Conservative Party
Organization
Found in 10 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/232
Scope and Contents
Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: "Mr Macdonald's Opportunity" on the visit of Ramsay Macdonald to the United States; "The Naval Argument" on British and American naval policy; "Prohibition" in the United States; "California"; "Wall Street" on the Wall Street crash; "The Battlefields" about Virginia; "Hollywood"; "Palestine and the Zionists" on violence in Palestine and the need for reconciliation between Jews and Arabs; "Why We Lost" on the defeat of the...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal correspondence, 1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/14
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Toulmin, Chairman, Cambridge University Conservative Association; [Thomas] Malcolm Muggeridge on his television interview with JEP; Sir Alexander Johnston; Peter Green, Consultant Editor, Hodder and Stoughton Limited, suggesting that JEP might write on Nietzsche or write an autobiography (4); Dame Sybil Thorndike (2); Henry Koeppler; Sir William Urton, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office; [?] Lord Boothby; [George] Peter Thorneycroft,...
Dates:
1961-10-19 - 1976-09-22
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-P., Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/13A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (5); Neville Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on duty due on motor tricycles; Charles McCurdy introducing WSC to a speaker; John Maitland inviting WSC to the Loughton [Essex] Cricket Club Annual Dinner; Roy Harrod on monetary reform (2).Other subjects include: regulating journalism; providing a post office for Wanstead [Essex]; medical provision; birth control; immigration and...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Dec 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
Scope and Contents
Material relating to WSC standing for election as Liberal candidate for Manchester. Includes correspondence with constituents concerning WSC's stance on various issues including: pharmacies, the Education Act and working conditions for teachers, vaccination, the identification of boxes manufactured abroad, railways, the registration of architects and accountants, female suffrage, Home Rule, Income Tax, temperance, taxation, Free Trade, shops, vivisection, and Chinese labour in South...
Dates:
Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire], 1900 - 1905
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Oldham (1900 - 1906). The papers contain correspondence with local Conservative Association officers discussing constituency affairs. There are also large numbers of letters from constituents and local institutions asking WSC for his support and patronage.Oldham was WSC's first parliamentary seat and the papers include letters of congratulation from many of the prominent figures of the day (see CHAR 3/1). The single issue that...
Dates:
1900 - 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (15); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of Oldham Conservative Association] (10); Sir Albert Stephenson [newspaper proprietor] (3); 6th Lord Londonderry [President of the Board of Education] (4).Subjects include: Free trade; WSC's relationship with local Conservative party and political clubs; patronage of Oldham churches; Oldham schools, particularly East Crompton National School and the Wesleyan...
Dates:
12 Feb 1903 - 25 Aug 1903
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Travis Clegg [Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association] (7); Samuel Smethurst [Vice Chairman of the Oldham Conservative Association, resigned 7 Jan 1904] (12); 9th Duke of Marlborough regarding his refusal to become an honorary member of the Oldham Conservative Club; James Maclean (2) regarding a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham. Subjects include: Churchill's relations with the local Conservative, Labour and Liberal Parties; his decision not to...
Dates:
03 Jan 1904 - 27 Mar 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]: correspondence., 01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 3/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Smethurst (9); James Travis Clegg [Senior Vice President of the Oldham Conservative Association] (4); Sir John Gorst [Conservative MP for Cambridge University] (2) regarding arrangements for him to address a Free Trade League meeting in Oldham.Subjects include: Churchill's breach with the Conservative Party and his move to the Liberal Party; the Oldham Free Trade League; the Trade Unions and Trades Dispute Bill; the postal service and the rights of postmen; the...
Dates:
01 Apr 1904 - 09 Dec 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence H-K., 1910 - May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/574A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: John Hayes, Editor of the Police Review; Sir Maurice Hankey, Cabinet Secretary, on subjects including meetings of the Cabinet, imperial defence, German military capacity and the impetus for sending the British Expeditionary Force (BEF) to Antwerp [Belgium] (9); A P Herbert on licensing laws; [1st Lord] Hailsham [earlier Douglas Hogg], Secretary of State for War, on subjects including WSC's health (2); William Birdwood on military affairs; John Clynes, Home Secretary,...
Dates:
1910 - May 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/35A-35B
Scope and Contents
Cutting: letter from E P Stevenson to the editor of the Westminster Gazette asserting WSC's claims to the support of Free Trade Unionists in the North-West Manchester election and criticising his opponents' campaigning on the Licensing Bill and other issues; also includes covering note for letter [not present] from [?] Bertram Straus [MP for Mile End, London] offering to give up his seat to WSC.
Dates:
21 Apr [1908] - 25 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open