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

 Person

Dates

  • Existence: 1874 - 1965

Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/90a-b
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an invitation to take afternoon tea with the Council on Foreign Relations, (Presidents Elihu Root and John Davis) and to speak for 20 minutes on a subject of his choice, advising him to accept as it would help make good press.

Dates: 04 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: open
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(Untitled), [Dec 1931]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/91-92
Scope and Contents

Preliminary itinerary for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, 14 January - 21 March 1932. [Typescript, with manuscript annotations by WSC].

Dates: [Dec 1931]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Dec 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/94
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on a revised itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 26 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/95
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on a revised itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States, and confirming that Phyllis Moir had accepted the post as his secretary for the tour, starting on 12 January.

Dates: 29 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Dec 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/96-97
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, on a revised itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States. [2 copies].

Dates: Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/98-100
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC on the itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 20 Nov 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Sep 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/133
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC to E Merrick Tylor [Managing Director of the Excess Insurance Company Limited], agreeing to let him have one of his paintings "as a memento of our transactions", hoping that he would keep it in his own house and not part with it "because I do not think very much of these daubs. I am shy of their undue exposure." [Carbon].

Dates: 05 Sep 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Aug 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/153-154
Scope and Contents

Insurance Policy by the Excess Insurance Company Limited, insuring WSC against cancellation of his United States lecture tour due to a General Election, being appointed to ministerial office, accident or illness. Premium, 500 pounds, Sum Assured 5,000 pounds.

Dates: 13 Aug 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/182-183
Scope and Contents

Draft contract between WSC and the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, for the delivery of 45 lectures in the United States between 15 October and 15 December 1931, signed by Louis Alber, President of the Association and Elmer Wickes, Secretary.

Dates: 30 Apr 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Jun] 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/190
Scope and Contents

Note on terms of WSC's contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: [Jun] 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Apr 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/195-196
Scope and Contents

Draft contract between the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated and WSC, for 45 lectures in the United States between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 50,000 dollars, signed by Louis Alber, President of the Association.

Dates: 30 Apr 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/204
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Bernard Baruch to WSC, recommending Louis Levy as an attorney to deal with WSC's lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 19 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1931]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/206
Scope and Contents

Memorandum containing proposed amendments to WSC's contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: [Apr 1931]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/207-208
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to James Grigg [Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue], on the tax situation of lecturers, arguing that lecturing was an entirely different activity to writing, "the art of delivering a lecture is not literary but histrionic in its character. It is a physical and psychic exertion of which most literary men or journalists would be incapable", concluding that a hypothetical individual would be ill advised to undertake a lecture tour as the receipts would raise the rate of tax on...
Dates: 15 Apr 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/210
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States, stating that 90 minutes was too long for a lecture, suggesting 60 minutes, with a 15 minute introduction. [Copy].

Dates: 15 Apr 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr 1931]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/211-212
Scope and Contents

Note by WSC on the contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: [Apr 1931]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Mar 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/216
Scope and Contents

Letter from Captain W W Galbraith, Naval Attache, United States Embassy, London, to WSC, passing on an invitation from Ralph Earle, President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, to speak at the Institute during his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 18 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/224
Scope and Contents

Cutting from the Hartford Daily Times, announcing that WSC would speak in Hartford, Connecticut on 17 October, during his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 16 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 13 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/229
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the announcement of his lecture tour of the United States, asking him to mention the name of the Alber-Wickes Agency, to state that he would be covering the whole country from Boston to Los Angeles, and say something about the lecture subjects.

Dates: 13 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/233
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], suggesting subjects for his forthcoming lecture tour of the United States: "The Destiny of the English Speaking Peoples"; the "Foundation of World Peace"; "How the Great War Came"; "Great Britain and Indian Progress"; Youth and Adventure". [Copy, marked "draft"].

Dates: 06 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/236
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States, stating that he would not accept lower terms than those already offered, but agreeing that if after 45 lectures, Alber could prove a loss, he would give a further five lectures free of charge. [Copy].

Dates: 01 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 01 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/237-238
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stressing the depth of the financial depression in the United States, and asking if he would be prepared to accept a lower fee of 45,000 dollars for 45 lectures.

Dates: 01 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Jan 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/240
Scope and Contents

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, suggesting limiting WSC's liability to 10,000 dollars if the contract was voided after 1 June.

Dates: 09 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jan 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/241
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on the terms of the contract for his lecture tour of the United States: stating that he had every intention of fulfilling the contract when signed, that he would know the political situation by June, and was willing to pay a substantial forfeit if forced to cancel, but asking for his liability to be limited in case of a sudden General Election, or being asked to undertake "exceptional...
Dates: 08 Jan 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1930

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/242-243
Scope and Contents

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC on the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stating that he was willing to pay 50,000 dollars for the two months, 15 Oct - 15 Dec 1931, and giving WSC the right to cancel up to 1 June, but that there should be no cancellation clause after this date.

Dates: 20 Dec 1930
Conditions Governing Access: Open