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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: United States., Oct 1955 - Jul 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/299

Scope and Contents

General public correspondence on visit to Washington and New York, May 1959.File includes: Letters from First Grade children of Locust Valley School, New York, welcoming him to the US (20); correspondence with California Western University, San Diego, invitation to visit (declined); the University of California, Berkley, offering honorary degree (declined); The Society of the Cincinnati, Washington, offering hospitality during visit; the Daughters of the British Empire, New York, dinner invitation (declined); Senator John Sherman Cooper, invitation to take part in Lincoln Sesquicentennial Celebration, enclosing pamphlet "The Lincoln Ideals"; Lewis Douglas, dinner invitation (declined); Douglas Gordon on payment of tax on US donations to Churchill College Cambridge; Averell Harriman, and Roger Stevens on 75th birthday dinner for Harry S Truman; Hopkins Grammar School, New Haven, invitation to visit; Henry Laughlin, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston, Mass.; The Lotos Club, New York, invitation to visit; Brigadier General Charles Stevenson, enclosing magazine "The National Guardsman", Jul 1958, containing article on the Battle of Gettysburg; magazine "Vital Speeches of the Day", 15 Jun 1959, containing text of speech by WSC on "The Union of English Speaking People" and also speeches by Andrei Gromyko, Selwyn Lloyd, King Baudouin of Belgium, Maurice Couve de Murville, and others; Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri, on possibility of visit (5pp); Yale University, offering honorary degree (5) File also includes requests invitations and requests for meetings from members of the general public.

Dates

  • Creation: Oct 1955 - Jul 1959

Conditions Governing Access

Open

Extent

1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 187 folios)

Language of Materials

English

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Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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