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(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/164/23-27

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Reply by WSC to the statement by Ernest Bevin that WSC prevented an agreement between the Cabinet and the trade unions which would have averted the General Strike. Carbon typescript copy. Other copies, without Bevin's statement, at CHAR 2/164/28-31 and CHAR 2/164/32-35.

Dates: [Apr] [1929]

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.

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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/164/39

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Letter from Thomas Naylor, secretary of the London Society of Compositors (House of Commons) to WSC pointing out that it was not the printers who refused to set up the "Daily Mail" article "for King and Country" on the eve of the General Strike.

Dates: 24 Apr 1929

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.

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(Untitled), 08 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/149/8-9

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Edition of the "Saturday Review" with leading article on the General Strike.

Dates: 08 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: newspapers relating to the General Strike.

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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 1 "The Tide of Victory", Chapter 17 "Counter Strike in the Ardennes"., Dec 1951 - Aug 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/358

Scope and Contents Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 17 "Counter Strike in the Ardennes", originally titled "Paris: The Rundstedt Offensive", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall Lord Ismay and Charles Wood.With cutting from the Daily Express - article "Hitler's Desperate Last Gamble" by Lt-General W Bedell Smith, Jun 1946, letter from General Pownall suggesting the insertion of a tribute to Field...

Dates: Dec 1951 - Aug 1953

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Literary

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(Untitled), 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/148/1

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Souvenir volume of the British Gazette in miniature comprising facsimiles of all editions of the British Gazette covering the period of the General Strike and giving information about the government's actions to counteract the strike. Printed.

Dates: 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: The British Gazette: souvenirs.

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Memorandum from WSC to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] and Sir Russell Scott [Controller, Treasury], 22 Feb 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/68/13-14

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Memorandum from WSC on the proposed Trade Unions bill and the Civil Service, commenting "Everyone knows that efforts were made to get the Civil Service to strike" during the General Strike. Typescript.

Dates: 22 Feb 1927

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Treasury / Official: Treasury: minutes and papers on the Trade Disputes Bill and the Civil Service.

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General correspondence, 1980-06 - 1980-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/101

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Whitelaw, Home Secretary; Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group (2); John Baker, Canon of Westminster; Air Vice-Marshal Erik Bennett; Peter Blaker, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, on relations with Albania, particularly the problem of Albania's pre-war gold reserves and trials of Kosovar Albanians in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] (2); Thomas Boardman;...

Dates: 1980-06 - 1980-07

Conditions Governing Access: Some material closed for data protection reasons as it contains sensitive information on a living individual.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Julian Amery / Correspondence / General correspondence

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General correspondence, 1984-11 - 1984-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 2/1/127

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Jonathan Aitken, Conservative Philosophy Group; 1st Lord Aldington [earlier Toby Low]; Lord Barber; Sir John Barlow, Chairman of the United Kingdom Falkland Islands Committee, congratulating JA on his letter to the Times on the Falklands; Margaret Douglas, Chief Assistant to the BBC Director-General; Anthony Beaumont-Dark; Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on subjects including the British Antarctic Survey, the future administration of the Falkland...

Dates: 1984-11 - 1984-12

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.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Julian Amery / Correspondence / General correspondence

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(Untitled), 22 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/92-93

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Article from the "New Statesman" entitled "Should we hang Mr Churchill or not?" attacking WSC's belligerent attitude during the General Strike. Sent with the original of CHAR 2/147/90-91. Another copy at CHAR 2/147/108.

Dates: 22 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.

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Official: Cabinet: Supply and Transport Committee: conclusions 11 - 34., 29 Apr 1926 - 27 Jul 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/128

Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the support of civil power during the General Strike; emergency mobilisation; the emergency electricity and food supply; special constables; emergency fuel supplies; dock arrangements; picketing; volunteer labour; coal imports; a review of Emergency Organisation after the General Strike.

