A series of diaries and engagement diaries written by Ishbel MacDonald. Some diaries contain additional notes by Ishbel Macdonald, written in 1976, and some annotations by a biographer [Susan Macdonald] from 2007.
Correspondence to and from Ishbel Macdonald including personal correspondence with friends and family as well as professional and political correspondence.
Autobiographical writing and memoir by Ishbel Macdonald
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Notes and manuscript drafts of Ishbel Macdonald's various autobiographical writing, including two versions of full memoirs and the memoir 'Speed the Plough' written about her time as landlord of the Plough Inn, Speen.
Personal papers of Ishbel Macdonald including writing (published and unpublished) and ephemera such as her address book, school books and drawings and sketches. Also including a sub-series of material on The Plough Inn, Speen, including legal documentation, visitors book, scrap book and some phot...
Ishbel Macdonald Political Papers and 10 Downing Street
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Political papers and material on 10 Downing Street related to the period of [James] Ramsay Macdonald's incumbency as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, with material created by both Ishbel Macdonald and [James] Ramsay Macdonald.
Collection of bound press cuttings arranged in scrapbooks by Ishbel Macdonald, largely relating to [James] Ramsay Macdonald's incumbency as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, including tours and foreign visits, with some personal material.
Collection of photographs, some bound albums, some loose, collected and arranged by Ishbel Macdonald, largely relating to [James] Ramsay Macdonald's incumbency as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, including tours and foreign visits, with some personal material.