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"A Balanced Economy": source material on Canada, 1949-01 - 1953-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/125
Scope and Contents
Cuttings.
Dates:
1949-01 - 1953-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Articles and memoranda, 1949-07 - 1952-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/28
Scope and Contents
Texts of papers by LSA on subjects including: the economic crisis and trade policy (1952); Pakistan; the case for Commonwealth Preference; Jawaharlal Nehru; the nature of British Parliamentary government; forms of colonial self-government; the state of the Commonwealth and Empire (1951); the Most Favoured Nation clause; the 1951 Commonwealth conference; the condition of sterling; the Liberal Party and electoral reform; Empire Day; devaluation of sterling; the theory of [Sally] Herbert...
Dates:
1949-07 - 1952-08
Conditions Governing Access:
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence, 1908-05 - 1914-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Alfred Deakin [Leader of the Opposition, Australia] on LSA's case against Home Rule; Frederick Oliver on the intention of David Lloyd George [? Chancellor of the Exchequer] to visit Canada [part of letter missing]; General Sir Ian Hamilton [Adjutant-General to Forces] on the hostility between China and Japan, and which side Britain should back.
Also includes copies of letters from LSA to: Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the state of...
Dates:
1908-05 - 1914-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - K, 1927-12 - 1928-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Herbert Baker on his plans for a new memorial area in Westminster Abbey [London]; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on LSA's return from his Empire Tour and on his impressions of Canada; Sir Otto Beit; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Sea Lord; Alfred Beit; Richard Bennett, Leader of the Conservative Party in Canada, on the possibility of a uniform currency throughout the Empire; Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in...
Dates:
1927-12 - 1928-12
Conditions Governing Access:
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1919-01 - 1920-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/2
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Correspondents (mainly congratulating LSA on his appointment as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies) include: Sir William Allardyce, Governor of the Bahamas (2); Brigadier-General Sir Hugh Baikie; Henry Birchenough; General Sir William Birdwood; Reginald Brock; John Buchan [later 1st Lord Tweedsmuir]; Lionel Curtis on the British colonial section in the peace negotiations; Lord Curzon; Thomas Comyn-Platt, offering to work as LSA's Private Secretary (2); Alison Cuninghame; Violet...
Dates:
1919-01 - 1920-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence A - Z, 1946-07 - 1948-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir [Leslie] Patrick Abercrombie; A V Alexander, Minister of Defence on subjects including LSA's ideas on the National Service Bill (2); [Albert] Spenser Allberry (2); Carleton Allen; 1st Lord Altrincham [earlier Sir Edward Grigg] (2); Sir Algernon Aspinall; Frank Aydelotte, American Secretary to Rhodes Trustees, on subjects including the chances of civil war in Palestine; [William] Bankes Amery [Head of British Food Mission to Australia] on the food parcels sent to...
Dates:
1946-07 - 1948-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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Correspondence L - Z, 1925-12 - 1926-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/12
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Lloyd, High Commissioner for Egypt and the Sudan, congratulating LSA on the negotiations over Mosul [Al-Mawsil, Iraq] and his difficulties with Saad Zaghlul Pasha [President of Egypt] and the weakened British position in Egypt; Beryl Lafone on the enforced retirement of her husband, Edgar Lafone [Chief Constable Metropolitan Police]; Edgar Lafone; Sir William Joynson-Hicks, Home Secretary [later 1st Lord Brentford]; 14th Lord Lovat [earlier Simon Fraser] (2);...
Dates:
1925-12 - 1926-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence L - Z, 1928-01 - 1929-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Henry Lewin (2); Basil Liddell Hart on an article by LSA on army reform; O Louwers, General Secretary of the Institut Colonial International, inviting LSA to join the institute (3); Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on a suggested honour for Major-General Charles Luard [General Officer Commanding Forces in South China]; Harry Luke, thanking LSA for his appointment as Colonial Secretary of Sierra Leone; Joseph Lyons, Premier of Tasmania; 14th...
Dates:
1928-01 - 1929-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Correspondence M - Z, 1927-01 - 1927-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/14
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Correspondents include: Roderick Macleod (3); 1st Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on a memorandum by LSA on House of Lords reform; 1st Lord Midleton [earlier St John Brodrick] on House of Lords reform; Howard Moffat, Premier and Minister of Native Affairs, Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] on the death of Sir Charles Coghlan [former Premier] and on LSA's visit to Rhodesia; John Lockhart, Philip Allan and Company Limited, publishers, on LSA's proposed book on Imperial economics (3); Michael...
