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"A Balanced Economy": source material, 1952-01 - 1953-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/126
Scope and Contents
Source material on the economies of South Africa, Central Africa, Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], India and Pakistan.
Dates:
1952-01 - 1953-02
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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"A Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer", 23 Feb 1931
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/95/34-46
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (Winchester House, Epping, Essex) on WSC's withdrawal from the Conservative Business Committee and opposition to giving India Dominion status, which includes the phrase "Mr Gandhi, ... now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace".
Dates:
23 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Broadcasts, 1931-11 - 1952-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/17
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Texts of broadcasts by LSA on subjects including: Fairbridge Farm Schools in Australia; Empire defence; the economics of Empire; the 1935 Peace Ballot; the Empire and world peace; the politician versus the businessman; the Jewish settlement in Palestine; the Empire Producers Organisation; the way of peace; Germany's debt to European civilisation; tributes to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; why Italy should not...
Dates:
1931-11 - 1952-07
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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Burma-India separation, 1933-02 - 1935-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/29
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Papers and correspondence on the separation of Burma [later Myanmar] from India, particularly on LSA's work as chairman of the financial settlement tribunal. Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for India, later 1st Lord Templewood] (11); David Monteath [Assistant Secretary, India Office]; Sir [Samuel] Findlater Stewart [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]; William Croft [Private Secretary to Hoare].
Also includes: report of the Financial...
Dates:
1933-02 - 1935-09
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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"Commonwealth and Empire", 28 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21B/338-441
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) in the debate following the speech made by King George VI including: the use of the term "Commonwealth" and the Labour government's avoidance of the terms "Empire", "Dominion" and "British"; his opinions regarding Ireland and the situation there; unrest in Burma [later Myanmar] and India; European affairs including the progress of integration and the treatment of war criminals; and criticism of the Labour government's policy on issues...
Dates:
28 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Commonwealth relations, 1948-02 - 1950-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/75
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and cuttings on the 1948 and 1951 Conferences of Commonwealth Prime Ministers and particularly the position of India, with correspondents including: Sir Clive Baillieu on LSA's role in promoting Commonwealth unity; Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, on keeping India in the Commonwealth (2); Winston Churchill [Leader of the Opposition] on not being embittered by the past [on India] and the need to save what they could from the wreck (2); Sir Alan Lascelles [Private...
Dates:
1948-02 - 1950-11
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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Copy of a letter from WSC to Lord Irwin, Jan 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572/88-91
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax, Viceroy of India] expressing unhappiness about Irwin's declaration [relating to Dominion status for India] and it being endorsed by Stanley Baldwin. WSC expresses his conviction of growing resistance to Indian nationalism in Great Britain and in the need for the Conservative Party to oppose the Labour Party on the issue. WSC argues that India is a different case to Egypt and Ireland and urges Irwin to have...
Dates:
Jan 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, 24 Sep 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572/84-85
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to "S.B." [Stanley Baldwin] on various subjects including: thanks for Baldwin's comments on the proofs of WSC's memoirs [The World Crisis]; hope that the book will do well; his concerns about India and the support he has received for his views in response to his speeches; and a plea that Baldwin will not allow his friendship with Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax] to affect his judgement or the action of the Conservative Party on the issue. WSC...
Dates:
24 Sep 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence, 1940-09 - 1955-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/11
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley [former Ministry of Supply expert on tanks] recalling his work on tank production for LSA's memoirs; Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] on subjects including the Indian Trades Union movement, recruiting troops from the Empire, family allowances, industrial conscription, establishing Dominion status for India (5); John Ehrman on LSA's help with his [? Official Military Histories of the Second World War]; General Sir Claude...
Dates:
1940-09 - 1955-02
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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Correspondence A - J, 1930-10 - 1932-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/20
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Correspondents include: [Samuel] Vyvyan Adams on LSA's "Empire and Prosperity"; 1st Lord Athlone [Governor-General of South Africa] on working with LSA; 1st Lord Passfield [Secretary of State for the Colonies, earlier Sidney Webb]; Edmund Boyd [Principal Private Secretary to Lord Passfield]; Stanley Baldwin [Leader of the Conservative Party, and Lord President of the Council] on subjects including the new Cabinet and his failure to find a place for LSA (4); Lucy Baldwin on how...
Dates:
1930-10 - 1932-03
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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Correspondence A - Z, 1922-01 - 1922-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/5
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Correspondents include: Lord Burnham, commenting on LSA's work at the Overseas Settlement Committee; General 1st Lord Birdwood [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Army in India], congratulating LSA on his Emigration Bill; 1st Lord Blyth; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the disagreements between himself and LSA over the break up of the Coalition Government (4); [Austen] Neville Chamberlain, congratulating LSA on becoming a Privy Councillor and...
Dates:
1922-01 - 1922-12
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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Correspondence A - Z, 1946-07 - 1948-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/41
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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:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence Am-As, 1918 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRFT 1/2
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Correspondents include: Leo Amery on subjects including Croft's suggestion of intervention in Russia, to restore the monarchy, tariff reform, free trade and Imperial Preference, the Socialist notion of making all colonies mandated territories, the future of Europe as some form of European Commonwealth and Amery's attempt as Secretary of State for India to steer a course between Congress and the Moslems (11); 2nd Lord Ampthill [earlier Arthur Russell]; Sir John Anderson [Home Secretary and...
