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: Thornton Butterworth Limited: business correspondence., 14 Dec 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/605
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Correspondents include: Representatives of Thornton Butterworth on book royalties, sales, publication rights abroad, corrections, quoting passages, etc.; representatives of Odhams Press Limited on a new abridged version of "The World Crisis" (5); copy letter from Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi on WSC recommending his book against totalitarianism.Other subjects include: for "Great Contemporaries": its publication in Braille; adding essays on Lord Fisher, 1st Lord Baden-Powell, Charles Parnell,...
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14 Dec 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Literary: Thornton Butterworth Limited: business correspondence., 13 Dec 1938 - 08 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/636
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Correspondents include: representatives of Thornton Butterworth on subjects including an offer to publish a "second 'World Crisis'" at the end of the war; Christina Foyle of W and G Foyle Limited; John Baker, Managing Director of the Reader's Union Limited, on subjects including their edition of "Great Contemporaries" (3); representatives of Odhams Press Limited on their edition of "The World Crisis"; Pieter van der Valk on his Dutch translation of "Great Contemporaries"; George G Harrap and...
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13 Dec 1938 - 08 Dec 1939
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Literary: Thornton Butterworth Limited: business correspondence., 24 Dec 1939 - 30 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/662
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Correspondents include: a representative of the BBC on a repeat broadcast of "Forever England" featuring an extract from "The World Crisis"; representatives of Thornton Butterworth (6); Brendan Bracken (2); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Company on matters arising out of Thornton Butterworth's bankruptcy and subsequent liquidation (4).Other subjects include: translating "Great Contemporaries" into Hebrew; publishing "Step by Step" in a Greek newspaper; type rent charges from Butler...
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24 Dec 1939 - 30 Dec 1940
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Literary: Thornton Butterworth Limited: business correspondence., 19 Dec 1940 - 21 Jul 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/685
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Correspondents include: Ernest Wingfield of Fairbairn, Wingfield and Wykes, on matters arising from the liquidation of Thornton Butterworth Limited (10); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Company on legal matters concerning the liquidation and the re-assignment to WSC of the publishing contracts held by Thornton Butterworth (11); Thornton Butterworth on subjects including his personal problems and securing WSC's support for his new publishing venture (5).Other subjects include: the...
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19 Dec 1940 - 21 Jul 1941
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Literary: "Thoughts and Adventures."., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/319
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Proofs and offprints of WSC's articles which were collectively published as "Thoughts and Adventures" including: "Winston Churchill described the Battle of Sidney Street" on his actions as Home Secretary; "In the air" on WSC's personal experiences of flying and his encouragement of the development of military aviation while First Lord of the Admiralty; "My own spy story" on espionage during World War I and WSC's experiences on the Western Front; "Plugstreet" on his posting to Ploegsteert...
Dates:
1932
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Literary: Tit-Bits articles by WSC., Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/654
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Includes cuttings from Tit-bits for: "I Was a Prisoner of War" (2 parts) on WSC's capture by the Boers, his subsequent escape from a prisoner of war camp, his experiences on the run, and his luck in seeking refuge in a British home; "I am a Prisoner in a Mine" on his experiences hiding in a mine; "My Nightmare Journey" on his escape on board a goods train bound for the Portuguese frontier; "It's Splendid to be Free" on his escape into Portuguese territory, his reception at the British...
Dates:
Oct 1939 - Nov 1939
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies of the "Secret Session Speeches" containing WSC's speeches: "Britain Fights Alone" (20 June 1940), "Parliament in the Air Raids" (17 September 1940), "The Battle of the Atlantic" (25 June 1941), "The Fall of Singapore" (23 April 1942), and "Admiral [Jean] Darlan and the North African landings" (10 December 1942), with minor annotations by individuals including WSC and ?Charles Eade., Jan 1946 - Sep 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/70A-B
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Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from WSC's secretary Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Other subjects include: Dutch serialisation rights.Also includes: a note from Martin Gilbert (1963); details of word counts for speeches; cuttings from Life magazine serialisation; copies of Ons Vrije Nederland [Dutch magazine] containing the speeches.WSC's notes and source material for these speeches can be found in files CHAR 9/140-1, 147, 156, 174, 179, 184 and 187.
Dates:
Jan 1946 - Sep 1946
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "One Way to Stop a Third World War"., 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/71
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First published in Collier's magazine, on the aftermath of World War II, the roles of France, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union with regard to Europe, the United Nations, the need for a Council of Europe, and the atomic bomb.
