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- 1928-1965 (Creation)
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1 file (6 cm.)
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The file comprises early letters during her schooldays at St Paul's Girls' School and her years as an undergraduate at Somerville College, Oxford. A few relate to the affairs of the Oxford Women's Student Association. Some are written by relatives. Later letters concern her early career, particularly her journalistic work and applications for posts. Many of the correspondents refer to Eirene Jones's candidature for Flintshire in the general election of 1945 and her subsequent election campaigns in Flintshire East. There is much general political correspondence, some concerning constituency matters. Many of the letters refer to her wide-ranging public and committee work and numerous societies. A few discuss business and financial matters, the purchase of property, etc. The correspondents include Alan Lennox-Boyd, 1958, David Eccles, 1961, Dr Huw T. Edwards (2), 1954 and 1959, Hugh Gaitskell, 1960, Lady Megan Lloyd George, 1953, D. T. Guy, 1940, Barry Jones MP, 1964, Sir Keith Joseph, 1963, Selwyn Lloyd, 1961, Violet R. Markham, 1955, A. L. Rowse, [c. 1950], George Bernard Shaw, 1945, Hartley Shawcross, 1953, John Silkin, 1961, Sir Geoffrey Summers, [1950s], R. H. Tawney, 1955, Sir Ben Bowen Thomas, 1942, Emlyn Williams, 1949, and Dame Shirley Williams, 1960.
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Preferred citation: P1/1
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- Great Britain. Parliament -- Elections, 1945 (Subject)
- Somerville College (University of Oxford) (Subject)
- Oxford Women's Student Association (Subject)
- St Paul's Girls' School, London (Subject)
- Eccles, David, 1904- (Subject)
- Edwards, Huw T. (Huw Thomas), 1892-1970 (Subject)
- Gaitskell, Hugh, 1906-1963 (Subject)
- Guy, D. T. (David Thomas), 1905-1976 (Subject)
- Jones, Barry, 1938 June 26- (Subject)
- Joseph, Keith, Sir, 1918-1994 (Subject)
- Lloyd, Selwyn, 1904-1978 (Subject)
- Markham, Violet, 1872-1959 (Subject)
- Rowse, A. L. (Alfred Leslie), 1903-1997 (Subject)
- Shaw, Bernard, 1856-1950 (Subject)
- Shawcross, Hartley, 1902- (Subject)
- Silkin, John, 1923-1987 (Subject)
- Summers, Geoffrey, Sir, 1891-1972 (Subject)
- Tawney, R. H. (Richard Henry), 1880-1962 (Subject)
- Thomas, Ben Bowen, 1899-1977 (Subject)
- Williams, Emlyn, 1905-1987 (Subject)
- Williams, Shirley, b. 1930 (Subject)
- Lloyd George, Megan, 1902-1966 (Subject)