Conservative Party
Organization
Found in 923 Collections and/or Records:
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General articles, 1905-01 - 1908-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/4
Scope and Contents
Cuttings, prints, proofs and manuscripts of articles written by LSA, mainly for the Times and National Review, on subjects including: mountaineering; north-western Canada; the Imperial Conference (1907); the East African empire; the Education Bill (1906); British trade figures; the military geography of the empire; reorganizing the Conservative Party; policy on tariff reform, defence, Ireland and social issues.
Dates:
1905-01 - 1908-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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General Election, 1987: Tories, 1975 - 1987-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/2/47
Scope and Contents
Notes on the Conservative manifesto, policies, press conferences and election strategy.
Dates:
1975 - 1987-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Leadership 1965 (Shadow Defence), 1965-07 - 1965-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/25
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly good wishes and commiserations on JEP's bid for leadership of the Conservative Party, and congratulations on his subsequent appointment as Shadow Defence Secretary and previous position as Transport Spokesman, with correspondents including: Jasper Rootham; 4th Lord St Oswald [earlier Rowland Winn] (2); Sir Nigel Ronald; Sir Clive Bossom; Derek Schreiber; Anthony Royle [later Lord Fanshawe of Richmond]; Alexander Durie, Director-General of the Automobile Association;...
Dates:
1965-07 - 1965-09
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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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/231
Scope and Contents
Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: a review of the speeches of Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith]; the life of Lord Ypres [earlier Sir John French and Lord French] including a summary of his career and relationship to WSC; "Will the British Empire Last?" for "Answers" on the principle of self-government, the unifying effect of the British monarchy and the administration of India and Egypt; American industry and finance; "Socialist Quackery" for the Daily Mail...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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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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Literary: Articles., 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/282A-B
Scope and Contents
Proofs for various articles by WSC for the Strand Magazine: "[Georges] Clemenceau: the man and the tiger" including his relationship with [Field Marshal Ferdinand] Foch, French politics and World War I; "If I lived my life over again" on various decisions taken by WSC, gambling, his experiences during the Boer War and at the Admiralty and his attitude towards the Conservative Party; "People who have influenced or impressed me" on Lord Randolph Churchill, William Bourke Cockran, Sir Francis...
Dates:
1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Articles: Amalgamated Press., Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/501
Scope and Contents
Proofs, press cuttings and correspondence on the following articles by WSC: "Do Bye-Elections Count?" discounting the East Fulham bye-election, stating the differences between bye-elections and general elections and discussing the divisions in the Conservative Party; "Defence not Defiance" on the current strength of the country; "How we made the Irish treaty" in defence of the Irish Settlement [1922] and WSC's meetings with Michael Collins; "Will the League survive?" on the crisis facing the...
Dates:
Jan 1934 - Aug 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Articles: Evening Standard., May 1935 - Jun 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/520
Scope and Contents
Proofs of the following articles by WSC: "The King's 25 Years" [in 7 parts]: "The Accession" on the death of Edward VII, the background of Queen Mary and the political situation in 1910; "The King Faces his First Crisis" on David Lloyd George's 1909 Budget, the Home Rule Bill and the deadlock between the Houses of Parliament; "War Clouds Gather" on the House of Commons in 1911, industrial disputes, social organization, the Triple Entente between Britain, France and Russia, and the Agadir...
Dates:
May 1935 - Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: articles, News of the World 2., Feb 1936 - Apr 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/542A-B
Scope and Contents
Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Great Men of Our Time": "Lloyd-George" on David Lloyd George; "Birkenhead" on 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith]; "Curzon" on 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston; "Clemenceau" on Georges Clemenceau; "Balfour" on 1st Lord Balfour; "Chamberlain" on Joseph Chamberlain; "John Morley" on Lord Morley of Blackburn.
Dates:
Feb 1936 - Apr 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "Great Contemporaries": proofs., 22 Jun 1937 - 26 Jul 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/584
Scope and Contents
Annotated proofs of the following articles by WSC: "Arthur James Balfour" on 1st Lord Balfour's career, including the Free Trade issue in 1903; "Hitler and his Choice" on German rearmament since the First World War and Hitler since 1935; "George Nathaniel Curzon" on 1st Lord Curzon.Also includes: a letter from 17th Lord Derby [earlier Lord Stanley] correcting details about himself in the Balfour article.
Dates:
22 Jun 1937 - 26 Jul 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence., Nov 1942 - Dec 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/46
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry Morton on WSC's escape from the Boers; Antony Brett-James; Winifred Bull on her WSC quotation calendars (4); Randolph Churchill on Collier's magazine taking colour pictures of WSC; Sir Charles Petrie (2); John Lockhart; Allen Lane of Penguin Books (2); representatives of H A and W L Pitkin Limited (11) on subjects including reproducing a 1941 letter from King George VI to WSC and various of their publications; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall; Sir Norman...
Dates:
Nov 1942 - Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World: copy., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/522A-B
Scope and Contents
Carbon copies of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World": proofs., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/523A-B
Scope and Contents
Galley proofs of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 2., Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/648
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "First Political Triumph, A Ban by the Duchess, Trouble with My Party Chiefs, Free Trade War Starts" on his return from the Boer War, victory at Oldham [Lancashire] in the 1900 General Election, obtaining his father's papers for the biography of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the opening of the Free Trade versus Protection debate; "I Was Warned that I Should be Called a Turncoat" on his dispute with Joseph Chamberlain and the Conservative Party,...
