| Description | Correspondence of Joseph Chamberlain [Rt. Hon. Joseph Austen; father of Austen Chamberlain]; including typescript letter to [Reginald Baliol] Brett [2nd Viscount Esher; MP; Secretary to HM Office of Works, 1895-1902] relating to Jameson Raid, 1 Feb, 1896; copy of a letter to Henry Broadhurst [MP] relating to control of "foreign policy in a democracy in time of emergency", 6 Apr, 1885, from a press cutting dated 10 Jun, 1933; manuscript letter to Clara Chamberlain [paternal aunt of Austen Chamberlain] relating to visit to Windsor on Joseph Chamberlain's appointment as President of Board of Trade, 4 May, 1880; typescript letter to his father from Arthur James Balfour [1st Earl of Balfour; Prime Minister, 1902-1905, and various other political offices] relating to Irish Home rule and other topics, 1886; correspondence relating to coronation of Edward VII, 1902; correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and [M. Callum], 1903-1906; correspondence, some in French, between Joseph Chamberlain and Perrault [Commissioner Royale des Transport], 1905; correspondence with Andrew Carnegie [philanthropist and manufacturer], 1906; correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and [Lord Grey], 1906; typescript [copy] from Prime Minister of Natal to [Charles J. Smythe]; relating to extension of term for governor, 1906; typescript memoranda; relating to retirement from politics with reference made to Joseph Chamberlain; Boer identity card, 1901; related correspondence, circa 1912; miscellaneous correspondence |