| Description | Sequence of indexed volumes of press cuttings from national and local presses; five of the volumes largely relate to Joseph Chamberlain's career as an MP, President of the Board of Trade, and Secretary of State for the Colonies, and political matters of the time, particularly legislative reform (Education, Crime, and Merchant Shipping Bills), the Liberal Unionist Party, fiscal reform, and South Africa [JC34/1/1-5]; a sixth volume contains cuttings relating to Chamberlain's seventieth birthday celebrations [JC34/1/1/6]; several volumes are annotated with date and press details, and some contain printed editions of some of Joseph Chamberlain's speeches, and loose cuttings
/1 1888-1898; /2 1898-1906, includes printed edition of an address by Joseph Chamberlain; /3 1881-1902, includes a printed, draft scheme for old age pensions; /4 1900-1902; /5 1903-1914; /6 1906 |