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Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:

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Literary: Business correspondence with Charles Scribner's Sons., 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/314
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between WSC and Charles Scribner about the publication of a new edition of "A Roving Commission" [the American edition of "My Early Life"] and an American edition of "Thoughts and Adventures" published as "Amid These Storms". Includes 20 letters from Scribner about publication dates, payment of royalties due to WSC and WSC's health.

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Business correspondence with Curtis Brown Limited., 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/313
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with various representatives of Curtis Brown including Raymond Everitt (4) and Nancy Pearn (31) concerning commissions for articles by WSC, sales of serial rights in his work, statements of royalties due to WSC and difficulties caused by WSC's ill health.

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence concerning "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/327
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between WSC and representatives of Cassell and Company Limited, Excess Insurance Company Limited and Lloyds Bank Limited concerning a life insurance policy on WSC's life taken out by his publishers (Cassell and Company) in the event of him being unable to complete "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples".

Dates: 1933
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence concerning WSC's articles for the Daily Mail., 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/290
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Brendan Bracken suggesting an agreement with the Daily Mail which would be financially beneficial to WSC (5); various staff of the Daily Mail including William McWhirter, Donald Bradfield and Robert Prew; Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere on aspects of the arrangement with WSC including exclusivity (5).Also includes copies of letters from WSC on his accident involving a motor car in New York [United States] and on his friendship with David Lloyd George.

Dates: 1931
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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(Untitled), 14 Jan 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/145/105-106
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from W Bernau of Lloyds Bank to WSC in which he discusses WSC's articles for the Daily Mail [about his car accident] and the possibility that they may jeopardise his entitlement to compensation for being "totally disabled" from his insurance company. He informs WSC that he has persuaded W B Thomson of the Phoenix Assurance Company to continue paying compensation as the articles were dictated and writing them "was actually conducive to your more rapid and complete recovery"....
Dates: 14 Jan 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open