MacDonald, James Ramsay, (1866-1937), statesman

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Surname:	MacDonald
Forenames:	James Ramsay
Gender:	Male
Date:	1866-1937
History:	James Ramsay MacDonald was appointed Prime Minister and Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs on 23 Jan 1924. Prime Minister in the National Government, 1931-1935.
Biography:	ODNB link for MacDonald, James Ramsay (1866-1937), statesman
References:	DNB; NCA Rules
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P274860 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P161433 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for James Ramsay MacDonald

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	1793-1937: James Ramsay MacDonald and predecessors and successors: Papers	The National Archives, Kew	PRO 30/69
2	1913-1928: Lady Margaret Sackville: private correspondence received from James Ramsay MacDonald	The National Archives, Kew	RW 1
3	MacDonald, James Ramsay
4	1868-1937: corresp and papers	The National Archives	PRO 30/69	See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
5	1893-1937: corresp and papers	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	RMD	NRA 42560 See Bulletin vol 72 no 2 (summer 1990) pp101-20
6	corresp and papers	Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)	LP/MAC	NRA 14863 See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
7	1896-1923: misc corresp and papers	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	MACDONALD	NRA 7529 Macdonald See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
8	1929-1937: Cabinet corresp and papers	The National Archives	CAB 127/282-95
9	albums (6) of letters of condolence on his wife's death, misc letters and papers	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11180	See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
10	1910-1919: originals of political articles by him (1910, 1919)	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.11026	See Annual Return 1994
11	corresp and papers rel to the ILP	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	BLPES/ILP/Sections 4 passim; 6/7	NRA 42988
12	1931: corresp with Lord Beaverbrook	Parliamentary Archives	BBK C/231	NRA 19284 Aitken
13	letters to Herbert Bryan	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	COLL MISC 0314	NRA 11569
14	1923-34: corresp with Lord Cecil	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 51081
15	1912-13: corresp with Francis Ernest Colenso	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Afr s 1291
16	1923-32: corresp with Lord D'Abernon	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 48926-31
17	1912-29: corresp with WH Dawson	University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections	WHD	NRA 14020
18	1924-32: corresp with Earl of Derby	Liverpool Record Office	920 DER	NRA 20761
19	1924-1937: letters to John Drinkwater	Yale University Libraries: Beinecke Library	GEN MSS 234
20	1888-1912: corresp with the Fabian Society	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	Fabian Soc	NRA 16800
21	corresp with J Bruce Glasier	University of Liverpool: Special Collections and Archives		NRA 25263
22	1929-37: letters (43) to Seton Gordon	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.5640
23	1912-35: letters (26) to Sir Alexander Grant	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.25274	See Hazlehurst, Whitehead & Woodland, Guide to the papers of British cabinet ministers 1900-1964, 1996
24	1924-31: corresp with HA Gwynne	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	Gwynne MSS	See Chris Cook, Sources in British political history 1900-1951 vol 5 1978
25	1923-37: corresp with Lord Haldane	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.5916-6038
26	corresp with Sir Samuel Hoare	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Templewood Papers	NRA 42205 Hoare
27	1924-34: letters to Lord Howard of Penrith	Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle	DHW	NRA 23774 Howard
28	letters to William John	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	COLL MISC 0686	NRA 28876 BLPES misc
29	c1895-1938: corresp with Bailie George Kerr of Glasgow	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Acc.13461	See Annual Return 2013
30	1914-31: letters to the Leeson family	Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for	DE5756	NRA 6263 Leics RO misc
31	1912-37: letters (10) to Otto Kyllmann	Queens University, Belfast	HWP	NRA 33865
32	1911-1937: letters (13) to James Leatham	Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre	MS 2776	NRA 18292
