Series J/3. - Political correspondence,

Correspondence between leading members of the Liberal Party, notably Clement Davies, Sir Archibald Sinclair, Lady Violet Bonham-Carter, Gilbert Murray, Lord Samuel and Lord Teviot. Themes include relationships of the Liberals with the two major parties, the necessity of achieving electoral reform, the advice to be given to Liberal supporters in constituencies where there is no Liberal candidate, the problem of party unity, Churchill's offer of a ministerial post to Clement Davies in the 1951 government, Lady Violet Bonham-Carter's candidature in the Spen Valley in 1951, and Clement Davies's resignation as party leader in 1956.