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Family correspondence, n.d. [late 1890s-1944]

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MS. CRA. 2
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Folder 1:
  1. letters from Clement Attlee and Bernard Attlee and drawings by Bernard Attlee. Also includes family correspondence of Henry Attlee and Mary Attlee, late 1890s-1907
  2. letter to one of the Attlee's concerning an appointment in the Fleet, 19 Aug 1915
  3. letter of thanks to Robert Attlee from Arthur E. Savill and others, 1912
  4. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother from Canada recounting his trip to the USA and Canada, 1907
  5. letter from Clement Attlee to his father thanking him for a cheque, 1908
  6. letters of condolence to Clement Attlee and the Attlee family on the death of Henry Attlee, 1908
  7. letter from Mary Attlee from when she was working at a mission in South Africa, 1911
  8. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Robert written on hotel stationery, 20 Apr 1912
  9. letter from Mary Attlee to Bernard Attlee during her time in South Africa, 1913
  10. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother while onboard ship and when trenched at Sulva Bay, 1915
  11. letter from Bernard Attlee to Robert, while he was on the Gallipoli Peninsula, 1915
  12. letters from Clement Attlee to his mother with descriptions of military life, 1915
  13. photocopy of a transcript of a letter from Clement Attlee to his mother with original also enclosed. Describes the last moments of the Suvla evacuation which are missing from Part One of the War Diary, 1915
  14. index written by Anne Attlee, listing the seven letters (as follows), typed up which had previously been handwritten by Clement Attlee, n.d.
  15. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Robert, sent from Dettingen Barracks in Blackdown, 17 Mar 1915. Typed by Anne Attlee
  16. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Laurence Attlee from Dettingen Barracks in Blackdown, 9 May 1915. Typed by Anne Attlee
  17. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Robert Attlee from the trenches, presumably in Gallipoli, Jul 1915. Typed by Anne Attlee
  18. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Laurence Attlee from the trenches, presumably in Gallipoli. Typed by Anne Attlee, 16 Jul 1915
  19. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Laurence Attlee from the trenches, presumably in Gallipoli, copied by Clement Attlee's brother Laurence, which 'sanitises' the original. Typed by Anne Attlee, 16 Jul 1915
  20. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Robert Attlee from Hammon Military Hospital in Malta, where Clement Attlee was suffering from dysentery. Typed by Anne Attlee twice, both copies included, 2 Aug 1915
  21. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, presumably from the convalescent home in Malta during his recovery from dysentery. Explains how his illness meant he avoided a heavy attack on his Regiment. Typed by Anne Attlee, 22 Aug 1915
  22. telegram from Clement Attlee to his mother concerning his stay in a hospital in Bombay, 1915
  23. letter from Clement Attlee to 'Rob' [Robert] Attlee, 1915
  24. letter from Clement Attlee to Laurence Attlee, 1915
  25. postcard from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, 1915
  26. letter from Clement Attlee to Laurence Attlee, one original, one written up (by hand), 1915
  27. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee concerning Clement Attlee's dysentery, 1915
  28. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, from Hammon Military Hospital, 1915
  29. letter from Clement Attlee to Laurence Attlee, from a hospital in Malta, 1915
  30. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, from a hospital in Malta, 1915
  31. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, part of which is missing, 1915
  32. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee concerning Suvla, 1915
  33. letter from Clement Attlee to Laurence Attlee, 1915
  34. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, 1915
  35. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, 1915
  36. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee discussing Christmas, 1915
  37. letter from Clement Attlee to Laurence Attlee, 1916
  38. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee from Port Said, 1916
  39. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee from the R.M.S. Ionic, 1916
  40. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, 1916
  41. letter dated '5.1.15' to [Laurence Attlee]
  42. letter to Robert Attlee, sent while at sea, 1915
  43. letter to Robert Attlee from Bernard Attlee, 1916
  44. letter to Robert Attlee from Bernard Attlee, which includes a drawing at the end, 1916
  45. letter to Bernard Attlee's mother, mainly concerning his duties, 1916
  46. letter to Robert Attlee from Bernard Attlee, 3 Oct 1915
  47. letter to Robert Attlee from Bernard Attlee, 16 Oct 1915
  48. letter to Robert Attlee, 1915
  49. letter to Bernard Attlee's mother, which includes a sketch on the back, as well as two random pages of a letter he wrote, 1915
  50. letter to Robert Attlee, sent from the R.M.S.P Tagus, 1916
  51. letter to Robert Attlee from Alexandria, Egypt, 1916
  52. letter to Robert Attlee from Alexandria, Egypt, 1916
  53. letter to Robert Attlee, sent from Alexandria, Egypt, 1916
  54. letter to Robert Attlee, sent from 'somewhere in France', 1916
  55. letter to Robert Attlee, 1916
  56. letter to Robert Attlee, 1915
  57. letter to Robert Attlee, 1915
  58. letter to Robert Attlee from Gallipoli, 1915
  59. letter to Robert Attlee from Bernard Attlee, 1915.

