Papers of Lord Butler

Inventory list
Identifier Sort ascending Title Level of description Date Digital object
3 General, including 1946 food recovery, Ontario 1949, prospective Labour candidate Saffron Walden 1950, Essex water supply File 1932–1950
4 General, mainly Essex. Also foreign policy and agriculture File 1934–1951 and n.d.
5 Conservative post-war plans for agriculture, interim report File 1943
11 Agriculture File 1945–1946
17 General, including Rome and French visits, article 'The right road' by RAB from Everybody's File 1949
22 Loose cuttings, mainly financial File 1952
23 'Pre-Budget day' predictions File 1952
29 Death of Sir Montagu Butler File 1952
33 'Chancellor's visit to Canada'. Canadian press File 1953
34 Budget File 1953
36 'Commonwealth Finance Ministers Conference'. General, Australian press File 1954
41 Very varied, including personal and Thorneycroft resignation Jan 1958 File 1954–1959
46 International Monetary Fund and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Meetings, Washington. U.K. and American press File 1954
48 Budget File 1955
52 Cabinet changes Item 1955
54 General, by subject. Compiled by Conservative Research Department File 1956
60 'Suez cuttings' File n.d. and 1957
68 Extracts from Anthony Eden's Memoirs (loose) File 1960
76 Central African tour. U.K. press File 1962
81 General political, Rhodesia and C.I.D. File 1962
83 Rhodesia. U.K. press, including provincial and evening File 1962
85 Rhodesia and general political. U.K. and African press File 1963–1964
92 General political by subject File 1963
94 General, including Russian visit July 1964, 1964 Election, RAB's retirement from politics 1965. Several complete newspapers File 1964–1965
100 Scrapbook 'Volume III. 1935-1937' File 1935–1937
103 Scrapbook 'May 1943 - Dec 1947' File 1943–1947
109 Scrapbook '1959-1961' File n.d. and 1959–1961
111 Scrapbook '1.6.62 to 29.6.64' File 1962–1964
115 Press cuttings on the sale of Gatcombe Park Gloucestershire, by RAB to the Queen for Princess Anne, criticism of purchase from some M.P.s etc. Also original press announcement and letter from the Queen's Press Secretary File 1976
2 Ceremonial for coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 2 June 1953 File 1953