Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: articles., Jan 1936 - Sep 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/540
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Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "I Was Astonished by Morocco" following WSC's visit to Morocco; "Why Not a Channel Tunnel" on the trade and military advantages of a tunnel; "St Helena" on Napoleon at St Helena and a new play on the subject; "International Affairs" on the need to defend democracy; "Radio, Newsreel, or the Press" on the superiority of the press in supplying news and the need for a free press.Also includes: a letter from Adam Marshall...
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Jan 1936 - Sep 1936
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 2., May 1938 - Sep 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/615
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Peopling the Wide, Open Spaces of Empire" on foreign emigration to parts of the British Empire, factors which prevent the British from emigrating, and developing the Empire through investment and emigration; "Why Not 'The United States of Europe'?" on the harm done by European rivalries and nationalism, fascism and communism, the economic benefits of European integration, and the role of Britain towards...
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May 1938 - Sep 1938
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/695
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sport, the stimulant" on the effect of modern inventions on the average person, watching, playing, and making money from sport, pigeon racing, angling, motor transport, hiking, cycling, theatre, cinema, radio, reading, and moral considerations; "Why the navy runs on oil" on the advantages of oil over coal as a fuel for ships, its adoption by the Royal Navy during WSC's first term as First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Anglo-Persian oil...
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03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/208
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Letter from WSC to Noel Coward thanking him for the copy of "Blithe Spirit".
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24 Apr 1942
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