33	1909-37: letters (26) to David Lloyd George	Parliamentary Archives	LG	NRA 15700
34	1930-35: corresp with Lloyd George	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	MS 22529	NRA 35199 Lloyd George
35	1924-36: letters to Lord Londonderry	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3099	NRA 19803 Stewart
36	1924-37: corresp with Lady Londonderry	Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI)	D3099/3/20	NRA 19803 Stewart
37	1925-35: corresp with Lord Lothian	National Records of Scotland (formerly National Archives of Scotland)	GD40	NRA 10737 Kerr
38	1924-37: letters (96) to HP Macmillan	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.25260-25273	NRA 29056
39	1910-37: corresp with Albert Mansbridge	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 65253
40	1905-29: letters to Edith Marvin	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng lett c 257-68, d 248-65, e 104-10; misc b 95, f 398	NRA 12562 Marvin
41	1923-24: corresp with HW Massingham	Norfolk Record Office	MC 41	NRA 30025
42	corresp mainly with JM Middleton	Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)		NRA 27385 See Transferred from Ruskin College
43	1906-24: corresp with ED Morel	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections	MOREL/F8/106	NRA 7532 Morel
44	1900-34: corresp with Gilbert Murray	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Gilbert Murray	NRA 16865
45	1913-31: letters to T Nodin	London University: London School of Economics Library, Archives and Special Collections		See Accessions to Repositories 1964
46	letters to Karl Pearson	UCL: University College London (UCL) Special Collections	PEARSON	NRA 18115 Pearson
47	1924: official corresp with Sir Eric Phipps (126pp)	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	PHPP	NRA 19701
48	1917-31: corresp with Lord Ponsonby	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng hist a 20, c 561-85, d 363	NRA 18634
49	1924-32: corresp with Sir Horace Rumbold	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Rumbold	NRA 22147
50	letters to Sir William Rothenstein	Harvard University: Houghton Library		See NUC MS 82-665
51	1907-34: corresp with Walter Runciman	Newcastle University: Special Collections	WR	NRA 13873
52	1894-97, 1929-31: corresp with Herbert Samuel, memoranda	Parliamentary Archives	SAM	NRA 11187
53	1930-35: corresp with Lord Sankey	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Eng hist a 19, c 502-56, 588, d 313-40, e 242-303, f 21-25	NRA 17016
54	1914-29: corresp with CP Scott (22 items)	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Guardian archives	NRA 18162 Guardian
55	corresp with C. Jim Simmons	Birmingham: Archives, Heritage and Photography Service	p39 AF335.0942	NRA 32385 See Accessions to Repositories 1980
56	1928-35: corresp with Lord Simon	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Simon	NRA 24981
57	1923-26: corresp with John St Loe Strachey	Parliamentary Archives	STR	NRA 19285
58	1923-37: corresp with JH Thomas	Kent History and Library Centre	U1625	NRA 15918
59	1908-31: corresp with CP Trevelyan	Newcastle University: Special Collections	CPT	NRA 12238 Trevelyan
60	1930-1934: letters to RG Vansittart	Cambridge University: Churchill Archives Centre	VNST	NRA 14622 Vansittart
61	1919-35: corresp with 1st Viscount Weir	Glasgow University Archive Services	DC 096	NRA 26835
62	c1923-37: letters to James Welsh MP	Collection held privately: enquiries to National Register of Archives for Scotland	NRAS768	NRA 17540 Welsh
63	1932-34: letters (11) to Hilton Young	Cambridge University Library: Department of Manuscripts and University Archives	Kennet	NRA 12509 Young
64	1928-37: corresp with Sir Alfred Zimmern	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MSS Zimmern	NRA 16869
65	1923-24: corresp (2 vols)	The National Archives	FO 800
66	1894-1935: misc corresp and tribute to T Hardy	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS.25274-25275
67	letters	The Story Durham (formerly Durham County Record Office)		See Accessions to Repositories 1966
68	1933-34: corresp rel to Codex Sinaiticus	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MSS 68923-9
69	1904-36: misc corresp mainly with Sir Patrick Geddes	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MSS 9657, 9863, 10400, 10518-10993 Passim

Related record creators
	Record creator	Description of relationship	Dates	Category of relationship
1	MacDonald, Ishbel Allan, (1903-1982), member of London County Council, and official hostess to Ramsey MacDonald	father and daughter	1903-1937	Family