Personal correspondence
MS. Callaghan 550
Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford
Description
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Title
Personal correspondence
Shelfmark
MS. Callaghan 550
Summary
Comprises:
Personal correspondence. Correspondents include Mark Havelock-Allan, Tony Benn, Michael [Martin], Harry [Lee Kuan Yew], Henry Kissinger, David Renton, Sarah and Gordon Brown, Kenneth Baker, Gerald Ford, Peter [Mandelson], Tony [Blair], David Steel, Peter Hennessey, Margaret and Trammell Crow, Queen Elizabeth II (CLOSED), Jack Ashley, Ken Morgan, David Lammy, John Peyton, Rowan Williams, Tony Banks, Richard [Lyon-Dalberg-Acton], Michael Cockerell, Julian Hodge, Roy Jenkins, Shirley Williams, Ros Howells, Douglas Hurd, Kevin Maxwell, Margaret [Jay], Cherie [Blair], [Mary] Wilson and Tom McNally, among others. Also includes copy of a Home Office memorandum regarding development areas, notes regarding foreign policy, and photographs of Callaghan. 1968, 1994-2002
Unanswered personal correspondence. Also includes notes regarding the successes and failures of the Labour government, and draft statements regarding Margaret Thatcher, Ted Heath, Barbara Castle, Quintin [Hogg] Hailsham, Frank Longford and the Queen Mother. 2001-2002
Correspondence and press cuttings regarding the celebration surrounding Callaghan becoming the longest surviving former Prime Minister. Correspondents include Gerald Ford, Denis Healy, Patrick Cormack, Malcolm Fraser, Margaret Crow, Roy Mason, Prince Charles (CLOSED), Tony [Blair], Paul Martin, Charlie O'Connor, Helmut Schmidt, Alun Michael and Valerie Amos, among others. Also includes photographs, mostly of Callaghan with Denis Healey. 2005
Date
1994-2005
1968, 1994-2005
Language
English
Physical extent
1 box (3 folders)
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Collection contents
Personal papers and general correspondence
Personal correspondence
