Reference NumberDE/15/1/6/120
TitleCorrespondence File of the Earl of Dudley (J - M)
DescriptionEntitled: 'J - M'.

Includes letters and copy replies regarding: fundraising [fayre, Handsworth, 9 Sep - 27 Sep 1935; King Edward’s Hospital Fund, 16 Apr - 19 Apr 1935; matinee performance for Birmingham County Council British Legion, 5 Mar 1935; Worcestershire Council of the League of Nations Union, 26 Feb 1934; North of England Inventor’s Society, 12 Feb 1934]; dinners [British Iron & Steel Federation, 24 Sep 1935; Central Committee of the Mining Association, 10 Jul - 13 Jul 1935; Londonderry House, Park Lane, 18 Jun - 19 Jun 1935; with Claude Leigh, 27 Mar 1935; Caldecott School, 19 Mar 1935]; references [Frederick Maynard, 31 Aug - 23 Sep 1935]; gifts and presents [print of Dudley Castle, 6 Aug - 23 Sep 1935]; events [Duke of Kent’s opening of the new Central Fire Station, Birmingham, with timetable, 11 Jun - 19 Sep 1935; Bilston election speaker, 13 Sep 1935; speech day King Edward VI’s School, Stourbridge, 8 Aug 1935; conference (League of Nations Union), 27 Jul 1935; various opening ceremonies including Kidderminster Harriers & Football Club grandstand, 19 Jun 1935, Kinver and District Horticultural Society, 1 Jun 1935 and Odeon Theatre, Kingstanding, 24 May 1935; Navy League Fete, 27 May 1935; Modern Language Association, London Branch public meeting, 17 Feb 1934; meeting of the Brierley Hill Church of Englands Men’s Society, 2 Feb - 10 Feb 1934]; absences abroad; and dinners [Ladies Auxiliary Norwich Branch, 27 Jul 1935].

Also refers to goods, services and repairs [Messrs Meyer & Mortimer, Ltd, 5 Jul 1935; train reservations, 3 Jul 1935; music, Leader & Co. Ltd, 25 Apr - 14 Jun 1935; framing photographs, Walter Jones, 195 & 196 Sloane St., 1 Jun - 3 Jun 1935; champagne, Justerini & Brooks Ltd, 29 May 1935; P. D. Malloch’s Scottish Shooting, Fishing, and Estate Agency, 26 Scott Street, Perth, with details of lettings, 6 May 1935; S. Beton, cricketing goods, 12 Apr - 25 Apr 1935; cricket classes, R. Aird, Lord’s Cricket Ground, 23 Apr - 24 Apr 1935; loss of coat, London Midland & Scottish Railway Co. 9 Apr - 10 Apr 1935; carbon paper, Kee Lox, 7 Mar 1935; Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo, 14 Feb - 21 Feb 1934]; solicitations for help [19 May 1935; 17 Jun - 18 Jun 1935; subscriptions for Geoffrey H. Deeley’s panel for the Dudley Art Gallery and his time in Rome, 21 Jan - 4 Feb 1935]; personal invitations to visit and dine [various]; Pathe film about the slums, written by Alister G. MacDonald, Chartered Accountant (copy story included) [26 Apr 1935]; officiations [Presidency of the British Iron & Steel Federation, 26 Feb 1935]; and forms for signature [for Eton College Officers Training Corps, 31 Jan 1935]; birthday greetings [from John Martin, formerley Chief Steward on R. M. S. Ulster, with black and white photograph dated 1923 of The ‘Ulster & Munster’ at Holyhead, 30 Jan 1934].
Date1934 - 1935
AccessStatusCLOSED
Extent[1 file]
LevelItem
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