Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with and on Lord Bracken., 16 Nov 1952 - 04 May 1960
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Bracken (11); Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on his health.Other correspondents on Bracken's death and memorial include: Alan Hodge, joint editor, History Today (5); Sarah Beauchamp [earlier Sarah Churchill, and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley]; "Bernie" [Bernard Baruch]; "Lew", Lewis Douglas (2); Averell Harriman (2); Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury]; Lady Juliet Duff; Sir Hartley Shawcross; John Colville (6); "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay]; Henry Taylor, United States Ambassador to Switzerland; John McCloy; 1st Lord Monckton; Spyros Skouras on Bracken's skill as a propagandist; Gervase Thornely, Headmaster, Sedbergh School [Yorkshire] (3). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence by Peter Oates, John Colville and Anthony Montague Browne, WSC's Private Secretaries, and Doreen Pugh, WSC's secretary.Also includes: press cutting reporting speech by Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, on the Baruch housing project (1953); press cutting of Alan Hodge's review of "Triumph and Tragedy", volume 6 of "The Second World War"; press cuttings of obituaries for Bracken, by various individuals including 1st Lord Radcliffe and 1st Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton]; draft preface by WSC to book of tributes to Bracken, and draft message to Sedbergh School.
Dates
- Creation: 16 Nov 1952 - 04 May 1960
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (136 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
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Repository Details
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