Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874-1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Places
- United Kingdom (nation) (Associated Country)
Found in 4600 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 2., May 1939 - Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/643
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs, and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Our Rule Britannia Office of State" on the history and structure of the Admiralty, his experience of it during World War I, the replacement of coal-driven ships with oil-powered, the Admiralty yacht, the Enchantress, and praise for the Navy; "The Cinderella of Our Fighting Services" on the War Office, his experiences over demobilisation and mutinies at the end of World War I, and conscription; "Will There...
Dates:
May 1939 - Jun 1939
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/617
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Workers of Britain Have Come into their Own" on social services, education, National Insurance, savings, the Trade Board, child labour, and hours of work; "Health Comes First in Social Progress" on physical training schemes, improvements in sanitation, building new housing estates, cheap rents, encouraging families, allotments and promoting rural areas; "Necessity is Indeed the Mother of Invention" on the...
Dates:
Oct 1938
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/644
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Includes proofs for three unpublished articles (indicated by a 1962 note): "The Mysteries of the Body" on cells, organs, blood, the digestive system, the liver, the nervous system and the brain, the senses, reproduction, and genetics; "Are We Alone in Space?" on the necessary conditions for life to develop outside the Earth; "The River of Life" on the origin of life on Earth up till human life (with a supplement from the Illustrated London News showing human evolution).
Dates:
1939
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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 5., Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/618
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Includes annotated proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Memories of Parliament as a Novitiate Member" on the thrill of being an MP, features of the House of Commons, the gulf between the parties in the early years of the century, Joseph Chamberlain, the Free Trade debate, Charles Parnell and the flogging of soldiers; "On Making a Maiden Speech in the House" on the maiden speeches by F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and WSC, the effect of the Irish Nationalists and later,...
Dates:
Dec 1938
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Jan 1936 - 24 Jun 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/533
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Correspondents include: representatives of the News of the World, including Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor] (4) and [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor (13); "S L" [Shane Leslie] on subjects for the articles (2); Adam Marshall Diston on drafting the articles (3).Subjects include: a complaint by Sir Reginald Bacon about defamatory remarks in WSC's article on 1st Lord Fisher, "The Price of Publicity".
Dates:
21 Jan 1936 - 24 Jun 1937
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 02 Feb 1937 - 23 Jun 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/551
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Correspondents include: representatives of the News of the World, including [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor (13) and Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor] (2) on the "Great Events of our Time" series, the "Great Events of Tomorrow" series and agreements for articles by WSC up to 1939.
Dates:
02 Feb 1937 - 23 Jun 1937
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 19 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/602
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Correspondents include: Representatives of the News of the World (11) on WSC's series of articles for the paper, including the Deputy Editor, [David] Percy Davies, and [the Editor] Sir Emsley Carr replying to a letter from WSC on the inadequacy of British air defences.
Dates:
19 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1938
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Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Feb 1939 - 26 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/629
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Correspondents include: [David] Percy Davies, Deputy Editor [and Chairman] of the News of the World, on arrangements over articles on air defence, the War Office, the prospects of war and unpublished scientific articles (11); Wing Commander John Hodsoll [Inspector-General of Air Raid Precautions Department] on WSC's article on air defence; Sir Emsley Carr [Chairman and Editor of the News of the World] on his health, topics for articles by WSC, congratulations on WSC's appointment as First...
Dates:
21 Feb 1939 - 26 Oct 1939
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From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": correspondence., 03 Aug 1940 - 15 Jun 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/659
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Correspondents include: Charles Eade, Editor of the Sunday Dispatch, on compiling an autobiography of WSC from various sources (8); Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director of] MacMillan and Company, commenting on the proposed book.Also includes: copy letters from WSC's office to those mentioned above and to Lovat Dickson [Director of MacMillan] requesting his views on the book; provisional chapter list, indicating where material has come from, for proposed versions of the...
Dates:
03 Aug 1940 - 15 Jun 1942
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 1-6., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/677
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Covers WSC's life until his escape from imprisonment by the Boers. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 7-12., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/678
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Covers WSC's life from his election at Oldham [Lancashire] to the end of World War I. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 13-23., c 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/679
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Covers WSC's life from the aftermath of World War I to the formation of the National Government in 1931. Compiled from WSC's newspaper and magazine articles by Charles Eade [Editor of the Sunday Dispatch].
Dates:
c 1942
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Literary: notes and cuttings for Sunday Dispatch articles., 1934 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/673
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Includes lists of articles by WSC for possible publication in the Sunday Dispatch and cuttings from earlier articles by WSC: "Premiers on the Sick List", dismissing the strains of being Prime Minister; "What's Wrong With Parliament" on the need for parliamentary reform; "I Always Took Chances" on his childhood rashness; "Open Letter to a Communist" on his disapproval of dictatorship in the Soviet Union and Germany; "The Blackcoat Tragedy" on the decline of the middle classes; "India and the...
Dates:
1934 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: offers, foreign rights, and miscellaneous correspondence., Feb 1945 - Aug 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/7A-B
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Correspondents include: [William] Surrey Dane (2); representatives of the BBC (4); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, solicitors (8); William Chenery, Publisher of Collier's Magazine (20); Charles Eade, [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch, on "Forever Again"; Guy Schofield, Editor of the Evening News; Charles Curran, Features Editor, Evening Standard, on WSC's opinion of cartoonist David Low; Robert Lusty, director of Michael Joseph Limited (2); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank...