Folder 2:
  1. letter from Clement Attlee sent to Robert Attlee, 17 Jan 1916
  2. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, includes a small illustration, 25 Apr 1916
  3. letter from Bernard Attlee, 2 May 1916
  4. photocopy of a letter sent to Tom Attlee by Clement Attlee containing the poem Lemnos. This letter was probably photocopied by Kenneth Harris as an example of what Clement Attlee might have done with his poems, 24 October 1916
  5. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, 26 March 1916
  6. letter discussing Mesopotamia, 27 Mar 1916
  7. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee from an Officers' Hospital, 9 Apr 1916
  8. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, sent from the S.S. Dongola whilst approaching Suez, 12 May 1916
  9. letters from Clement Attlee to his mother, 15 May 1916, and (with envelope), 1st Sept 1916
  10. letter from Clement Attlee sent to "Aunt Emma", 31 Dec 1916
  11. copy of a letter sent to Laurence Attlee from the Middle East, location is censored, alongside a letter written to his mother while on the way to Mesopotamia, March 1916
  12. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Robert describing military life and his journey in the Middle East, location is censored, but he mentions a river and the Persian hills placing him on the Euphrates or Tigris rivers, March 1916
  13. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother (includes envelope), 27 Jul 1918
  14. telegrams from Clement Attlee to his mother informing her of his safe arrival in Bombay and other military engagements, 19 Apr 1916
  15. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, from Port Said, n.d
  16. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, 29 Jan 1917
  17. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother discussing money and a sketch, 23 Mar 1918
  18. letters written whilst on light duty in England, Sep-Dec 1916, including some photocopies
  19. letter between Clement Attlee and Bernard Attlee, Nov 1917, Clement Attlee is at this time in Bovington
  20. letter from Laurence Attlee, York, Nov 1917
  21. letter of thanks from the Pretoria Diocese to Mary Attlee regarding her work for the church in South Africa, 1917
  22. letter starting "My dear Padre", found at page 26 of Bernard Attlee's "Gallipoli Memories", 4 Feb 1917. [Author J. Edwin Willis, who was a member of Howe Battalion RND at the same time as Bernard Attlee, and died of wounds]
  23. letters from Clement Attlee, 1915-1919
  24. letter between Robert and Bernard Attlee discussing possible peace and the Russian Revolution, Jan 1918
  25. letters from Clement Attlee to his mother, one from Barrow-in-Furness (includes envelope), two from 1918, the other from 1917
  26. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother from France (includes envelope), 1918
  27. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother from Alexandria, Egypt, 1918
  28. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother from Whitchurch, Shropshire, n.d.
  29. envelopes addressed to Clement Attlee's mother in East Putney, 1918
  30. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, from France (includes envelope), 1918
  31. letter to Bernard Attlee thanking him for his condolences on the death of their second cousin, Sep 1918
  32. two letters in the space of a week from Clement Attlee to his mother describing military life and requesting small items, such as thick socks, Oct 1918
  33. letters from Clement Attlee to his mother, 1916
  34. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother, 1918 (includes envelope)
  35. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother from France, 1918
  36. letter from Clement Attlee to his mother sent from France, 1918, appears to contain a few lines of song
  37. letters from Clement Attlee to his mother mostly from France (includes 4 envelopes and one letter from 1917 has a drawing on the reverse), 1917-1918
  38. letter from Clement Attlee to Bernard Attlee describing military life on the western front, 1918
  39. letters to Bernard Attlee from an [Aunt] relating sympathies for his sister's death, 1920
  40. letters to Bernard Attlee from Clement Attlee regarding their mother's ill health and between Bernard and Robert Attlee on the same topic, 1920
  41. letter from a friend to Clement Attlee offering condolences in respect to his mother's death, May 1920
  42. letters from Clement Attlee informing his brothers of his engagement and other papers relating to it (including an inventory of 17 Monkhams Avenue), 1921
  43. letter between Clement Attlee and Robert Attlee regarding his recent election, 20 Nov 1922
  44. postcard from Laurence Attlee to Bernard Attlee concerning the birth of his son, Sep 1922
  45. postcard to Felicity Attlee from Gallipoli, 1926
  46. postcard from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee regarding the Christening of his son Martin at the House of Commons crypt, 30 Aug 1927
  47. letters to Robert Attlee dated 28 Sep 1928-21 Nov 1928
  48. letter addressed to Clement Attlee. Discusses a letter from Violet Attlee 3 Nov 1928

