Catalogue

Copy of the constitution of the United Nations Association of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, July 1990

Minute book of the Darlington Branch of the League of Nations Union (founded in Darlington about 1920; reconstituted as United Nations Association in 1945), 12 March 1935 - 18 June 1957 For enclosures see D/X 1061/31-15

Minute book of Darlington Branch of the United Nations Association, 24 September 1957 - 7 June 1974

Agenda and minutes of the committee of the Darlington and Richmond Branch of the United Nations Association, 21 January 1976 - 7 May 1992

Agendas and minutes of annual general meetings with associated correspondence and documents such as reports from the secretary and the treasurer, 3 April 1975 - 5 June 1993

Minutes and correspondence by Dr. D.J. Whittaker concerning difficulties in running the Darlington and Richmond Branch of the United Nations Association and the decision to close the branch on 24 September 1993, 16 March 1993 - 30 November 1993

Account book relating to Leeds Permanent Building Society account, 22 January 1990 - 12 November 1993

Correspondence to Geoffrey Walker, honorary auditor, of 101 Coniscliffe Road, Darlington, from D.J. Whittaker, honorary secretary and acting honorary treasurer, enclosing financial information and requesting an audit, 15 February 1988, 31 December 1990, 13 February 1992 and 1 February 1993

Correspondence between Dr. D.J. Whittaker, Honorary Secretary, 9 Mile Planting, Richmond, N. Yorks, Nicholette Stevenson, Membership Secretary U.N.A., 3 Whitehall Court, London, and various members concerning subscriptions, 7 November 1990 - 15 September 1993

Programmes for the Darlington Branch of the United Nations Association, 1969-70, 1970-71, 1984-5 and 1985-6

Leaflet promoting the U.N.A. and giving information about the Darlington Branch and Richmond, North Yorkshire, annotated with addresses of Michael Blakey, n.d. [post 1985]

Newsletters of the U.N.A. Darlington Branch, August 1988 - 16 January 1993

Copy form of a telegram sent to the Prime Minister, 10 Downing Street, London, SW1, by Darlington Branch of the League of Nations' Union urging "the government to support no settlement of the Abyssinian dispute which fails to make it clear that agression does not pay", 13 January 1935

Letter from the Ministry of Supply, Shell Mex House, London WC2, to Mrs. A.E. Robinson, 85 Woodland Road, Darlington, Secretary of Darlington League of Nations' Union Branch, concerning Britain's help for Jewish refugees on the continent and saying that there were limits 'imposed by factors over which we have no control and by the government's obligation to win the war as quickly as possible' which would be the best method to help the persecuted in Europe, 28 June 1943

Minutes of two public meetings held at the Friends' Meeting House, Skinnergate, in connection with United Nations week (29 September - 6 October 1946) on 21 August and 6 September and one meeting of a Joint Committee to conduct the campaign, held at 69 Abbey Road on 21 August, 6 and 24 September 1946

Correspondence to Dr. D.J. Whittaker from The Headquarters of the United Nations Association, 3 White Hall Court, London SW1A 2EL, concerning matters such as financial appeals; minutes and reports from the General Council of U.N.A. U.K. 1989; reports on South Africa; the government white paper on British broadcasting (1989); the Religious Advisory Committee of U.N.A. U.K., November 1987 - 11 September 1990

Correspondence to Dr. D.J. Whittaker, honorary secretary, from the United Nations Association headquarters, concerning such matters as Yugoslavia, Somalia, global partnership, refugees, the preliminary agenda for 48th Annual Conference (Leicester, 16-18 April 1993), 8 October 1992 - February 1993

Correspondence between Dr. D.J. Whittaker, Alan Milburn, M.P. for Darlington, William Hague, M.P. for Richmond and Tony Blair, M.P. for Sedgefield, and others concerning the overseas aid budget, Kuwait, The Rights of the Child Convention, Yugoslavian refugees and acceptances of offices in the Darlington Branch, 3 January 1991 - 15 January 1993

Correspondence from Dr. D.J. Whittaker dealing with donations and financial contributions to various bodies, 15 October 1989 - 5 June 1992

Correspondence, including annotated guest lists, from Dr. D.J. Whittaker concerning the meeting called by the Mayor in Darlington Town Hall on "the future U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child" on 28 February 1989, August - 16 November 1989

Correspondence from Marianne Whittaker to various bodies concerning the U.K. Ratification of the U.N. Convention on the Rights of the Child (finally ratified 16 December 1991), Spring 1991 - 2 March 1992

Letter from Brigadier M.W.H. Roberts, Training Group, Royal Signals, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, to Dr. D.J. Whittaker, accepting his invitation to speak to the Darlington and Richmond Branch of the United Nations Association on 5 May 1991, 2 November 1990

