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Family papersHALIFAX/A

Grey family papersHALIFAX/A1

Wood family, personal papersHALIFAX/A2

The Reverend Doctor Henry Wood DDHALIFAX/A2/1

Sir Francis Wood, 1st BaronetHALIFAX/A2/2

Richard Ingram, 5th Viscount IrwinHALIFAX/A2/3

Henry Ingram, 7th Viscount IrwinHALIFAX/A2/3A

Captain Charles Wood R.NHALIFAX/A2/4

Caroline WoodHALIFAX/A2/6

Anne, Lady WoodHALIFAX/A2/7

Sir Francis L Wood, 2nd Baronet: Letters from his Uncles and AuntsHALIFAX/A2/8

Sir Francis L Wood, 2nd BaronetHALIFAX/A2/9-41

Samuel Francis WoodHALIFAX/A2/42

Sir Charles Wood, 1st Viscount HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/43-100

Lady Mary WoodHALIFAX/A2/101

Admiral Sir Charles Richardson, R.NHALIFAX/A2/102

Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/115-171

Charles Wood, 2nd Viscount Halifax, and Lady Agnes WoodHALIFAX/A2/216-222

Lady Agnes WoodHALIFAX/A2/266

Emily Charlotte Wood Meynell-IngramHALIFAX/A2/267

Francis Lindley Wood, R.NHALIFAX/A2/268

Henry John Lindley WoodHALIFAX/A2/269

Frederick L. WoodHALIFAX/A2/270

Alice Wood (Mrs Dundas)HALIFAX/A2/271

Edith Wood (Mrs Lowry-Corry)HALIFAX/A2/272

Charles Reginald WoodHALIFAX/A2/273

Mary Wood (Mrs Sutton)HALIFAX/A2/274

Francis Hugh WoodHALIFAX/A2/275

Agnes Wood (Mrs Lane Fox, Lady Bingley)HALIFAX/A2/276

Henry Paul WoodHALIFAX/A2/277

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278

Letters from his father, 2nd Viscount HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/1

Letters from his mother, Lady Agnes WoodHALIFAX/A2/278/2

A letter, no date, from his brother, Charles Reginald WoodHALIFAX/A2/278/3

Letters from his sister, Mary Wood SuttonHALIFAX/A2/278/4

Letters from his brother, Francis Hugh WoodHALIFAX/A2/278/5

Letters from his sister, Agnes Wood Lane Fox; Lady BingleyHALIFAX/A2/278/6

Letters from nephews and niecesHALIFAX/A2/278/10

Letters from relations and friends on his gaining a First Class in the final Honours School of History at OxfordHALIFAX/A2/278/11

Letters on his gaining a Fellowship at All Souls, OxfordHALIFAX/A2/278/12

Letters from relations and friends on his engagement to Lady Dorothy OnslowHALIFAX/A2/278/13

Letters from uncles and auntsHALIFAX/A2/278/14

Letters from cousinsHALIFAX/A2/278/15

Letters from Ludovic Heathcoat AmoryHALIFAX/A2/278/16

Letters from servants of the familyHALIFAX/A2/278/17

Letters about Lady HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/18

Typescript "Correspondence of Mr W, Withers, Fellow of Christ's College, Cambridge, with Miss Jane Buck of Rotherham, Yorkshire, and her brother Mr William Buck". 1742-1746HALIFAX/A2/278/19

A copy of a letter from Sarah, Lady Lyttelton to her grand-daughters May and Lavinia LytteltonHALIFAX/A2/278/20

Letters and Telegrams on his appointment as Viceroy of IndiaHALIFAX/A2/278/21

Documents about his book Fulness of DaysHALIFAX/A2/278/22

Letters from various people at the time of his leaving India, and at his arrival in EnglandHALIFAX/A2/278/23

Letters and telegrams received on his admission to the Order of the GarterHALIFAX/A2/278/24