Dates:
1946
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "The new American policy towards Greece and Turkey" [first published in Life magazine] on his speech at Fulton [United States, 5 March 1946], the spheres of influence developing between the Soviet Union and the western powers, United States policy in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Greek affairs including the communist uprising and elections, Soviet aspirations concerning the Bosphorus Straits [Karadeniz Bogazi, Turkey] and Persia [later Iran], and Britain's role in world affairs., 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/72
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Also includes: notes and annotations by WSC's secretaries "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow] and "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford]; letter and notes from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on the article.Other subjects include: the publication of the article in the Daily Telegraph.
Dates:
1947
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Literary: various articles by WSC., Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/609
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Includes: Press cutting for "1938 - World's Year of Fate", published in Answers (29 January 1938), briefly commenting on rearmament, the Spanish Civil War, the threat of Japan, Italy and Germany, and the role of Britain, France and the United States. Cuttings and proofs for "Women in War", published in the February edition of the Strand Magazine, looking at the subject from both an historical perspective, focusing on figures such as Joan of Arc, and examining the contemporary situation...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
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Literary: various articles by WSC., c 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/641
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings for: an interview with WSC for the New Statesman and Nation, in which he defends western democracies against totalitarianism, discusses the possible effect of war on the democratic system and civil liberties, and his views on the inadequacies of ARP, conscription, and how to prevent war; the introduction to a catalogue of the artist Paul Maze, in which WSC recalls Maze during World War I (with a copy of a catalogue for a French exhibition...
Dates:
c 1939
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Literary: various articles by WSC., May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/689
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Includes cuttings from Liberty for: "U-Boat Menace" on the war on the Western Front during World War I, the Dardanelles [Turkey] campaign, the German U-boat campaign, and the role of the Royal Navy in defeating it; "Tank Tactics" on the development of the tank, its initial rejection, WSC's intervention, and its use in action at the Battles of the Somme and Cambrai [France]; "Our Friendship with America" on misunderstandings with the United States, a history of Anglo-American conflicts,...
Dates:
May 1941 - Dec 1941
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Literary: various correspondence., 14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/594
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Correspondents include: Sir John Marriott on the projected 1910 Coalition Government; Maurice Gamelin, Vice-Admiral Emile-Paul Guepratte and others thanking WSC for copies of ["My Early Life"]; Arthur Asquith praising "The River War"; Longmans, Green and Company (8) on subjects including WSC writing the foreword for "Alarms and Excursions" by General Sir Tom Bridges (6); General Sir Hubert Gough on a memorial to the 5th Army; Adam Marshall Diston (15) on subjects including the preparation of...
Dates:
14 Sep 1937 - 31 Dec 1938
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Literary: various correspondence., 04 Jan 1939 - 11 Dec 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/624
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Correspondents include: Edward Martell on a proposed "Biographical Dictionary of the British Empire" (3); Sir Roger Keyes asking WSC to write the forward to his book and advocating WSC taking over responsibility for air defences (2); John Gloag; Louis [Edward Spears] (2) on subjects including writing the preface for his book "Doomed Enterprise"; 1st Lord Lee on WSC's method of printing his manuscripts; representatives of Jonathan Cape Limited including G Wren Howard and Rupert Hart-Davis;...
Dates:
04 Jan 1939 - 11 Dec 1939
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Literary: various correspondence., 31 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/657
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Correspondents include: Edward Chatterton on correcting statements in an article by WSC on Q-boats in the Sunday Chronicle; Stefan Lorant, Editor of Picture Post, on a special issue telling the story of the Battle of the River Plate; John Perowne (Foreign Office) and 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador in the United States] on WSC writing an article for Atlantic Monthly; William Chenery, Editor of Collier's magazine; representatives of George G Harrap and Company on getting an introduction...
Dates:
31 Dec 1939 - 31 Dec 1940
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Literary: various correspondence., 15 Jan 1940 - 27 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/680
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Correspondents include: Josephine Parr [former secretary to WSC] offering her services; Emile Rieu, Literary and Academic Adviser at Methuen and Company (2); representatives of Cassell and Company (3), including a Director, Sir Newman Flower, on the destruction of Cassell's premises in an air raid; Douglas Jerrold, Director of Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited (3); George Campbell on publishing "Lord Randolph Churchill" in Sweden (6); Brendan Bracken (3); Rubeigh Minney, Editor of the Strand...
Dates:
15 Jan 1940 - 27 Dec 1941
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Literary: various correspondence., 29 Dec 1934 - 31 Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/502A-B
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Correspondents include: representatives of the Agence Litteraire Internationale on reproduction rights in WSC's articles (10); William Blackwood [Literary Director of the Amalgamated Press Limited] (2); Sir John Hammerton, Amalgamated Press Limited; Sir Eugen Millington-Drake (2); William Hadley [Editor of the Sunday Times] (2); representatives of the British General Press, asking WSC to write a series of articles on Ramsay Macdonald (8); Shane Leslie; G Bernard Hughes, Editor-in-Chief of...
