Correspondence and welcome addresses
Correspondence and fragments of welcome speeches related to civic events during MacDonald's terms as Governor along with some later correspondence relating to events which MacDonald was interest in after his departure.
The files comprises ephemera related to civic events, programmes etc.
The file comprises papers relating to miscellaneous Welsh Affairs including handwritten notes, a copy of a draft charter for incorporation of the Honourable Society of Cymmrodorion and a government report in Wales and Monmouthshire 1950-51.
Speaking and campaign engagements
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.
Lancashire and Cheshire Regional Council of Labour summer school
File comprises documents related to the Lancashire and Cheshire Regional Council of Labour summer school, held in July 1950 at Clitheroe, including correspondence and typescript speech (described as notes on the item) on South and South East Asia.
Correspondence and a copy of the Gala fete programme relating to visit of Lord MacDonald to the Bridgewater Labour Party fete on 9 June 1951.
Labour Party Conference, Leeds
Typescript speech on cost of living and foreign affairs given by McDonald at Labour Party Conference, Leeds on 10 March 1951.
The file comprises election and Labour party ephemera from the period 1952-1965.
Speeches given in the United Nations General Assembly by Lord MacDonald
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.
The file comprises press cuttings, some from Australian and New Zealand newspapers, relating to the Sydney Conference in 1950 along with related ephemera.