Letters written by various friends and relations to 2nd Viscount Halifax, on the appointment of Lord Irwin as Viceroy of IndiaHALIFAX/A2/278/25

Letters from His Majesty King George VIHALIFAX/A2/278/26

Letters from Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth Consort of King George VIHALIFAX/A2/278/26A

Letters from Felix Frankfurter Mr Justice Frankfurter The Presidential election of 1948HALIFAX/A2/278/27

Letters from the Hon. Huia Onslow, Nurse E. Johnson and Edward, 8th Earl of SandwichHALIFAX/A2/278/28

Letters to his children, Charles, Peter, and Anne, while he was Viceroy of IndiaHALIFAX/A2/278/29

Letters from Queen Mary, consort of King George VHALIFAX/A2/278/30

Letters from his father, 2nd Viscount Halifax, about his testamentary dispositionsHALIFAX/A2/278/31

Letters of condolence on the death of the 2nd Viscount HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/32

Typescript list of gifts and bequests to various people after the 2nd Viscount's death from among his personal possessionsHALIFAX/A2/278/33

Memorandum by the 1st Earl of two observations made by his father in the course of an argument over rations and rules in the First World WarHALIFAX/A2/278/34

Notebook containing record of purchase of hunting horsesHALIFAX/A2/278/35

Letter from Princess Marina, Duchess of KentHALIFAX/A2/278/36

Correspondence from Gerald Halsey RevHALIFAX/A2/278/37

Correspondence from Susan Harris of HickletonHALIFAX/A2/278/38

Correspondence from Charles FisherHALIFAX/A2/278/39

Correspondence from Louis EgertonHALIFAX/A2/278/40

Correspondence from John Bailey of HickletonHALIFAX/A2/278/41

Correspondence from Rt.Hon.G.W. RussellHALIFAX/A2/278/42

Correspondence from Edward Smith of HickletonHALIFAX/A2/278/43

Correspondence from H.H. ShoreHALIFAX/A2/278/44

Correspondence from William, Viscount LewishamHALIFAX/A2/278/45

Correspondence from Mark R. Carpenter Garnier BishopHALIFAX/A2/278/46

Correspondence from Sir Walter R.Buchanan Riddell, BartHALIFAX/A2/278/47

Correspondence from John Farrer Temple NewsamHALIFAX/A2/278/48

Correspondence from Lord William PercyHALIFAX/A2/278/49

Correspondence from Cosmo Gordon Lang ArchbishopHALIFAX/A2/278/50

Correspondence from Edward TalbotHALIFAX/A2/278/51

Correspondence from Thomas Wortley Drury, Bishop of RiponHALIFAX/A2/278/52

Correspondence from J. S. SandarsHALIFAX/A2/278/53

Correspondence from Geoffrey Robinson Dawson of The Times newspaperHALIFAX/A2/278/54