Dates:
1918 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence G - Z, 1941-01 - 1964-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/33
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Correspondents include: Major-General Sir Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary (Military) to War Cabinet]; [Willoughby] Clive Garsia [Guy Cottar] on his book "Planning the War"; J L Garvin [Editor of the Observer] on subjects including LSA's tribute to 1st Lord Lloyd and Mahomed Jinnah [President of the All India Muslim League] (5); Admiral Sir William Goodenough; 1st Lord Greenwood; Francis Pember on LSA's tribute to Edward Grenfell [1st Lord St Just]; Sir Lloyd Griscom on subjects...
Dates:
1941-01 - 1964-04
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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"India", 30 Mar 1943
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/191A/1-12
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for a speech by WSC (not used) on calls for Indian independence, the achievements of the Indian army, Gandhi's fast and WSC's illness. Typescript top copy of notes annotated by WSC in red ink. Includes file cover and note from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] that WSC will not speak on India on 30 March but instructing that WSC would like the papers for future use and that they should not be sent to [Leo] Amery [Secretary of State for India and Burma, later Myanmar].
Dates:
30 Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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India discussion, 1930-08 - 1935-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/28
Scope and Contents
Texts of articles by LSA on the future constitution of India, particularly: the Joint Select Committee's report on India; the problems of Indian nationalism and the structure of British India; Dominion status; Conservative policy.
Dates:
1930-08 - 1935-02
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
Sub-Series
India Office and the Second World War, 1934 - 1955
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/6
Scope and Contents
Papers, correspondence and speeches from LSA's time in the War Cabinet as Secretary of State for India and Burma [later Myanmar], including: memoranda written by LSA on India and other subjects for the War Cabinet; telegrams and minutes issued and received by LSA on Indian political and military affairs, mainly consisting of messages to and from the Viceroy of India (initially 2nd Lord Linlithgow, [earlier Lord Hopetoun], then 1st Lord Wavell) and also the Prime Minister, Winston Churchill;...
Dates:
1934 - 1955
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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Letters to parents, 1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/10
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Letters from JEP to his parents, mostly from India. Subjects include: JEP's affection for A W J Thomas; hunting and learning to ride; broadcasts; Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] affairs; speaking engagements, including trying to make his maiden speech in Parliament; JEP's return to Cambridge; the writing and publication of JEP's poems in Dancer's End; the illness of Ellen Powell; JEP's return from India; taking an examination in Urdu; [Henry] James Wickenden; JEP's report on the post-war...
Dates:
1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Letters to parents: war letters from JEP from India, 1943-08-17 - 1944-12-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/7
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: JEP's friend Andrew Freeth and the probable death of A W J Thomas; JEP's jaundice; his finances; his future in India; learning Urdu; Britain's contribution to India and preservation of the Empire; JEP's commission to write a report on the future of armed forces in India; his promotion to brigadier.
Dates:
1943-08-17 - 1944-12-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Letters to the Press, 1936-06 - 1952-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/27
Scope and Contents
Texts and cuttings of letters from LSA to the press, with related correspondence, on subjects including: the Commonwealth Conference (1952) and the economic imbalance between the Commonwealth and the United States; the place of the Commonwealth in the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II; production and exports to the United States; American tariffs; trade within the Empire; the need for a balanced economy; the stability of sterling; Commonwealth membership, particularly relating to the Gold...
Dates:
1936-06 - 1952-12
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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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/231
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Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: a review of the speeches of Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith]; the life of Lord Ypres [earlier Sir John French and Lord French] including a summary of his career and relationship to WSC; "Will the British Empire Last?" for "Answers" on the principle of self-government, the unifying effect of the British monarchy and the administration of India and Egypt; American industry and finance; "Socialist Quackery" for the Daily Mail...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: Articles., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/232
Scope and Contents
Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC on the following subjects: "Mr Macdonald's Opportunity" on the visit of Ramsay Macdonald to the United States; "The Naval Argument" on British and American naval policy; "Prohibition" in the United States; "California"; "Wall Street" on the Wall Street crash; "The Battlefields" about Virginia; "Hollywood"; "Palestine and the Zionists" on violence in Palestine and the need for reconciliation between Jews and Arabs; "Why We Lost" on the defeat of the...
Dates:
01 Jan 1929 - 31 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: Articles by WSC for the Daily Mail., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/317
Scope and Contents
Proofs and newspaper cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "I was conscious through it all" and "My New York [United States] misadventure" on WSC's accident in which he was hit by a motor car; "The Academy reveals Britain's brave gaiety" on the Royal Academy exhibition (including a draft of the article by Edward Marsh); "My happy days in the Bahamas "; "Words on the Irish Treaty" on the announcement by [Eamon] De Valera of the abolition of the Oath of Allegiance; "Lord Oxford [and...
Dates:
1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: Articles: Daily Mail., Feb 1934 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/500
Scope and Contents
Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Clive of India" on the achievements of Robert Clive; "B-P" on 1st Lord Baden-Powell; "The Greatest Half-Hour in our History" on the Magna Carta; "This Year's Royal Academy is Exhilarating" on the 1934 exhibition; "Great Deeds that gave us the Empire" celebrating Empire Day; "How I would procure peace" on the futility of the current foreign policy and need to rearm; "August 4, 1914" on the beginning of the First World War...
Dates:
Feb 1934 - Sep 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Literary: articles: Evening Standard 1., Jan 1937 - May 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/569
Scope and Contents
Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "No Intervention in Spain for us!" on the wisdom of British neutrality in the Spanish Civil War, being equally opposed to both sides, and on the small likelihood of German troops staying with a successful General Franco; "How You Will Help to Meet the Bill" on funding rearmament and the probable need to increase taxation; "Europe's Peace" on the continued threat from Germany; "France Faces a New Crisis" on French economic...
Dates:
Jan 1937 - May 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre