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Correspondence, minutes of the Sponsors and Committees and other papers of the Scottish Plebiscite Appeal Fund. 1. Minutes and related papers of the Sponsors' Meetings and the Appeal Business Committee, 1962-3. 2. Secretary's file of copies of out-letters and circulars, 1962. 3. Signed support sheets, 1962.
4-6. Correspondence from Appeal Sponsors, 1961-4. 4. Earl of Airlie; John M. Bannerman, later Lord Bannerman of Kildonan; Michael Byrne, General Secretary, Scottish Transport and General Workers' Union; William Hope Collins, publisher; Lawrence Daly, General Secretary, National Union of Mineworkers; Countess of Erroll; Dr Leonard Gray; Thomas Johnston; Sir Gordon Letham; and Sir Iain Moncrieffe of that Ilk, 1961-2. 5. Lord Boyd Orr of Brechin; Sir John Ure Primrose, Chairman of the Fund; John Rankin MP; and Principal Sir Thomas Taylor, Aberdeen University, 1961-2. 6. John M. Rollo, 1961-4, and David Rollo. 7. Correspondence with Sheriff Peter Thomson, Chairman of the Scottish Plebiscite Society, and with his brother, Lewis Thomson. 8. Responses from Town Councils and trade unions, July-August, 1962; the former refer mostly to requests for flag days. 9. Letters of application for field organisers posts, June-July, 1962. 10. Correspondence with organisers: F.A.C. Boothby, Central/South Scotland, 1962-3; John M. Mackay, Northern Scotland, 1962. 11. Letters from or to overseas supporters or potential supporters, and lists of expatriate organisations to be approached, 1962. 12. General correspondence, mostly to the secretary, 1961-4. 13. Financial correspondence and papers, 1961-3 mostly with the Fund's banker, D Sutherland of the British Linen Bank, Forfar. 14. Press cuttings file, 1961-2. 15. Fund receipt books and badges
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