Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
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Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 151 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence W - Z., 15 Nov 1945 - 26 Sep 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/178
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Correspondents include: Sir Cecil Wakeley, President, Royal College of Surgeons; [Alfred] Walford and Olive Walford (2); Sir Alexander Walker; Sophie, Lady Wavertree [Sophie Fisher] on subjects including racing and gifts of WSC's books (5); Sir Simon Marks; Sumner Welles; 16th Lady Wentworth [earlier Judith Blunt-Lytton]; "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster] (7); Sir Charles Davis, Lord Mayor of London; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on a memorial...
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15 Nov 1945 - 26 Sep 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Antonio Giraudier., 08 Nov 1947 - 30 Mar 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/159
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Letters from Antonio Giraudier on his gifts to WSC, of cigars, wine, painting equipment and food parcels for London hospitals, WSC's painting, and on WSC's gifts to him, of books and a picture (49).Other correspondents include: Eleonora Mackenzie, British Legation, Cuba, on sending Giraudier's cigars (12); CSC on the hospital food parcels (3); G Ceris Jones, Matron, Westminster Hospital [London] on the food parcels; Elizabeth Cockayne, Matron, Royal Free Hospital [London] on the food...
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08 Nov 1947 - 30 Mar 1951
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Field-Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery., 15 Feb 1943 - 18 Nov 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/143
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Subjects include: Alamein dinners and reunions; Montgomery's book ["El Alamein to the River Sangro"]; pamphlets by Montgomery on military matters; bringing Field-Marshal Erwin Rommel to battle (February 1943); Montgomery's book "Ten Chapters"; political and military problems in post-war Egypt; mis-statements in Alan Moorehead's biography of Montgomery on WSC's part in the dismissal of Field-Marshal Archibald Wavell and in the D-Day landings; the mutual respect between WSC and Stalin;...
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15 Feb 1943 - 18 Nov 1957
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Herbert Haseltine., 22 Sep 1948 - 29 Jan 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/219
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Correspondence between WSC and Haseltine on Haseltine's gifts to WSC of his bronzes of horses and of WSC's poodle Rufus, exhibitions of his work, and research for his statue of George Washington.Other correspondents include: "Bert" [10th Duke of Marlborough, earlier Lord Blandford] on research for the George Washington statue; Madeleine Haseltine, on Haseltine's death. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Anthony Montague Browne, WSC's Private Secretary and Jo Sturdee [later...
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22 Sep 1948 - 29 Jan 1962
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Lord Beaverbrook., 04 Aug 1951 - 19 Feb 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/211
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Correspondence between WSC and 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] on subjects including: Chartwell [Kent]; racing; WSC's visits to Beaverbrook's house in France; Beaverbrook's opposition to a German army; publishing letters by WSC in books by Beaverbrook; the Canadian stock market; effects of the United States's policy on Suez [Egypt]; British Free Trade proposals to Canada; economic problems in the United States.Other correspondents include: Arthur Christiansen, [Editor], Daily...
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04 Aug 1951 - 19 Feb 1960
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with President Truman., 29 Jan 1946 - 01 May 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/158
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Letters from Harry S Truman, President of the United States, on subjects including his hopes for avoiding a third world war, seeing Sarah Oliver [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, later Sarah, Lady Audley] in the Philadelphia Story, his own chances for re-election, the threat of Communism and dealing with the Soviet Union (10).Other correspondents include: CSC; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Joint Director, Conservative Research Department]; Alexander Spearman on...
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29 Jan 1946 - 01 May 1950
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence A - B., 24 Apr 1951 - 01 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/203A-B
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Correspondents include: Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, First Lord of the Admiralty] (3); Anthony Head; Herman Ingebretsen, Editor, Aftenposten, on the birthday of King Haakon VII of Norway; Anthony Alam; Vasil Andoni, Secretary-General, Albanian Agrarian Democratic Party; Prince Mohamed Ali of Egypt (2); Robert Allan; Eleanor Roosevelt; Julian Amery on subjects including development in Uganda (2); Leo Amery (2); [Arthur] Edwin...
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24 Apr 1951 - 01 Mar 1955
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence E - G., 16 Oct 1951 - 14 Mar 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/205A-B
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Correspondents include: Andrew Stark [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign Secretary] on WSC sending a message to l'Echo de la Bourse (2); Maurice Edelman on his history of [the sinking of the French fleet] at Mers-el-Kebir [Algeria] (3); Jean Levy, President, University of Lille [France]; Guy Elliott, Professor of Medicine, University of Witwatersrand, South Africa; Isie Smuts; [Arthur] Michael Palliser, Foreign Office (2); Haile Selassie, Emperor of Ethiopia; Sir Ian Fraser; Ruth...
