General correspondence, 1953-1976

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Folder 1:

Three letters; two from Jack Lawson, one from George Thomas congratulating Clement Attlee on speeches he had given, 28 Feb-21 Oct 1953
Letter from Anthony Eden to Clement Attlee regarding Eden's ill health and hospitalisation, 6 Jul 1953
Letters regarding an operation performed on Clement Attlee, also includes newspaper cuttings regarding the illness, 1953
Seven letters, including photocopies of six letters of thanks and acknowledgement from Clement Attlee, and original letter to Clement Attlee discussing the situation in the Sudan, 6 Oct 1953-18 Mar 1955
Letter [from Violet Attlee] addressing the incumbent Leader of the Labour Party, concerning wages in nationalised industries, and speech by Clement Attlee on the same topic. Includes a cover letter addressed to Mr. Moyle, 1953
Letters regarding Lord Mountbatten and the writing of an official history of British Military Administration in the Far East during the War of 1939-1945, includes a telegram the historians seeks information on from 27 March 1945, 15 Dec 1953-11 Jan 1954
Letter from Carol Johnson regarding the decision of the Abertillery Constituency Labour Party
Letter dated January 1954, concerning a Parliamentary Committee meeting on the Berlin Conference, 1954
Personal letter from Jack Lawson to Clement Attlee commending him on his autobiography As It Happened, 15 Apr 1954
Letter to William Whiteley, attached is a document containing three questions asked by Sir F. Soskice and three answers by Mr. Butler concerning MPs expenses, 8 Jun 1954
Letter of congratulations from Jack Lawson sent to Clement Attlee for a speech he produced in the House of Commons, n.d.
Letter regarding Clement Attlee's trip to Canberra, Sep 1954
Letter of thanks sent to Clement Attlee from 1st Earl Louis Mountbatten in reply to a letter sent by Clement Attlee. Mentions Clement Attlee's re-appointment of Mountbatten to the Navy after his term as Viceroy of India, 1 Nov 1954
Letters to Clement Attlee (some include Clement Attlee's reply) from: John Strachey (letter and reply); Maurice Edelman (letter and reply); Hugh Delargy (letter and reply); Morgan Phillips (letter and reply); G. M. Thomson (letter and reply); Jack Lawson (letter and reply); T. Williams (letter and reply); Earl Baldwin (letter and reply); A.J.Irvine (letter and reply). Also includes three further resolutions requesting the Whip be returned to Bevan. Also included is a letter from William Wells to Arthur Moyle, and a letter from Fred Mulley congratulating Clement Attlee on the part he played in avoiding the expulsion of Bevan from the Party, 7 Mar-6 Apr 1955
Letter sent to Clement Attlee from Megan Lloyd-George, thanking him for his speech about her father David Lloyd-George in the House of Commons, 30 Mar 1955
Two letters Jun 1955. The first letter from Jack Lawson, the second letter from Arthur Moyle on the Labour Leadership potentially causing a split in the party if Clement Attlee resigned.
Letter from Charles de Gaulle to Clement Attlee, written in French, 15 Nov 1955
Two letters written to Clement Attlee. One from Clement Davis, thanking Clement Attlee for a kind letter he sent upon Davis' resignation; the other from Selwyn Lloyd, thanking Clement Attlee for the letter he sent upon Lloyd's appointment to Speaker, 10 Jan-3 Oct 1956
Letter written to Violet Attlee, [likely from Princess Irene of the Netherlands], 1956
Six letters written to Clement Attlee with praises and congratulations towards a television programme he appeared on-[posibly an interview with Francis Williams], 4-7 Jan 1959
A three-page letter written to Clement Attlee from an individual in Southern India. (=closed)

Folder 2:

