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Original file of letters, including from Monnowdean, Monmouth, Jan.-Nov. 1938, Cathedral Road, Cardiff, Feb. 1939, and St Georges Square, London SW1, June-Sept. 1939, then Shirley Park, East Croydon, with the 99th (London Welsh) A.A. Regiment, Sept. 1939-May 1940, and Scarborough, co. York, with the 125th O.C.T.U., May 1940. The letters include the start of the Second World War, including signing up with Lloyd James the announcer, 1 Sept. 1939. Six letters in envelopes found loose have been added.

At the rear of the volume, lists of Christmas correspondence, investments, books lent and books read.

Loose pages gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages, formerly gathered into a home-made volume. Includes letters from Robert Eckert of Freeport, IL, USA, discussing his 'Edward Thomas: a biography and a bibliography' (1937); and training programmes for A, B and C Batteries, 75th Anti-Tank Regiment RA, for the week commencing 10 March 1941.

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..

Letters, numbered 168-174, from Captain Geoffrey Woolley RA, from Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces, based somewhere near York.

Loose pages gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages of typescript diary, letters received and carbon copies of letters sent, gathered into a home-made volume.

Loose pages of typescript diary entries gathered into a home-made volume. Much of this appears to be carbon copies of material in D 18.

Original file of letters from Woolley, serving with the 125th O.C.T.U. RA, D Troop, at Ilkley, co. York, (July-Sept. 1940), with the 75th A.T. Regiment, RA, at Huyton, co. Lancs (Nov.-Dec.), Llanberis, co. Caern (Jan.-Feb. 1941), Guiseley, co. York., (March-June), and with Headquarters, 11th Support Group, Home Forces (June-Sept.), plus letters sent from short postings and courses. A notebook recording correspondence received and sent, 30 Nov. 1940-31 July 1941, has been added.

School, college and university letters, reports, ephemera and publications, including copies of 'The Breanian', the termly magazine of Brean House school, Weston-super-Mare, vol. 1, no. 1 (March 1926) and vol. 2, no. 2 (Dec. 1927), and 'The Cliftonian : a magazine edited by members of Clifton College', vol. 33, no's 1 and 4 (June and Dec 1933) [some with contributions by Woolley]; the rules of the Hawks' Club, Cambridge, 1933; three CUAC [Cambridge University Athletics Club] sports fixture cards, June-Nov. 1937; and a printed letter from the chairman of Clifton College reporting on the evacuation of the school to Bude and Wrington after the bombing raids on Bristol, April 1941.

Typescripts of broadcasts made by Gordon MacDonald on the BBC Home Service programme "The Week in Westminster"

Letters from his father, from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, usually written weekly, usually with postscripts from his mother.

Volume entitled 'Poems in "the duration" mood', containing dated transcripts of poems.

Cast list and synopses of chapters I-XV of 'Ecladon', with autobiographical touches. From the other end of the volume, drafts of poems, [Christmas card?] lists, notes for his diary, curriculum vitae etc.

File comprises correspondence relating to Gordon MacDonald's resignation from the Hosue of Commons to take up the position of Regional Controller of Fuel and Power for the North West of England and north Wales, and letters of congratulation on his appointment to the role.

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.

Letters from his mother, comprising a postcard to Geoffrey at Dakyns' House, Clifton College, 2[-] May 1934 (postmark), and letters, April 1941-March 1942, usually written weekly on Mondays from Rhyd Hall, Tredegar, with occasional postscripts from his father. Gap June 1934-March 1941 inclusive.