File of David Owen's personal papers concerning matters of SDP fund raising, including: _ Inner file labelled `fund raising' , containing:

• correspondence/copy correspondence between David Owen and various correspondents on fund-raising issues; including letters from Bill Rodgers and Liberal Party joint treasurer Anthony Jacobs and copy letters of David Owen concerning joint fund raising by Liberals and the SDP and the division of proceeds of the SDP/Liberal Alliance Ball, Feb 1984; correspondence between Derek Fatchett , David Owen and David Steel concerning SDP's acceptance of donations from companies without a shareholders' ballot , Sep-Oct 1985; correspondence between Dennis Skinner and David Owen concerning Skinner's accusations that the SDP accepted donations from a company exploiting the South African Apartheid system, Sep-Nov 1985
• memoranda/reports on fund raising issues including report on the `Activities of the fund raising Unit 1986'; memorandum on fund-raising from industry etc samples/drafts direct mailing letters, post conference mailing form etc, 1987-1989

_ Inner file labelled `Cowley St - corporate appeal: standard letter of appeal for funds to be sent by David Owen to company directors, with mailing list _ Loose material including SDP Fund Raising File - information pack, report of `Results of fund raising mailing questionnaire' Feb 1985; draft copies of standard letter to be sent to company directors with some MS annotation by David Owen; copy of letter from Eric Woolfson 30 Dec 1985 enclosing proposal of financial strategy for SDP election campaign and establishment of fund raising unit. Originally part of reference filing system