Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 32 Collections and/or Records:
Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10 [eventually entitled "Recovery and Reform" and included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various pre-war proofs., [1938] - [1945]
Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10, "Recovery and Reform" [eventually included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various post-war revises., Nov 1954 - Jan 1957
Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volumes 1-4, "From Earliest Years to 1485", "1485-1688, The Tudors and Stuarts", "Confronting the French, 1689-1815", and "The Nineteenth Century" [eventually entitled "The Birth of Britain", "The New World", "The Age of Revolution", and "The Great Democracies"]: superseded version (pre-war and post-war proofs)., [1938] - 1955
Literary: miscellaneous correspondence., Nov 1942 - Dec 1951
Literary: "My Life", News of the World: copy., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Literary: "My Life", News of the World": proofs., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 2., 08 Mar 1942 - 05 Apr 1942
Literary: various correspondence., 09 Jan 1943 - 30 Dec 1943
Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 05 Mar 1922 - 30 Apr 1922
Official: Colonial Office: Correspondence., 03 Jun 1922 - 22 Oct 1922
Official: Colonial Office: correspondence, mainly on South African affairs., 01 Aug 1906 - 29 Aug 1906
Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1906 - Dec 1906
Public and Political: General: Correspondence N-Z., 1880 - Jun 1934
Public and Political: General: Personal Office correspondence, A-B, many congratulating WSC on becoming Prime Minister and praising his leadership and speeches. [please note that almost the whole file dates from 1940]., Jun 1903 - Feb 1941
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence A., 05 Jan 1946 - 30 Jun 1949
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence M - Q., 31 Oct 1945 - 27 Jan 1950
Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence Sa - Sm., 21 May 1941 - 27 Oct 1951
Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Proofs., 05 Apr 1906 - 23 May 1909
Speeches: House of Commons and Non-House of Commons: Proofs., 05 Apr 1906 - 09 Oct 1909
Speeches: House of Commons: Colonial Affairs., 1907
Manuscript notes and source material for speech on Colonial Peference, including extract from Canadian House of Commons [WSC spoke on "Imperial Preference" on 15 Jul 1907 Complete Speeches I, pp 814-822].
(Untitled), 01 May [1896]
Letter from WSC (35a Great Cumberland Place [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: discussion of financial affairs; concern at "Jack's" [John S Churchill's] illness; description of a dinner with "all the powers that be" including [Joseph] Chamberlain, Lord Wolseley, [Henry] Chaplin, Lord James and Sir Francis Jeune; observations on South African affairs and Cecil Rhodes' involvement; and a request to borrow money to buy a polo pony.
(Untitled), 18 Nov [1899]
Letter from WSC (Pretoria [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] informing her that he has been captured by the Boers and that he hopes that he will not be detained as he is a Press Correspondent. He asks her to try and secure his release, commenting "After all this is a new experience - as was the heavy shell fire". Envelope present.
(Untitled), 06 Jan [1900]
(Untitled), 13 Feb 1900
Letter from WSC (Chieveley Camp, Natal [South Africa]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses "Jack's" [John S Churchill] conduct in the fighting and asks her not to allow him to leave [the hospital ship] Maine before fully recovered and to send him reviews of his book ["The River War"]. He informs her that he has been invited to become President of the Midland Conservative Club and says that he would like to receive more brandy.
(Untitled), [26] [Feb] [1900]
Letter from WSC ([near Chieveley] South Africa) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he asks her to look into the list of people who should receive copies of ["Savrola"]; reports that they have captured "a great part of the Boer position" and that the continuation of fighting prevents her coming [with the hospital ship Maine] to the area; and asks her to send him copies of several newspapers. Envelope present.