Robert Malcom Deryck Davies: Correspondence and Papers

Box 1: 15 subject files, mainly concerning Davies's works as an M.P. - Parliamentary Labour Party, local government, bills, correspondence, etc. Box 2: Planning, 11 files - Guildhall, traffic and roads, University development, etc. Box 3: Housing, Rating, Public Health, and Education, 11 files. Box 4: Correspondence, etc. Only files 7 and 8 (Planning) and 11 (Cambridge City Labour Party) are open to readers. Box 5: Various committees, etc., 6 files and printed items - local government reform, sewage and drainage, traffic, roads, etc. Box 6: Printed documents, with annotations by Davies - County Development Plan, local government, traffic, car parking, etc. Box 7: Printed documents, 40 items - industry, employment, communications, traffic, public utilities, redevelopment, parking, the Town and County Planning Act (1947), etc.

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Presented by Mrs Katharine Davies, widow of Robert Davies, 1974.

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