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Series
Home Office, 1910 - 1911
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12
Scope and Contents
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Official: Cabinet: papers 81 to 100., Feb 1927 - Mar 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/156
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, 1st Lord Cave, Lord Chancellor and [1st] Lord Cecil [of Chelwood] on equal franchise and the effect of the enfranchisement of more women; a report by John Davidson, Chairman of the Unionist Party, on the distribution of female electors; notes of a deputation to Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on equal...
Dates:
Feb 1927 - Mar 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: War Policy Committee: statement by David Lloyd George [Minister of Munitions]., 16 Aug 1915 - 18 Aug 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/56
Scope and Contents
Includes 3 copies of a statement by Lloyd George on the manufacture of munitions covering requirements for the war, estimated dates of completion, calculations of wastage on the Western Front, labour problems including the employment of women and the deployment of trained engineers in the army, the possible effect of compulsory military service. Also includes a statement by Lloyd George on the supply of guns.
Dates:
16 Aug 1915 - 18 Aug 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1913
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Herbert Samuel, Postmaster General (3); Dundee Women's Suffrage Society; Dundee Liberal Association; The Independent Labour Party (Dundee Branch).Subjects include Female suffrage; telegraph links with Dundee; the strike of Leven textile workers; the claims of Dundee over Aberdeen for the site of new wireless station; the Scottish Temperance Bill.
Dates:
01 Jan 1913 - 31 Dec 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence., 31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association (7); Sir Harry Goschen [Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association].Subjects include: parish councils; trade unions; pension queries from WSC's constituents; lowering the voting age for women; importing silk goods; constituency business.Also includes: Souvenir in Commemoration of the 80th Anniversary of Waltham Abbey Permanent Building Society with a foreword by WSC; a record of...
Dates:
31 Aug 1926 - 20 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence, Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/13
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Fred Brierley and T W Killick about the Free Trade League; William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (3); Dr J Dulberg about the Manchester Jewish community's reaction to the proposed Aliens Bill and female suffrage (2) and WSC's reply; Fred Burn, Secretary of the Manchester Liberal Federation (2) and N Jacobson about WSC's intervention in the capmaker's strike (2).Other subjects include: Free Trade; the taxation of land values;...
Dates:
Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
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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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: Correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, A - H., 30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/61
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Sir James Hawkey, Chairman (2) and "Kath", Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (7); Thomas Shearer, Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air (3); [Ness Edwards], Postmaster General, on the campaign for official recognition by the Engineering Officers (Telecommunications) Association, including a note of his negotiations with the Association; Sir Howard Roberts, Clerk of London County Council;...
Dates:
30 Dec 1949 - 21 Dec 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folio 107, closed for 75 years until 2026 on grounds of data protection 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, H - L., 08 Jan 1957 - 02 Dec 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/100A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (5); Anthony Harland, constituent (4); Edward Boyle, Financial Secretary to the Treasury; Ian Harvey [MP for Harrow, Middlesex and Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs]; Geoffrey Chipperfield, Private Secretary, Ministry of Housing and Local Government; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party] (3); Robert Jenkins [MP for Dulwich Division,...
Dates:
08 Jan 1957 - 02 Dec 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, except for folios 62 - 77, closed for 75 years until 2035 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, M-Z., Nov 1947 - Aug 1949
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/52
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Michael Milne-Watson, Chairman, North Thames Gas Board, on the Board's creation; [Anthony] Ridge, [Principal Private Secretary to the Postmaster General]; Frederick Mummery, Honorary Secretary and Agent, Woodford Conservative Association (6); [George] Tomlinson [Minister of Education]; [David] Nenk, Ministry of Education; Percy Cohen [Joint Director] of the Conservative Research Department. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretary Lorna...
Dates:
Nov 1947 - Aug 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with the Conservative Research Department, particularly [Joint Director, Percy] Cohen., Mar 1949 - Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/6
Scope and Contents
Also includes copies of correspondence from [WSC's secretary, Lorna] Cowper.Subjects include: advice and assistance in response to enquiries from constituents on matters including equal pay for women, unions, leasehold tenure, nationalisation, health, and post-war credits; tickets for constituents to visit the House of Commons.
Dates:
Mar 1949 - Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/86A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ernest Taylor; Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes, Conservative Chief Whip] on Ivor Thomas [later Ivor Bulmer-Thomas]; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (4); Sir Herbert Thompson on the Indian civil service and police; R Robinson, Lord Mayor of Cardiff, on matters including the Tonypandy riots [Glamorgan, Wales] and naming a road after WSC (7); representatives of the Conservative Research Department...
Dates:
Jan 1949 - Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: Correspondence T-Z., Jan 1950 - Dec 1950
File
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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Item
(Untitled), 13 Dec 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/30/92-95
Scope and Contents
Letter from Walter Runciman [later Lord Runciman] (West Denton Hall, Scotswood-on-Tyne, [Northumberland]) to WSC on: disruption by suffragettes of speeches by cabinet ministers; the Tories' split over Tariff Reform; the industrious campaigning of Richard Haldane [later Lord Haldane]; reaction to Haldane's army estimates and 2nd Lord Tweedmouth's naval estimates; the introduction of old age pensions and Labour Party criticism of them; the prospect of the miners' group adhering to the Labour...
Dates:
13 Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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"What the Conservatives will do: a shortened version of the Conservative and Unionist Party's policy: General Election, 1951", 1951
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/123/3
Scope and Contents
Pamphlet detailing Conservative election policy under a number of headings: "Pillars of Peace" on measures to support the British empire and Commonwealth (including an Empire economic conference, imperial preference), the unity of the English speaking peoples, the United Nations and hopes that Soviet Russia will join it, and support for the rearmament programme; "Increase national output"; "Halt to nationalisation" including industrial measures, and the repeal of the Iron and Steel Act,...
Dates:
1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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