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Correspondence, 1940 - 1996

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2

Scope and Contents

From the Fonds:

The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes: personal and family papers, including correspondence with other members of the Amery family, financial and household papers; some papers from Amery's wartime service; Amery's personal and general correspondence; political correspondence and papers, including copies of ministerial papers and election material; a large amount of constituency correspondence, from Amery's Preston and Brighton seats; papers on foreign affairs, including Amery's visits abroad; literary material, including the transcription of Leo Amery's diaries, material on Amery's biography of Joseph Chamberlain, his own autobiography and "Sons of the Eagle"; speeches and articles; election papers; engagement diaries; press cuttings; photographs; audio material.

Dates

  • Creation: 1940 - 1996

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.

Extent

154 archive box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Related Materials

See also personal correspondence files for various ministerial posts in AMEJ 1, which contain very similar material to the files in this section, but were sent to JA at his office, rather than his home address. Family correspondence can be found in AMEJ 3.

Finding aid date

2005-09-27 15:19:46.753000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
+44 (0)1223 336087