Dates:
29 Dec 1934 - 31 Dec 1935
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Literary: various correspondence., 03 Jan 1936 - 22 Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/528A-B
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Correspondents include: Ernest Ainley-Walker; Verena, Lady Churchill [ex-wife of 1st Lord Churchill] on 1st Lord Churchill and Randolph Churchill; Ivor Nicholson, Chairman of Ivor Nicholson and Watson Limited, publishers; representatives of the Daily Mail, including Arthur Cranfield [Editor] on WSC's articles (5); representatives of Curtis Brown Limited on the rights in WSC's articles (4); Sir Charles Petrie; Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] objecting to WSC's article on 1st...
Dates:
03 Jan 1936 - 22 Dec 1936
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Literary: various correspondence., 18 Jan 1944 - 05 Jan 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/711
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Correspondents include: representatives of MacMillan and Company including Lovat Dickson, [Director], on managing their works by WSC (25); Guy Millard (Foreign Office); officials of the Ministry of Information including Bernard Sendall (3); Curtis Brown Limited on WSC's war memoirs; Lod de Haas (6) on subjects including signing WSC's arrest warrant during the Boer War (with a transcript of a 1908 letter from WSC to Haas); George Harvie-Watt [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC]; Alfred...
Dates:
18 Jan 1944 - 05 Jan 1945
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Literary: Various correspondence., 04 Jan 1928 - 28 May 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/216
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Includes correspondence with: [1st Lord] Riddell asking WSC to write for Country Life; Commander Oliver Locker-Lampson on the possibility of publishing WSC's speeches (3); Sir William Tyrrell and [Brigadier General] James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section.Other subjects include: interception by the Admiralty of German information; WSC's opinion of Bismarck and permission to quote from "The World Crisis".Also includes proofs of WSC's introduction to "The Secret Battle"...
Dates:
04 Jan 1928 - 28 May 1928
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Literary: Various correspondence., 21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/223
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Correspondents include: Colonel Minnegerode of the New York Times about the serialisation of Volume 4 of "The World Crisis", "The Aftermath"; Sir James Henderson-Stewart; Lucy Wise on the visit of Sir Frederic Wise to Germany to report on the country's financial position to the Peace Conference; Professor Leslie Hearnshaw; Henry Forster (3); [Major] Desmond Morton; [Brigadier General James] Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] (6); Commander Taprell Dorling (4); Peter...
Dates:
21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
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Literary: Various correspondence., 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/286
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Correspondents include: Brigadier General James Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section; Hiram Maxim on the Maxim gun and its use at the Battle of Omdurman [Sudan]; "Eddie" [17th Lord Derby] on inaccuracies in WSC's account of Arthur Balfour's actions following the resignation of "Joe" [Joseph] Chamberlain and [8th Duke of Devonshire]; [2nd Lord] Balfour praising WSC's portrayal of "AJB" [Arthur Balfour]; Sir Oliver Lodge; Grant Richards on WSC's introduction to "The Story...
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: Various correspondence., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/306
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Correspondents include: Reeves Shaw of the Strand magazine on articles by WSC (4); Jonathan Cape asking WSC to write an introduction to a book on Napoleon; Arthur Bertie; Hugh Dent of J M Dent and Sons (2); Leonie, Lady Leslie giving information about Leonard Jerome [WSC's grandfather]; Ivor Nicholson; Edward Marsh on his work proof-reading WSC's articles (2); Frank Witts, Military Instructor at Sandhurst, on the use of "The World Crisis" as a text book (3); Shane Leslie on the Philippines...
Dates:
1932
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Literary: Various Correspondence., 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/320
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Correspondents include representatives of "The Field" and an International Press Agency requesting permission to publish a speech by WSC (4) and various publishers including John Lane and The Bodley Head asking WSC to re-write "12 of the World's most famous stories" (4) and the Haworth Press commissioning an introduction by WSC to an edition of "The New Examen" by John Paget (8).
Dates:
1933
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Literary: various correspondence., 29 Dec 1933 - 31 May 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/482
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Correspondents include: Percy Cudlipp [Editor of the Evening Standard] asking WSC for a series of articles marking the Royal Jubilee; C T Hagberg Wright (Secretary and Librarian of the London Library) (4); Reeves Shaw [Editor of the Strand Magazine] on payment of serial rights for WSC's articles (2); Newman Flower [President of Cassell and Company Limited]; the Agence Litteraire Internationale Press Service, asking permission to publish some of WSC's articles (6); Sir Basil Clarke (Managing...
Dates:
29 Dec 1933 - 31 May 1935
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Open