Desmond Donnelly Papers, (GB 0210 DESLLY)
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Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Cymorth chwilio | Finding Aid - Desmond Donnelly Papers, (GB 0210 DESLLY) Cynhyrchir gan Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Generated by Access to Memory (AtoM) 2.3.0 Argraffwyd: Mai 06, 2017 Printed: May 06, 2017 Wrth lunio'r disgrifiad hwn dilynwyd canllawiau ANW a seiliwyd ar ISAD(G) Ail Argraffiad; rheolau AACR2; ac LCSH Description follows ANW guidelines based on ISAD(G) 2nd ed.;AACR2; and LCSH https://archifau.llyfrgell.cymru/index.php/desmond-donnelly-papers-2 archives.library .wales/index.php/desmond-donnelly-papers-2 Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Allt Penglais Aberystwyth Ceredigion United Kingdom SY23 3BU 01970 632 800 01970 615 709 [email protected] www.llgc.org.uk Desmond Donnelly Papers, Tabl cynnwys | Table of contents Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information .............................................................................................. 3 Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch ......................... 3 Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content .......................................................................................................... 4 Trefniant | Arrangement .................................................................................................................................. 4 Nodiadau | Notes ............................................................................................................................................. 4 Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points ............................................................................................................... 5 Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions ............................................................................................................ 5 A. vtls005164994 ISYSARCHB6, General correspondence to Desmond Donnelly, interspersed with carbon copies of letters from him,, 1950-1974. ....................................................................................................... 5 B. vtls005165015 ISYSARCHB6, Subject files,, 1917, 1946-1973. ........................................................... 7 C. vtls005165045 ISYSARCHB6, Personalia,, 1821, 1897-1919, 1941-1974. ......................................... 10 D. vtls005165061 ISYSARCHB6, Articles and speeches by Desmond Donnelly,, 1949-1973. ............... 11 E. vtls005165074 ISYSARCHB6, Miscellanea,, [c.1915-1977]. .............................................................. 12 F. vtls005165082 ISYSARCHB6, Press cuttings. The Desmond Donnelly Papers included a very large group of press cuttings and indeed (in some cases) copies ...,, 1921, 1946-1978. ..................................... 13 - Tudalen | Page 2 - GB 0210 DESLLY Desmond Donnelly Papers, Gwybodaeth grynodeb | Summary information Lleoliad | Repository: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Teitl | Title: Desmond Donnelly Papers, ID: GB 0210 DESLLY Virtua system control vtls003844120 number [alternative]: Project identifier ANW [alternative]: Dyddiad | Date: 1821-1978 (mainly 1941-1974) (accumulated 1941-1978) / (dyddiad creu | date of creation) Disgrifiad ffisegol | 0.562 cubic metres (21 boxes) Physical description: Lleoliad ffisegol | ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Physical location: Dyddiadau creu, golygu a dileu | Dates of creation, revision and deletion: Nodyn | Note Title supplied from contents of fonds. Some press cuttings and [generalNote]: letters postdate his death whilst he acquired a few items predating his life. Hanes gweinyddol / Braslun bywgraffyddol | Administrative history | Biographical sketch Nodyn | Note Desmond Louis Donnelly, MP, (1920-74), politician, was born in India. He was educated at the Bembridge School, Isle of Wight, and served in the Royal Air Force during World War Two. After the War, he contested various parliamentary seats, and was elected to the House of Commons as the Labour MP for Pembrokeshire in February 1950. Initially a follower of Aneurin Bevan, he later joined the Gaitskellite camp within the Labour Party. He travelled extensively in the Soviet Union, China and Eastern Europe. He developed an anti-Soviet stance and opposed the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. He supported the Common Market. He was critical of the 1964 Labour government, and eventually resigned the Labour whip and was expelled from the Labour Party. In 1967 he set up his own United Democratic Party, whose policies included abolition of the Welfare State, a form of national service and far-reaching changes to the tax system. His new party unsuccessfully