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James Stevenson Papers

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Catalogue

Addresses, Conversations, etc.

Notes (some in shorthand), drafts, etc., of addresses and conversations on the Boards of Management of the Ministry of Munitions and on the British Empire Exhibition and related topics. 24 pieces c. 1923-25 1/1

Correspondence

Letters received on official business and some replies, with some related documents, notes, press-cuttings, etc. 9 files 1918-26

1918-19 8 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. 1/2

1920 11 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. 1/3

1921 13 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. 1/4

1922 7 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. 1/5

1923 27 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition, 1924. 1/6

1924 59 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the British Empire Exhibition. 1/7

1924 52 pieces. Letters of congratulation on peerage. 1/8

1925 26 pieces. Concern principally the organisation of the second season of the British Empire Exhibition. 1/9

1926 9 pieces 1/10

Diary

1 volume and 6 files 1921-26:

1921 1 vol. 33 x 20 cm. Ms. Personal diary 01.01.21-11.02.24 recording business at the War Office, the Colonial Office and associated departments of government. Includes some related documents: correspondence, minutes, press-cuttings, etc. Has letters, etc. (chiefly brief official letters of appointment or appreciation) from L.S. Amery, N. Chamberlain, W.S. Churchill (5), Lord Curzon, the Earl of Derby, M.P.A. Hankey and Frances Stevenson, and transcriptions of others. 2/1

Selected passages transcribed. Ts.
1921 ff.41. 2/2
1922 ff.12. 2/3

1922-23. Ts. ff.10. Records 04.11.22-23.02.23 the beginnings of Sir J. Stevenson's connection with the British Empire Exhibition. 2/4

1924. Ts. ff.48. Concerns almost wholly the organisation 15.02.24-19.11.24. of the British Empire Exhibition. Some passages are also present in manuscript drafts. 2/5

1925. Ms. ff.3. Brief notes of engagements .04.05.25-24.05.25. 2/6

1926. Ms. ff 19. Sporadic, very brief notes of engagements 08.02.26-27.05.26, File includes an anonymous appreciation of Lord Stevenson ff 3. 2/7

Other Papers

The Licensing Trade. 30 pieces 1919-26. File contains press-cuttings, notes of addresses (some in shorthand) and a pamphlet by James Stevenson. 2/8

Obituary Notices and Appreciations.

1 vol. 30 x 25 cm. Contains cuttings 11.06.26-12.08.26 from the British national and provincial press. 2 copies. 3/1-2

Photographs, etc.

8 pieces. c. 1924. File contains 7 black and white prints from 17 x 12 cm. to 30 x 22 cm., principally from the time of the British Empire Exhibition, and a cartoon (1924) by 'Nibs'. 3/3

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