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Correspondence C, 1961 - 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RDCH 3/6/1/63

Scope and Contents

Correspondence on the Official Biography, the Churchill papers, copyright and general Churchill related matters, with correspondents including: Harry Creswick, Librarian of Cambridge University, on access to the Crewe Papers (3); 5th Lord Cholmondeley [earlier Lord Rocksavage] on the honours and decorations chart he drew for WSC; Grace Hamblin, Private Secretary to CSC, on subjects including starting a new job [as administrator of Chartwell, Kent] (5); CSC on seeing the galley proofs and sending more source material (4); Major-General J.R.C. [Jack] Hamilton, Bursar of Churchill College, University of Cambridge, on plans for an archives centre to house the Churchill Papers (2); Sir John Cockcroft, Master of Churchill College; [Henry] Peregrine Churchill on sending RSC family letters (2); Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill]; Hubert Bennett, Architect to London County Council, on the blue plaque to commemorate Lord Randolph Churchill having lived at 2 Connaught Place, Paddington (design enclosed) (2); Sir Shane Leslie on subjects including the blue plaque; John Colville [former Private Secretary to WSC] on subjects including a comment from 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith in 1906 that David Lloyd George had no principles and WSC no convictions, various small corrections to the Official Biography, offering to lend his own diaries and Churchill College as the eventual home of the Churchill Papers (11); Alistair Cooke [later Lord Lexden] on Lord Randolph Churchill's papers (2); Aidan Crawley on defending RSC from a hostile review.

Dates

  • Creation: 1961 - 1968

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. The catalogue includes details of some material in the collection which is currently too fragile to be produced and researchers should seek advice from Archives Centre staff about accessing this material.

Extent

4 file(s)

Language of Materials

English

Finding aid date

2019-05-21 12:00:05.400000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
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