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- 1894-1950. (Creation)
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2 folders.
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Letters to William George Arthur Ormsby-Gore, fourth Baron Harlech, from relatives, military and government colleagues, and fellow board members of national cultural institutions, 1894-1950. Recurring general topics are the disendowment of the Church in Wales, 1914; political, military and social matters during the two World Wars; Gore 's involvement with the Arab Bureau, the War Cabinet and Palestinian affairs, 1917-1942; British foreign policy and the system of colonial administration; the government, economy and culture of South Africa during Gore 's appointment as High Commissioner, 1941-1943; civil defence organisation in Yorkshire, 1941-1942; committee business of the National Gallery and other cultural institutions; preservation of London architecture, 1931-1933; and items of historical interest, including the grave of Owen Arthur Ormsby-Gore.
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Arranged alphabetically by correspondent and chronologically under each correspondent.
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- Arab Bureau (Cairo, Egypt) (Subject)
- Great Britain. War Cabinet. (Subject)
- National Gallery (Great Britain) (Subject)
- Church in Wales -- Establishment and disestablishment. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, William George Arthur, 1885-1964 -- Correspondence. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, Owen Arthur, d. 1852 -- Monuments -- South Africa. (Subject)
- Ormsby-Gore, William George Arthur, 1885-1964. (Subject)