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16 Oct 1951 - 14 Mar 1955
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Personal correspondence H - N., 26 Nov 1951 - 06 Apr 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/206
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Correspondents include: Charles Orr-Ewing on Old Harrovian dinners (6); James Hutchison; Lawrence Verney; Robert James, Headmaster of Harrow School [Middlesex] on a visit by WSC (8); Sir Geoffrey Hutchinson [later Lord Ilford] (2); 1st Lord Kirkwood; Sir Percy Spender [Australian Ambassador to the United States] on Marjorie Lawrence singing for WSC (2); Roger Makins [later 1st Lord Sherfield, British Ambassador to the United States] on Marjorie Lawrence; Claude Lancaster (2); David Logan...
Dates:
26 Nov 1951 - 06 Apr 1955
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Public and Political: General: Various: Churchill Endowment Fund and the Sonning Prize., Feb 1951 - Apr 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/620A-B
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Correspondence and papers accumulated by Trustee Colonel William Deakin and Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], Secretary to the British Section, on the setting up and administration of the Fund for educational and cultural exchanges between Britain and Denmark, including a donation towards an Anglo-Danish expedition to North Greenland, 1952-53.Other correspondents include: [Harvey] Druitt, Assistant Treasury Solicitor (4); Count Eduard Reventlow, Danish Ambassador to the United Kingdom (2); Sir...
Dates:
Feb 1951 - Apr 1957
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Public and Political: General: Various: General Public Correspondence., 1915 - Jul 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/502A-B
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Correspondents include: Terence Grady (3) and John Graham [Assistant Private Secretaries to Foreign Secretary] with advice on responses to enquiries; Cyril Hankinson, Editor of Debrett; [5th Lord] Rayleigh [earlier John Strutt]; Leo Amery; William Gauld, Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Scotland; Leslie Baily regarding WSC's recollection of seeing Gilbert and Sullivan's 'Ruddigore'; Samuel Hammersley; Leon Guerrero, Philippine Ambassador to Great Britain; Sir Arthur Power; Captain...
Dates:
1915 - Jul 1955
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Public and Political: General: Various: General Public Correspondence., Aug 1955 - Dec 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/503
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Correspondents include: Brigadier Harold Money; Air Chief Marshal Sir John Whitworth Jones; John Connell, leader writer for the Evening News; [Rodney] Graham Page, M P for Crosby [Lancashire]; Mary Jerome; Peter Goldman, Director of the Conservative Political Centre; John Craigie; Sakari Tuomiojo, Finnish Ambassador to Great Britain; Desmond Donnelly; Marcus Sieff with a memorandum on "Stability in the Middle East"; Major Pieter van der Byl, M P; and Surgeon-Commander Murray Levick,...
Dates:
Aug 1955 - Dec 1955
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Cuba (February 1946)., 05 Jan 1946 - 19 Mar 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/231
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to Cuba and invitation to Jamaica include: Frank Clarke (2); Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary]; Guillermo de Blanck [Cuban Ambassador to Britain]; Miguel de Leon, Acting-President, Cuban Congress; Albert Nathan, Publisher, Jamaica Daily Express (3); [William] Alexander Bustamente [leader of Government Business, Jamaica] (2); Cecil Bunbury, Press Attache, British Legation, Cuba (4); William Dunlop [Head of Communications Department, Foreign Office]. Also includes...
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05 Jan 1946 - 19 Mar 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Metz, Luxembourg, Paris (July 1946)., Sep 1944 - 12 Feb 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/237
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to France and Luxembourg include: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (2); Andrew Clasen, Luxembourg Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, on subjects including arrangements for the visit, and requests for photographs of WSC (8); [?] Ethel, Lady Cotton; Robert Schuman, French Minister of Finance; Sir [David] Rowland Evans, General Secretary, Liberal National Organization; Louis Vallon, Director, Paris Mint, on medallions for WSC; Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord...
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Sep 1944 - 12 Feb 1947
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Paris, Brussels and Antwerp (November 1945)., 13 Oct 1945 - 04 Apr 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/222
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Correspondents on WSC's visit to France and Belgium include: 1st Lord Cunningham [Chief of Naval Staff] on transport for WSC (2); Sir Hughe Knatchbull-Hugessen, British Ambassador to Belgium, on the risks of appearing to support Leopold, King of Belgium, WSC's speech to the Belgian Parliament, and the programme for the visit (9); Edward [Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward Prince of Wales and King Edward VIII]; 13th Lord Reay [earlier Aeneas Mackay], Foreign Office (3); Duff Cooper [later 1st...