Folder 3:
  1. letters to Robert Attlee dated 23 Oct 1928-20 Mar 1929
  2. postcard from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee informing him of the birth of Alison, Clement Attlee's daughter, 14 Apr 1930
  3. letter from Clement Attlee to Bernard Attlee in which he breifly recalls Gallipoli and Sulva bay alongside personal family matters, 1 May 1932. Also includes a photocopy of the same
  4. letter from Clement Attlee to his sister Mary Attlee regarding new furniture and a lecture in Geneva, 24 Aug 1934
  5. letter from Clement Attlee thanking Bernard Attlee for gifts to the family and recounting recent events, 26 Dec 1934
  6. letter from Clement Attlee to Robert Attlee, 5 Jun 1935
  7. letter from Clement Attlee to Bernard Attlee, recounting his family holiday to North Dorset and discussing a long lost relation from America, 18 Sep 1935
  8. letter from Clement Attlee to Bernard Attlee, discussing his speeches and George V's funeral, 17 Feb 1936
  9. photocopy of letter between Clement Attlee and Tom Attlee, 12 Jan 1936
  10. photocopy of annotated letter between Tom Attlee and Clement Attlee, attacking the government for having no convictions or policy, 16 Apr 1936
  11. photocopy of letter between Tom Attlee and Clement Attlee, regarding Russia, 12 Aug 1936
  12. letter from Clement Attlee to Martin Attlee, wishing Martin a happy birthday. Includes some little drawings, 14 Aug 1936
  13. photocopy of letter between Tom Attlee and Clement Attlee in which Clement Attlee speaks of anti-Semitism in the East End due to Oswald Mosley, 26 Oct 1936
  14. photocopy of letter between Tom Attlee and Clement Attlee wherein he discusses the Spanish Civil war, 17 April 1937
  15. photocopy of letter from Clement Attlee after he learns Tom was in the hospital, 7 May 1937
  16. photocopy of letter between Tom Attlee and Clement Attlee debating the idea of government by consent in theory and practice, 8 Sep 1937
  17. letter to Bernard Attlee from Robert Attlee regarding a lunch Robert had with Clement Attlee at the House of Commons, 5 Jun 1937
  18. letter from Martin Attlee to Robert Attlee, 12 Aug 1937, also including a note from Anne Attlee commenting on the letter and her transcription of it
  19. letter from Clement Attlee to Bernard Attlee to thank him for the gift of a pipe and other minor discussions, 26 Dec 1937
  20. letter to Bernard Attlee in which Clement Attlee discusses dinner with George VI, the success of his peers at school, children's school reports and meeting a former soldier, 26 Dec 1938
  21. two letters between Clement Attlee and his brother Bernard Attlee, within they discuss war tensions, 27 Sep 1938, 1 Oct 1938
  22. letter from Clement Attlee to his brother Bernard Attlee, on family matters including his visit to France to visit Lord John Gort, Jan 1 1940
  23. letter from the Bishop of Cape Town regarding whether Mary Attlee would examine children in religious knowledge, 20 Sep 1940
  24. correspondence between Violet Attlee and a friend (including an envelope), 10 Nov 1940
  25. correspondence between Clement Attlee and his nephew Christopher Attlee, detailing Christopher's experience in and opinions of the army, 18 Mar 1940
  26. letter from Clement Attlee's daughter Janet Attlee sent from finishing school, 8 Feb 1940
  27. letter sent from Clement Attlee to his brother Bernard Attlee, 2 Oct 1941
  28. Nine letters written to Clement Attlee and Violet Attlee from Janet Attlee, discussing her time in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force and at boarding school. Includes a press cutting of when Janet received a commission in the WAAF, 25 Oct 1941
  29. Letter from Clement Attlee to his wife, 30 Aug, no year
  30. Three letters sent from the United States of America and Canada, from Clement Attlee to Violet Attlee, includes three envelopes, 31 Oct-10 Nov 1941
  31. Letter to Clement Attlee from Martin Attlee's mathematics tutor, judged to be "E. W. Freeborn", 17 Nov 1943. Discusses Martin Attlee's private tuition problems
  32. Letter sent by the headmaster of Martin Attlee's school, Millfield. Headmaster R.J.O Meyer discusses Martin's current progress and difficulties, 21 Mar 1942
  33. Attlee family correspondence, including letters from Alison Attlee to her parents and a letter from Clement Attlee to Mary Attlee discussing their brother's death, 1943
  34. Letter to Clement Attlee from a friend, n.d.
  35. Three letters sent to Clement Attlee from his nephews Patrick and Chris Attlee. The letters are both conversational and politically minded, including Chris and Patrick's observations of the current Labour government 10 Feb 1943-1931 Dec 1943
  36. Letters sent from Clement Attlee to his wife Violet Attlee during his visit to Italy 30 Aug-7 Sep 1944 and some envelopes

Dates

  • Creation: n.d. [late 1890s-1944]

Extent

1 box (3 folders)

Language of Materials

  • English

Shelfmark

MS. CRA. 2

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