Correspondence on patronage, 1940-48 File includes correspondence with: Lord Abadare on message to teams taking part in the Britannia Shield Competition in boxing, fencing, cross-country, shooting and swimming for service teams from the British Army, the RAF, Belgium, Czechoslovakia [Czech Republic and Slovakia], France, the Netherlands and the United States forces in Europe, 1946 (14); the British Dairy Farmers Association, on membership, 1948; the British Empire League on possible amalgamation with the Empire Industries Association, 1947 (6); Lord Moran, on message for British Empire Nurses War Memorial Fund, with messages from Lord Cunningham of Hyndhope and Lord Portal of Hungerford; Lord Willoughby de Eresby MP (later 3rd Lord Ancaster), on message for appeal for the British Limbless Ex-servicemen's Association, 1948; Lord Greene, on behalf of the British Museum, asking for notes for the "fight on the beaches" speech, [1940], 1946 (declined); The British Officers Club of Philadelphia, on Honorary Membership (17); The British Sailors' Society, on annual subscription, with pamphlet on the work of the society, 1940-44 (8); The British Ship Adoption Society, on ship "Fort Churchill", 1947; British Yearbooks, on WSC's entry in the "British Political Yearbook", 1946 (5); Crocker Bulteel, Manager, and Clerk of the Course, Hurst Park racecourse, on naming race after WSC, with card for first running of the Winston Churchill Stakes, 8 Jun 1946; Cambridge University, on award of honorary degree, 1944-48, including drafts of itinerary, tickets, order of proceedings and seating for ceremony of Installation of Chancellor (Smuts) and award of honorary degrees, 1948, correspondence with Vice Chancellor, Thomas Hele, 1943-45,(3) Henry Thirkill, (1945) (4), Charles Raven (1948) (5); Chancellor, Jan Smuts (3); Public Orator, Keith Guthrie, on speeches at degree ceremony (2), copy of "Cambridge Daily News, 11 Jun 1948 (68pp); Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, (later Lord Fisher of Lambeth), on support for appeal, 1946 (7); Friends of Canterbury Cathedral, 1947, (8); Field Marshal Lord Chetwode, on the future of the Cavalry Regiments, 1945; the Caxton Convalescent Home for the Printing and Allied Trades, on appointment as Patron, with printed Annual Report (6pp), 1947; Cheam School, invitation to attend tercentenary celebrations, 1947; HMS "Chequers", on honorary membership of Wardroom Mess; The Chequers Trust; The Chingford Antiquarian and Historical Society, on appointment as Vice-President, 1946; Lord Altrincham (2), and Sir Harry Brittain (2), on The Churchill Club, Westminster, 1945; The Churchill-Roosevelt Garden Suburb, Quebec, Canada, 1945 (12); The City of London Club, on honorary membership (10); Patrick Hannon and J R Clynes, on donation to the Clynes Relief Fund, 1947; The Combined Services War Memorial on memorial to the Submarine Service of the Royal navy, the Commandos, the Airborne Forces and the Special Air Service, Westminster Abbey, 1948, including correspondence with Lt-Gen Sir Frederick Browning (5), Gilbert Ledward RA (4); Major-General Robert Laycock (4), and Commodore Benjamin Bryant (5), with notes for WSC's speech on the role of the commandos, the submarine service and the airborne forces (42pp); the Cyrus Fishermen's College, on award of degree of "Doctor Piscator"; Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, on award of the Golden Star of the Czechoslovak Military Order of the White Lion "For Victory" (4).