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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
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Reference Number GAITSKELL/A/47
TitleCorrespondence and Papers: Personal and Political 1915-1961
Date1915-1961
DescriptionWODEHOUSE, Mrs. Telegram (1952) and a letter from Cyril Robinson to Mrs Wodehouse about Hugh Gaitskell 's election (?as leader) (2) 1952 & 1956

GAITSKELL, Arthur
Letters (7) 1952-1960
'Daily Herald' cutting about him 27 Aug 1951

SIR STAFFORD & LADY CRIPPS
Letters from Switzerland from Stafford Cripps (3) and Lady Cripps (7) 1950-1952
Printed thank-you card from Isobel Cripps for sympathy on Stafford's death
Typescript tribute by Hugh Gaitskell (3 copies) 21 Apr 1952
Script of speech of appreciation by Hugh Gaitskell : MS and final copy (3 copies) 22 Apr 1952

HUGH DALTON
Letters (12) 1950-1961

LETTERS FOLLOWING LABOUR'S DEFEAT Oct-Nov 1951

[MURPHY], Leslie (3) Oct 1951-Jan 1952
?, Bill, South Leeds DLP
?, 'Jock', Treasury Chambers
COBBOLD, C.F, Bank of England
ATTLEE, Clement
GIFFORD, Walter S.
ASHTON, Jane
BRIDGES, Edward
PLOWDEN, Edwin

1951 BUDGET
Good wishes and congratulations (and also birthday congratulations)


ROBERTSON, Alan
COBBOLD, C.F.
[WYATT], Woodrow
BROWN, George
FLETCHER, Eric
SOSKICE, Frank
CALLAGHAN, James
FREEMAN, John
? Ursula
[ROBENS], Alfred
[MURPHY], Leslie
(illegible), Charles
DOLLAN, Patrick and Agnes
[ASHTON], Jane
GORDON-WALKER, Patrick
FERGUSSON, Donald
[DURBIN], Marjorie
NOEL-BAKER, Philip
[PLOWDEN], Edwin
?, George
ASHTON, Hubert
STOKES, Richard
"Bob"
HALL, Noel
SHARP, Richard
COOPER, John
E.? (illegible)

TREASURY STAFF LETTERS AND PAPERS FOLLOWING LABOUR'S DEFEAT Oct-Dec 1951

Chancellor's IMF account book 1950-1951
Statement of expenses for attending a meeting of Boards of Governors, Washington Oct 1951

[?CAPARN], Marjorie (3)
LESLIE, Clem
? William
ADDISON, Dorothy
[PLOWDEN], Edwin
FERGUSSON, Donald Jul 1952

VARIOUS POLITICAL LETTERS AND PAPERS

CRIPPS, Stafford Dec 1949
FERGUSSON, Donald Feb 1951
BALOGH, Thomas Jun 1951
[ROBENS] Alfred Aug 1951
[JOWITT], William Dec 1951
WAVERLEY, Lord Feb 1952
HUGHES, Cledwyn Oct 1952
CROSSMAN, Richard [1954]
[POSTAN, Michael] 'Moissey' (2) Mar 1954
FREEMAN, John Apr 1954
BUTLER, R.A. Dec 1954
[JAY], Douglas, concerning party quarrels Jan 1960
DRYDEN. Congratulations on speech nd

Note of the result of the NUM ballot for the LP Treasureship, passed by Churchill to the Labour Chief Whip across the House 7 Jul 1954

Family telegrams of congratulations to Hugh Gaitskell at Scarborough (3) Sep 1954

VARIOUS PERSONAL LETTERS AND PAPERS

PARKER, Albert, Ship's Printer, Troopship Galeka, Alexandria, to Mrs de Burgh Griffith, enclosing a photograph of a group of soldiers (named), including her son May 1915
[?ASHTON], Hugh (nephew) Jan 1951
HYNDLEY, Lord, telegram to DG at Blackpool Jul 1951
PARK, Henrik, Copenhagen Oct 1951
ABBOTT, D.C., Ottawa Nov 1951
LOUCHHEIM, Stuart May 1952
PHILLIPS, Wallace Apr 1952
CLARABUT, Cecil, postcard Apr 1952
CROSSMAN, Richard, about his dead wife Zita [1952]
ROBINSON, Cyril Nov [1952]
[?ORRICK], Jim, New Delhi Aug 1953
----, Joan, Adelphi, concerning her ?daughter and Julia Oct 1954
----, 'Bob', Hampstead Nov 1955
CROSLAND, Anthony, holiday postcard 1959
STEDMAN, Phyllis. Letters and papers about orders for roses (11) and congratulations telegram from Peterborough CLP 1959 & 1962
[MILCHSACK], May 1960
[JENKINS], Roy (2) 1960-1961
----, Kathleen n.d.
PRIMAVALLE, Rome, Social Democrats of, greetings card nd

Note (on Oxford Union Society paper) about the 'Daily Mirror' offer for Odhams Press. Hugh Gaitskell to see Sir Christopher Chancellor n.d.

Photograph of 'Charles and Zelda' nd

Quote by Hugh Gaitskell about the prejudices of an unnamed person nd

MS 'Manifesto' of the LP 'written by a backbencher who has a rickety leg' and a verse 'Improvement 1961' about Labour and Gaitskell. Hand unidentified. [1961]

Loose correspondence, separated into subjects by old sheets of paper and labelled possibly by DG. Put into new folder

'Various political letters' - for content see old list

Dalton letters - content of some letters to be indexed - see MS notes

'Joan' not Joan Gaitskell (P133G), and hand different from P145(2)

'Bob' not Boothby, possibly a Hampstead friend

These have probably been artificially put together

Extra copies of Hugh Gaitskell 's tributes to Stafford Cripps in duplicates box.
Extent3 folders
AccessStatusOpen
AccessConditionsThe papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking.
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