Correspondence from Canon J. WyldeHALIFAX/A2/278/55

Correspondence from Hereward WakeHALIFAX/A2/278/56

Correspondence from Nicholas Lawford, Foreign OfficeHALIFAX/A2/278/57

Correspondence from Sir Charles PeakeHALIFAX/A2/278/58

Correspondence from Sir William StephensonHALIFAX/A2/278/59

Correspondence from Captain Douglas Fairbanks, U.S. NavyHALIFAX/A2/278/60

Correspondence from Mrs Eliot CrossHALIFAX/A2/278/61

Correspondence from Canon S.L. OllardHALIFAX/A2/278/62

Correspondence from Sir John Ramsden, bartHALIFAX/A2/278/63

Correspondence from 5th Marquess of SalisburyHALIFAX/A2/278/64

Correspondence from Francis Paget, Bishop of OxfordHALIFAX/A2/278/65

Correspondence from Sir L. Amherst Selby BiggeHALIFAX/A2/278/66

Correspondence from Jean Guitton 1948-1950HALIFAX/A2/278/67

Correspondence from Jacques ChevalierHALIFAX/A2/278/68

Correspondence from Bishop Charles GoreHALIFAX/A2/278/69

Correspondence from General Arthur LloydHALIFAX/A2/278/70

Correspondence from Rev. Humphrey WhitbyHALIFAX/A2/278/71

Correspondence from Major J.G. LockhartHALIFAX/A2/278/72

Correspondence from Lord Hugh Cecil, Viscount QuickswoodHALIFAX/A2/278/73

Correspondence from Lord Robert Cecil of ChelwoodHALIFAX/A2/278/74

Correspondence from Miss Irene Boyle, U.S.AHALIFAX/A2/278/75

Correspondence from John Wheeler-BennettHALIFAX/A2/278/76

Correspondence from Mrs Randall DavidsonHALIFAX/A2/278/77

Correspondence from Lord ElphinstoneHALIFAX/A2/278/78

Correspondence from 2nd Earl HaigHALIFAX/A2/278/79

Correspondence from C.J. de B. SheringhamHALIFAX/A2/278/80

Correspondence from Ava, Viscountess WaverleyHALIFAX/A2/278/81

Correspondence from Patricia, Lady HambledenHALIFAX/A2/278/82

Correspondence from the Reverend F.E.P.S. LangtonHALIFAX/A2/278/83

Correspondence from Sir George Cunningham who was Private Secretary to Lord Irwin as ViceroyHALIFAX/A2/278/84

Correspondence from Major-General Sir C.O.Harvey who was Military Secretary to Lord Irwin as ViceroyHALIFAX/A2/278/85

Correspondence from Sir Alvary GascoigneHALIFAX/A2/278/86

Correspondence from Mrs Ludovic Heathcoat AmoryHALIFAX/A2/278/87

Correspondence from Harry S.TrumanHALIFAX/A2/278/88

Correspondence from 8th Duke of NorthumberlandHALIFAX/A2/278/89

Correspondence from Lionel CurtisHALIFAX/A2/278/90

Correspondence with 1st Viscount Templewood about the effort made towards the federation of India before the Second World WarHALIFAX/A2/278/91

Correspondence from Sir Dougal MalcolmHALIFAX/A2/278/92

Correspondence with The Reverend Professor Norman SykesHALIFAX/A2/278/93

Correspondence from William Temple, Archbishop of YorkHALIFAX/A2/278/94

Correspondence from Sir Charles ClayHALIFAX/A2/278/95

Correspondence from Professor G.M. YoungHALIFAX/A2/278/96

Correspondence with G.M. Young and with the Director of the National Portrait GalleryHALIFAX/A2/278/97

Correspondence from Margaret Crawford Halifax's GodmotherHALIFAX/A2/278/98

Correspondence from Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of YorkHALIFAX/A2/278/99

Correspondence from the Archbishop of Malines, Cardinal MercierHALIFAX/A2/278/100

CorrespondenceHALIFAX/A2/278/101

Letter from Bishop of OxfordHALIFAX/A2/278/102

Correspondence concerning a letter drafted by Lord Halifax to be sent to the Church TimesHALIFAX/A2/278/103

Typescript with MS correctionsHALIFAX/A2/278/104

Correspondence with Lady Alexandra MetcalfeHALIFAX/A2/278/105

Correspondence with the Sister in Charge, School of Embroidery of The Sisters of Bethany, LondonHALIFAX/A2/278/106

Correspondence with Lord Strong re Neville ChamberlainHALIFAX/A2/278/107

Letter to Lord Lloyd about Lloyd's father's papersHALIFAX/A2/278/108

Letter from Norman Smedley, curator of Doncaster Art Gallery and MuseumHALIFAX/A2/278/109

Letter to Westminster Bank, Sloan Street, London, authorising withdrawal of articles by Halifax's wifeHALIFAX/A2/278/110

Correspondence about items held at Westminster Bank, Leeds and Doncaster branchesHALIFAX/A2/278/111