Dates:
1927-01 - 1927-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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Empire Parliamentary Association: correspondence, 1938-07 - 1942-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly with Sir T Drummond Shiels, Acting Secretary of the Association, and Sir Howard d'Egville [organiser and first secretary of the Association]. Other correspondents include: Malcolm MacDonald, British High Commissioner in Canada, on the value of d'Egville's work in Canada as an unofficial link with the American Congress; Lord Halifax, British Ambassador to the United States [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] advising leaving d'Egville to carry on his work in Canada...
Dates:
1938-07 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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General articles, 1905-01 - 1908-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/4
Scope and Contents
Cuttings, prints, proofs and manuscripts of articles written by LSA, mainly for the Times and National Review, on subjects including: mountaineering; north-western Canada; the Imperial Conference (1907); the East African empire; the Education Bill (1906); British trade figures; the military geography of the empire; reorganizing the Conservative Party; policy on tariff reform, defence, Ireland and social issues.
Dates:
1905-01 - 1908-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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General articles, 1906-02 - 1911-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/5
Scope and Contents
Cuttings and prints of articles and papers written by LSA on subjects including: military tactical policy; defence from the imperial standpoint; the Australian tariff; South Africa and Imperial Preference; some practical steps towards an Imperial Constitution; cavalry equipment and training; Hudson Bay [Canada] and its coasts.
Dates:
1906-02 - 1911-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10 [eventually entitled "Recovery and Reform" and included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various pre-war proofs., [1938] - [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/411
Scope and Contents
Includes typed drafts and galley proofs (marked printer's copy and first revise) for chapters entitled "The Crimean War", "Canada: 1660-1780", "Canada: 1780-1812", "The Loyalists", "New Zealand", "Australia", "The Locust Years (1815-32)", "The Monarchy and the Divorce (1820-22)", "Tory England (1822-27)", "The Dissolution of Eighteenth-Century England (1827-30)", "The Passing of the Great Reform Bill (1830-32)", "Reform and Beyond (1832-54)", "England: 1832-37", "England: 1837-46", "South...
Dates:
[1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 10, "Recovery and Reform" [eventually included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various post-war revises., Nov 1954 - Jan 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/436A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some described as first, second, third, fourth, penultimate, or last revise, "duplicate", or second draft) and manuscript and typed drafts for: provisional chapter lists; chapters entitled "The Locust Years" or "The Tory Peace" or "The Victory Peace", "Prelude to Reform" or "Canning and the Duke", "The Migration of the Peoples. I: Canada and South Africa", "The Migration of the Peoples. II: Australia and New Zealand", "Reform and Beyond" or "Reform and Free Trade",...
Dates:
Nov 1954 - Jan 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 11, "The Great Republic" [eventually included in volume 4, "The Great Democracies"]: various pre-war proofs., [1938] - [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/412
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs and typed drafts (marked printer's copy and first revise) for: chapters entitled "Canada: 1660-1780", "Canada: 1780-1812", "Slavery and Succession", "America and the French Revolution", "The United States: 1797-1801", "Jeffersonian Democracy: 1801-5", "The United States: 1815-37" or "American Epic", "The American Civil War: 1862" or "America: 1862", "The War of 1812", "1840-50", "1850-60", "The Seven Days", "(Chancellorsville and) Gettysburg", "The Union in Danger",...
Dates:
[1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": digests of various sources collected in the production of the book for sections on "Liberty, Sovereignty, and the Civil War", "The First British Empire", "Character of the People in the Age of Shakespeare", "Scotland and Ireland up to 1760", "Tory and Whig England (1660-1742)", "Party and Cabinet Government, 1660-1782", "World Power, 1689-1763", "Protestants and Puritans", "Commerce, Sea Power, and Discovery", "Language and Literature till the Birth of Shakespeare", "The New State", "The Laws of America, 1775-83", "America 1763-74", "The New Age, 1760-1792", and "The Industrial Revolution, Phase 1"., [1938] - [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/442A-D
Scope and Contents
Includes typed digests or pages from sources including: [Samuel] Gardiner's "Cromwell's Place in History" and "History of England, 1603-1642", Basil Williams' "The British Empire" and "The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham", Hugh Egerton's "A Short History of British Colonial Policy", G L Beer's "The Old Colonial System", "The Cambridge Modern History", Edward Channing's "A History of the United States", Charles Andrews' "The Colonial Period of American History", [Peter] Hume Brown's...
