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D Family Papers and Memorabilia
E Official Correspondence Files
F Official Papers
G General Political Files
H Conservative Party
J Constituency Papers
K Speeches and Articles
L Press Cuttings
M Ceremonial
N Photographs
P Funeral
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Papers of Richard Austen Butler (1902-1982), Baron Butler of Saffron Walden, politician

Title Speeches and Articles
Reference K
Covering Dates 1929–79
Extent and Medium 23 boxe
Trinity/RAB/K contains:
K1 Last sheet of speech notes (half a sentence), context unknown.
1 do.
n.d.
K2 Folder labelled 'Speeches'. Arranged by RAB under following heads: India, Agriculture, Foreign affairs, Constituency, Various functions.
1 fil.
1929–1939 and n.d.
K3 Speeches etc. Includes text of Constituency newsletters, broadcasts of 'The week in Westminster'. Not classified by subject. Some overlap with K2.
1 fil.
1931–1941
K4 'Speeches 1938'. Mainly foreign policy. Includes correspondence arranging meetings.
1 fil.
1938
K5 'Speeches and speech material 1940 ... Foreign Office'. Almost all deal with the progress of the war. Include statements in House of Commons and texts of speeches given by others.
1 fil.
n.d. and 1938–1940
K6 'Speeches in Parliament Oct-Dec 1938'. Extracts from Hansard, with list at front.
1 fil.
1938
K7 'Speeches ... in the House of Commons 1939 and others'. Extracts from Hansard with list. Also speeches on foreign policy, trade and general political situation.
1 fil.
1939
K8 'Speeches and speech material 1940-1941'. Includes broadcasts and material for Foreign Secretary's speech in House of Commons after German invasion of Russia.
1 fil.
1940–1941
K9 'Copies of speeches ... as President of Board of Education 1941', with lists (some speeches wanting).
1 fil.
1941
K10 'Copies of speeches ... as President of Board of Education 1942', with lists (some speeches wanting).
1 fil.
1942
K11 'Copies of speeches ... as President of Board of Education 1943', with list (some speeches wanting).
1 fil.
1943
K12 'Speeches and articles ... 1944', mainly education, list on folder.
1 fil.
1944
K13 'Religious education speeches'. Also copy of 1944 Education Act, odd notes and correspondence about education.
1 fil.
1944–1949
K14 'Articles for the press 1946-1949'. Includes constituency newsletters, articles for encyclopaedias, Conservative pamphlets etc., lectures, press cuttings and correspondence arising (in reverse date order).
1 fil.
1945–1951
K15 'Speeches and articles ... 1945', mainly education, with partial list.
1 fil.
1945
K16 'Copies of speeches ... as Minister of Labour and National Service', with list (some speeches wanting).
1 fil.
1945
K17 'Speeches and articles ... 1946', defence estimates, political education, with list.
1 fil.
1946
K18 'Speeches and articles ... 1947', mainly general political for constituency, with lists.
1 fil.
1947 and n.d.
K19 'Speeches and articles ... 1948', mainly general political and education. Includes copy of Return to greatness, Conservative Political Centre pamphlet by RAB. With list.
1 fil.
1948 and n.d.
K20 'Speeches and articles ... 1949', mainly general political, with partial list.
1 fil.
1949 and n.d.
K21 'Speeches and articles ... 1950', with list.
1 fil.
1950 and n.d.
K22 'Speeches and articles ... 1951', with list.
1 fil.
1951 and n.d.
K23 'Speeches and articles ... 1952', with list.
1 fil.
1952
K24 'Speeches as Chancellor of the Exchequer', lists, but not in date order.
1 fil.
1952–1955 and n.d.
K25 'Speeches and articles ... 1953', with list.
1 fil.
1953 and n.d.
K26 'Speeches and articles ... 1954', with list.
1 fil.
1954 and n.d.
K27 'Speeches and articles ... 1955', with partial list.
1 fil.
1955 and n.d.
K28 Notes for speech at Brentwood Grammar School speech day, July 1955, with notes used previously at similar functions.
1 fil.
1945–1955
K29 'Speeches and articles ... 1956', with list.
1 fil.
1956 and n.d.
K30 'Speeches 1956'. each in a separate folder, previously listed in roughly alphabetical order. Some overlap with K29.
42 file.
1955–1956
K31 'Crime and punishment speeches', includes White papers.
1 fil.
1956–1960
K32 'Speeches 1957'. including background material in individual folders, listed alphabetically.
23 file.
1957–1958
K33 'Speeches 1957', no list.
1 fil.
n.d. and 1957
K34 'Speeches 1958'. including background material, individual folders, listed alphabetically.
28 file.
1958
K35 'Speeches 1958', no list.
1 fil.
1958
K36 Two party political broadcasts, including background material.
1 fil.
1958
K37 'Speeches 1959', including background material, individual folders, lists alphabetically.
23 file.
1959
K38 'Speeches 1959', no list.
1 fil.
1959
K39 Note on liquor licensing and betting and gaming laws, for possible inclusion in a Morning Advertiser article.
1 fil.
1959
K40 'Speeches 1960', including background material, most in individual folders, listed alphabetically.
1 fil.
1960
K41 'Speeches 1960', no list.
1 fil.
1960
K42 'Speeches 1961', including some background material, listed alphabetically.
1 fil.
1960–1962
K43 Speeches, general political and some duplicates, and one Conservative Party pamphlet, no list.
1 fil.
1960–1965
K44 'Speeches 1961', no list.
1 fil.
1961
K45 'Speeches 1962', in individually labelled folders in date order, no list.
1 fil.
1962
K46 Geneva Disarmament Conference speech (printed extracts).
1 fil.
1964
K47 Speech notes and notes for press releases from General Election campaign 1964, mainly drafts and material used at more than one meeting.
1 fil.
1964
K48 Noel Buxton Lecture 'The Education Act of 1944 and after' given by RAB at the University of Essex.
1 fil.
1965
K49 Winston Churchill Memorial Lectures. Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture, Zurich; British Council Winston Churchill Memorial Lecture, Paris, 'Modern trends in education', with background material; background material for opening address to Cambridge Anglo-French Colloquy on European technology.
1 fil.
n.d. and 1967–1968
K50 Background material, drafts and text of 'The professional man in society', Gold Medal Lecture to Centenary Conference of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (1 folder).
1 fil.
1967–1968 and n.d.
K51 Lecture to Law Society 'The Home Office in modern times', background material and first draft only.
1 fil.
1967
K52 Text of Romanes Lecture, Oxford, 'The difficult art of autobiography'.
1 fil.
1967
K53 First P.D. Leake Lecture 'The responsibilities of education', July 1968, with background material, drafts, text as published.
1 fil.
1967–1968
K54 First and Second Arthur F. Yencken Lectures, Australian National University (24-25 March 1970),. 'Problems of diplomacy and foreign policy', with background material and drafts; Chairman's introduction to 1870 Education Act Commemorative Lectures.
1 fil.
1969–1970
K55 'Reviews published 1970-1975'. Book reviews by RAB for Hansom Books, The Spectator, the Cambridge Evening News etc., mainly of works of modern political history and biography.
1 fil.
1970–1975
K56 Azad Memorial Lecture, Delhi. 'Survival depends on Higher Education', March 1970. Text incomplete. Background material and drafts, including text of RAB's lecture on 'Trends in education since 1944' given to Association of Technical Institutions on 27 Feb 1969 and Report of the Education Commission [in India] 1964-6.
1 fil.
1968–1970
K57 Lecture on 'The Arts' given at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.
1 fil.
1979

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