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Invitations: Winston Churchill Centenary Dinner, Washington, 1974-10 - 1974-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 4/3/26

Scope and Contents

Cuttings and correspondence on a dinner given to mark the centenary of Churchill's birth, including CS's speech on Churchill, notes by Sir John Colville and Anthony Montague Browne [former Private Secretaries to Churchill], notes on the guestlist by MS, correspondence with Sir Peter Ramsbotham, British Ambassador to the United States, who was hosting the dinner, Sir John Colville and Ronald Scrivener [Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office] on the loan of a Churchill painting for exhibition at Washington, and also cuttings on Richard Burton's hatred of Churchill, while playing him in the television drama "The Gathering Storm".

Dates

  • Creation: 1974-10 - 1974-12

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

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

2018-09-25 10:28:18.873000+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository

Contact:
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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