Correspondence to Ishbel MacDonald on the passing of [James] Ramsey MacDonald
Scope & Content:
Correspondence, including telegrams, to Ishbel MacDonald on the passing of Ramsey MacDonald. Both in a personal and professional capacity. This includes the original telegram from Sheila Macdonald to Ishbel Macdonald informing the latter of their father's passing.
Assorted correspondence to and from Sheila Macdonald
Scope & Content:
Assorted family correspondence from Sheila Macdonald to: Malcolm Macdonald, Joan Macdonald, Marie Byvoets, 'Aunt Bella' [Bella Ramsay] and their father [James] Ramsay Macdonald. Also correspondence to Sheila Macdonald from Bernard [?], 1920-1927.
Correspondence [James] Ramsay Macdonald to Malcolm Macdonald
Scope & Content:
Letters from [James] Ramsay Macdonald to Malcolm Macdonald, his son. Includes a letter, dated 2016, from Malcolm Macdonald's daughter, Fiona McElwan, who is passing the letters over to Susan Macdonald to keep with the other family papers.
Assorted correspondence to and from Alister Macdonald
Scope & Content:
Correspondence to and from Alister Macdonald, with his family members, largely father, [James] Ramsay MacDonald, and sister, Ishbel MacDonald. Also includes a school report, 1911, a short story written as a child, and six photographs of his regiment at Blendecques in 1916 [Alister was a conscient...