General constituency correspondence and correspondence regarding Wales, 1957-1987
File
MS. Callaghan 61
Held in our offsite storage facility
Comprises:
- Correspondence on subjects including Callaghan's decision to accept a directorship of the Commercial Bank of Wales, the sale of former Vaynol Estate land in Snowdonia, Welsh nationalist use of violence, the Severn Bridge, the conferment of a "Royal" title on the Welsh College of Music and Drama, Glamorgan [Cardiff] Airport, Fairholme Engineering and government assistance for industry, the County Wartime Headquarters at Coryton, Gnome Photographic Products Ltd, firemen's pay, the presentation of prizes to students at the University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, small-scale industry in inner cities, Canton Diesel Depot, and the 1978 National Eisteddfod of Wales. Also includes a photograph of Callaghan, Christmas card lists for 1962-1966, handwritten note on the 1959 election results. 1957-1979
- Correspondence on subjects including West Wales Steel Development Committee and Port Talbot Steelworks, pensions, the Health Services Bill, St Lawrence Hospital, Chepstow burns and plastic surgery unit;, NLF [National Loans Fund] loans and the Wales National Water Development Authority, the South Glamorgan Community Relations Committee, the opening of Ainon Court Flats, Cardiff, and the Labour Party Welsh Regional Annual Meeting in Llandudno. Also includes extract from Williams' biography of Gaitskell and thank-you cards sent by Callaghan as Chancellor of the Exchequer. [c. 1964-1967], 1976-1979
Dates
- 1957-1987
Extent
1 box (2 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
- Welsh
Shelfmark
MS. Callaghan 61
Repository Details
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Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk