys Davies, Baron, 1923-2017

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from George Brown (2), 1966-1967, Richard Crossman, 1966, Gwilym Prys Davies, ?1965, R. E. Griffith, 1964, Charles Hill, 1962, E. D. Jones, 1962, Frank Llewellyn-Jones, 1967, T. W. Jones, 1966, Sir Keith Joseph, 1966, Elystan Morgan (2), 1966, Geraint Morgan, 1967, George Thomas (2), 1966, Eirene White, 1967, Glanmor Williams, 1966, and Harold Wilson, 1966.

George-Brown, George Alfred Brown, Baron, 1914-

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file includes letters from Sir Goronwy Daniel (2), 1969, James Griffiths, 1969, Frank Price Jones, 1969, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1968 and Harold Wilson (2), 1968-1969.

Daniel, Goronwy H. (Goronwy Hopcyn), 1914-2003

Letters to Goronwy Roberts

The file contains letters from Henry Brooke, 1961, William George, 1961, James Griffiths (6), 1961, E. D. Jones (2), 1961, T. W. Jones, 1961, D. Tecwyn Lloyd, 1961, Enoch Powell, 1960, and Reg Prentice, 1960.

Brooke, Henry, 1903-

Constituency correspondence and papers

The series comprises correspondence and papers, 1946-1974, relating to Goronwy O. Roberts's work as Labour Member of Parliament for Caernarfonshire. They include letters from constituents asking for assistance and advice and drawing attention to problems and difficulties in the constituency, responses from government departments and ministries, letters concerning local events and activities, letters from organisations and societies within the county, and correspondence deriving from local government matters. The constituency correspondence is especially revealing in so far as it reflects local expectations from the Labour governments, 1945-1951, and later administrations.

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