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Literary: Articles., 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/279A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, research notes and proofs of articles by WSC: "The United States of Europe" on European affairs and trade, the treaty of Versailles [France], the League of Nations, decisions made by [Aristide] Briand and the positions of the United States and Canada; "The Truth about the Dardanelles" including WSC's relationship with Lord Fisher at the Admiralty; "A Great Big Idea" on European affairs; "Why Pay More Taxes" including a statement by WSC on the Budget; "Mr Churchill advises...
Dates:
1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Cabinet: Finance Committee: papers., Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/62
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects including: army finances and suggested savings; the adverse balance of foreign trade; details of the importation of goods classified as "not of prime necessity" including various items of food, drink, etc; draft interim reports and an interim report of the Finance Committee pointing out Great Britain's serious economic difficulties created by World War I and including a statement by [1st] Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs].
Dates:
Oct 1915 - Nov 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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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:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 400., 29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/42
Scope and Contents
Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Safeguarding of Industries (Gas Mantles), licenses for arms export, the future of the British Industries Fair, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation; the report of the Gas Mantle Committee; 1st Lord Balfour, Lord President of Council, on the use of the Severn Estuary for electricity production;...
Dates:
29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jun 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/39
Scope and Contents
Cabinet papers by various individuals on various subjects including: WSC on the war situation including the Dardanelles; Walter Runciman [President of the Board of Trade] on food supplies to Germany and the effects on diminished exports; the effects of an air raid on London; national registration and military service; the supply of information to neutral countries; negotiations with the French; Sir William Max-Muller on the economic situation of Germany and Austria-Hungary; literary...
Dates:
Jun 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Jul 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/40
Scope and Contents
Printed papers on various subjects including: the situation in Bulgaria and other Balkan states and the effects of the Dardanelles expedition; trade with the United States and the possibility of declaring cotton contraband; the recruitment of coal miners; the economic situation in Germany and Austria-Hungary; a loan to Romania; retaliation policy against Germany; a draft bill relating to elections and registration; the blockade against Germany; the sinking of German submarine U23; a scheme...
Dates:
Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers on World War I., Aug 1915 - Sep 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/41
Scope and Contents
Printed papers by various individuals on various subjects including: the representation of India at the Imperial Conference; press summaries of affairs in various countries including Albania, Germany, Italy, Austria-Hungary and Russia; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the declaration of cotton as contraband, dealings with the United States, Portugal and the war, the leaking of information and an agreement with Sweden regarding contraband; Lord Lansdowne on naval and military war...
Dates:
Aug 1915 - Sep 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Colonial Office: correspondence., 03 Jul 1907 - Dec 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 10/27
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Walter Hely-Hutchinson [Governor and Commander in Chief, Cape Colony, South Africa] (3); Sir Charles Dilke; Sir Graham Bower [Colonial Secretary of Mauritius] seeking promotion; Sir Walter Egerton [Governor of Southern Nigeria], James Hutton, Chairman of the British Cotton Growing Association (2), and Sir Alfred Jones on the construction of the north Nigeria railway and WSC's support for cotton growers; 3rd Lord Hindlip on land prices in Mombasa [British East...
Dates:
03 Jul 1907 - Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: correspondence on licence duties., 26 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/99
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (3); Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (6); Frank Newsam [Private Secretary to the Home Secretary] (2); John Sinclair; 1st Lord Bradbury, Imperial Tobacco Company.Also includes: note of deputations from the licensing authorities to the Home Secretary [Sir William Joynson Hicks, later 1st Lord Brentford]; draft of speech by...
Dates:
26 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Treasury: Budget 1929-1930: correspondence on various duties., 20 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/98
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (17); Sir Robert Robertson, Government Chemist; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (7); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Samuel Courtauld (3); Sir Sydney Skinner, Director of Rayon Manufacturing Company.Also includes: cutting from the London Gazette; Rayon Company report.Subjects...
Dates:
20 Oct 1928 - 10 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Treasury: Imperial Economic Committee: papers on marketing Empire produce in the United Kingdom., Dec 1924 - Dec 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/15
Scope and Contents
Includes Committee terms of reference, memoranda, draft conclusions, and reports.Also includes notes and correspondence from: Sir George Barstow [Controller of Supply Services, Treasury] (4); James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] (2); William Brown [Private Secretary to the President of the Board of Trade] (2); 1st Lord Byng [Governor-General, Canada]; Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet] (2); Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance,...
Dates:
Dec 1924 - Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Official: Treasury: various papers from the 1929-1930 Budget file., 12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/100
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, minutes, notes and letters by individuals, mainly Treasury officials, including WSC and: Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (3); Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue] (6); Sir Sydney Chapman [Chief Economic Adviser to Government]; Sir Alfred Watson [Government Actuary] (2); Augustus Webb [?Chief of Intelligence Branch, HM Customs and Excise] (2); Frederick Phillips [Principal Assistant...
Dates:
12 Jul 1928 - 13 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: War and Air: memoranda, notes, and other correspondence on Russia., 05 May 1919 - 30 Aug 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/24
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Major Sir Ernest Shackleton; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso, Personal Military Secretary to the Secretary State for War] (12); Lieutenant-General Sir Charles Briggs (5); General Sir Henry Wilson [Chief of Imperial General Staff]; William de Ropp; Vladimir Litvinov-Falynsky; C Nabokov.Also includes copy minutes, telegrams and notes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington];...