Dates:
[1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volume 4, "The Great Democracies": final proofs., Jan 1957
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/439A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs of the entire volume [with the exception of the index]: introductory pages and books 10-12, "Recovery and Reform", "The Great Republic", and "The Victorian Age" [chapter 7 of which, "The Dawn of the Twentieth Century" is renamed "The South African War" in the published volume].With very minor suggested amendments and notes from various people [secretaries, literary assistants, etc.] including: [Alan Hodge].
Dates:
Jan 1957
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volumes 1-4, "From Earliest Years to 1485", "1485-1688, The Tudors and Stuarts", "Confronting the French, 1689-1815", and "The Nineteenth Century" [eventually entitled "The Birth of Britain", "The New World", "The Age of Revolution", and "The Great Democracies"]: superseded version (pre-war and post-war proofs)., [1938] - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/415A-E
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some described as "R E's" [returned empties] or debris; some marked first revise of 1 May 1954 or printer's copy) for: chapters or sections entitled "Church and State, 1066-1215, and the Quarrel with Beckett", "Tudor Rule", "Henry VIII and the Reformation", "Protestant and Catholic: the Reigns of Edward VI and Mary I", "Queen Elizabeth I", "Notes on the History of Law under the Tudors", "The Government of the Stuarts", "The Age of Expansion", "Charles I and the Great...
Dates:
[1938] - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1909-03 - 1961-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/41
Scope and Contents
Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: policy on Ireland; the lack of organisation for recruitment and training on the outbreak of war; the campaign for conscription or National Service; the stalemate on the Western Front; the Dardanelles Campaign and the situation in the Balkans; the need for a change in Government and more concentration on the Empire, rather than Britain's place in Europe; David Lloyd-George's new coalition Government, and reasons for Milner not...
Dates:
1909-03 - 1961-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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Lord Milner papers: correspondence, 1919-01 - 1921-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/42
Scope and Contents
Letters and minutes between LSA and Milner on subjects including: Milner's new position as Secretary of State for the Colonies and LSA's position as Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Colonies; the Raw Materials Board; policy on Cyprus; Portuguese East Africa [later Mozambique]; free trade within the League of Nations; Milner being pulled out from the Colonial Office and sent to the Versailles Peace Conference [France]; the reconstruction of East Africa; Syria; Imperial Preference; the...
Dates:
1919-01 - 1921-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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Notes for speeches, 1918-08 - 1922-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/67
Scope and Contents
Manuscript drafts of speeches by LSA on subjects including: brotherhood; Canada as an Imperial nation; support for election candidates; terrorism in Ireland; the appeal by Field Marshal 1st Lord Haig for volunteers to join the British Legion; the constitution of Britain and the Empire.
Dates:
1918-08 - 1922-04
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: Chanak Committee., 15 Sep 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Hugh Trenchard, Air Chief Marshal, Chief of Air Staff, on diverting RAF men aboard the "Braemar Castle" from Iraq to Constantinople [later Istanbul, Turkey] in case of war with Turkey (2); Sir Laming Worthington-Evans [Secretary of State for War] on stopping Turkish arms traffic; 10th Lord Cavan [Chief of Imperial General Staff, earlier Lord Kilcoursie]; General Sir Charles Harington, [General Officer Commanding -in-Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in Turkey] on...
Dates:
15 Sep 1922 - 30 Sep 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Committee on the representation in the Dominions of His Majesty's Government in Great Britain., 12 May 1927 - 14 Jul 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/179
Scope and Contents
Includes committee minutes of statements made by WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, Lord Balfour, Lord President of the Council, Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton] President of the Board of Trade, on schemes of representation suitable for the circumstances in the dominions New Zealand,...
Dates:
12 May 1927 - 14 Jul 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Imperial Conference Documents Committee., 21 May 1926 - 13 Oct 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/140
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: minutes, conclusions and the 2nd report of the committee; 6th Lord Clarendon [earlier Lord Hyde], Chairman of the Overseas Settlement Committee, and Terence Macnaghten, Vice-Chairman, on British family settlement in Canada; the Brussels Maritime Law Conventions; future international exhibitions; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; a Treasury memorandum on financial assistance to the dominions; overseas settlement in...
Dates:
21 May 1926 - 13 Oct 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Industrial Control: papers., Sep 1915 - Oct 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/63
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects including: a report of the industrial control committee on shipping; notes on the shortage of shipping due to World War I and its effect on the trade of Australia, Canada, New Zealand and South Africa; problems of transporting wheat to the United Kingdom from North America; freight rates; state control of coal mines and profits and export of coal; and comparison of imports (of food, minerals, etc) before and after the war.
Dates:
Sep 1915 - Oct 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre