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Correspondence dispatched by Robert Saunders R-Z, 1936 - 1937

 File — Box: Saunders Papers Box 6
Reference code: 119/A6/509-648

Scope and Contents

Copies of letters dispatched by Robert Saunders, during his time as the District Treasurer and then District Officer for the Dorset West District of the British Union of Fascists (BUF), later known as the British Union (BU).

Includes copies of letters sent to:

Regnal Circle, Dorchester (A6/509)

Research Department, BU (A6/510), regarding “100% Britishness” of a commercial firm (for Mrs. Stephenson) (April 1937)

District Officer, Richmond District, BU (A6/511), regarding a schoolboy member at Sherborne School (July 1936)

Rotary Club, Dorchester (A6/512)

Mrs Mabel Helen Sanford (A6/513), concerning membership (November 1936) (513)

Shipton Gorge Parish Hall (A6/514-517)

Adrian Gordon Smith (A6/518-520), concerning membership (November 1937)

W. H. Douglas, Southampton District, BU (A6/521-522), concerning Propaganda March on 19 September 1937.

Mrs Gladys Stephenson (A6/523-537). Includes references to problems of BU membership (October 1937) (524); A. K. Chesterton meeting on 19 September 1937 (525); Mosley: conference at Exeter on 9 December 1937 (523), meetings at Exeter on 3 July [1937] (530), at Salisbury on 31 March [1937] (531-532) and at Dorchester on 13 March 1937 (534)

Sun Insurance Office Ltd, Dorchester (A6/538)

C. H. Sureties, District Treasurer, Dorset West / District Leader / Officer, Weymouth, BU (A6/539-571). Including references to organisation of Dorchester officials (November 1937) (541); Chesterton meeting, Southampton on 19 September 1937 (544); Mosley meeting at Dorchester on 13 March 1937 (557); resignation of Fitzgerald as District Officer October 1936) (564); planned East End demonstration on 4 March 1936 (565-567)

Joe Thatcher (A6/572)

L. J. Tidmarsh (A6/573)

Toc H, Dorchester (A6/574-576)

“Western Gazette”, Yeovil (A6/577-580). Including a draft advert for W. Bowden meeting in Shaftesbury on 18 November 1936 (580) Weymouth Town Clerk (A6/581-589), regarding meetings on Weymouth Sands (October-May 1937)

Weymouth Debating and Literary Society (A6/590)

T. H. H. Wheeler (A6/591)

T. F. Wigmore (A6/592)

R. D. Williams, Acting District Officer, Blandford District, BU (A6/593-601), concerning activities in Dorset (July 1936-December 1937)

S.H. Wills (A6/602)

George T. Wiltshire (Acting A.D.O. (S), BU (A6/603-610). Includes references to Mosley meeting in Dorchester on 13 March 1937 (607) and list of literature sold there (608)

James A. Wonfor (A6/611-623), concerning Miss Hayes acting as W.C.O. for Dorset and Hampshire (November 1937) (617) and local activities (September 1937) (620)

A. G. Woodgate (A6/624-625)

John Henry Woods (A6/626-629), concerning meetings at Weymouth Sands (August 1937) (627)

Leslie Archibald Woodward (A6/630-644). Including a draft poster for Jebb meeting at Lyme Regis on 18 January 1938 (631) and comments on BU “great progress” in the East End (October 1936) (643)

District Leader of Yeovil District, BU (A6/645-648), concerning Mosley meeting in Dorchester.

Dates

  • Creation: 1936 - 1937

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Items are available to view by appointment in our reading room

Extent

1 Folder(s)

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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