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Papers of James Ramsay Macdonald and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13461
Scope and Contents The papers provide an insight into the personal and political relationship between James Ramsay Macdonald (1866-1937) and Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow (fl.1860-1942) over a period of nearly three decades. They also illustrate the development of the early Socialist movement in Scotland, trade unionism and Glasgow local politics. As well as letters of James Ramsay Macdonald, the archive includes correspondence of prominent Socialists such as John and Katherine Bruce Glasier and leading...
Dates: 1895-1970s.

Papers of O H Mavor, pseudonym James Bridie.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.11310
Scope and Contents

Includes family correspondence, manuscripts and typescripts of plays, sketches, drawings, photographs and personal memorabilia.

Dates: 1899-1953 and undated.

Photographic album and correspondence concerning Thomas Ward Allan, tea planter in North Bengal.

 Item
Identifier: Acc.13387
Scope and Contents

The album contains copies of original photographs with some correspondence and memorabilia concerning Thomas Ward Allan`s career as a tea planter in the Dooars, North Bengal.

Dates: 1909-1946.

Political papers of William Hannan.

 Fonds
Identifier: Acc.13391
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises photographs and correspondence, c.1945-1974, concerning Hannan’s political career and his time in Clement Attlee’s cabinet, with several letters of two British Prime Ministers: Clement Attlee and Harold Wilson. Furthermore, it includes Hannan’s ministerial despatch box and an illustrated edition of ‘The Dolly Ballads’ by Robert Blatchford, inscribed by Herbert Morrison, MP, to Helen Hannan, William’s daughter.

Dates: c.1945-1974.