General election 1979 | Manuscripts and Archives at Oxford University

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Title

General election 1979

Shelfmark

MS. Callaghan 393

Summary

Comprises:

Folder labelled "1765: PP/Elec: 79" containing correspondence from Callaghan thanking various individuals and groups for helping in the 1979 general election campaign and letters to Labour MPs who had lost their seats. 1979

Folder labelled "1766: PP/Eleec: 79" containing correspondence between Callaghan and foreign heads of state and ambassadors following the 1979 election defeat. 1979

Folder labelled "1767 PP/Elec: 79" containing correspondence regarding Callaghan's political positions in the run up to the 1979 election. 1979

Folder labelled "1768 PP/Elec: 78-79" containing correspondence with and regarding Conservative Party candidates for council and parliamentary seats in Cardiff. Also includes correspondence and press cutting regarding an allegation that Audrey Callaghan had spent a large sum of public money on paintings for 10 Downing Street. 1976, 1978-1979

Correspondence between pressure groups and Lord Boston of Faversham [Terence Boston] on behalf of Callaghan regarding Callaghan's political positions in the run up to the 1979 election. 1979