Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 1265 Collections and/or Records:
Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., Oct 1938
Literary: News of the World articles by WSC: 4., 1939
Includes proofs for three unpublished articles (indicated by a 1962 note): "The Mysteries of the Body" on cells, organs, blood, the digestive system, the liver, the nervous system and the brain,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).
Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 02 Feb 1937 - 23 Jun 1937
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.
Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 19 Feb 1938 - 23 Dec 1938
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.
Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Feb 1939 - 26 Oct 1939
Literary: News of the World articles: correspondence., 21 Jan 1936 - 24 Jun 1937
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".
Literary: "Not Uneventful": correspondence., 03 Aug 1940 - 15 Jun 1942
Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 1-6., c 1942
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].
Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 7-12., c 1942
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].
Literary: "Not Uneventful": draft proofs, chapters 13-23., c 1942
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].
Literary: notes and cuttings for Sunday Dispatch articles., 1934 - 1940
Literary: offers, foreign rights, and miscellaneous correspondence., Feb 1945 - Aug 1947
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
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).
Literary: Paget's "Examen": correspondence., 02 Jan 1934 - 04 May 1934
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).
Literary: Permissions., Nov 1952 - Oct 1957
Literary: Permissions., Nov 1957 - Dec 1958
Literary: Permissions., 1959 - Mar 1960
Literary: Permissions., Apr 1960 - Mar 1961
Literary: Permissions., Apr 1961 - May 1962
Literary: Permissions., Jun 1962 - Dec 1963
Literary: Permissions., Jan 1964 - Apr 1965
Literary: Picture Post articles., Mar 1939 - Aug 1939
Literary: Picture Post articles: correspondence., 23 Jan 1939 - 03 Oct 1939
Literary: Proofs of "The Great War"., 1933
Annotated proofs of part 1 of "The Great War" (based on WSC's book "The World Crisis").
Literary: Reviews of "My Early Life"., 1931
Comprises cuttings of articles by Wickham Steed, editor of the Review of Reviews, and A M Pooley in the Evening News on "My Early Life". Includes observations on WSC's political career including the budgets and economic policies he implemented when Chancellor of the Exchequer, WSC's military career and his skills as an orator and a writer.