Public and Political: General: Gifts N-Z., 1944 - Jul 1947
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (on gifts to WSC) include The New Zealand Federation of Women's Clubs, on gift of £447 19s 10d, allocated to St Mary's Hospital, London W2., with letter from Lord Moran on the gift, 1946; The Foreign Office, on request to copy manuscript letters of Lord Palmerston, given to WSC by Albert Johnson in 1944; Racher and Co., Switzerland, on gift of easel, 1946; Talens and Sons Ltd., on gift of "Rembrandt" oil paints, with colour charts, 1946; Cecil Roberts, on gift of book, "And So To America", 1947; The Royal Photographic Society, on gift of photographs from the Royal Library at Windsor, with signed photograph of Lady Randolph Churchill by Le Jeune, Paris [1880] and hand coloured print of "Lady R Churchill" [possibly Lady Rosamond Churchill, later Lady de Ramsey. of 7th Duke of Marlborough], 1947; Sir Victor Sassoon, on gift of cigars, 1947; The South African High Commission, London, on gift of brandy and sherry from Field Marshal Smuts, 1947; Kenneth Goodenough, High Commissioner for Southern Rhodesia, London, and Geoffrey Hughes Prime Minister, on gift of walking stick from the native farmers of Chilimanzi, Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe] 1946; Sir Louis Sterling, on gift of letters and battle plans of John 1st Duke of Marlborough, formerly owned by Sir Thomas Phillipps, 1946 [note these items are now in the British Library]; Prince Subha Svasti of Thailand, on present from Prime Minister of Siam [Thailand], 1946; Walter Tower, on gift of letters of Lord Nelson, with typed transcripts of the letters, 1944-46; Bernard Van Leer, on offer of horse "Salve", with printed programme for the Haute Ecole Holland -Dutch Circus van Leer, with correspondence with Freshfields Solicitors, London, on unauthorised publication of photographs of WSC and Mary Churchill riding Van Leer's Horses at Chartwell in "Picture Post", 1946-47 [note the photographs are in CHUR 1/103]; Joan Vickers on gift of cigars, 1946; the West India Committee on presentation of illuminated address from Jamaica, 1946.
Dates
- Creation: 1944 - Jul 1947
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 file(s) (1 unbound file, 396 items)
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Existence and Location of Copies
Folio 15: Copyright holder (Lord Moran) has withheld permission for online publication. Available at Churchill Archives Centre.
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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