Dates:
05 May 1919 - 30 Aug 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: War Cabinet: Economic Development Committee: minutes and memoranda., 18 Jun 1918 - 05 Nov 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/47
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of statements made by: Austen Chamberlain; George Barnes; [Sir] Edwin Montagu; Christopher Addison [Minister in Charge of Reconstruction]; and Sir Alfred Mond, First Commissioner of Works. Subjects discussed include: the control of raw cotton in India; allocation of materials; economic policy; shipping; the quality of bread; allied propaganda; disposal of government factories; ship-building; supply of food to enemy countries and between allies.Also includes: papers by Lord...
Dates:
18 Jun 1918 - 05 Nov 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Podcasts for interviews conducted during the Centenary Year of Women in Parliament, 2017-11-15 - 2019-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA 1
Scope and Contents
76 podcast interviews collated for the publication 'When There's a Woman in the Room - #Vote 100 year January 2018 to January 2019' and written with journalists Jackie Ashley, Deborah McGurran and Linda Fairbrother. Sones' focus was primarily on recording interviews with MPs who champion public policy reforms through debates in Westminster Hall or by asking questions at PMQs.Topics include a range of issues from the centenary of women’s suffrage to Brexit debates. These...
Dates:
2017-11-15 - 2019-01-31
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence N., 14 Feb 1940 - 20 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/86
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Gilbert Gledhill, MP for Halifax [West Yorkshire]; Sir John Simon [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on mortgage interest rates; Lieutenant Colonel Augustus Charles Newman; Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (6).Other subjects include: housing shortages; the employment of children on the land; house requisitioning; relief for oil tanker crews; the supply of machine gunners to the Merchant Navy;...
Dates:
14 Feb 1940 - 20 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex], 1943 - 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Conservative MP for Woodford, where he served from 26 July 1945 to 15 October 1964. His earlier years as MP for Epping [Essex] are covered in the pre-1945 Chartwell Papers at CHAR 7.The vast majority of the papers consists of correspondence handled by WSC's office and local officials, particularly representatives of Woodford Division Conservative Association, including the Honorary Secretaries and Agents Frederick Mummery, and later W Hubert...
Dates:
1943 - 1965
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: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - B., 30 Jul 1951 - 29 Jan 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/67A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (14); Peter Goldman [Head of Home Affairs Section], Conservative Research Department (2); James Allan, Private Secretary, Ministry of Pensions (6); (David) Colin Humphries, Private Secretary, Air Ministry (3); Thomas Caulcott, Assistant Principal, War Damage Commission (4); Herbert Ash, constituent (4); Bernard Lawrence,...
Dates:
30 Jul 1951 - 29 Jan 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 197 - 205, closed for 100 years until 2053 on data protection grounds due to the presence of sensitive and personal information on a potentially living individual.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A-H., Jan 1948 - May 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/42
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (15); Lena Prescott, Private Secretary, Ministry of Health (4); [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education (2); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association, and John Harvey, Chairman, Woodford Young Conservative Association, on a visitor from South Africa meeting CSC. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretary Penelope Wall.Subjects covered by the file include:...
Dates:
Jan 1948 - May 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open (folios 119-20 opened in 2022).
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, I-Z., Oct 1947 - May 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/43
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (14); Enoch Powell and Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] of the Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; L D Baynes of the War Office (4); [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; A E Hine, Private Secretary, Ministry of Labour and National Service (4); [Arthur] Drew [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for War] (2); constituent Lawrence Yardley (4). Also...
Dates:
Oct 1947 - May 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 49-61 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2045.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/41A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Assistant Secretary, Woodford Conservative Association (12); [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury (3); Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head] and Reginald Maudling of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; constituent A F Morris (4); John Henniker[-Major, later 8th Lord Henniker, Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; [Robert] McAlpine [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign...
Dates:
Jun 1947 - Feb 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, K-Z., Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/47
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (9); H J Backwell, Deputy Regional Petroleum Officer, Ministry of Fuel and Power (9); [Arthur] Halls, Private Secretary [to the President of] the Board of Trade; [Christopher] Fogarty [Assistant Principal] HM Treasury; [Derek] Stephen [Assistant Principal] War Office (2); Herbert Truelove, Honorary Secretary, Chigwell [Essex] Urban District Chamber of Commerce (6); Reginald Maudling of...
Dates:
Sep 1948 - Feb 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 173-6 which have been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about a potentially living individual until 1 January 2024.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, M - Q., 03 Jan 1951 - 22 Dec 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/71
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman, W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent (10) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (6); John Marshall, Private Secretary to the Treasury (5); [?] Thomas Desmond Molony; Arthur Hockaday, Private Secretary to the First Lord of the Admiralty; Lancelot Errington, Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of National Insurance; Peter Hudson, Assistant...
Dates:
03 Jan 1951 - 22 Dec 1952
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates:
Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Public and Political: General: Germany: Military and Economic Intelligence., 22 Feb 1939 - 15 Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/374
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on Germany include: Sir Henry Strakosch on Germany's spending on armaments, 1938 - 9, comparative British spending, petrol and oil consumption by German aircraft, the German oil supply and the case for destroying the Romanian oil wells on the outbreak of war (4); Anthony de Rothschild; "Edward" [Lord Halifax, Foreign Secretary, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin]; Sir Keith Price [former Council Member, Ministry of Munitions] on the capacity of explosive production during the...
Dates:
22 Feb 1939 - 15 Jun 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre