Correspondence [James] Ramsay Macdonald to Malcolm Macdonald
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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
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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...
Assorted family correspondence: Gladstone and MacDonald
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Assorted family correspondence between members of the Macdonald and Gladstone families, largely to and from Margaret Macdonald nee Gladstone, and also including some letters from Ishbel Macdonald writing as a child to her father [James] Ramsay Macdonald. Also including correspondence, and some fa...
Assorted family correspondence: Gladstone and MacDonald
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Assorted family correspondence between members of the Macdonald and Gladstone families, largely to and from Ishbel Macdonald as a child and with siblings Sheila, Joan and Malcolm. Largely personal correspondence with some exceptions, notably a letter on behalf of King George V to [James] Ramsay M...
Correspondence from [James] Ramsay Macdonald to Ishbel Macdonald
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Correspondence from [James] Ramsay Macdonald to Ishbel Macdonald, 1936, and one letter from Ishbel Macdonald to [James] Ramsay Macdonald dated 8th November 1937, the day before he died, that appears to have never been sent.
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.