Correspondence and biographical material relating to autobiography

Title

Correspondence and biographical material relating to autobiography

Shelfmark

MS. 12110/21

Summary

Folder 1: Correspondence of Helen de Freitas relating to Sir Geoffrey de Freitas's book. Comprises comments on the draft manuscript, requests to use quotes, letters with publishers regarding possible publication and draft chapter headings, 1983-1984.

Folder 2: Obituaries and memorial addresses for Geoffrey de Freitas with related papers. Includes addresses by Frank Thistlethwaite and Eugene V. Rostow at services held at Clare College, Cambridge (16 Oct 1982) and St. Margaret's Church, Westminster (20 Oct 1982). There are also four photographs of Geoffrey de Freitas, 1982-1983, and four letters from 1979 sent to him following his retirement as MP for Kettering, 1934-1982.

Folder 3: Biographical information about Geoffrey de Freitas comprising article by Andrew Roth ('Golden Boy with the Well-hidden Frustration), [1968?], letters and papers relating to biographies in Who's Who and for the Central Office of Information, London, a speech[?] as Chairman of the Labour Committee for Europe, n.d., transcripts of two interviews, n.d., and a transcript of a sermon given in Great St. Mary's, n.d. [1968?].

Date

1934-1984

Language

English

Physical extent

1 box (3 folders)