Handwritten tables, 3 pages

2 pages, handwritten notes on reverse, printed 'Elsdon Polling District' on front.

Handwritten account, 25 pages.

Handwritten account, 12 pages.

Handwritten tables, 5 pages.

The papers of the distinguished public servant Lady Plowden (1910-2000) were generously gifted to Newcastle University Library in 2003 by the Plowden family.

Held in Special Collections, Lady Plowden's papers are an extensive and rich resource reflecting her many areas of concern. Lady Plowden held a number of high-profile public roles in the spheres of education reform and television broadcasting, most notably as Chairman of the Central Advisory Council for Education (England), 1963 – 1967, Vice-Chairman of the BBC Board of Governors, 1970 – 1975, and Chairman of the Independent Broadcasting Authority (IBA), 1975 – 1980. A large and varied number of public roles followed, many of which retained this focus on primary and pre-school education reform as well as the promotion of high-quality television broadcasting. Lady Plowden's interests were wide however and these papers also reflect Lady Plowden's roles within organisations related to Romany and Traveller education and rights, adult education, the care and resettlement of offenders, the role of voluntary work, young adult unemployment and training, and women and employment.

Lady Plowden (nee Richmond) was a niece of Gertrude Bell and a cousin of the Trevelyans of Wallington. An additional deposit of material made by the Plowden family comprise of a number of family photograph albums and correspondence files relating to the Richmond, Bell and Trevelyan families.

Formerly the 'Working Ladies Guild', the organisation changed its name to the 'Mary Fielding Guild' in 1984. This archive is a collection of reports, meeting files and correspondence files relating to Lady Plowden's position as Chairman (Managing Committee) of the Mary Fielding Guild, 1945 - 1988 and her subsequent involvement as a Board member to approximately the late 1990s.

Minutes and Papers of an Extraordinary General Meetings, 30 January 1985. Included are Memorandum and Articles of Association of the Mary Fielding Guild, as altered by special resolution 25 September 1986.

Minutes and Papers of the Meetings of the Managing Committee 1981 - 1986 and 1991 - 1994.

Minutes and Papers of the Finance and General Purposes Committee 1980 - 1986 and 1990 - 1991.