Letters and other forms of correspondence addressed to Clement Attlee from various members of the Atlantic Institute. Includes: two prospectuses from Brussels; several notes addressed to and from Paul van Zeeland, including one signed from Richard Nixon, and A. J. Maier; and several pages of minutes from meetings, one letter in French, 10 Jan-10 Jun 1960
Correspondence on World Peace. Includes a booklet entitled Introduction to World Peace through World Law by Grenville Clark and Louis B. Sohn, two letters addressed to Clement Attlee; one from Grenville Clark and another from the White House, and a message from Clark to the Dartmouth Conference, 1960
Letters from Grenville Clark to various individuals; Hugh Gaitskell, President John Kennedy (with a response from Kennedy), Clement Attlee, Harold Wilson on the notion of world-wide disarmament. Also includes a published review on the topic by Grenville Clark, 7 Aug 1961-8 Aug 1963
Memorandum for the President, from Grenville Clark, on the problem of world peace. Also includes correspondence on the matter sent to Clement Attlee and various publications on world-wide disarmament by Grenville Clark, Dec 1963- April 1964
Letters written to Clement Attlee and Violet Attlee, 12 Mar- July 1961
Personal and fond letter from President Harry S. Truman to Clement Attlee, 2 May 1961
Ten letters mostly on the topic of Clement Attlee's illness. Correspondents include Lady Churchill, Frank and Susan Soskice, William Elliot, Emanuel Shinwell, David Hardman, Arthur Moyle and J. G. Wilson, 24 May 1962
Letter from Grenville Clark to Clement Attlee in what appears to be a stream of correspondence about Britain and the Common Market, and one report/long letter on the Commonwealth, opposing Britain's entry into the Common Market, 9 Oct 1962
Three book reviews written by Clement Attlee. Includes reviews of The Fascists in Britain by Colin Cross, a book by Arthur Bryan, and a book based on Lloyd-George, written by Lord Beaverbrook, 1963
Letter from the Earl Russell concerning Clement Attlee's opinion on the prosecution and punishment of war criminals, and one letter from Clement Attlee's cousin Hugh wishing him well on his holidays and discussing general family matters, 11 Apr, 11 Dec 1963
Photocopy of two letters concerning the death of Violet Attlee. The first is from Sir John Smyth and expresses shock and sympathy, and the second is from Clement Attlee thanking Smyth for his concerns, Jun 1964
Two letters - one from [Sir John Smyth], offering his condolences to Clement Attlee following the death of his wife Violet Attlee; the second from Clement Attlee is a thankful response, 8, 18 Jun 1964
Three letters from Winston Churchill (signed), all discussing the death of General J. C. Smuts and the potential for a memorial letter in The Times, 6 Dec 1963-24 Jan 1964
Thank-you letter from Nancy Price in response to a greetings telegram from Clement Attlee and Violet Attlee on the occasion of her birthday. Discusses her book Into an Hour Glass and a magazine she compiled and edited, 6 Feb 1964
Letter from Charlie Griffiths, Clement Attlee's housekeeper, Jan 1966
Thank-you note addressed to "Fellow Octogenarian", Jan 1966
Two letters, both addressed to Albert William Hall. The first is a thank-you letter following a letter to Martin's father Clement Attlee during his illness. The second is thanking Mr. Hall for his sympathy following Clement Attlee's death, 28 Sep-25 Oct 1967
Photocopies of letters to Geoffrey Elborn from Clement Attlee in 1966, 7 Jan-24 Nov 1966
Letter from L. V. Deane to Earl Attlee requesting an interview in the run up to the marking of twenty years of Indian independence, 26 Jun 1966
Letter to George Brown from D. P. Reilly, informing the reader that an 'In Memoriam' service was dedicated to Clement Attlee by The British Embassy Church, Paris, 16 Nov 1967
List of the names on the cards attached to the flowers for the funeral of Clement Attlee Also includes many of the mentioned cards, 1967
Estimate of price for Clement Attlee's memorial headstone in Westminster Abbey, 1969
Letters to Geoffrey Elborn from Clement Attlee in 1967, up until his death. Includes one letter to Kenneth Harris from Elborn requesting the return of the letters, 28 Aug 1976
Letters between Arthur and [W], 1966

Folders 3 and 4 comprise photocopies of correspondence regarding Clement Attlee's death, 1967. Includes many messages from foreign officials, some in their native languages, with later English translations provided. Correspondence with Queen Elizabeth II is closed