Correspondence with James GunnHALIFAX/A2/278/112

Farndale HuntHALIFAX/A2/278/113

Correspondence concerning Pewter Table Mats for Lord FevershamHALIFAX/A2/278/114

Photographs, copy account, and correspondenceHALIFAX/A2/278/115

Letter concerning a silver teapot bequeathed to Halifax by Charlotte Emma Dent WilsonHALIFAX/A2/278/116

Correspondence concerning Hearing AidHALIFAX/A2/278/117

Correspondence concerning Halifax's hip operationHALIFAX/A2/278/118

Hospital account concerning accidentHALIFAX/A2/278/119

Car materialHALIFAX/A2/278/120

Grillions Club Membership ListHALIFAX/A2/278/121

Invitation to dine with 'The Club' at the Charing Cross HotelHALIFAX/A2/278/122

Letter from C.T. Houghton, of the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries to Edward WoodHALIFAX/A2/278/123

Correspondence in the case of Miss Maggie Burridge of Bovey Tracey, and the provision of a cottage at St Mary's for herself, her parents and her sonHALIFAX/A2/278/124

Correspondence about continued allowance to Mrs Leather after the death of her husband Mr G.H.LeatherHALIFAX/A2/278/125

Correspondence concerning payments to Miss Taylor whose relatives had been Head Gardeners at Temple NewsamHALIFAX/A2/278/126

Correspondence concerning £100 gift to Canon Hurst, rector of Kirby UnderdaleHALIFAX/A2/278/127

Correspondence with Lorna RobertsonHALIFAX/A2/278/128

Correspondence with the Commonwealth Relations Office Lord Salisbury and othersHALIFAX/A2/278/129

Correspondence with W.L. Stone concerning £36 loan and his non-paymentHALIFAX/A2/278/130

Correspondence with Dorothy Riddell wife of Walter, a friend of Halifax, about a loanHALIFAX/A2/278/131

Correspondence with Rev.Fr.Brodie about the possibility of Mrs James a very remote cousin going into a homeHALIFAX/A2/278/132

Correspondence with Stanley Spofforth, chartered accountant, of Messrs Spofforth & PrinceHALIFAX/A2/278/133

Expenditure re journey to Madeira includes account from Thos.Cook & Son LtdHALIFAX/A2/278/134

Correspondence with Lee about loan to Harrogate Antique Dealers FairHALIFAX/A2/278/135

Father E.K. Talbot 'Death material's'HALIFAX/A2/278/136

Correspondence concerning share holdings in British Smokeless & Oil Fuels LtdHALIFAX/A2/278/138

Note naming 3 busts given to Doncaster MuseumHALIFAX/A2/278/139

Correspondence about assistance in obtaining a library post for Z.H.ZoberiHALIFAX/A2/278/140

Documents concerning the affairs of Thomas Bradford & Co.Ltd., makers of washing machinesHALIFAX/A2/278/141

Correspondence with Stanley Brown, clerk of Pocklington Rural District CouncilHALIFAX/A2/278/142

Correspondence with Sir Gilbert Laithwaite, Commonwealth Relations OfficeHALIFAX/A2/278/143

Correspondence with a Liverpool undergraduate about Halifax's time as Secretary of StateHALIFAX/A2/278/144

Shakespeare's Seven Ages, etched by E.Goodall, after original designs, by Daniel Maclise R.AHALIFAX/A2/278/145

Documents concerning Brampton Bierlow, the Ellis Church of England School, Wath upon DearneHALIFAX/A2/278/146

Papers concerning Pocklington SchoolHALIFAX/A2/278/147

Queen Ethelburga's School, HarrogateHALIFAX/A2/278/148

Papers concerning the Woodard SocietyHALIFAX/A2/278/149

Medici Society subscription with terms and conditionsHALIFAX/A2/278/150

Lord Halifax's underwriting and membership of LloydsHALIFAX/A2/278/151

St Raphael's House of Charity, Bristol - Schedule of Deeds and SecuritiesHALIFAX/A2/278/152

