Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 823 Collections and/or Records:
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Literary: Curtis Brown: business correspondence., 31 Dec 1936 - 31 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/560
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Curtis Brown Limited, international publishing bureau, including H W Shirley Long, Manager of the Magazine and Newspaper Department (44) and Spencer Curtis Brown on the rights to WSC's articles.Also includes: Curtis Brown's account statements and figures for the overseas sales of the Evening Standard series of articles (1936); a copy of the contract between WSC and Allen and Unwin Limited for the broadcast of an article by WSC; royalty statements...
Dates:
31 Dec 1936 - 31 Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 13 Dec 1937 - 10 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/606
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Correspondents include: Representatives of Curtis Brown (21); copy letter from J Arthur Rank on a proposed film "Kitchener of Khartoum [Sudan]".Other subjects include: publication rights of WSC's Collier's magazine articles in the United Kingdom; details of articles for the Sunday Chronicle and WSC's American articles; the recording of "The River War" as a Talking Book for the Blind; an offer to syndicate contributions by WSC to the US press.Also includes: royalty statements for the Swedish...
Dates:
13 Dec 1937 - 10 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 19 Mar 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/663
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Correspondents include: representatives of Curtis Brown on the possible future publication of WSC's memoirs of the war by Odhams [Press Limited] and publishing a collection of his wartime speeches (7).Also includes: royalty statements from Curtis Brown and Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited.
Dates:
19 Mar 1940 - 31 Dec 1940
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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 13 Feb 1941 - 10 Oct 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/687
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Correspondents include: representatives of Curtis Brown (5); Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias], Chairman and Managing Director of Odhams Press Limited, offering WSC 75, 000 pounds for exclusive world copyright of his future memoirs of the war.Also includes: royalty statements for money received for Swedish and Spanish rights to WSC's works and from Thornton Butterworth Limited; a copy letter (drafted by Brendan Bracken) rebuking Curtis Brown for devising the deal with Odhams without...
Dates:
13 Feb 1941 - 10 Oct 1941
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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 06 Jan 1942 - 24 Jul 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/701
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Lovat Dickson, [Director] of MacMillan, on whether Curtis Brown is entitled to commission on titles whose contracts they have taken over; Curtis Brown (5) on subjects including the proposal by Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias] to publish WSC's future memoirs of the war.Also includes: a cutting from the Daily Sketch denying that WSC has been writing an account of the war.
Dates:
06 Jan 1942 - 24 Jul 1942
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Literary: Curtis Brown Limited: business correspondence., 27 Jun 1944 - 23 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/715
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Curtis Brown on a rumour that Sarah [Oliver, earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp and Lady Audley] is writing a biography of WSC, and the future publication of WSC's war memoirs (8); Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias, Chairman and Managing Director of Odham's Press Limited], increasing his offer to 250, 000 pounds for exclusive world copyright to WSC's war memoirs.Also includes: a copy letter from Kathleen Hill [WSC's secretary]...
Dates:
27 Jun 1944 - 23 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Daily Mirror articles: correspondence., 20 Mar 1939 - 26 Sep 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/633
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Daily Mirror, the Editor, Cecil Thomas, Anthony Clarkson [Features Editor] and Cecil King on subjects including arrangements for WSC publishing articles in the Mirror, financial terms, the accuracy of a statement in an article on Japan, WSC being unable to continue writing articles due to the outbreak of war, and suggesting Alfred Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord Norwich] as a replacement (11); Randolph Churchill on the agreement with the Mirror;...
Dates:
20 Mar 1939 - 26 Sep 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: Daily Telegraph articles: correspondence., 04 Apr 1938 - 15 Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/601
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry] offering to publish WSC's series of articles on foreign affairs (3).Also includes: a copy letter from WSC to Seymour Berry [later 2nd Lord Camrose] on writing an article on King George VI's visit to France; account statements for articles.
Dates:
04 Apr 1938 - 15 Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Daily Telegraph articles: correspondence., 13 Jan 1939 - 20 Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/630
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Correspondents include: Arthur Watson, Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph, on subjects including a proposed article by WSC on German colonial demands, sending cuttings and extracts relating to the German attitude to the British Empire (2); Sir Alexander Cadogan (Foreign Office) approving an article by WSC.Also includes: copy letters from WSC to those mentioned above and to 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry] on the end of his Telegraph contract; account statements for...
Dates:
13 Jan 1939 - 20 Jun 1939
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: "Europe since the Russian Revolution": correspondence and legal papers., 05 Aug 1943 - 02 Jan 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/710
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include (some of whom are writing to John S Churchill, in WSC's absence): representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (40), representatives of George G Harrap and Company including Walter Harrap (12), Sir Walter Monkton, Brendan Bracken (3), F J Wearing (clerk to Sir William Raeburn), and a representative of George Newnes Limited, on a dispute between WSC and Harrap's over the termination of an agreement to publish the above book.Also includes: notes by...
Dates:
05 Aug 1943 - 02 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Evening Standard articles: correspondence., 13 Jan 1938 - 04 Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/600
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Representatives of the Evening Standard (30) including the editor, R J Thompson, on subjects including the termination of WSC's series of articles for political reasons (2) and WSC's reply; Sir Robert Vansittart on an article on Germany and Austria.Also includes: account statements for the syndication of articles to regional newspapers.