Dates:
Feb 1945 - Aug 1947
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Literary: "Onwards to Victory" and "Dawn of Liberation": correspondence regarding publication of the fourth and fifth collections of WSC's speeches in the United Kingdom and around the world., 04 Jan 1943 - 21 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/806
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Correspondents include: H Aubrey Gentry [Director of Cassell and Company Ltd] (52); Sydney Roberts [Secretary of Cambridge University Press] (3); Sir Edward Marsh (9); Charles Eade (18).
Dates:
04 Jan 1943 - 21 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Literary: Paget's "Examen": correspondence., 02 Jan 1934 - 04 May 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/489
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Correspondents include: representatives of The Haworth Press on WSC's introduction to the reprint of John Paget's "Examen" (1859); George Trevelyan (2).Also includes: annotated proofs of WSC's introduction (8 p).
Dates:
02 Jan 1934 - 04 May 1934
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Literary: Permissions., Nov 1952 - Oct 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/459A-B
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Correspondence and papers on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors, (18); letter from Colin Coote, on request to publish quotations by WSC in book of "maxims and reflections"; letter from William Haley, (The Times), asking WSC to write article on 250th anniversary of the Battle of Blenheim; letter from Charles Eade on serialisation of "Savrola" in the Sunday Dispatch; letter from...
Dates:
Nov 1952 - Oct 1957
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Literary: Permissions., Nov 1957 - Dec 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/460
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Correspondence and papers on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (21); letter from Constance Babington Smith requesting permission to use anecdote about WSC in serialisation of her book "Evidence in Camera" in the Sunday Times; letter from Randolph Churchill on request from a Belgian publisher, Uitgeverij Heideland-Hasselt, asking for permission to reproduce page from one of WSC's...
Dates:
Nov 1957 - Dec 1958
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Literary: Permissions., 1959 - Mar 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/461
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Correspondence and papers of Anthony Montague Browne, Private Secretary to WSC on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (11); correspondence with Michel Saint-Denis on BBC broadcast of his talk "A Day with Winston Churchill" on the preparation of WSC's broadcast to France, 1940; correspondence with Desmond Flower, Cassell and Company Ltd., (2) on proposed publication of book of WSC's...
Dates:
1959 - Mar 1960
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Literary: Permissions., Apr 1960 - Mar 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/462A-B
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Correspondence and papers of Anthony Montague Browne, Private Secretary to WSC on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (15); Thames and Hudson Ltd (2); BBC Copyright Department (2); Jonathan Cape Ltd, on publication of letters from WSC to T E Lawrence; Collins Publishers (2); Hugh Thomas (later Lord Thomas of Swynnerton) on permission to quote from "My Early Life" in history of the...
Dates:
Apr 1960 - Mar 1961
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Literary: Permissions., Apr 1961 - May 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/463A-B
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Correspondence and papers of Anthony Montague Browne, Private Secretary to WSC on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (18); correspondence with Sir Earle Page on publication of War Cabinet discussions in his memoirs; correspondence with The Reader's Digest, on publication of apocryphal quotation attributed to WSC; Peter de Mendelssohn (4) on biography of WSC, with covering letter from...
Dates:
Apr 1961 - May 1962
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Literary: Permissions., Jun 1962 - Dec 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/464A-B
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Correspondence and papers of Anthony Montague Browne, Private Secretary to WSC on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, and John McCracken, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (13) ; BBC Copyright Department (10) on serialisation of "My Early Life"; letter from Jonathan Cape Ltd on publication of letters from WSC to T E Lawrence; correspondence with Associated Rediffusion Ltd (4) ; correspondence with Conservative and...
Dates:
Jun 1962 - Dec 1963
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Literary: Permissions., Jan 1964 - Apr 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/465A-B
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Correspondence and papers of Anthony Montague Browne, Private Secretary to WSC on requests to publish extracts from WSC's books, speeches and articles including: Correspondence with Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (12); correspondence with Richard Ollard (2), and Mark Bonham Carter, Collins Publishers, on use of WSC's photographs in "Winston Churchill as I Knew Him" by Lady Violet Bonham Carter (later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury); correspondence with Randolph Churchill on access to...
Dates:
Jan 1964 - Apr 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Picture Post articles., Mar 1939 - Aug 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/655
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from Picture Post for: "What Britain's Policy Should Be", an interview with WSC in which he gives his views on British foreign policy over the preceding years and at that time, advocates co-operation with France, the United States and the Soviet Union against Germany, comments on the Spanish Civil War, the need to form a broader British government and civil defence; "How the War Began" on the build up to World War I, the assassination of...
Dates:
Mar 1939 - Aug 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Picture Post articles: correspondence., 23 Jan 1939 - 03 Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/635
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Correspondents include: representatives of Picture Post, particularly the Editor, Stefan Lorant, on subjects including WSC writing articles for the magazine on the outbreak of World War I and one addressed to the German people, selecting pictures for articles such as a photograph of WSC at Harrow [School, Middlesex], an enquiry over a photograph in the magazine of the "daughters of the Earl of Earlie" [10th Lord Airlie, CSC's grandfather] (18).Also includes: account statement for "What...
Dates:
23 Jan 1939 - 03 Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open