Correspondence re St Margaret's, IlkleyHALIFAX/A2/278/153

Correspondence re the proposed transfer of the patronage of certain churches to St Chad's College, DurhamHALIFAX/A2/278/154

Correspondence re transfer of patronage St Margaret's, LiverpoolHALIFAX/A2/278/155

Correspondence re St John the Divine, KensingtonHALIFAX/A2/278/156

Correspondence concerning the Society of the Holy and undivided Trinity The Convent of the Holy TrinityHALIFAX/A2/278/157

Papers concerning St Catherine's, Cumberland LodgeHALIFAX/A2/278/158

Documents concerning Lord Halifax's covenanted subscription to the English Place Name SocietyHALIFAX/A2/278/159

Letter from G.W.Rawling, Secretary, Fridaythorpe Association Football ClubHALIFAX/A2/278/160

Correspondence concerning the Church UnionHALIFAX/A2/278/161

Correspondence about future of St Saviour's, Leeds, now that the Home and Orphanage will not be carried onHALIFAX/A2/278/162

Letter and report from St Edward's House; note about Committee electionHALIFAX/A2/278/163

Papers concerning Westminster AbbeyHALIFAX/A2/278/164

Correspondence concerning The Holy Paraclete OrderHALIFAX/A2/278/165

Lancing College Chapel Appeal/Centenary FundHALIFAX/A2/278/166

Correspondence concerning the British LegionHALIFAX/A2/278/167

Correspondence re St Aidan's, Small Heath, BirminghamHALIFAX/A2/278/168

Correspondence with J.Foster Beaver and J.P.Knight of the Bradford Civic SocietyHALIFAX/A2/278/169

Liddon House correspondence - re Appeal FundHALIFAX/A2/278/170

Canon Collins of 'Christian Action'HALIFAX/A2/278/171

The Imperial Cancer Research FundHALIFAX/A2/278/172

Correspondence concerning the Yorkshire DragoonsHALIFAX/A2/278/173

Letter about Spiritual Aid FundHALIFAX/A2/278/174

Correspondence with the Hon. Secretary, Doncaster Civic Trust Miss C.E. CloughHALIFAX/A2/278/175

Correspondence with James Griffith M.P. Colonial OfficeHALIFAX/A2/278/176

Toynbee Hall MaterialHALIFAX/A2/278/177

Letter re sisters' Trust and Lord Mayor's National Thanksgiving FundHALIFAX/A2/278/178

Correspondence about friends of Commonwealth Society with KhambattaHALIFAX/A2/278/179

Correspondence about 'Friends of Atlantic Union' Association with S.G. WarburgHALIFAX/A2/278/180

Correspondence with Sir Frederick James, Chairman, Asia Christian Colleges AssociationHALIFAX/A2/278/181

Letter from the Secretary, The Building Societies Association C. G. Garratt-Holden Halifax's Presidency of the AssociationHALIFAX/A2/278/182

Correspondence with W.H.Brigham, Chairman, Bishop Wilton Men's InstituteHALIFAX/A2/278/183

Correspondence about the transfer of the Patronage of Little Witterham, Berks., to the Diocesan Board of PatronageHALIFAX/A2/278/184

Correspondence concerning St Anne's Charity, Bridlington, over proposed convalescent homeHALIFAX/A2/278/185

Financial accounts of St Mary the Virgin, Bourne St, S.W.1HALIFAX/A2/278/186

Correspondence concerning Student Movement House AppealHALIFAX/A2/278/187

Minutes of Chapter Meetings of the Society of SS Mary and AidanHALIFAX/A2/278/188

List of Trusts and List of Offices held by Halifax and associated Trust correspondenceHALIFAX/A2/278/189