Dates:
13 Jan 1938 - 04 Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Evening Standard articles: correspondence., 25 Jan 1936 - 24 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/534
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Correspondents include: representatives of the Evening Standard, including Percy Cudlipp, Editor (16).Also includes: a memorandum on the Evening Standard position on the new Unemployment Regulations; Curtis Brown Limited's agreement with WSC for international sales of his articles; an open letter to WSC from Fight, Organ of the British Bolshevik-Leninists in response to WSC's article on Communism; copies of Fight and the Red Flag; extracts from Stanley Baldwin's speeches on democracy...
Dates:
25 Jan 1936 - 24 Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Evening Standard articles: correspondence., 01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/552
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Correspondents include: representatives of the Evening Standard including Percy Cudlipp [Editor] (8), W H Robertson, Manager of the Syndication Department (32) and Michael Wardell, Chairman and Managing Director (9) on the "Great Reigns" series, overseas rights and a dispute over the syndication of the articles; Ernst Meyer on the syndication dispute (15); Elwell and Binford Hole, solicitors, on the syndication dispute (5).Also includes: notes on provincial and overseas newspapers running...
Dates:
01 Jan 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Financial calculations., 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/297
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Volume of calculations by WSC on his personal finances including details of income earned through his writings.
Dates:
1931
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited and Charles Scribner's Sons: business correspondence., 17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/700
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Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], of MacMillan, on managing those works by WSC where he holds the copyright (20); Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] on a window display featuring WSC's books at Scribner's in New York [United States].Other subjects include: WSC's sales and royalties in the United States and elsewhere; requests to publish extracts from WSC's works in...
Dates:
17 Jan 1942 - 24 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 16 Jan 1941 - 02 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/686
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] of MacMillan (8); Brendan Bracken.Subjects include: an agreement with MacMillan to publish WSC's works where he owns the copyright; matters arising from the liquidation of Thornton Butterworth Limited; permission to quote extracts from WSC's works; WSC's United States royalties and an American law suit; a new edition of "Thoughts and Adventures"; MacMillan re-issuing other works by...
Dates:
16 Jan 1941 - 02 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/708
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Correspondents include: Arthur Megaw [Arthur Stanley]; representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] (12); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (5); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (8); Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso] (2); John S Churchill; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [solicitors] (6).Subjects include: printing extracts from WSC's works; WSC selling his...
Dates:
04 Mar 1943 - 01 Dec 1943
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 07 Jan 1944 - 21 Dec 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/714
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director] (17); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (5).Subjects include: the publication and rights of various works by WSC abroad, including concern over regulations regarding "trading with the enemy"; the re-assignment to WSC of copyrights acquired by MacMillan; the termination of WSC's contract with MacMillan...
Dates:
07 Jan 1944 - 21 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: MacMillan and Company Limited: business correspondence., 02 Feb 1945 - 11 Dec 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/722
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Daniel MacMillan [Chairman and Managing Director], Lovat Dickson [Director], and Harold MacMillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] of MacMillan and Company (17); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (3).Subjects include: the publication, rights, and royalties of various works by WSC abroad; matters arising out of the termination of WSC's contract with MacMillan, including income tax difficulties; MacMillan's problems in keeping titles in print...
Dates:
02 Feb 1945 - 11 Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence., Apr 1940 - Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/4A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Cassell and Company Limited (5); Colin Coote, [Managing Editor] of the Daily Telegraph, on producing an anthology of WSC's aphorisms (2); Patrick Kinna (Foreign Office); [William] Surrey Dane [on behalf of Odhams Press Limited] (4); Charles Eade, [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch, on discussing an idea for a book (3); General Jacob Devers on Ralph Ingersoll's "Top Secret"; George Harvie Watt [WSC's Parliamentary Private Secretary until 1945]; Sir...
Dates:
Apr 1940 - Sep 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
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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
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence., Dec 1885 - Feb 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/66
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Percy Hobart requesting WSC to write a foreword for his history of the Royal Tank Regiment; Walter Graebner [London representative of Time-Life International] on the painter Jacques Majorelle; Desmond Flower, director of Cassell and Company; John Wyndham [later 1st Lord Egremont and 6th Lord Leconfield] (Foreign Office) on a letter by ex-Queen Alexandra of Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia,...
Dates:
Dec 1885 - Feb 1958
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence, A-J., Sep 1946 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/44
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Correspondents include: Randolph Churchill on an expedition to Benghazi [Libya] in June 1942; Eric Baume, European Editor of Truth Newspapers, on publishing WSC's articles, "The World's Great Stories Retold" (3); Geoffrey Mason [WSC's banker] (2); William Chenery, publisher, Collier's Magazine, sending on best wishes and an article; Somerset de Chair on Julius Caesar; representatives of George G Harrap and Company including J H H Gaute and George Harrap (10), mainly on WSC signing copies of...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - Feb 1951
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Open
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Literary: miscellaneous correspondence, K-Z., Oct 1947 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/45
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ernest Passant, Director of Research, Librarian and Keeper of the Papers, Foreign Office, and Sir Orme Sargent [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs] on publishing letters by WSC in "Documents on British Foreign Policy" by Llewellyn Woodward; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]; Daniel Longwell [editor of Life magazine]; 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph; representatives of the...
Dates:
Oct 1947 - Feb 1951
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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
Scope and Contents
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
Conditions Governing Access:
Open