Dates:
Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 3., 12 Apr 1942 - 10 May 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/704
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The other Winston Churchill" on WSC's correspondence and meetings with his namesake, the American author; "Primrose Day" on the influence of [Benjamin] Disraeli [Lord Beaconsfield and Lord Hughendon], and the founding of the Primrose League by Lord Randolph Churchill and Sir Henry [Drummond] Wolff; "Life under the microscope" on cells and the blood (also on the same page is an article on "Press and the Censor" by Brendan Bracken [Minister of...
Dates:
12 Apr 1942 - 10 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 4., 17 May 1942 - 14 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/705
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The best-mannered man I ever met" on WSC's memories of Arthur Balfour; "Joseph Chamberlain, the Political Piebald" on the career and WSC's memories of Chamberlain; "Writing a book" on WSC's memories of "The story of the Malakand Field Force", "The River War", and meeting the journalist G W Steevens; "A colonel of the old school" on the career and WSC's memories of Colonel John Brabazon; "Curzon - magnificent failure" on the career of George...
Dates:
17 May 1942 - 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Miscellaneous articles, 1947-01 - 1948-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/29
Scope and Contents
Texts of papers by LSA on subjects including: the Commonwealth and European unity; the 1948 Commonwealth conference; Empire unity and world peace; common interests of the Commonwealth and the United States; a single world economics system, compared to regional or group economics; the Commonwealth as a world power; Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; the political situation in India; Conservatism and the Conservative...
Dates:
1947-01 - 1948-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: Conclusions 1-6., 02 May 1929 - 22 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/239
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of statements made by [1st] Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg] Lord Chancellor; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health; Walter Guinness [later 1st Lord Moyne], Minister of Agriculture; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education; Sir Arthur...
Dates:
02 May 1929 - 22 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 1 to 20 plus index., 27 Apr 1929 - 10 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/240
Scope and Contents
Includes an election address by Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister on government policy (on colonial development, inter-imperial relations, economic affairs, agriculture and education) and a statement by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on co-operative societies and income tax. Also includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including the merchandise marks act, prosecution of spiritualist mediums (in response to a question by Sir Arthur Conan...
Dates:
27 Apr 1929 - 10 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Emergency Business Committee: papers 21 - 40., 10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/241
Scope and Contents
Includes suggested replies to questions put to Conservative candidates on a variety of issues including: employment conditions; importation of dyestuffs; agriculture; taxation of motor vehicles; war pensions; migration; sea defence works; the rent restriction act; education policy regarding women teachers; and old age pensions.
Dates:
10 May 1929 - 13 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Legislation Committee (Trade Union Bill): papers 9 - 17., 25 May 1926 - 26 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/132
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on the Trade Unions, including: Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on Trade Unionism in local authorities; the draft report of the committee; a draft of the Trade Union Bill; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the secret ballot; draft clauses on Trade Unionism in the Civil Service and local authorities, and the ballot; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on his meeting with representatives of the...
Dates:
25 May 1926 - 26 Jul 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 141 - 150., 07 May 1929 - 24 May 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/234
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a draft election address by Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, outlining Conservative policies on various issues including the economic situation, agriculture and social reform; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on seamen's terms of employment; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on the oil position in Iraq and the trans-desert pipeline and railway to the Mediterranean; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier...
Dates:
07 May 1929 - 24 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Official: Prime Minister, 1951 - 1955
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6
Scope and Contents
The papers in this class relating to WSC's second period as Prime Minister are few.The files mainly concern WSC's patronage and relate to Government appointments and changes (CHUR 6/1, 6/2, 6/4 and 6/5). There is one file containing copies of WSC's correspondence with President Dwight D Eisenhower of the United States (CHUR 6/3). There is also a single file containing copies of WSC's outgoing correspondence for the last months of his administration (CHUR 6/6). File CHUR 6/8, apparently...
Dates:
1951 - 1955
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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Official: Prime Minister: copies of WSC's correspondence., 14 Oct 1954 - 07 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/6A-C
Scope and Contents
Carbons of letters from WSC to a variety of prominent individuals including Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Lords, foreign Heads of State, foreign ambassadors, British High Commissioners, Conservative parliamentary candidates, and others.Includes correspondence with Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury], Sir Ian Jacob [Director General of the BBC], 2nd Lord Camrose [earlier...
Dates:
14 Oct 1954 - 07 Apr 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence and papers relating to Government reconstruction of 1954., 01 Aug 1952 - 16 Oct 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (Foreign Secretary) regarding appointment of Under Secretaries (2).The file mainly consists of WSC's working papers and includes the following: printed lists of Cabinet Ministers with private addresses and telephone numbers and details of private secretaries and office telephone numbers (ff 1-16); letters from WSC to 1st Lord Simonds regarding the Lord Chancellorship (ff 23-27); timetable for passage of Old Age Pensions Bill in hand...
Dates:
01 Aug 1952 - 16 Oct 1954
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.