Janus: The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG., OM., FRS.

Churchill/THCR 1 contains:
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2	Constituency papers
3	Personal correspondence, originals of selected in-letters received by Margaret Thatcher (almost exclusively dating from the period 1979-90)
4	Defence matters
5	Economic affairs
6	Education matters
7	Engagements material, including a large number of menu cards
8	European Community affairs
9	Family and personal memorabilia (which contains the vast majority of the material before 1970 in the entire collection)
10	Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders
11	General election papers
12	Home affairs
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The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG., OM., FRS.

Title	Engagements material, including a large number of menu cards
Reference	THCR 1/7
Extent and Medium	16 archive boxes

Access and Use

Papers generally open to the end of 1982, see class lists and online catalogue for further information. Later material is currently closed.

Churchill/THCR 1/7 contains:

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1971-73. Includes: menu for luncheon in honour of Governor (Ronald) Reagan of California and Mrs Reagan, 10 Downing Street, 17 July 1972.
1 bundle in folder.

July 1972

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1975-78. Includes items relating to: dinner given for Prime Minister (Pierre) Trudeau of Canada, 10 Downing Street, 12 March 1975 (includes seating plan); hand painted menu cards dating from MT's visit to China, April 1977; Whips' dinner (signed for MT by the individual whips), Garrick Club, London, 25 July 1977; and State banquet given for President Eanes of Portugal, Buckingham Palace, 14 November 1978 (includes seating plan).
1 bundle in folder.

1975–1978

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1979. Includes items relating to: visit to the UK by President of Kenya, Daniel arap Moi, including State banquet at Buckingham Palace, 12 June 1979 (with seating plan, and also his Christmas card to MT); visit to the UK by Hua Guofeng, Premier of China, 28 October-3 November 1979; State banquet for President Soeharto of Indonesia, Buckingham Palace, 13 November 1979 (including seating plan); copy of the menu for the European Council meeting, Strasbourg, France, 21 June 1979; and the programme for her dinner at the White House, Washington DC, USA, 17 December 1979. Also includes: programmes for funeral and memorial services for Airey Neave, Lord Mountbatten, Lady (Doreen) Brabourne, Nicholas Knatchbull, and Baroness Skrimshire; service to mark the 150th anniversary of the Metropolitan Police, Westminster Abbey, 29 May 1979; service to mark victory granted in the Battle of Britain, Westminster Abbey, 16 September 1979; handwritten notes by MT on a menu at a dinner in her honour hosted by Lincoln's Inn, London, 16 October 1979; and copy of Graham Hutton's, "Whatever happened to productivity?", tenth Wincott lecture, 31 October 1979.
1 folder.

June 1979-December 1979

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1980. Includes items relating to: dinner for MT given by the House of Commons' intake of 1959, 28 January 1980 (signed by intake); service for the enthronement of the new Archbishop of Canterbury, Rt Rev Robert Runcie, Canterbury Cathedral, 25 March 1980; dinner given by the President of the European Council, Luxembourg, 27 April 1980 (includes personal note passed to MT by 6th Lord (Peter) Carrington (Foreign Secretary) during the Luxembourg European Council meeting, 28 April 1980); programme for funeral of President Tito, 7-8 May 1980, Belgrade, Yugoslavia; dinner in honour of MT, Bute House, 4 July 1980 (includes seating plan); service sheet for the 80th birthday of the Queen Mother, St Paul's Cathedral, 15 July 1980; dinner given by Prime Minister and Mrs. George Rallis, Athens, 22 September 1980; lunch with President Mijatovic, Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 25 September 1980; National Society of Conservative and Unionist Agents' dinner, Hove, 8 October 1980; service sheet for Remembrance Sunday, Cenotaph, 9 November 1980; dinner in honour of the Queen Mother, No 10 Downing Street, 11 November 1980 (includes seating plan. See stray items in THCR 6/2/2/44 for guest list); State banquet in honour of the King and Queen of Nepal, Buckingham Palace, London, 18 November 1980, and return banquet, Claridge's, 20 November 1980 (including seating plans); lunch given by Grand Duke of Luxembourg, 1 December 1980; lunch at Anglo-Irish summit, Dublin Castle, 8 December 1980; and service for Woman's Own children of courage of awards, Westminster Abbey, 17 December 1980. Also includes memorial service booklet for Baroness (Evelyn) Emmet of Amberley, and Lord (William) Armstrong.
1 bundle in folder.

