| Description | Manuscript and typescript letters from various people including correspondence from Royalty, family, including children, political leaders, friends of family, etc., mainly to Ivy Chamberlain [nee Dundas; wife of Austen Chamberlain]; and miscellanea: cards, dried plants, illustrations, telegraphic correspondence, drafts of speeches, receipts, family memorabilia, etc.; some correspondence of others; contains correspondence in French and Italian; relating to domestic and family matters, political offices and activities of Austen Chamberlain, art exhibitions, Society of Art and Travel, charity organizations and events, publications, miscellaneous topics, poetry, etc.
Includes: /1-/2 Typescript notes of thanks from Queen Mary, 1921-1922; /3 Photograph with note from Queen Mary, 1926; /18-25 Card from Austen Chamberlain and letters mainly from family relating to engagement and marriage of Austen Chamberlain and Ivy Dundas, 1906; /31-/34 Manuscript and typewritten letters and card relating to First World War, including details of battle, illustration of parade, etc., 1915-1918; /35-/37 Letters of congratulation relating to Austen Chamberlain's appointment to War Cabinet, 1918; /45-/49 Letters of congratulation relating to Austen Chamberlain as Leader of the House, 1921; /50-/51 Letters relating to Irish Agreement, 1921; /60 Note of thanks from Prince Albert [King George VI], 1923; /60b Newspaper cutting relating to protest on behalf of Spain; /62-67 Letters mainly of congratulation relating to Locarno Conference, 1925; /71 Letter, in Italian, from Mussolini, 1927; /72-/73 telegraphic correspondence expressing thanks from Mussolini and his daughter, Edda, 1927; /74 Separate container holding souvenir stampbook and stamps [French and Italian], 1926; /81-/89 Letters and telegraphic correspondence of congratulation relating to Austen Chamberlain appointed First Lord of the Admiralty, including correspondence from Marconi, Mussolini, ambassadors, etc., 1931; /113 Cartoon of Austen Chamberlain |