Correspondence between Dr. D.J. Whittaker; John Spriggs-Taylor, University of Bradford; Lieutenant-Colonel Lois H. Lodge, R.A.M.C., Gaza Barracks, Catterick Garrison, North Yorkshire, and others concerning a meeting to be held on 2 April 1993 on the theme of peace keeping, ideals versus reality, with reference to the situation in Bosnia, 20 August 1992 - 29 April 1993

Reports and correspondence from Dr. D.J. Whittaker, and others, concerning the plight of the Kurdish refugees and the Kurdish Relief Appeal organised by the Darlington Branch of U.N.A.-U.K., 4 April - 2 July 1991

Correspondence from Dr. and Mrs. D.J. Whittaker, and information sheets, in connection with preparations for the Earth Summit in Rio de Janiero in June 1992 and in particular for a meeting in Darlington Town Hall on 24 October 1991 to be addressed by Robert Swan, the polar explorer, on 'Project Earth', July 1991, 31 July - 8 November 1991

Press release on the "Climb for the World" project which aims to raise funds for a properly protected environment and basic human rights everywhere, July 1991

Copy of a memorandum from Sun Alliance Insurance Group concerning the extension of liability indemnity to cover the "Climb the World" event on 22-23 September 1990, circulated by U.N.A.-U.K., 15 January 1992

Correspondence from Dr. D.J. Whittaker to Radio Cleveland, the editors of The Darlington and Stockton Times and The Northern Echo, asking for their help with publicity to raise money to send aid to help the famine victims in Africa, 9-11 September 1992

Miscellaneous correspondence to the press from Dr. D.J. Whittaker and press cuttings relating to United Nations issues and Darlington Branch activities, March 1989 - 2 November 1992

Miscellaneous correspondence including letters to Dr. D.J. Whittaker from branch members and various letters from Dr. Whittaker, 17 March 1989 - 1993 Also: an annotated list of Darlington Borough Councillors for 1993

Coloured indoor photograph of Dr. D.J. Whittaker (third man from left) with two other men and one woman, all unidentified, n.d. [1977?]

Photograph, and negative, of Dr. D.J. Whittaker, Lady Starmer and Mr. Ernest Trotter, taken on the occasion of the U.N.A. branch coffee morning at Danby Lodge, and two other negatives taken at the same place, 17 June 1978

Coloured photograph and two negatives of girls from Polam Hall School, Darlington, who helped to make and serve the coffee at a U.N.A. Darlington Branch coffee morning at Danby Lodge, and two more negatives of unidentified man, Lady Starmer, Dr. Whittaker and Mr. Ernest Trotter (taken at the same site), 17 June 1978

Invitation from Kate and Tom Carr, 30 Maison Dieu, Richmond, to U.N.A. members and friends, to a U.N.A. house meeting with Dr. R. Upshall speaking on the environment, 21 May 1989

Minutes of the North East Regional Meeting, 9 March 1991

Agenda and associated reports of the North East Regional Meeting, 14 March 1992

Notice and agenda of the U.N.A. North East Regional Autumn Meeting to be held in Harrogate on 18 September 1993, n.d.

Minutes of the U.N.A. North East Regional Annual General Meeting, 10 March 1990 and 18 May 1991

Copies of two letters to Ann Falconer, U.N.A. North East Regional Secretary from T. Richard Epton, Bath, concerning arrangements for him to speak at the Regional A.G.M. (18 May 1991) on "A Perspective of Tibet as seen through Tibet in Exile", 18 January 1991 and 26 March 1991

Letter to members from M.F. Goodwin, North East Region Treasurer, enclosing the 1990-91 accounts and a flow diagram on "U.N.A. Income at a Glance", 21 April 1991

Correspondence between Ann Falconer, North East Regional Secretary and Marianne Whittaker, on the question of the new regional treasurer, together with the curriculum vitae of the man appointed, 29 June - 31 July 1991

Annotated constitution of the North East Region of the United Nations Association and correspondence to Marianne Whittaker from Ann Falconer and others, concerning regional officers and the development of a Policy and Development Committee, 26 March 1988 - January 1992

Correspondence between Ann Falconer, North East Regional Secretary, Marianne Whittaker, Vice-Chairman of the North East Regional Committee, and others, concerning problems with U.N.A. organisation and finances and Marianne Whittaker's resignation as vice-chairman, 12 November 1991 - 7 May 1992

Reports from meetings of the National Executive Committee, 11 May 1991 and 11 January 1992

North East region newsletters to members and friends from Ann Falconer, Regional Secretary, 262 Boothferry Road, Hessle, East Yorkshire, 17 October 1991 and 31 January 1992

Branch lists of the North East Region of U.N.A., August 1991 and May 1991

United Nations Association, North East Region speakers' list and application form to join the public speakers' panel, n.d.

Mailing list questionnaire concerning United Nations material required, n.d.

The United Nations and Disarmament: A Short History, published by the United Nations Department for Disarmament Affairs, 1988

United Nations Study Series No. 19: "Study on the Economic and Social Consequences of the Arms Race and Military Expenditures", prepared by a group of consultant experts appointed by the Secretary General, January 1989