Literary: correspondence on producing revised editions, permission to quote from, and foreign editions of the volumes of WSC's wartime speeches., Nov 1944 - Apr 1956
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Charles Eade [Editor] of the Sunday Dispatch; representatives of Cassell and Company including director Desmond Flower (20); Howard Roberts, Clerk of London County Council; Gillian Mackay, [Deputy Press Officer] Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Howard Thomas, Producer-in-Chief, Pathe Pictures Limited; Eliahu Elath [Israeli Ambassador to the United Kingdom]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Kathleen Hill, Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Elizabeth Gilliatt, and Chips Gemmell.Also includes: details of extracts from WSC's speeches including the text of WSC's speech (11 September 1940) on the Battle of Britain, the possibility of invasion, and the threat posed by Hitler; photograph of a display of WSC's books in Copenhagen [Denmark].
Dates
- Creation: Nov 1944 - Apr 1956
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
1 item(s) (1 file (104 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
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