contested five seats in the general Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 3 GB 0210 DESLLY Desmond Donnelly Papers, election of June 1970 and Donnelly was himself defeated in Pembrokeshire. He abandoned his new party, and joined the Conservative Party in 1971. He suffered severe clinical depression during the closing months of his life and was found dead on 4 April 1974. He was a prolific writer and among his works are The March Wind (1959) and Struggle for the World (London: Collins, 1965), and corresponded widely. He owned a notebook belonging to John Wynford Philipps, 1st Viscount St Davids (1860-1938), Liberal MP for Mid-Lanark, 1888-92, and Liberal MP for Pembrokeshire, 1898-1908, containing Pembrokeshire historical material. Natur a chynnwys | Scope and content General correspondence, 1950-74, to Desmond Donnelly and carbon copies of letters from him, including letters form Dean Acheson, Sir Anthony Eden and Sir Roy Welensky and other prominent British and international political figures; papers relating to various topics including Pembrokeshire politics and general elections, 1916-1968, Donnelly's foreign travels and international affairs, 1949-1972, his publications, 1958-1966, the United Democratic Party, 1969-1970; a scrapbook relating to the British Empire Cricket Team, diary extracts, papers and other personal material, 1941-1974; copies and drafts of articles and speeches by Donnelly, 1949-1973; and a large group of press cuttings, 1921, 1946-1978. There is also a scrapbook belonging to John Wynford Philipps, 1897-1908. Nodiadau | Notes Nodiadau teitl | Title notes Ffynhonnell | Immediate source of acquisition Deposited by his widow, Mrs Rosemary Donnelly, Fishguard, 1978. Trefniant | Arrangement Arranged into the following: general correspondence, subject files, personalia, articles and speeches, miscellanea, press cuttings. Cyfyngiadau ar fynediad | Restrictions on access Readers consulting modern papers in the National Library of Wales are required to sign the 'Modern papers - data protection' form. Amodau rheoli defnydd | Conditions governing use Usual copyright regulations apply. Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 4 GB 0210 DESLLY Desmond Donnelly Papers, Rhestrau cymorth | Finding aids A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. Disgrifiadau deunydd | Related material Further papers are Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department, AP 23/26; House of Lords Record Office: The Parliamentary Archives, BBK C/119; Welwyn Garden City Central Library, B50; and Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House, MSS Welensky (743/5-6, 744/1). Ychwanegiadau | Accruals Accruals are not expected. Nodiadau eraill | Other notes • Statws cyhoeddiad | Publication status: Published • Dynodwr sefydliad | Institution identifier: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Pwyntiau mynediad | Access points • British Empire Cricket Team. • United Democratic Party. • Donnelly, Desmond -- Archives. (pwnc) | (subject) • Philipps, John Wynford, Viscount St Davids, 1860-1938 (pwnc) | (subject) • Acheson, Dean, 1893-1971 (pwnc) | (subject) • Eden, Anthony, Earl of Avon, 1897-1977 (pwnc) | (subject) • Welensky, Roy, Sir, 1907- (pwnc) | (subject) • Political parties -- Wales -- Pembrokeshire. (pwnc) | (subject) • Pembrokeshire (Wales) (pwnc) | (subject) • Pembrokeshire (Wales) -- Politics and government (pwnc) | (subject) Disgrifiad cyfres | Series descriptions Cyfres | Series A. vtls005164994 ISYSARCHB6: General correspondence to Desmond Donnelly, interspersed with carbon copies of letters from him, Dyddiad | Date: 1950-1974. (dyddiad creu) | (date of creation) Lleoliad ffisegol | Physical location: ARCH/MSS (GB0210) Nodyn | Note: Llyfrgell Genedlaethol Cymru = The National Library of Wales Tudalen | Page 5 GB 0210 DESLLY Desmond Donnelly Papers, Preferred citation: A. Ffeil / rhestr eitemau | File / item list Cod cyfeirnod | Ref Teitl | Title Dyddiadau | Statws mynediad | Cynhwysydd | code Dates Access status Container A1-63. vtls005164995 File - The correspondents include Sir 1950-1954. A1-63. ISYSARCHB6 Hartley Shawcross (A1), Henry Brooke (A2), R. A. Butler, Lord Butler of Saffron Walden (A 27) ..., A64-180. File - The correspondents include 1955-1958. A64-180. vtls005164996 Clement Attlee (A65), Edward Heath ISYSARCHB6 (A72), Harold Macmillan (A74, 107, 118), R. A. Butler, Lord Butler of ..., A181-394. File - The correspondents include 1959. A181-394. vtls005164997 Clement Attlee, Earl Attlee (A181, 202), ISYSARCHB6 Hugh Gaitskell (A182, 260, 291), Ifor Davies (A185), Sir Hartley Shawcross ..., A395-554. File - The correspondents include Dingle 1960, Jan.-June. A395-554. vtls005164998 Foot (A395), Sir William Heyter (A396, ISYSARCHB6 498), Ralph Hammond Innes (A405, 465, 487, 501), Hugh