Churchill, Winston Leonard Spencer, Sir, 1874 - 1965 (Knight, statesman and historian)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1874 - 1965
Found in 4519 Collections and/or Records:
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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
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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
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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
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Literary: Proofs of "The Great War"., 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/341
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Annotated proofs of part 1 of "The Great War" (based on WSC's book "The World Crisis").
Dates:
1933
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Literary: Reviews of "My Early Life"., 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/285
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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.
Dates:
1931
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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: "Short Biographies": "American Impressions", copy., 1929 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/592
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Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Prohibition" on the fall of drunkenness in Britain because of taxation and regulation and the rise of consumption and crime in the United States; "The American Mind and Ours" on the importance of business at the expense of politics in the United States and the differences in American and British attitudes; "Industrial Conditions in America"; "Vastness of American Industry"; "Fleets of Britain and America"; "World's...
Dates:
1929 - 1937
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Literary: "Short Biographies": "American Impressions": proofs., 1929 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/593
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Proofs of the following articles by WSC: "The American Mind and Ours" on the importance of business at the expense of politics in the United States and the differences in American and British attitudes; "The United States of Europe" on a Europe without trade barriers and the benefits of solidarity; "Canada's Cornfields"; "Hollywood"; "Across Canada"; "Prohibition in Practice"; "California"; "Battles of Virginia" on Civil War sites; "Mr Macdonald's Reception" on good relations between Britain...
Dates:
1929 - 1937
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Literary: "Short Biographies": copy., 1932 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/589
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Annotated copy of WSC's article, "The Macdonald Enigma" on the career of Ramsay Macdonald, his betrayal of Socialism and alliance with Stanley Baldwin.
Dates:
1932 - 1937
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Literary: "Short Biographies": proofs 1., [Dec] 1929 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/590
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Proofs of the following articles by WSC: "The United States of Europe" on Europe without trade barriers and the benefits of solidarity; "The Abuse of the Dole" on the political importance of unemployment figures and the abuse of the unemployment insurance system; "The American Mind and Ours" on the importance of business in the United States at the expense of politics, and on the difference between American and British attitudes; "Ramsay Macdonald" as Prime Minister and on his alliance with...
Dates:
[Dec] 1929 - 1937
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Literary: "Short Biographies": proofs 2., 1930 - 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/591
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Proofs of the following articles by WSC: an untitled article on the bad effects of independence for the Philippines; "Edward VIII" on Hector Bolitho's book on Edward, [Edward, Duke of Windsor, earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and Edward VIII]; "The Abuse of the Dole" on the political importance of the unemployment figures and the abuse of the unemployment insurance system; "The United States of Europe" on a Europe without trade barriers and the benefits of solidarity; "Unlucky Alfonso" on...
Dates:
1930 - 1937
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Literary: "Step by Step": letters of congratulations and thanks for complimentary copies., 11 May 1939 - 09 Jul 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/628
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Correspondents include (many commenting on contemporary foreign affairs and praising the foresight of WSC's articles): Edward Marsh; Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Craigavon [earlier James Craig]; Sir Reginald Barnes; 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth]; Fred Pelly; John Kitto, Librarian, House of Commons; Desmond Morton; Sarah Oliver [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp and Lady Audley]; Sir Roger Keyes; Sir Henry Strakosch; Frederick Leathers; 1st Lord...
Dates:
11 May 1939 - 09 Jul 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: Strand Magazine articles: correspondence., 13 Jan 1937 - 18 Nov 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/554
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Correspondents include: Reeves Shaw [Editor of the Strand Magazine] on WSC's article "Women in War"(4).
Dates:
13 Jan 1937 - 18 Nov 1937
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Literary: Strand Magazine articles: correspondence., 15 May 1935 - 21 Nov 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/510
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Correspondents include: representatives of the Strand Magazine, including Reeves Shaw [Editor] (12); Frederick Lindemann [later 1st Lord Cherwell].Subjects include: photographs of the Churchill family to be used by the magazine.Also includes: a press cutting on the hostile reaction in Germany to WSC's article "The truth about Hitler".
Dates:
15 May 1935 - 21 Nov 1935
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Literary: Sunday Chronicle articles by WSC., 02 Jan 1938 - 27 Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/619
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Includes galley proofs and press cuttings from the Sunday Chronicle for: "I Escape" on WSC's capture by the Boers and details of his subsequent escape; "The Blunder that Beat Germany" on the Battle of the Marne [France]; "The True Story of the Tank" on the development of the tank during World War I, its initial rejection, WSC's intervention, and its first use in action; "When Britain Nearly Starved" on the German submarine campaign during World War I, British anti-submarine warfare, and...
Dates:
02 Jan 1938 - 27 Mar 1938
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Literary: Sunday Chronicle articles by WSC: 1 ("The World Crisis" series)., Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/651
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Includes cuttings from the Chronicle for: "War - from inside the Admiralty" on experiencing naval action at the Admiralty during World War I, and a detailed description of the battle of the Dogger Bank; "U-boats - How the Navy Beat Them" on the morality of submarine warfare, the development of the Q-boat, the U-boat campaign against supply from the United States, and its consequence, the entry of the US into the war; "War on the Western Front" on casualties among the French, Germans and...
Dates:
Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
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Literary: Sunday Chronicle articles by WSC: 1 ("The World Crisis" series)., 07 Jan 1940 - 21 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/674
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Includes cuttings from the Chronicle for: "Escort" on transporting troops by sea and British naval policy at the beginning of World War I; "Spring Offensive" on WSC's experiences of the German offensive "Michael"; "40 Days of Hell" on the final German offensive of World War I and Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig's orders to stand firm; "Germany's Vital Bid to Beat Blockade" on the position of Romania during the War; "U-boats versus Q-boats" on British strategy against the German U-boat...
Dates:
07 Jan 1940 - 21 Dec 1940
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Literary: Sunday Chronicle articles by WSC: 2 ("The World Crisis" series)., Nov 1939 - Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/652
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Includes cuttings from the Chronicle for: "The Hun" on the birth of the German Empire, German ambitions with regard to sea power, the positions of France and Russia, and German colonialism until the turn of the century; "Huns at Sea" on the German naval race with Great Britain, the dispute between France and Germany over Morocco, the annexation of Bosnia and Herzegovina by Austria, the dreadnought controversy of 1909; "Threats!" on German and French actions in Morocco in 1911, David Lloyd...
Dates:
Nov 1939 - Dec 1939
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Literary: Sunday Chronicle articles by WSC: 2 ("The World Crisis" series)., 03 Mar 1940 - 21 Apr 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/675
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Includes cuttings from the Chronicle for: "The Man Who Scared the U-Boats" on the convoy system for merchant shipping during World War I; "The German Army Myth" on the first battles on the Western Front; "The French" on the Battle of Verdun [France]; "The Blackest Day of the German Army" on the use of tanks at the Battles of Cambrai and Amiens [both France]; "The Valiant Heart of Man" on the bravery of those who fought in World War I; "Plan for Victory" on British naval strategy at the start...
Dates:
03 Mar 1940 - 21 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.