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MacDonald, James Ramsay, (1866-1937), statesman

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Surname: MacDonald
Forenames: James Ramsay
Gender: Male
Date: 1866-1937
History: James Ramsay MacDonald was appointed Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 23 Jan 1924. Prime Minister in the National Government, 1931-1935.
Biography: ODNB link for MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866-1937), statesman
References: DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference: GB/NNAF/P274860 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P161433 )
Online related resources Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Ramsay MacDonald
Collections
Number Description Held by Reference Further information
1
1793-1937: James Ramsay MacDonald and predecessors and successors: Papers
The National Archives, Kew
2
1913-1928: Lady Margaret Sackville: private correspondence received from James Ramsay MacDonald
The National Archives, Kew
3
MacDonald, James Ramsay
4
1868-1937: corresp and papers
The National Archives
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
5
1893-1937: corresp and papers
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
NRA 42560

See Bulletin vol 72 no 2 (summer 1990) pp101-20
6
corresp and papers
Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
NRA 14863

See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
7
1896-1923: misc corresp and papers
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 7529 Macdonald

See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
8
1929-1937: Cabinet corresp and papers
The National Archives
9
albums (6) of letters of condolence on his wife's death, misc letters and papers
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
10
1910-1919: originals of political articles by him (1910, 1919)
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 1994
11
corresp and papers rel to the ILP
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 42988
12
1931: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook
Parliamentary Archives
NRA 19284 Aitken
13
letters to Herbert Bryan
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 11569
14
1923-34: corresp with Lord Cecil
British Library, Manuscript Collections
15
1912-13: corresp with Francis Ernest Colenso
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
16
1923-32: corresp with Lord D'Abernon
British Library, Manuscript Collections
17
1912-29: corresp with WH Dawson
University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections
NRA 14020
18
1924-32: corresp with Earl of Derby
Liverpool Record Office
NRA 20761
19
1924-1937: letters to John Drinkwater
Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library
20
1888-1912: corresp with the Fabian Society
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 16800
21
corresp with J Bruce Glasier
University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives
NRA 25263
22
1929-37: letters (43) to Seton Gordon
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
23
1912-35: letters (26) to Sir Alexander Grant
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
24
1924-31: corresp with HA Gwynne
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 5 1978
25
1923-37: corresp with Lord Haldane
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
26
corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 42205 Hoare
27
1924-34: letters to Lord Howard of Penrith
Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle
NRA 23774 Howard
28
letters to William John
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 28876 BLPES misc
29
c1895-1938: corresp with Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
See Annual Return 2013
30
1914-31: letters to the Leeson family
Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for
NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
31
1912-37: letters (10) to Otto Kyllmann
Queens University, Belfast
NRA 33865
32
1911-1937: letters (13) to James Leatham
Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre
NRA 18292
33
1909-37: letters (26) to David Lloyd George
Parliamentary Archives
NRA 15700
34
1930-35: corresp with Lloyd George
National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services
NRA 35199 Lloyd George
35
1924-36: letters to Lord Londonderry
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 19803 Stewart
36
1924-37: corresp with Lady Londonderry
Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)
NRA 19803 Stewart
37
1925-35: corresp with Lord Lothian
National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)
NRA 10737 Kerr
38
1924-37: letters (96) to HP Macmillan
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
NRA 29056
39
1910-37: corresp with Albert Mansbridge
British Library, Manuscript Collections
40
1905-29: letters to Edith Marvin
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 12562 Marvin
41
1923-24: corresp with HW Massingham
Norfolk Record Office
NRA 30025
42
corresp mainly with JM Middleton
Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)
NRA 27385

See Transferred from Ruskin College
43
1906-24: corresp with ED Morel
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
NRA 7532 Morel
44
1900-34: corresp with Gilbert Murray
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 16865
45
1913-31: letters to T Nodin
London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections
See Accessions to Repositories 1964
46
letters to Karl Pearson
UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections
NRA 18115 Pearson
47
1924: official corresp with Sir Eric Phipps (126pp)
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
NRA 19701
48
1917-31: corresp with Lord Ponsonby
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 18634
49
1924-32: corresp with Sir Horace Rumbold
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 22147
50
letters to Sir William Rothenstein
Harvard University: Houghton Library
See NUC MS 82-665
51
1907-34: corresp with Walter Runciman
Newcastle University: Special Collections
NRA 13873
52
1894-97, 1929-31: corresp with Herbert Samuel, memoranda
Parliamentary Archives
NRA 11187
53
1930-35: corresp with Lord Sankey
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 17016
54
1914-29: corresp with CP Scott (22 items)
Manchester University: University of Manchester Library
NRA 18162 Guardian
55
corresp with C. Jim Simmons
Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service
NRA 32385

See Accessions to Repositories 1980
56
1928-35: corresp with Lord Simon
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 24981
57
1923-26: corresp with John St Loe Strachey
Parliamentary Archives
NRA 19285
58
1923-37: corresp with JH Thomas
Kent History and Library Centre
NRA 15918
59
1908-31: corresp with CP Trevelyan
Newcastle University: Special Collections
NRA 12238 Trevelyan
60
1930-1934: letters to RG Vansittart
Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre
NRA 14622 Vansittart
61
1919-35: corresp with 1st Viscount Weir
Glasgow University Archive Services
NRA 26835
62
c1923-37: letters to James Welsh MP
Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland
NRA 17540 Welsh
63
1932-34: letters (11) to Hilton Young
Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives
NRA 12509 Young
64
1928-37: corresp with Sir Alfred Zimmern
Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections
NRA 16869
65
1923-24: corresp (2 vols)
The National Archives
66
1894-1935: misc corresp and tribute to T Hardy
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
67
letters
The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)
See Accessions to Repositories 1966
68
1933-34: corresp rel to Codex Sinaiticus
British Library, Manuscript Collections
69
1904-36: misc corresp mainly with Sir Patrick Geddes
National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections
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  Record creator Description of relationship Dates Category of relationship
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father and daughter
1903-1937
Family