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"My Political Life": notes for Volume I, "England Before the Storm", 1904-02 - 1951-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/73

Scope and Contents

Draft texts, notes and source material, including: extracts from LSA's diaries; introduction to a work by Hugh Arnold-Forster on military needs, written by LSA for Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts; memorandum on the Army Estimates 1904-5 by Arnold-Forster as Secretary of State for War; paper by LSA on the defence problem from the Imperial standpoint, 1909; notes and proofs on tariff reform, including a draft prospectus by LSA for the Compatriots' Club advocating Imperial Preference and series of articles by LSA such as, "Old Answers to New Problems"; letter from David Bonner-Smith, Admiralty Librarian; articles by LSA on the Marconi Affair; comments from Norman Gibbs, Historical Section, Cabinet Office; extracts from a speech by 1st Lord Morley in 1914 on the army and Ulster [Northern Ireland].

Dates

  • Creation: 1904-02 - 1951-06

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

2 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

Box 228

Finding aid date

2004-12-16 12:34:48.090000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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