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Loose typescript speeches given by Gordon MacDonald during his term as Governor of Newfoundland including an address broadcast on the BBC North American Service as MacDonald departed the UK for Newfoundland in 1946 and speeches given at the opening of the extension to Bowater's plant at Corner Brook and on the eve of his departure from Newfoundland in 1949. The file also contains a speech given by the Hon Herman William Quinton on the National Network (radio) on the eve of the Canadian Federal election.

Government House Newfoundland visitors book recording details of visitors along with the date of their visit and signatures.

Papers relating to the General Finance and Investment Company (Wales) Ltd

File comprises general correspondence; correspondents include Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson, Stafford Cripps and Eric Machtig.

General correspondence including a letter from Clement Attlee regarding the 1951 General Election.

Comprises general correspondence.

File comprises drafts of letters from Gordon MacDonald to the Speaker, Edward FitzRoy and the Prime Minister Winston Churchill as well as a letter and telegrams addressed to Gordon MacDonald along with correspondence relating to work with the BBC..

Correspondence sent to Gordon MacDonald during 1942; correspondents include Jim Griffiths and the managers of several mining companies in the north west of England. Much of the correspondence is congratulating MacDonald on his appointment as Regional Controller of Fuel and Power.

General correspondence including some material related to MacDonald's appointment as Governor of Newfoundland. Correspondents include Emanuel Shinwell and Eric Machtig

File comprises general correspondence; topics include Gordon MacDonald's career after Newfoundland, thank you letters for speaking engagements, requests for help and invitations to events. Correspondents include Philip Noel Baker, Hugh Gaitskell, Lord Christopher Addison, Clement Attlee and Roy Jenkins.

File comprises general correspondence, mainly related to financial affairs.

Comprises general correspondence.

Comprises general correspondence, including letters related to Lord MacDonald's re-appointment as BBC Governor for Wales.

General correspondence, including letters to his daughter Mrs Fullard enquiring about his papers.

File comprises general correspondence including a letter from Clement Attlee appreciating Macdonald's congratulations on becoming Prime Minister and a thank you not from David Lloyd George..

File comprises Lord MacDonald's general correspondence, including a letter from Clement Attlee regarding his nomination to the Privy Council..

File comprises correspondence related to Lord MacDonald's support for an membership of various organisations.

The file comprises fragments of correspondence and notes which cannot be matched to other items in the archive along with undated letters.

Files related to the suspension of Responsible Government and arrangements for the subsequent governance of Newfoundland including Letters Patent passed under the Great Seal of King George V constituting the Office of Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934; Letters Patent under the Great Seal of King George V and dated 21 Jan 1934 appointing Frederick Charles Alderdice, Sir John Hope Simpson, William Richard Howley, Thomas Lodge, John Charles Puddester and Everard Noel Rye Trentham to the Commission of Government and Instructions passed under the Royal Sign Manual and Signet to the Governor and Commander in Chief of the Island of Newfoudland and its dependencies dated 30 January 1934,

Royal Commission appointing Gordon MacDonald as Governor of Newfoundland affixed with the seal of King George 6th and dated 5 March 1946. The file also contains a typescript of a letter to Henry John Boulton, former Chief Justice of Newfoundland.