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Cartoons, 1905-04-22 - 1906-11-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 4
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Cartoons on WSC as Liberal and Under-Secretary of State for Colonies; General Election and issues of Chinese Labour and Female suffrage; photos of WSC.

Dates: 1905-04-22 - 1906-11-28
Conditions Governing Access: Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester, 1904 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4
Scope and Contents This class of papers covers WSC's time as Liberal MP for North West Manchester (1906 to 1908).The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials discussing standard constituency affairs (such as arrangements for WSC's visits to Manchester; his support for various local associations and events; and recommendations for positions as magistrates).However, the predominant national topics of the period (the Aliens Bill, Free Trade, the Education Bill, the Licensing Bill,...
Dates: 1904 - 1908
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester., Dec 1905 - Jan 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/8
Scope and Contents Material relating to WSC standing for election as Liberal candidate for Manchester. Includes correspondence with constituents concerning WSC's stance on various issues including: pharmacies, the Education Act and working conditions for teachers, vaccination, the identification of boxes manufactured abroad, railways, the registration of architects and accountants, female suffrage, Home Rule, Income Tax, temperance, taxation, Free Trade, shops, vivisection, and Chinese labour in South...
Dates: Dec 1905 - Jan 1906
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1908 - Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/16
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Walter Speakman, Chairman of the Manchester Chamber of Commerce about the Brussels Sugar Convention (2); Arthur Hutton of the British Sugar Growing Association about the delay in completing the Nyasaland [Malawi, Africa] railway (1); T W Killick (1) on Free Trade and a reply from WSC; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] on the likelihood of an by election in Manchester (2); Henry Massingham, editor of the Nation (1); W H Bridge of the Manchester Protestant...
Dates: Jan 1908 - Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches, 1906-10-12 - 1908-04-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 12
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Cuttings of WSC’s speeches on election campaign tour, on Liberal Party, Education, Female Suffrage, Colonial Affairs, Ireland; photos of WSC speaking; article by H G Wells supporting WSC.

Dates: 1906-10-12 - 1908-04-21
Conditions Governing Access: Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Speeches, 1904-03 - 1910-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/6
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Annotated notes for speeches by LSA, on subjects including: the new army system; LSA's election addresses (1905, 1908); Canada; the Army Bill (in a speech written for Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, 1907); the defence of the Empire and federal problems; women's suffrage; Germany's naval menace; the new era in South Africa; mountaineering; policies on the constitution, Empire and home affairs.

Dates: 1904-03 - 1910-10
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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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/34/65
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Letter from Lady Dorothy Howard (Pudsey, [Yorkshire]) to WSC disassociating herself from the "rowdyism" of the Women's Freedom League and describing the gloomy prospects for the Liberals in the Pudsey by-election. Refers to a sermon by a High Church parson on the need to carry the Athanasian creed to the blacks of central Africa.

Dates: 14 Jun 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Nov 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/36/4
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Letter from Harold Tennant MP (Brooks's, St James's Street, [London]) to WSC suggesting he speak at the Liberal Colonial Club either on the hollowness of the claim that Tariff Reform would be a cure for unemployment, or women's suffrage, or colonial preference in relation to foodstuffs.

Dates: 03 Nov 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open