1980

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1981. Includes items relating to: dinner for Prime Minister Ramgoolam of Mauritius, No 10 Downing Street, 12 February 1981; dinner given by the Ross McWhirter Foundation, Skinners' Hall, London, 7 April 1981 (includes MT's handwritten speech notes and annotations on menu); MT's handwritten speech notes opening the GEC Sting-Ray factory, Neston, Cheshire, 10 April 1981; dinner on 10th anniversary of the Daily Mail as a tabloid, Claridge's, 1 May 1981 (includes MT's handwritten annotations on menu, and her handwritten speech notes and annotations); key to a photograph taken after lunch at Holyroodhouse, Edinburgh, 16 May 1981 [for photograph see THCR 8/2A/2]; State banquet in honour of King Khalid of Saudi Arabia, Buckingham Palace, 9 June 1981 (includes seating plan) and return banquet, Claridge's, 11 June 1981; Trooping the Colour programme, 13 June 1981; dinner for Prime Minister (Robert) Muldoon of New Zealand, No 10 Downing Street, 18 June 1981; dance at Windsor Castle, 19 June 1981; 30 Club dinner, Goldsmiths' Hall, London, 23 June 1981 (includes MT's handwritten speech notes and annotations on menu); dinner for American Vice President George HW Bush and Mrs Bush, No 10 Downing Street, 25 June 1981 (with MT's handwritten annotations on menu); Speaker's dinner in honour of MT, 13 July 1981 (includes seating plan and menu signed by the Speaker, George Thomas); Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall, 7 November 1981 (handwritten); service sheet for Remembrance Sunday, Cenotaph, 8 November 1981 (with MT's handwritten account of the occasion); dinner for Italian Prime Minister, Giovanni Spadolini, No 10 Downing Street, 9 November 1981; speech at Anglo-German summit lunch with Chancellor (Helmut) Schmidt, Bonn, Germany, 18 November 1981 (typescript with MT's handwritten annotations); dinner for Chairmen of museums and galleries, No 10 Downing Street, 30 November 1981 (includes seating plan); Speaker's dinner in the presence of the Prince and Princess of Wales, 1 December 1981 (includes seating plan); Centenary dinner of Shrewsbury Beaconsfield Conservative Club, Shrewsbury, 10 December 1981; and lunch given in honour of MT by Simone Veil, President of European Parliament, Strasbourg, 16 December 1981. Also includes memorial service booklet for Lord (Edward) Boyle of Handsworth.
1 bundle in folder.

1981

Menu cards and programmes collected by MT, 1982. Includes items relating to: luncheon with Dr Helmut Kohl, 25 January 1982 (briefing note with MT's handwritten annotations); luncheon for President (Hosni) Mubarak of Egypt, 6 February 1982 (speaking notes with MT's handwritten annotations); luncheon for the President of Cameroon, Ahmadou Ahidjo, 21 April 1982 (with briefing note); luncheon for the President of the Republic of Maldives, Maumoon Abdul Gayoom, 10 May 1982; luncheon for the Prime Minister of Jamaica, Hon Edward Seaga, 21 June 1982; and Royal Academy Centenary dinner, 11 November 1982. Also includes: guest lists for a luncheon in honour of the President of Spain, 8 January 1982, and a dinner in honour of MT given by the American Ambassador to the UK, John J. Louis, Jr., Winfield House, London, 21 January 1982.
1 bundle in folder.

January 1982-November 1982

7-22

Currently closed, date from after 1982.

List of guests staying at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Scotland, 15 May 1981.
1 item in folder.

May 1981

23A

Papers relating to "misc dinners", 1981. Includes: lists of guests for a luncheon at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, Scotland, on 16 May 1981 and various dinners for Heads of state, 28 & 30 July 1981, and for French President Mitterrand, 10 September 1981.
1 bundle in folder.

1981

Papers relating to the re-opening of Wesley's House, City Road, London, 24 May 1981. Includes: MT's handwritten speaking notes; and correspondence with George Thomas MP (Speaker, House of Commons), Ronald Gibbins (Minister, Wesley's House), Dr Kenneth Greet (President and Secretary, Methodist Church Conference) and Joe Hale (General Secretary, World Methodist Council).
1 bundle in folder.

May 1981

Letter to 'J. [Joy] Robilliard (MT's Parliamentary Constituency Secretary)' from Pardes House School, Finchley, London, relating to MT's forthcoming visit there on 26 June 1981, 19 June 1981.
1 item in folder.

June 1981

Papers relating to the marriage of HRH Prince Charles and Diana Spencer, St Paul's Cathedral, London, and a luncheon at the Bank of England, 29 July 1981. Includes: list of guests attending the luncheon at the Bank of England.
1 bundle in folder.

July 1981

27-28

Currently closed.

Papers relating to the Lord Mayor's Banquet, Guildhall, London, 16 November 1981. Includes: MT's speaking notes with her handwritten annotations; also includes list of guests seated on the "top table".
1 bundle in folder.

November 1981

Papers relating to MT's visit to her old school, Kesteven and Grantham Girls' School, Grantham, Lincolnshire, 12 February 1982. Includes: MT's handwritten annotations on her response to a speech introdcung her.
1 bundle in folder.

February 1982

Papers relating to the unveiling of Leonard Boden's portrait of MT at the Carlton Club, London, 10 March 1982. Includes: MT's handwritten speaking points; and background information on the Carlton Club.
1 bundle in folder.

March 1982

Papers relating to a luncheon for the Queen Mother (30 May 1982), Trooping the Colour (12 June 1982), the Royal Tournament, Earl's Court, London (24 July 1982) and annual remembrance parade, Cenotaph, Whitehall, London (14 November 1982).
1 bundle in folder.

May 1982-November 1982

List of Prime Ministerial engagements, week beginning Tuesday 2nd November 1982. Part 2, engaments for the year beginning Monday 15th November 1982 currently closed.
1 bundle in folder.

November 1982-Novmeber 1982

Official programmes of the Festival of Remembrance, Royal Albert Hall, London, 13 November 1982.
1 bundle in folder.

November 1982