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Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: Articles., 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/281
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Proofs, newspaper cuttings and research notes for various articles by WSC for the Daily Telegraph: "Fleets of Britain and America" on the naval building programmes of Great Britain and the United States; "Mr Churchill on the abuse of the dole" on WSC's opinions of the dole, the live register of unemployment and national insurance; a series of articles on "The Crucial Crises of the [First World] War" on the Battle of the Marne [France], Admiral [John] De Robeck and the minefields at the...
Dates:
1930
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Literary: Articles., 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/338
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Proofs and cutting of various articles and short pieces by WSC: an introduction to a biography of 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] by 2nd Lord Birkenhead [earlier Frederick Smith]; "Great fighters in lost causes" on the careers of various historical figures; "Shakespeare's plays as short stories: Julius Caesar"; "Life - the greatest secret of all and how to tackle all its trials and problems"; "England. My England" in which WSC dwells on his pride in his country; "If I lived my life...
Dates:
1933
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Literary: "Short Biographies": proofs 1., [Dec] 1929 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/590
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Proofs of the following articles by WSC: "The United States of Europe" on Europe without trade barriers and the benefits of solidarity; "The Abuse of the Dole" on the political importance of unemployment figures and the abuse of the unemployment insurance system; "The American Mind and Ours" on the importance of business in the United States at the expense of politics, and on the difference between American and British attitudes; "Ramsay Macdonald" as Prime Minister and on his alliance with...
Dates:
[Dec] 1929 - 1937
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Literary: "Short Biographies": proofs 2., 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/591
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Proofs of the following articles by WSC: an untitled article on the bad effects of independence for the Philippines; "Edward VIII" on Hector Bolitho's book on Edward, [Edward, Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and Edward VIII]; "The Abuse of the Dole" on the political importance of the unemployment figures and the abuse of the unemployment insurance system; "The United States of Europe" on a Europe without trade barriers and the benefits of solidarity; "Unlucky Alfonso" on...
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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Official: Cabinet: papers 151-170., 09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/198
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on dealings with the United States Ambassador to Great Britain [Charles Dawes]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on safeguarding the iron and steel wire industry and on the trade outlook including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade; Sir Samuel Hoare [later Lord Templewood],...
Dates:
09 May 1928 - 24 May 1928
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 325., 12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/206
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on church schools; [1st] Lord Cushendun [earlier Ronald McNeill], Acting Foreign Secretary, on the renewal of arbitration treaties; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs on the functions of dominion ministers and the title of His Majesty's Government; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board...
Dates:
12 Oct 1928 - 02 Nov 1928
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/101
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Dominions] (2); Sir Thomas Davies MP on road relief; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] on his health; Neville Chamberlain [Minister of Health] (3) on subjects including him giving an interview to John Bull magazine; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); Herbert Spender-Clay MP; 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg, Lord Chancellor]; Sir Austen Chamberlain...
Dates:
23 Jan 1929 - 03 Jun 1929
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Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 27 Feb 1950 - 28 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/33A-C
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Speech notes and typescript for WSC's speech (7 March, House of Commons) for the debate on the address, on subjects including: the stalemate in the new Parliament and the need for electoral reform; uncertainty until the next election; increasing food production; unemployment; cutting taxation; restoring the value of sterling; repealing the nationalization of the iron and steel industry; enlarging the building trade to solve the housing problem; the risk of Britain being split into Labour and...
Dates:
27 Feb 1950 - 28 Mar 1950
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