| Description | Incomplete sequence of indexed scrap albums relating to Joseph Chamberlain's political career, his death, and family affairs; they contain miscellaneous printed material, including press cuttings from local and national presses and journals, cartoons and illustrations, photographs, calling-cards, telegrams, correspondence to Joseph and Mary Chamberlain [nee Endicott, Carnegie, his third wife], and assorted memorabilia
Comprising /1 'Volume III', 1900-03. Includes invitation and programme for the coronation ceremony of King Edward VII at Westminster Abbey, 1902; /2 'Volume IV', 1903-04. Includes photographs and illustrations of Birmingham; /3 'Volume V', 1906 and 1905. Includes a programme for a concert organised by the Colonial Nursing Association, 21 February 1906, and an invitation to a banquet in honour of Viscount Milner at the Guildhall, May 24 1906; /4 'Volume VII', 1910-14. Includes an invitation to the coronation ceremony of King George V and Queen Mary at Westminster Abbey, 1912; /5 'Volume VIII', 1914. Includes correspondence to Mary Chamberlain on the death of Joseph Chamberlain; /6 [Volume IX] 1914-17. Includes telegrams relating to Joseph Chamberlain's death, memorial service booklets of associates of Mary Chamberlain, and printed editions of speeches made by Austen and Neville Chamberlain [sons of Joseph Chamberlain] |