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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., 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: Correspondence concerning WSC's articles for the Daily Mail., 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/309
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Esmond Harmsworth [later 2nd Lord Rothermere] on subjects to be covered in WSC's articles and future contracts (5) and Robert Prew, Literary Editor of the Daily Mail (3).Also includes statements of payments to WSC, notes on Warren Hastings, copies of reports on WSC's speeches about the United States and Prohibition.

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: WSC's articles for Collier's Magazine., 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/318
Scope and Contents

Proofs and offprints of articles including: "Thoughts on Prohibition" (including research notes by Shane Leslie); "Are we too clever?" on economic depression and overproduction; and "Defence in the Pacific" on the policy of the United States towards the Philippine Islands (including notes from Colin Coote and Shane Leslie).

Dates: 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: WSC's articles for Collier's Magazine., 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/340
Scope and Contents

Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC: "America and unemployment" in which WSC defends the principle of unemployment insurance; "Land of corn" on WSC's opinion that food in the United States is inferior to British food, his objections to prohibition and his experiences of travel in the United States; an article on Anglo-American economic relations including notes on British economic policy by Aylmer Valance; and "The problem of liquor control" on prohibition.

Dates: 1933
Conditions Governing Access: Open