Press cuttings, 1941 - 1976
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: KH's MBE, 1941; Churchill's visit to 615 Squadron, 1941; his Private Office staff, 1943; [Frederick] William Deakin's parachute drop into Yugoslavia, 1944; wartime recipes; Churchill's future, 1945; portrait of Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, 1947; the wedding of Mary Churchill to [Arthur] Christopher Soames, 1947, including a copy of the service sheet; extracts from the wartime papers of Harry Hopkins, Special Adviser and Assistant to Franklin Roosevelt; the Conservative Party leadership election, 1964; reply by John Colville, former Private Secretary to Churchill, to the memoir by Churchill's doctor 1st Lord Moran [earlier Charles Wilson], 'Struggle for Survival'; account by A L Rowse of visiting Churchill at Chartwell [Kent] in 1955.
Also includes some cuttings of recipes and the Savoy Hotel version of grouse pie.
Dates
- Creation: 1941 - 1976
Creator
- From the Fonds: Hill, Rose Ethel Kathleen , 1900-1992 (personal private secretary to Winston Churchill) (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Extent
1 file(s)
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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