Personal: Visits and invitations: Monte Carlo [Monaco] (December 1948 - January 1949) A - G., 01 Dec 1948 - 06 Mar 1949
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's visit to Monte Carlo include: CSC (4); Aga Khan (III); "Max" [1st Lord Beaverbrook, earlier Sir William Aitken] on his inability to join WSC; Edwyn Hole, Consul-General, Nice [France]; General Raymond Brutinel, on acupuncture and its possible benefits to George VI; Mischel Cherniavsky [cellist], offering to play for WSC; Sylvia Churchill; H Valentine, Assistant Traffic Manager, Thomas Cook and Son Limited, on travel arrangements (5); Eve Curie [Co-publisher], Paris Presse; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant] on ["The Second World War"]; Kenneth de Courcy; Louis Detraz, General Manager, Hotel de Paris, Monte Carlo (6); Baron Guy Fain, French Consul-General, Monaco; Princesse Jean Ghika.Other subjects include: invitations, gifts and requests for interviews and autographs.Also includes: travel itinerary; baggage lists, including lists of letters and proofs for volumes 3 and 4 [of "The Second World War"]; telegrams between WSC's secretaries, including Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt and Cicely "Chips" Gemmell; the programme for a recital by Cherniavsky; an issue of the Argentinean newspaper, Clarin; accounts of travel expenses.
Dates
- Creation: 01 Dec 1948 - 06 Mar 1949
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (231 loose folios)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Existence and Location of Copies
Folio 49: Copyright holder (Aga Khan) has withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087
archives@chu.cam.ac.uk