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Archive of Archibald Clark Kerr, Baron Inverchapel
Archive of Archibald Clark Kerr, Baron Inverchapel (1882-1951), British diplomat, with some family papers.
Extents: 21.75 Linear metres (146 physical shelfmarks)
Dates:
1850-1993
Collection
Archive of Denis Healey
Personal, political and literary papers of Denis Winston Healey (1917-2015), politician.
Extents: 29.57 Linear metres (435 boxes)
Dates:
1880-1888, c. 1900-c. 2017; Majority of material found within 1900-2017
Collection
Archive of James Callaghan
Papers of Leonard James [Jim] Callaghan, Baron Callaghan of Cardiff (1912-2005), primarily relating to his political career as a Labour MP, Cabinet Minister, Prime Minister and member of the House of Lords.
Extents: 208.681 Linear metres (572 boxes)
Dates:
1908-2013
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Archive of the Smyly family
Papers of the Smyly family, particularly H. Jocelyn Smyly (1882-1970), doctor and missionary, his wife Eileen Smyly, née Bell (1894-1987), doctor and missionary, and their sons William Smyly (1922-2018), journalist and teacher, and David Smyly (1923-1990), doctor and missionary.
Extents: 8.68 Linear metres (59 shelfmarks)
Dates:
c. 1856-2015
Collection
Papers of David Beatty
Letters home from Canton and Christmas Island, with related photographs, press cuttings and farewell addresses, 1899-1954; transcript of journal of his father Robert Beatty's voyage to India, 1856.
Extents: 3 boxes : The farewell address, 1926, written on silk and originally stored in a wooden box, was donated to the library in a large frame format, with degraded paper backing. The Conservation Section of the Bodleian Library undertook limited drycleaning, minor repairs, etc. in [March 1997], rehousing the item in a card box and placing a hollytex sheet against the silk to prevent abrasion when rolled. Future plans for the item's preservation include flat storage and remounting of the silk with new borders by an experienced Oriental conservator.
Dates:
[1856], 1899-1954
Collection
Papers of Frank Brewer
Joint Wages Commission Report of the Federation of Malaya and Singapore, 1948, with related papers on labour regulation and statistical information; Chinese papers relating to the Malayan emergency, 1948-1949; notes on Malayan political parties, 1954; lectures and articles on Malayan Chinese; speeches and pamphlets given to Brewer by Dato Sir Cheng-lock Tan; invitations and programmes for independence celebrations and other events, 1953-1959.
Extents: 3 boxes
Dates:
1948-1959
Collection
Papers of John Hamer
Papers relating to British administration of Perlis, Malaya and relations with the Rajas, 1915-1957; some early agreements with Siam regarding loans and suzerainty, 1905-1909; papers relating to Communist infiltration and organised criminal activities, 193-?.
Extents: 2 boxes, 1 portfolio
Dates:
[1905-1957]
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