Scope and Contents Correspondence with Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill], mainly on her and RSC's respective books and family research, including: family homes; [Arthur] Christopher Soames not being shortlisted for the South Kensington [London] constituency, Nov 1967; the libel case against Edward Mylius, 1910; CSC's friendship with Walter Sickert; the date of WSC and CSC's move into Admiralty House, c 1913; avoiding conflict over their use of family papers. Other correspondents include:...

Scope and Contents Subjects include: Clementine's view that Churchill should take his doctor, Sir Charles Wilson [later 1st Lord Moran] with him on the journey to [Placentia Bay, Newfoundland, for the Atlantic Charter meeting]; Clementine's rest cure [at Champneys, Buckinghamshire]; Randolph Churchill's new post [attached to the fact-finding mission of Averell Harriman, President Franklin Roosevelt’s Special Representative, in the Middle East]; the bad handling of rail transport on the Bank Holiday;...

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Letters from France, chiefly the British Embassy in Paris [France], mainly on entertaining, with other subjects including: the Conference of Foreign Ministers (including Ernest Bevin [Foreign Secretary]); the declining health of "Loulou" [Louise de Vilmorin]; visits from Winston Churchill in Paris and Geneva [Switzerland], July and Aug 1946; Mary Churchill’s engagement to [Arthur] Christopher Soames; the death of Lady Diana’s sister Marjorie, Lady Anglesey.

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Letters from France, chiefly the British Embassy in Paris [France], mainly on entertaining, including visits by Rosamond Lehmann and Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh, with other subjects including the wedding of Mary Churchill to [Arthur] Christopher Soames, and the signing of the Treaty of Dunkirk.

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Photo [at St Margaret's Church, Westminister] shows Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] wearing a wedding dress and veil holding WSC's arm. WSC is wearing a morning suit and both are smiling.

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Papers relating to Mary Soames, from other sources.

Scope and Contents Including memories of the British Ambassador, Christopher Soames; his wife, Mary Soames; negotiations between Edward Heath and Georges Pompidou prior to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Community on 1 January 1973; and a state visit to Paris by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales to celebrate the successful conclusion of those negotiations and the signing of the accession treaty, 15-19 May 1972. Also with notes on Christopher Soames as last British...

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Head and shoulders portrait of Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] wearing ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] uniform and beret.

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Photo shows WSC sitting in a chair, wearing a metal helmet and holding a pair of large binoculars. CSC, wearing a metal helmet, stands behind him with her fingers in her ears. Mary Churchill leans over WSC, also wearing a metal helmet, pointing to the sky. Anti-aircraft guns and ATS personnel are seen in the distance.

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Photo shows Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] with 3 other ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Services] recruits seated on the grass polishing lace up shoes.

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Photo shows WSC and Mary Churchill, both wearing metal helmets and binoculars round their necks, looking up at the sky. WSC has a cigar in his mouth and Mary is wearing an ATS uniform and shielding her eyes from the sun.

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Photo shows Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], wearing ATS [Auxiliary Territorial Service] uniform and peaked cap, smiling. She is surrounded by uniformed men and women who appear to be celebrating.

Scope and Contents The papers include: political correspondence relating to Soames's ministerial career and with his Conservative colleagues; papers from his diplomatic postings in Paris, Brussels and Rhodesia; articles and speeches; photographs; appointment diaries; personal correspondence with friends; recordings and transcripts of interviews with CS which were to be used in his memoirs, which were never completed; some papers on his personal interests, including horseracing; some videos, particularly...

Scope and Contents Includes: research material for books on the Churchill family, including originals and copies of family correspondence, particularly MS's own correspondence with her mother; personal and office diaries; papers relating to MS's time with her husband in Paris and Rhodesia; correspondence; photographs, both relating to MS's own career, and those which she collected as source material for her books on the Churchill family; speeches; papers relating to visits and lectures undertaken by MS on...

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Comprising correspondence, literary papers, photographs, press cuttings and film.
With some correspondence with Mary Soames after Sarah Churchill's death, about her literary papers and estate, 1983-4, 1988.

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The collection relates primarily to Sir Michael’s involvement with policy on Europe. It includes his diaries from 1961-4, and a memoir of his time at the Cabinet Office from 1977-81. This memoir was written by Sir Michael in retirement.