| Description | Correspondence and copy correspondence between Joseph Chamberlain and Dr Robert William Dale [Congregational Minister, historian and author]; /1-25 comprises correspondence from Dale to Chamberlain, and /28-80 comprises correspondence from Chamberlain to Dale, the correspondence is arranged chronologically within these sequences; it relates to Birmingham Non-Conformist matters; general political affairs including legislative reform [Technical Instruction, Bishoprics and Employers' Liability Bills], Irish affairs, the Liberal Party and William Gladstone's leadership, and education; foreign affairs including the Russian/Turkish conflict, Egypt and the Transvaal Crisis; and the development of Joseph Chamberlain's political career; with correspondence from Alfred Dale [son of Dr Robert William Dale] to John Wilson [Private Sec.to Rt Hon. Sir Joseph Austen Chamberlain, 1914-1934] relating to enclosure of his father's correspondence
Including /2 Letter from Dr Robert William Dale relating to petition of the Birmingham Temperance Union for Sunday closing, 1880; /4-5 Correspondence from Dr Robert William Dale relating to general current affairs, including South Africa, Egypt and merchant shipping legislation, 1884; /7-9 Correspondence from Dr Robert William Dale relating to foreign affairs including Afghanistan and Russia, 1885; /13 Letter from Dr Robert William Dale relating to proposed 'Liberation meeting' of the Central Non-Conformist Committee and request for Joseph Chamberlain to take the chair, 1886; /15-17 Correspondence from Dr Robert William Dale relating to current affairs, including the 'Irish Question', free schools, and the Technical Instruction Bill, 1887-1888; /24-25 Correspondence from Dr Robert William Dale relating to the [Birmingham] Bishopric Bill, and the Places of Worship Enfranchisment Bill, 1892-1893; /32 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to current Parliamentary affairs including the plans of John Bright [MP] for an Irish university, 1879; /33 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain on his appointment to the Presidency of the Board of Trade, 1880; /41 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to the affairs of a London missionary society in the Transvaal, 1882; /55-56 Correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to differences of opinion between himself and William Gladstone [Prime Miniser, 1886], 1886; /58 Letter from Joseph Chamberlain relating to a meeting of the Non-Conformist Committee, William Gladstone, and the state of the Liberal Party, 1886; /63-64 Correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to his disillusionment with politics, 1887; /74-75 Correspondence from Joseph Chamberlain relating to Non-Conformism and its attitude towards education, 1891 |