Assorted papers, bulk: Bulk, 1953-1967, 1938-1967

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Shelfmark: MS. CRA. 27

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Page of official arrangements for the Ceremony of the Presentation of the Honorary Freedom of the City of London to Clement Attlee, in Guildhall and Clement Attlee's personal schedule for the day of the ceremony, 20 Nov 1953
Dinner card for the Savage Club House Dinner, with the Earl Baldwin of Bewdley in the chair, 6 Mar 1954. Also includes a painting of Baldwin with the caption "no smoke without fire!"
Seating plan for a dinner at Carlton Gardens, hosted by Anthony Eden and attended by Clement Attlee, 17 Mar 1954
Dinner card from a Pilgrims Dinner attended by Clement Attlee, in honour of Sir Gladwyn Jebb and Mr. Dag Hammarskjold, 18 Mar 1954
Note by Clement Attlee on Winston Churchill as a Parliamentarian, Leader of the Opposition and Prime Minister, 22 Mar 1954
Dinner cards, menus and programmes, some including relevant invitations, 1938-1954 (bulk 1953-1954)
Lists of foreign and domestic trips with amount of days spent away from home, 30 Jan 1956
Two schedules of investment income for 1957, one schedule of taxed dividends for 1962-1963 and one list of Clement Attlee's author and lecture earnings in 1959 and 1960, 1957-1963

Folder 2:

Clement Attlee's financial receipts and tax records, 1957-1967. Also includes a list of his godchildren and grandchildren with their birth dates, no date.
List of author's fees for Clement Attlee, 1959. Also included is Violet Attlee's schedule of investment income, 1959
Certificate of membership from the World Parliament Association, admitting Clement Attlee as a member. Also includes a speech from George E. Gordon Catlin concerning the Atlantic Union and the European Economic Community, 1 Sep 1959-24 Oct 1962
Statement of account for Clement Attlee's lecture fees during his tour of the United States, from Nov 11 to Dec 1 1959, 3 Dec 1959
Revised itinerary drawn up by Colston Leigh, Inc., for a series of lectures Clement Attlee gave in California on the future of democratic government, 16 Feb 1960
Lists outlining the collections of books held by Clement Attlee, Oct 1962
Several receipts from the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) from payments for appearances by Clement Attlee, Jan-Dec 1963
Articles and letters between and by Clement Attlee and Arthur Bryant, 1963

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MS. CRA. 27

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