Inventory

Dep.363

Papers of Rt Hon Jo Grimond, Baron Grimond

National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge EH1 1EW Tel: 0131-466 2812 Fax: 0131-466 2811 E-mail: [email protected]

© Trustees of the National Library of Scotland BOXES 1-4 ENGAGEMENT DIARIES BOXES 5-8 ARTICLES, REVIEWS AND BROADCASTS BOXES 9-11 SPEECHES BOXES 12-13 PUBLICATIONS BOX 14 PHOTOGRAPHS BOX 15 SPECIAL CORRESPONDENCE BOX 16 AND SHETLAND BILLS, ETC

Boxes 1-4: Engagement Diaries, 1952-83

A series of MP’s desk diaries of JG, containing details of his public and political engagements, with some related correspondence [tipped in] and arranged in chronological series.

BOX 1

1. 1952. 2. 1953. 3. 1954. 4. 1955. 5. 1956. 6. 1957. 7. 1958. 8. 1959. 9. 1960.

BOX 2

1. 1961. 2. 1962. 3. 1963. 4. 1964. 5. 1965. 6. 1966. 7. 1967. 8. 1968.

BOX 3

1. 1969. 2. 1970. 3. 1971. 4. 1972. 5. 1973. 6. 1974. 7. 1975. 8. 1976.

BOX 4

1. 1977. 2. 1978. 3. 1979. 4. 1980. 5. 1981. 6. 1982. 7. 1983.

Boxes 5-8: Articles, Reviews and Broadcasts, 1967-83

A series of files containing drafts and/or copies, mostly typescripts, and some press cuttings of articles, book reviews and broadcasts or occasional writings of JG, with a considerable quantity of related correspondence. The series is arranged in chronological order.

BOX 5

1. Articles and reviews, 1967-8. 2. Articles and reviews, 1969. 3. Articles and reviews, 1970. 4. Articles and reviews, 1971.

BOX 6

1. Articles and reviews, 1972. 2. Articles and reviews, 1973. 3. Articles and reviews, 1974. 4. Articles and reviews, 1975.

BOX 7

1. Articles and reviews, 1976. 2. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1977. 3. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1978. 4. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1979.

BOX 8

1. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1980. 2. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1981. 3. Articles, reviews and broadcasts, 1982. 4. JG’s articles for Spectator, 1973. 5. JG’s contributions to the Telegraph’s column, ‘Personal View’, 1981-3. 6. Miscellaneous press cuttings, 1976-82.

Boxes 9-11: Speeches 1968-83

Speeches of JG largely on political subjects, 1968-83, almost all in typescript, and with fairly frequent manuscript amendments and additions by the speaker. Date and place of delivery is given generally, and the papers have been arranged in date order.

BOX 9

1. 1968. 2. 1969. 3. 1970. 4. 1971. 5. 1972.

BOX 10

1. 1973. 2. 1974. 3. 1975. 4. 1976. 5. 1977.

BOX 11

1. 1978. 2. 1979. 3. 1980. 4. 1981. 5. 1982. 6. 1983. 7. Speeches, 1971-82, of JG as Chancellor of the .

Boxes 12-13: Publications

Correspondence and papers, 1958-83, concerning books wholly or partly written by JG, and some works proposed to him by publishers but not undertaken (Box 12); and drafts or copies of published lectures or pamphlets (Box 13).

BOX 12

1. The Liberal Future, (Faber, 1959); papers, 1958-61, 1968. 2. The Liberal Challenge, (Bodley Head, 1963): papers, 1962, 1974. 3. Correspondence relating to projected publications with: Hodder, 1965. Hutchinson, 1969. George, Allan and Unwin, 1970. Gollancz, 1972. Hollis and Carter, 1974. Cassell, 1975. OUP/Chatto, 1977. John Murray, 1977. Johnston and Bacon, 1977. Temple Smith, 1983. List of books wholly or partly authored by JG, 1959-77. 4. ‘What I want to say’, a projected work for Pergamon, 1970. 5. JG’s essay on Asquith in H van Thal (ed), The Prime Ministers, (Unwin, 1975): correspondence and papers, 1973-4. 7. The Referendum, with Brian Neve, (Collings, 1975): correspondence, 1975-6. 8. ‘The Scots’: a projected book for Rainbird Publishing, 1977. 9. The Common Welfare, (Temple Smith, 1978): correspondence, 1978-9. 10. Memoirs, (Heinemann, 1979): correspondence and papers, 1977-80. 11. Policies for the Alliance: A Personal Manifesto, (Martin Robertson, 1983): correspondence, papers and drafts, 1982-3.

BOX 13

1. The Nature of Politics, Herbert Samuel Lecture, November 1967: typescript published text and a letter. 2. Acton Papers nos.3 and 4: ‘Ministers, Civil Servants and Policies’ by Sir Edward Boyle; and ‘Political Reform’ by JG, April-May 1967. 3. Westminster Abbey Oration, 9 June 1969, published in One (Autumn 1969), with JG’s typescript and related correspondence. 4. An article ‘Europa’ in 20th Century Studies I (1969): final article, galley and related correspondence, 1968-9. 5. Copies of the following lectures or pamphlets: Eastern Europe Today, ‘Guardian’ booklet, 1966. Literacy, Presidential Address to the English Association, June 1972. ‘The Future of Individual Liberty’, the Lloyd Roberts Lecture to Royal College of Physicians, October 1977. ‘A Prospect of Liberal Democracy’, University of Texas, 1979. The Future of Liberalism, the inaugural Eighty Club lecture, 29 October 1980. A Roar for the Lion, Liberal Publications Department pamphlet, [1976]. 6. Miscellaneous manuscript drafts, n.d. 7. Further drafts (disbound notebook). 8-9. Two notebooks containing lists of JG’s Parliamentary speeches and questions, 1965-81, 1981-3.

Box 14: Photographs

BOX 14

Photographs, ca. 1937-83, largely illustrative of the public career of JG. The majority date from the 1960’s to the 1980’s.

Box 15: Special Correspondence, 1950-83

BOX 15

1-6. Correspondence and papers, 1962-74, concerning overseas visits by JG.

1. USA, 1962-3, 1973-4. 2. Rumania, 1966. 3. Proposed China visit [‘never went’], 1966. 4. Colombia [Liberal Colloquium, Bogota], 1968. 5. India [Liberal International Colloquium Coonoor, October 1968]. 6. Visit to EEC Brussels, France and Austria, November 1969, (1 letter and itinerary). 7. Correspondence concerning demolition of buildings in George Square, Edinburgh, 1976-7. 8. Correspondence with the Turner Society, 1983. 9. Papers relating to the Community of St Helens Trust, 1980. 10. Papers relating to JG’s General Election campaign of 1955. 11. Papers relating to election campaigns, 1974-9.

Box 16: Orkney and Shetland Bills/Local Government

BOX 16

1. Papers relating to the Orkney County Council Bill, (1974), and the Orkney Islands Council Provisional Order, (1981). 2. Papers, 1972-4, relating to the Zetland County Council Bill. 3. Memorandum of JG, n.d., on ‘Local Government’. Memorandum of JG, to the Montgomery Committee on Islands Councils, 29 July 1982.