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: business correspondence., 30 Jun 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/559
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Correspondents include: representatives of Thornton Butterworth Limited, publishers, including Thornton Butterworth (20) on "Great Contemporaries" and overseas rights; representatives of Butler and Tanner Limited, printers, on "Great Contemporaries" (6).Also includes: account statements from Thornton Butterworth Limited and Butler and Tanner Limited; royalty statements from Butterworths; an addendum to the 1931 contract between Butterworths and WSC.
Dates:
30 Jun 1937 - 31 Dec 1937
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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...
Dates:
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...
Dates:
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., 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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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., 01 Jan 1937 - 01 Apr 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/546
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Correspondents include: Sir Walter Layton, Editor of the Economist; Richard von Kuhlmann (2); G Payot on publishing WSC's work in France (7); Oliver Locker-Lampson on using WSC's articles (2); H A Gwynne [Editor of the Morning Post]; Arthur Christiansen, Editor of the Daily Express; representatives of George Allen and Unwin Limited, on publishing one of WSC's broadcasts (4); Nancy Pearn, Director of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham Limited, literary agents, commissioning an article (5); Adam...
Dates:
01 Jan 1937 - 01 Apr 1938
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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., 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 1945 - 19 Dec 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/716
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Correspondents include: representatives of MacMillan and Company including Lovat Dickson, [Director] (6); Guy Millard (Foreign Office); James Drawbell, [Editor] of the Sunday Chronicle, sending WSC a copy of his book "Night and Day"; Lieutenant-Colonel George Scovell; Colin Thornley (Colonial Office); representatives of Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited, including Douglas Jerrold [Director] (2); Charles Eade, Editor of the Sunday Dispatch.Other subjects include: corrections to the texts of WSC's...
Dates:
04 Jan 1945 - 19 Dec 1945
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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., 16 Dec 1940 - 26 Nov 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/698
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Correspondents include: officials of the Ministry of Information (8); Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], of MacMillan and Company, on managing those works by WSC where he holds the copyright (7).Also includes copy letters and notes from Brendan Bracken and officials of WSC's Private Office including John Martin [Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary] and Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to those mentioned above and...
Dates:
16 Dec 1940 - 26 Nov 1942
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Literary: various correspondence., 09 Jan 1943 - 30 Dec 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/707
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Correspondents include: representatives of MacMillan and Company including Daniel MacMillan, [Chairman and Managing Director], and Lovat Dickson, [Director], on managing their works by WSC (14); James Drawbell, [Editor] of the Sunday Chronicle, on a tribute by WSC to Rupert Brooke; Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] on reprinting articles by WSC in the United States and an article and book by Reves; Sir Malcolm Robertson, [Chairman] of the British Council, on the Spanish publication of...
Dates:
09 Jan 1943 - 30 Dec 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
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