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Sender: Legge-Bourke, Sir Harry
Recipient: Neville Wallis, Barnes
Letters: 15
Date(s): 8 Nov 1957 - 20 Oct 1967
Location: SC MS 742/324, 331, 335, 341, 342, 344, 346, 348, 359, 365, 387,
391, 393, 397, 782
Note: 1) Proposed meeting with Duncan Sandys. TS. carbon. 2) Suggests
a meeting with Brundrett. TS. carbon. 3) Lunch with Brundrett.
TS. carbon. 4) Proposed meeting with Lord Weekes. TS. carbon.
5) Thanks Neville Wallis for a copy of his paper delivered at
Eton. TS. 6) Thanks for a second copy of Wallis's Eton College
Lecture. TS. carbon. 7) Thanking him for a letter (item 742/345).
TS. carbon. 8) On a debate on the Air Estimates. TS. carbon. 9) Recent publicity. TS. carbon. 10) Questions and answers in House of Commons on 30 Jul. TS. carbon. 11) In reply to item 742/386. 12) The Skybolt project. 2 ff. TS. carbon. 13) The same; a proposed lunch. TS. carbon. 14) In reply to item 742/396. TS.
carbon. 15) TS. carbon.
Sender: Park, Sarah Winifred
Recipient: Beckwith, Frank
Letters: 20
Date(s): 11 Dec 1947 - 9 Nov 1966
Location: SC 622/292, 343, 348, 440, 660, 679, 719, 884, 929, 930, 932,
933, 955, 958, 961, 971, 997, 1014, 1035, 1078
Note: 1) A christmas gift; librarians' salaries. 2) The Leeds Library; attitude of some of its proprietors. 3) Miscellaneous; the post-war situation. 4) Personal; FB's salary at Leeds Library. 5) Personal; Leeds Library committee. Dated from post-mark, envelope now missing. 6) Children's education; personal. 7) Christmas greetings. 8) A Christmas gift to FB and his staff. 9) Her accident; late return of books. 10) V.T. Sternberg (librarian, Leeds Library) and his family and descendants. 2 ff. Dated "Saturday/Sunday". 11) On fragment of letter from FB to Mrs Park, dated 31 August 1964. 12) Arms of the Lacy family. 2 ff. Dated by FB. 13) Miscellaneous. Dated by FB "Dec/64". 14) Gratuity for FB and his staff. 15) Miscellaneous; missionaries, state of the world. 2 ff. Completed on 27 January. 16) The Leeds Library, its ethos and staff. 17) Modern literature and libraries; her health; Harrogate; Leeds General Infirmary. 18) Leeds Library subscription; personal. 19) Gratuity to
members of staff of the Leeds Library. Probably December 1965. 20) Financial crisis at Leeds Library.
Sender: Russell, Leopold Oliver
Recipient: Drummond-Wolff, Henry Maxence Cavendish
Letters: 32
Date(s): 15 Nov 1962 - 24 May 1967
Location: SC 709/333-4, 345, 346, 347, 348, 352-5, 357, 359, 362, 367, 369-70,
372-4, 378, 380, 384-5, 388, 397, 428-30, 432-3, 436-7
Note: 1) Arrangements for meeting with Garfield Weston 2) Tactical objectives of setting up an anti-Common Market Organisation 3) Development of the Commonwealth Association. MS. 4) Distribution of copies of "The Commonwealth", with a copy of: 346a. Covering letter accompanying the pamphlet 5) Possibility of appointing full-time paid staff; with a copy of a letter to Nevil Henle (347a); 28 March 1963; about the Commonwealth Association 6) Discussion with Alan Plane about directorship of the Commonwealth Association 7) Development of the Commonwealth Association in a pre-election period. 2 ff. 8) Board of Trade's rejection of "Commonwealth Association" as name for the organisation 9) Membership of the Council. 2 ff. 10) Organisation and political balance of the Council. 3 ff. 11) Suggests Prince Phillip be invited to be Patron or President of the organisation; MS. (357a Newspaper cutting of speech by Prince Phillip) 12) Progress in building up the organisation. MS. 13)
Correspondence with Henle on the "Memorandum" and "Articles of Association" of the proposed company. 2 ff. 14) Discussions with John Paul, Leslie etc. 15) Legal delays; Chandos and Harold Watkinson to be approached 16) "Memorandum" and "Articles of Association" obtained from Henle. 2 ff. 17) More names of possible chairmen 18) Company documents received 19) Names of possible chairmen 20) Registration of the Company. 2 ff. (378a another copy) 21) Lord Normanbrook's refusal of chairmanship. Telegram. 22) Acknowledgment of ?1000 cheque for the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 23) Question of
chairmanship. 2 ff. Presumably refers to the Commonwealth Policy Group Ltd. 24) Problems of chairmanship and finance still outstanding. 2 ff. 25) Letter to "The Times"; with a copy of a
letter of congratulations to Douglas Jay (397a) 26) Government Policy 27) Cutting from "Financial Times". MS. 28) Draft of proposed letter to "The Times". MS. 29) Fund-raising problems. MS. 30) Covering note, MS. (433a Copy of letter to "The Times"; list of signatories. 2 ff.) 31) Public Opinion and the Common Market. 2ff. 32) Swing in opinion polls against joining the EEC.