The Order of the GarterHALIFAX/A2/278/190

The Order of St Michael and St GeorgeHALIFAX/A2/278/191

Halifax as Chancellor of Oxford UniversityHALIFAX/A2/278/192

Correspondence with R.B.Richardson of the West Hull Men's FellowshipHALIFAX/A2/278/193

Correspondence of Halifax's recommendation for Langley-Taylor to be honouredHALIFAX/A2/278/194

Correspondence concerning Sheffield UniversityHALIFAX/A2/278/195

Typescript note by Lord Halifax written on behalf of R.A.Butler in his candidature for the Rectorship of Glasgow UniversityHALIFAX/A2/278/196

Correspondence with Lord Mayor of BradfordHALIFAX/A2/278/197

Submission of name Hebron - Head of the Chapter Office to Prime Minister Harold MacMillan for honourHALIFAX/A2/278/198

Notes on Merchant Adventurers, YorkHALIFAX/A2/278/199

Agreement with Oxford University Press re publication of Halifax's speechesHALIFAX/A2/278/200

Publications on HuntingHALIFAX/A2/278/201

Letter from 2nd Viscount Mersey as Trustee of the Complete PeerageHALIFAX/A2/278/202

Correspondence with Robert Capper, headmaster of Caistor Grammar School, co.LincolnHALIFAX/A2/278/203

Correspondence with Sir Evelyn WrenchHALIFAX/A2/278/204

Correspondence and text of Halifax's foreword to Prince Xavier's book. Copy of La Revue des Deux MondesHALIFAX/A2/278/205

Correspondence concerning IndiaHALIFAX/A2/278/206

Correspondence concerning 'Graf-Spee' AnthologyHALIFAX/A2/278/207

Correspondence concerning the Halifax Archives and the Hickleton PapersHALIFAX/A2/278/208

Documents concerning both the Halifax Archive and the India Office Library. "Private Archives bearing on Indian and British-Indian History."HALIFAX/A2/278/209

Letters received while on his World tourHALIFAX/A2/278/210

"Lord and Lady Irwin", Ripon Parliamentary Division. "List of subscribers to the plate presented to Lord and Lady Irwin before their departure to India on Lord Irwin's appointment as Viceroy"HALIFAX/A2/278/211

Correspondence from Edwina Stewart Roberts, 3rd Countess of KandaharHALIFAX/A2/278/212

Reproduction of the letter from George Calvert, First Lord Baltimore to King Charles the First, 1629HALIFAX/A2/278/213

Correspondence from William MillerHALIFAX/A2/278/214

Correspondence from Friar HuddlestoneHALIFAX/A2/278/215

Letters from Arthur Penn to Lord HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/215A

1st Earl's financesHALIFAX/A2/278/216

Inventory of silver and plate in the possession of the Right Honorable the Earl of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/216A

Notebook of personal accountsHALIFAX/A2/278/216B

Funeral and tributes to Edward, 1st Earl of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/278/217

Edward Frederick Lindley Wood, 1st Earl of Halifax and Lady Dorothy WoodHALIFAX/A2/279

Lady Dorothy Wood, Countess of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/280

Charles Ingram Courtenay Wood, 2nd Earl of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/281

Anne Dorothy Wood FevershamHALIFAX/A2/282

Francis Hugh Peter Courtenay WoodHALIFAX/A2/283

Richard Frederick Wood, Lord HoldernessHALIFAX/A2/284

Charles Edward Peter Neil Wood, 3rd Earl of HalifaxHALIFAX/A2/285

James Wood, Lord IrwinHALIFAX/A2/286

Courtenay family papersHALIFAX/A3

Wood family, official and professional papersHALIFAX/A4

Household managementHALIFAX/A5

Family historyHALIFAX/A6

DiariesHALIFAX/A7

Political journals and memorandaHALIFAX/A8

MiscellaneousHALIFAX/A9

Estate recordsHALIFAX/B