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Various correspondence, 1941-c 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 3/35

Scope and Contents

Letters to Clementine from: Queen Elizabeth, thanking Clementine for a book on Walter Sickert and commenting on the strength and vigour of Churchill's broadcast from the United States, December 1941; [William] Mackenzie King [Prime Minister of Canada] on his visit to Chequers [Buckinghamshire], August 1941 and being with Churchill when he made his broadcast on the Atlantic Charter; [William] Averell Harriman [Special Representative of President Franklin Roosevelt] on a visit to Chequers, c March 1941, his view that the United States should take a more active part in the war and his devotion to his mission; Princess Alice, Duchess of Gloucester, thanking Clementine and Churchill for a volume of [?] "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"; Lady Violet Bonham Carter [earlier Violet Asquith, later Baroness Asquith of Yarnbury] on her work as an Air-Raid Warden in London and the need for empty houses to be left unlocked with access to water (2).

Dates

  • Creation: 1941-c 1956

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Extent

1 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2004-04-07 11:43:32.967000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

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