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StorageSiteUCL Special Collections
LevelFile
Reference Number GAITSKELL/D/75
TitleCorrespondence with regional and local Labour Parties and Labour Party central office, and papers concerning engagements, mainly 1952
Date1951-1953
DescriptionFolder 1:
Morgan Phillips (3) Jan 1952
Northern Regional Council, Newcastle (6) Feb-Mar 1952
York Labour Party (LP) (12) Nov 1951-Apr 1952
London LP (6) Mar 1952, regarding eve-of-poll meetings, Wandsworth and Battersea
Lancashire and Cheshire Regional Council (10) Feb-Apr 1952, including itinerary for Gaitskell's visit to Manchester University and Regional Conference, Oldham, and BBC broadcast
South Western Regional Office (22) Mar-Jul 1952, regarding a three day visit to Chippenham, North Somerset and Bristol
Morgan Phillips May 1952, regarding 1944 Association Dinner
Morgan Phillips, and E G Farmer (3) Jul 1952, regarding Dinner with the Nigerian Minister of Commerce
National Council of Labour Meeting (2) Jul 1952
Buckingham Divisional LP Fete and rally (2) Jul 1952
LP Propaganda Office. General engagements (5) Aug 1952
Sunderland LP, North West Durham Divisional LP, Sunderland Borough LP and Northern Regional Council of the LP (15) Jun-Oct 1952, regarding visits to Sunderland, Middlesborough, and Bishop Auckland
East Flintshire LP, Welsh Regional Council of Labour and North Wales Federation of LPs (17) Jun-Sep 1952, regarding
Gaitskell visit to East Flintshire and Rhyl

Folder 2:
Hendon North LP Visit (9) Jul-Sep 1952
Tom Reid MP and LP Propaganda Office (7) May-Aug 1952, regarding Gaitskell visit to Swindon for a public meeting
LP Propaganda Office. General engagements (2) Sep 1952
Scottish Council (10) Aug-Sep 1952, regarding Gaitskell visit to Glasgow and meeting a deputation of Clydebank Town Councillors (see also GAITSKELL/A3)
North West Regional Office, Lancashire and Cheshire Regional Council and Bebington CLP (5) Oct 1952, regarding Gaitskell visit to the North West
LP Propaganda Office, Northern Regional Office and Cleveland LP (8) Oct 1952, regarding by-election campaigning for A M F Palmer
Loughborough LP (2) Oct 1952, regarding presentation to Will Rowell
West Yorkshire Federation of Leagues of Youth and South Leeds DLP (12) May-Nov 1952, regarding a One-Day School in Dewsbury
West Midlands Regional Office and Russell Kerr (8) Sep-Nov 1952, regarding Regional Conference and a speaking engagement in support of Kerr, who overcomes doubts about sharing a platform with Gaitskell (over Stalybridge, Bevanites and the LP split)
Freda Corbet and London LP (8) Jul-Dec 1952, regarding Gaitskell addressing the Education Sub-Committee. Includes an outline of 3 lectures on 'The Need for a Socialist Britain in the Modern World'
East Midlands Regional Office (2) Dec 1952, regarding Gaitskell's visit to Nottingham
Jim Matthews. Weybridge LP meeting (8) Oct-Dec 1952
West Midlands Regional Office and Sir Geoffrey Mander (9) Oct-Dec 1952, regarding engagements in Burton, Saltley and Brierley Hill
South Western Regional Office and Weston-Super-Mare LP (14) Nov-Dec 1952, regarding Gaitskell's visit to Weston in support of R G Andrews
Attercliffe Division LP Annual Dinner (5) Jul-Dec 1952
East Midlands Regional Office, George Oliver MP and LP Propaganda Office (14) Oct 1952-Jan 1953, regarding Gaitskell engagements in Sheffield, Nottingham, Loughborough, and Peterborough.
Extent2 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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