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13 Oct 1945 - 04 Apr 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) G - H., 22 Aug 1946 - 10 Dec 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/241
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Charles Gos on a speech by WSC on mountains (6); Clare Sheridan; General Henri Guisan, thanking WSC for a gift of some of his books; Alan Hillgarth [earlier Alan Evans]; Henri Hoppenot, French Ambassador to Switzerland; Sir Ellis Hume-Williams. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt and M Staite, WSC's secretaries. A large proportion of the papers in this file are in French or...
Dates:
22 Aug 1946 - 10 Dec 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland (August - September 1946) I - L., 20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/242A-B
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: David Lamb; Dennis Larking; H Lefeuvre-Meaulle, French Minister Plenipotentiary in Switzerland (2); Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough, First Secretary, British Embassy, Paris, France]; J Luscher, photographer, on taking photographs of "Choisi", where WSC was staying (4). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, M Staite, "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow]...
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20 May 1946 - 22 Apr 1947
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Switzerland ( August - September 1946) S., 19 Jun 1946 - 02 Jan 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/245
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: James Senn on his butter machine (4); Ernest Bartschi, Mayor of Berne; Werner Balsiger, Chief of Swiss Police, and Max Maurer, Commissioner of Swiss Police. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by M Staite, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, B Vogel and "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow], WSC's secretaries. A large proportion of the papers in this file are in French or German.Other subjects include:...
Dates:
19 Jun 1946 - 02 Jan 1947
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946) correspondence: general public., 19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/235A-B
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: Sir Frederick Godber, Chairman, Executive Committee, Help Holland Council; Merrick Denton-Thompson, British Consul- General, Amsterdam (2); Walter Fletcher on paint suppliers in the Netherlands; Sir Nevile Bland, British Ambassador to the Netherlands; G van Heuven Goedhart, former Minister of Justice for the Netherlands, on his wartime escape to Britain. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by CSC and Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and...
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19 Mar 1946 - 22 Aug 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: the Netherlands (May 1946): newspapers, press reports., 08 May 1946 - 17 May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/236
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Includes: reports from the British and Dutch press on WSC's visit; texts of speeches by individuals including Berend Escher, Rector of Leyden University, on WSC receiving an honorary doctorate (10 May 1946), Baron Willem Lodewijk de vos van Steenwijk, Chairman, Upper House of the Parliament of the Netherlands, on WSC's visit to the States-General [the Hague, 9 May], Professor Rudolf Cleveringa, Leyden University (10 May) and Alderman W Schokking on WSC's visit to Amsterdam, and Amsterdam's...
Dates:
08 May 1946 - 17 May 1946
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: United States (January - March 1946) N - R., 29 Nov 1945 - 17 May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/229
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Correspondents on WSC's visit include: James Angell, Public Service Counsellor, National Broadcasting Company Incorporated [NBC] on recordings of WSC's speeches (2); Gilbert Grosvenor, President, National Geographic Society, on maps given to WSC; Bruce Bliven, President, New Republic magazine, on a special Franklin Roosevelt issue (2); Douglas Robey, British Vice-Consul, New York, on subjects including a reception for WSC (5); Sir Francis Evans [British Consul-General, New York] (3);...
Dates:
29 Nov 1945 - 17 May 1946
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 28 Oct 1938 - 11 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/133
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Notes for WSC's speech (25 November, Harlow [Essex]) on his position as constituency MP, British rearmament, and the international situation. Source material includes a letter on local opposition to WSC. Also includes a photograph of a painting of Lord Randolph Churchill and a cutting from the Times reporting WSC's speech [see also CHAR 9/130C for further notes for the speech]. Part published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6039-41.Notes for WSC's toast to the Duke of Kent (?28 October, [Merchant...
Dates:
28 Oct 1938 - 11 Dec 1938
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Fonds
The Broadwater Collection
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW
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Includes: Churchill family photograph albums and press-cutting books, with photographs of Churchill and his family throughout his life, and press-cuttings covering Churchill's political, military and literary career; some papers relating to Lord Randolph Churchill; papers relating to Lady Randolph Churchill, particularly scripts for various plays which she wrote, and albums from the hospital ship, Maine, during the Boer War; papers relating to Sir Winston Churchill, including public and...
Dates:
1586 - 2011
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Oscar Nemon
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NEMO
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The papers are chiefly concerned with Nemon's sculptures of Winston Churchill and Baroness Thatcher, and consist of: some casts, moulds and models; correspondence on Nemon's work, with working sketches of Churchill; Nemon's writing on Churchill, particularly drafts for his memoirs and accounts of sculpting him; photographs of the statues, including work in progress and the completed sculptures; contemporary photographs, used as reference material by Nemon; cut out profiles, particularly of...
Dates:
1894 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/86B/54
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Photograph of WSC when attached to the 21st Lancers in Cairo [Egypt].
Dates:
1898
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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.