Letter Books
CRD/D/2/1-7
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Letter Books
Shelfmark
CRD/D/2/1-7
Summary
Comprises:
CRD/D/2/1 - Letter Books: Secretariat/Central Office business (includes Workers Charter information and various briefs), Jan-Mar 1948;
CRD/D/2/2 - Letter Books: Secretariat/Central Office business (includes Communism, Employment), Apr-May 1948;
CRD/D/2/3 - Letter Books: Secretariat/Central Office business (includes Employment briefs/correspondence), Jun-Sep 1948;
CRD/D/2/4 - Letter Books: Secretariat/Central Office business (includes reorganisation of CRD, by-election briefs), Oct-Dec 1948;
CRD/D/2/5 - Letter Books: Parliamentary and Central Office business (includes material on Socialism and Communism, US Tour), Jan-Feb 1949;
CRD/D/2/6 - Letter Books: Parliamentary and Central Office business (includes correspondence regarding media coverage and Catholic vote), Mar.-Apr. 1949;
CRD/D/2/7 - Letter Books: Parliamentary and Central Office business (includes Churchill's messages to candidates, 'So Red the Dawn' correspondence), May-Jun 1949.
Date
Jan 1948-Jun 1949
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (7 folders)
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Collection contents
Conservative Party Archive: Conservative Research Department
Directors' papers
Henry Hopkinson
Letter Books
