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Literary: Collier's magazine articles: correspondence., 03 Feb 1938 - 30 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/604
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Representatives of Collier's including the Editor, William Chenery (16); representatives of Curtis Brown Limited, New York [United States] Office (28) on subjects including WSC's US taxes and the scope for syndicating his articles in the US, and the London Office on publication rights for WSC's US articles in the United Kingdom (2); Brendan Bracken suggesting subjects for US articles; Adam Marshall Diston and Richard Clarke on preparing articles for WSC; Admiral Sir...
Dates:
03 Feb 1938 - 30 Dec 1938
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Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 7., 29 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/671
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "The British Working Man" on WSC's views on the rights and responsibilities of trade unions, strikes, the role of government in industrial disputes, and the birth of the Labour Party; "A Very Great Englishman" on 1st Lord Baden-Powell, his role at the siege of Mafeking [South Africa] and the founding of the Boy Scouts Movement; "The March of Progress" on scientific developments and their effect on mankind from the Stone Age to the mid-twentieth...
Dates:
29 Sep 1940 - 10 Nov 1940
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Open.
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Official: Cabinet: papers 21 to 30., Jan 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/153
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Includes: a paper by [Sir Maurice] Hankey [Cabinet Secretary] on the parliamentary programme; a paper on the political parties, personalities and ministers in China; [Sir Hugh] Trenchard [Chief of Air Staff] on aircraft in China; [1st] Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] and [Sir Austen Chamberlain] Foreign Secretary on diplomatic relations and communications with the Soviet Union; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal, on House of Lords reform; [Sir] Philip...
Dates:
Jan 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 31 to 50., Feb 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/154
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: a copy of a speech by King George V on the opening of parliament on relations with foreign powers and civil war in China; [1st Lord] Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] Secretary of State for India, on the Trade Unions disputes bill; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on poor relief to miners' dependents and poor law emergency provisions in Scotland; [Sir] Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the...
Dates:
Feb 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 246 to 270., Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/163
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Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: an account of the proceedings of the Trade Union Congress; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor economic situation including details of various industries, exports and colonial trade and on mining subsidies; special reports on unemployment; [1st] Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor, on the transport of troops between Great...
Dates:
Sep 1927 - Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 271 to 300., Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/164
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on the draft treaty with Egypt and the importance of the Suez canal; the Committee of Imperial Defence on operations in the Canton [China] area; Anglo American relations; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the trade outlook and poor...
Dates:
Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 301 - 314., 02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/99
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: the report of the Parliamentary Business Committee; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including liquor smuggling; Sir William Tyrrell [Permanent Under- Secretary of State, Foreign Office] on policy towards the Soviet Union and Japan; the report of the sub-committee of the Imperial Conference (Documents) Committee, on the form of treaties; reports of the...
Dates:
02 Feb 1926 - 13 Aug 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 380 - 399., 28 May 1926 - 23 Nov 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/104
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: John Pratt, Foreign Office, on British policy in China; William Strang [1st Secretary, Foreign Office] on the anti-British boycott in Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on the Irish Free State's application for a light tank; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; a copy of the proposed terms of settlement for the coal dispute; 1st Lord Balfour, Lord President...
Dates:
28 May 1926 - 23 Nov 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 400 - 428., 30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/105
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Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Otto Niemeyer [Controller of Finance, Treasury], on the possible reduction of the British Army of Occupation in the Rhineland [Germany]; Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; extracts from the draft minutes of the Committee of Imperial Defence on South West Arabia and Egypt; draft instructions to Miles Lampson [later 1st Lord Killearn], British Minister-designate at Peking [later Beijing, China]; 1st Lord...
Dates:
30 Mar 1926 - 29 Dec 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: Cabinet: printed papers., 1907 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/19
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Printed Cabinet papers on various subjects including: an annual report of affairs in Austria-Hungary; the Police (weekly rest day) bill; memoranda by WSC on the situation in Cyprus and the political aspect of financial problems there; the industrial and provident societies (amendment) bill; old age pensions; commercial negotiations with Portugal; opium manufacture in Hong Kong; West Indian steamship services; proposals for a new museum of science; and roads in Persia [later Iran].Also...
Dates:
1907 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: War and Air: correspondence, mainly on demobilisation and the reorganisation of the Air Ministry., 01 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1919
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/4
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Correspondents include: King Manuel II on the "future of Portugal"; General Sir William Robertson [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief the Forces in Great Britain] (3); 1st Lord Milner [Secretary of State for the Colonies] on appointing neither Major-General Sir Hugh Trenchard or General Sir John Cowans as Governor of Nigeria (2); Andrew Bonar Law [Lord Privy Seal] passing on a copy of a letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Lawson on a decline in his pay and position; Philip Kerr [later...
Dates:
01 Feb 1919 - 28 Feb 1919
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Official: War and Air: WSC's minutes., 01 Jan 1920 - 29 Apr 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/51A-B
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Includes carbon copies of minutes (and telegrams) from WSC to various individuals including: Secretary [War Office, Sir Reginald Brade]; 1st Lord Peel [Under-Secretary of State for War]; Chief of Imperial General Staff [General Sir Henry Wilson]; Sir Herbert Creedy; Deputy Chief of Imperial General Staff [Major-General Charles Harington]; Chief of the Air Staff [Air-Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard]; Major-General Fabian Ware; [David Lloyd George]; Andrew Bonar Law [Lord Privy Seal]; Director of...
