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File comprises documents relating to speaking and campaigning engagements for the 1950 General Election including travel plans, names of candidates and arrangements for events in Chorley, Ormskirk, Congleton. Macclesfield, Rossendale, Heywood, Royston, Shipley, St Helens, Oswestry, Shrewsbury, Brierly Hill, Wolverhampton, Wrekin, Ludlow, Newown, Blaenau Ffestiniog, Llandudno Junction, Porthmadog, Criccieth, Shotton, West Flint; handwritten notes for speech (in Welsh) at Blaenau Ffestiniog, typescript of a document "Labour and a planned economy", notes on scaremongering, the party manifestos, church leaders and the election along with notes for a speech at Shrewsbury on 13 Feb 1950.

File comprises typed and handwritten notes on automation and typed notes for a speech given by Lord MacDonald at the Workers' Education Association at Ammanford on 10 October 1951 entitled "The world we want"

Documents relating to Gordon MacDonald's speech to the Labour Party Summer School in Abertillery on 17 February 1951, a speech given at a Labour Party conference in Abertillery and a Public meeting at Monmouth on 19 February 1951 along with travel arrangements. The topic of the 17 February speech was foreign affairs and the notes contain thought on Germany, the Soviet Union, the United Nations, Chinas and a printed copy of a speech given on 11 January 1951 at Chatham House by Kenneth Younger, Minister of State which is marked "Restricted". The file also includes a speech given by Gordon MacDonald at Blaina, Monmouthshire om 18 February 1951 on the United Nations and Peace. The Labour MP for Abertillery was Llywelyn Williams, MacDonald's son in law.

Typescript speech on cost of living and foreign affairs given by McDonald at Labour Party Conference, Leeds on 10 March 1951.

Typescript of a speech on foreign affairs by Ernest Bevin.

File comprises notes and types questions relating to Lord MacDonald's appearance on WLW Radio in Cincinnati while in the USA as part of UK delegation to the United Nations General Assembly.

Correspondence and documents related to Gordon Macdonalds's return to the UK including details of travel arrangements and letters of goodwill.

File comprises correspondence between Governor of Newfoundland and Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations in London including a number of memos marked "top secret". Subjects include the reaction to confederation; how to deal with any protests or violence that could result from the vote and the use of the British Navy to keep order. There are also papers relating to a legal challenge to confederation issued by 6 former members of the Newfoundland House of Assembly (John Stewart Currie, John Vincent O'Dea, Frank MacNamara, William Charles Winsor, Harold Mitchell and William Joseph Browne), an appeal to the Privy Council on confederation, correspondence related to the Newfoundland Trade Commission and papers related to a telegram from a number of citizens to the Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations at the United Nations in Lake Success in February 1948 expressing concern that including confederation as an option on the ballot was illegal.

The file comprises typescripts of speeches, inlcuding one by Lord MacDonald, at the Sydney Conference.

The file comprises press cuttings, some from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, relating to the Sydney Conference in 1950 along with related ephemera.

File comprises papers related to "The Columbo Plan" for co-operative development in South Eeast Asia; a report by the Commonwealth Consultative Committee on South and South East Asia for economic development in India, Pakistan, Ceylon, Malaya, Singapore, Borneo and Sarawak.

Correspondence and ephemera related to the Sydney Conference in 1950 including letters and telegrams, a menu from a dinner at which Macdonald was the guest of honour, notes for a speech, possibly given at that dinner as well as material related to a television programme featuring MacDonald and letters from churches and Welsh societies in Australia

File comprises correspondence related to the Colonial Development Corporation.

File contains papers related to the Australian trade mission including some notes, receipts and information related to a defective car as well as a tax document detailing MacDonald's over/underpayments.

The file comprises material related to south and south east Asia development and the delegation to the British Commonwealth Consultative Committee in May 1950 to Australia led by Lord MacDonald. Also includes correspondence, details of officials and a report entitled "Problems of South East Asia" along with notes for press conference.

File comprises notes on economic development in South East Asia and papers related to the final communique for British Commonwealth Consultative Committee in Sydney conference.

File comprises correspondence and press cuttings from the Cincinnati Enquirer related to Lord MacDonald's work at the United Nations General Assembly.

Correspondence relating to Lord MacDonald's work with in the United Nations at the General Assembly in 1950 along with 2 pamphlets on human rights.

The Official Report of the United Nations General Assembly 5th Session containing speeches given by Lord MacDonald on children, human rights, committee machinery, freedom of information, refugees, and prisoners.

The file comprises typescripts of speeches given by MacDonald (and one by Lord Ogmore) during the 5th session of the United Nations General Assembly at Lake Success, NY on various subjects including human rights , refugees, prisoners of war. Some speeches have notes scribbled in pen.

File containing speeches by Lord MacDonald in the 3rd Committee of the 5th session of the United Nations General Assembly at Lake Success, NY. They are mostly or printed copies of the official report but some typescripts used by Macdonald have notes in pen.