General correspondence, 1960-1983
File
COB 2/1/3/1
Comprises:
- Correspondence and papers, 1960-1964;
- Correspondence and papers, 1962, 1965-1973;
- Correspondence and papers, 1973-1983;
- Correspondence and memoranda, 1979-1980.
Correspondents include:
- Barber, Anthony, Party Chairman;
- Blaker, Peter, MP;
- du Cann, Edward, Party Chairman;
- Dodds-Parker, A. D., Chairman, Conservative Commonwealth Council;
- Douglas-Hamilton, Douglas, Lord Selkirk;
- Elles, Baroness, Chariman, Conservative Overseas Bureau;
- Emmet, Lady Evelyn, Chairman, Conservative Overseas Bureau;
- Grayson, D., Secretary General, Democratic Youth Community of Europe;
- Hamilton, Scott, Head of International Office;
- Jackson, Caroline, European Democratic Group;
- Lister, Unity, European Union of Women;
- Merrivale, Lord;
- Milne, Robert D., Secretary, Conservative Overseas Bureau;
- Powell, Enoch, MP;
- Redmayne, Martin, MP;
- Royle, Sir Anthony, Chairman, Conservative Overseas Bureau;
- Ridsdale, Julian, MP;
- Thomas, Peter, Party Chairman.
Subjects include:
- Membership to the Conservative Overseas Bureau Committee;
- Arrangements for overseas visitors to Party conferences;
- Representation of the Overseas Bureau on the National Union's Central Council and Executive Committee;
- Administration of the Overseas Bureau, including budgets;
- Overseas trainees in industry;
- BBC Overseas Service;
- Formation of the Foreign Affairs Forum;
- Conservative Group for Europe;
- British Council youth exchange visits;
- Reorganisation of the Overseas Bureau into the International Office, 1973;
- Merger of the Conservative Overseas Bureau Committee with the Conservative Commonwealth and Overseas Council to form the Conservative Foreign and Commonwealth Council, 1983.
Includes:
- Draft minutes;
- Notices of agenda;
- Summary reports of overseas students' welfare;
- Chairman's notes for Committee meetings;
- Lists of Committee members and invitations to join the Committee;
- Annual reports on COB activities for the conference handbook;
- Leaflet, 'Facilities of the Conservative Overseas Bureau', 1965;
- Report on overseas students at Jerome House, Feb 1965;
- Report on Potsdam talks, 1967;
- Papers relating to Kensington and Chelsea for Europe, 1980.
Dates
- Creation: 1960-1983
Extent
1 box (4 folders)
Language of Materials
- English
Shelfmark
COB 2/1/3/1
Repository Details
Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository
Contact:
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk
Weston Library
Broad Street
Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
specialcollections.enquiries@bodleian.ox.ac.uk