Dates:
01 Jan 1920 - 29 Apr 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence A-B., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/25
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (8); Vyvyan Adams [MP for West Leeds, Yorkshire] on speaking in WSC's constituency; Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, on Indian and German affairs; E R Broadridge on medical treatment for her daughter (5); Sir Kingsley Wood [Minister of Health] on the Broadridge case.Other subjects include: the abdication crisis; pacifism; local housing and environmental matters; pension and employment queries...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence F-G., Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/28
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Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (2).Other subjects include: requests for WSC to become patron of local groups; licensing laws; the Football Pools Bill; official recognition of the National Union of Postmen; employment queries from constituents; rating issues; international affairs, particularly sanctions against Italy for its invasion of Abyssinia [Ethiopia] and support for the League of Nations; farming issues; a proposed...
Dates:
Jan 1936 - Dec 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence I-L., Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/47A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (9); Sir Samuel Hoare [Home Secretary] on a constituent's complaint of police inaction at a political meeting.Other subjects include: a device for ARP; WSC's position in relation to his constituency party; pension and employment queries from constituents; a dispute between Messrs. Leslie and Godwin Ltd. and the Guild of Insurance Officials and other insurance matters; international affairs,...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, mostly supporting WSC's stance., 01 Oct 1938 - 06 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/603A-B
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Correspondents include: Rennie Smith (2); David Garland; Nathan Laski; Arthur Bateman; Hervey de Montmorency; Gerald Sington; Ellison Hawks; Henry Ferns. Subjects covered by the file include: the fate of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; Adolf Hitler and Germany; criticism of Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and his government; WSC's House of Commons speech of 5 October.Also includes: various cuttings; protest letter from the Arts Peace Campaign with typed signatures of...
Dates:
01 Oct 1938 - 06 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Public and Political: General: Political: arrangements for the Conservative Party Conference at Blackpool [Lancashire], October 1950., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/103
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); representatives of the Hotel Majestic, St Annes on the Sea [Lancashire], on WSC's stay there (5); George Christ of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip]; H V Armstrong, Secretary of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations (9); representatives of British Railways (4). Also...
Dates:
Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Conservative Party manifesto [for the 1950 election]: correspondence, proofs and drafts., Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/89
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Correspondents include: R A Butler and Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine]. Also includes note from WSC's secretary Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Includes: summary of Conservative and Unionist proposals; details of election dates 1929-45; galley proofs and drafts of the manifesto (entitled "This is the road") and WSC's introduction.Subjects covered include: the economy, British industry and agriculture, social services, Britain's position in the world, national and constitutional...
Dates:
Dec 1949 - Jan 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence A-C., Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/127A-B
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Correspondents include: William Reid, Lord Provost of Aberdeen [Scotland] on WSC's visit there in 1952; David Pitblado [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden] (3); Frank Glaves-Smith [Principal Private Secretary to President of the Board of Trade]; Konrad Adenauer [Federal Chancellor of Germany]; Sir Frederick Hoyer Millar [later 1st Lord Inchrya, British Ambassador to West Germany, later part of Germany]; John Perrin, [Principal] Private Secretary to Minister of...
Dates:
Oct 1951 - Jul 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: correspondence and papers on Greece., Sep 1946 - May 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Frederick Cocks on the British Parliamentary Delegation to Greece; John Colville [Assistant Private Secretary to Clement Attlee, Prime Minister] on Archbishop Damaskinos; Damaskinos on stepping down as Regent of Greece; 3rd Lord Long. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Elizabeth Gilliatt, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], and Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow].Other subjects include: the 1945 TUC report on atrocities by...
Dates:
Sep 1946 - May 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence C-D., Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/95A-B
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Correspondents include: 5th Lord Munster [earlier Geoffrey FitzClarence], George [Hubback], Metropolitan of India and Bishop of Calcutta (3), and Desmond Crawley (High Commission, Calcutta), on Anglo-Indians educating their children in the UK; 1st Lord Sandford [earlier Albert Edmondson, Chairman] of the Carlton Club (2); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (5); Clifford Hood, President, Carnegie-Illinois Steel Corporation; Robert...
Dates:
Aug 1949 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence D-G., Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/114A-B
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Correspondents include: various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ and Press Officer Gillian Mackay (8); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (5); Somerset de Chair on subjects including his career, Abadan [Iran, earlier Persia], and the atomic bomb (2); Patrick Donner (3); William Douglas-Home on his political career (2); James Stuart on Douglas-Home; Michael Astor; David Eccles (2); 1st...
Dates:
Nov 1950 - Nov 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence J-N., Oct 1946 - Dec 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/55
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Correspondents include: representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office, including Marjorie Maxse [Vice-Chairman of the Conservative Party], 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman], Sir Robert Cary, and Stephen Pierssene [General Director] (9); Sir Angus Watson; Sir John Jarvis; F Ashe Lincoln; James Watts (2); 1st Lord Kemsley [earlier Sir James Berry, Editor in Chief Sunday Times] requesting an article; Henry Boorman, Proprietor and Editor of the Kent Messenger;...
Dates:
Oct 1946 - Dec 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/102A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (6); various representatives of Conservative and Unionist Central Office including George Christ (14); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (11); Sir [James] Clifford Tozer on Plymouth [Devon] Fair; Moss Turner-Samuels; Julius Holmes [Minister,...
Dates:
Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: statement of Conservative Party policy: correspondence, proofs, and pamphlets., May 1949 - Jul 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/88
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir David Maxwell Fyfe [later 1st Lord Kilmuir]; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton]; R A Butler (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe]; Sir Hubert Henderson (2). Also includes note and copy of correspondence from secretaries Chips Gemmell and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Includes: galley proofs with annotations of the draft statement of policy with sections on economic affairs, management and labour, nationalisation, the countryside,...
Dates:
May 1949 - Jul 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
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