Dates: 29 Apr 1926 - 27 Jul 1927

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Cabinet

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Press cuttings on general Northern Irish politics, 1955- 1966, 1955 - 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CCLK 6/1/1

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Includes cuttings on the death of a soldier from County Londonderry in a training exercise in the Bahrain desert, 1960; Shipping Strike, 1960; Northern Ireland Safeguarding of Employment Act (1947) and the effect on this Act if Britain joins the European Common Market, 1961; case of Mr Frank Carr and pensioners. March 1966; extension of the powers of the British Ombudsman to Northern Ireland, Nov 1966; Ian Paisley, 1966; Gerry Fitt, 1966-1970; Government of Ireland Act (1920), 1966-67.

Dates: 1955 - 1970

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Robin Chichester-Clark / Press cuttings / Press cuttings on general Northern Irish politics, 1955-1974

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Public and Political: General: The British Gazette: souvenirs., 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/148

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Includes a souvenir volume of the British Gazette published during the General Strike and a photograph of a luncheon of those involved in publishing the newspaper.

Dates: 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general

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General correspondence with Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, 1984-02 - 1984-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 1/3/11

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Mainly correspondence on Hewitt’s own engagements and dealings with the press, also including: a note from Hewitt to NK on the press notice following a meeting between the National Executive Committee and National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) during the miners’ strike, Dec 1984, with notes of the meeting; briefing for a meeting on Lobby procedures (for press briefings).

Dates: 1984-02 - 1984-12

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Neil Kinnock / Correspondence / General correspondence

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(Untitled), [1926]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/148/2

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Photograph of a luncheon party attended by those involved in the publication of the British Gazette [during the General Strike] including WSC. Annotated on the reverse "Miss [Clarice] Fisher to keep (British Gazette luncheon)".

Dates: [1926]

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: The British Gazette: souvenirs.

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"Misleading statements as to the breakdown", May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/141/51-53

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Paper on beliefs about the causes of the General Strike including: the closing of the "Daily Mail" and other threats to newspapers; lookout notices issued by coal owners; and on the need for the government to issue information in printed form and through using trained speakers. Carbon typescript with manuscript additions, annotated "Keep". In file of papers labelled "Various reports issued during Strike".

Dates: May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Cabinet / Official: Cabinet: General Strike.

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(Untitled), 26 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/90-91

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Letter from WSC (Chartwell) to Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham] enclosing an article from the "New Statesman" [see CHAR 2/147/92-93] and asking whether Hogg agrees that the assertion in it that WSC called for the military to be used in the General Strike is libellous. Signed typescript copy. Carbon copy at CHAR 2/147/106-107.

Dates: 26 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.

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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/167-173

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Letter from WSC to Sir James Hawkey blaming trade union extremists and Russian Bolshevik influences for the recent severe industrial unrest, including the General Strike, and expressing the Government's determination to defeat these forces. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 16 Nov 1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.

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"The Daily Mirror.", 1926-05-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 46

Scope and Contents

Issue published regarding the General Strike with headlines such as “Organization that counteracts the strike evil” includes photograph of Lady Louis Mountbatten helping at Hyde Park. “Safeguarding the nation’s food and transport”

Dates: 1926-05-12

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / Churchill Archives Centre Miscellaneous Holdings

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"Memorandum of facts with regard to the coal dispute", May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/141/54-64

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Paper on the "rights and wrongs" of the coal dispute which led to the General Strike on subjects including: slump in trade in coal; subsidy of miners' wages; report of the Coal Commission and reaction of the miners; attitude of the coal owners; failure of negotiations; and rates of pay for miners. Typescript. In file of papers labelled "Various reports issued during Strike".

Dates: May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Cabinet / Official: Cabinet: General Strike.

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Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike', chronology of events (typescript), c.1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Templewood/V/File 6/14

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, papers, articles and notes concerning the General Strike, May 1926.

Dates: c.1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Templewood Papers / Secretary of State for Air 1922-1924 and 1924-1929, and oppostion, 1924 / The General Strike, May 1926

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Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike: Air Mail' (typescript), c.1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Templewood/V/File 6/20

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, papers, articles and notes concerning the General Strike, May 1926.

Dates: c.1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Templewood Papers / Secretary of State for Air 1922-1924 and 1924-1929, and oppostion, 1924 / The General Strike, May 1926

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Official: Cabinet: papers 170 - 200., 17 May 1922 - 15 May 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/94

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham, Attorney-General] on leaks to the press about the Budget; Sir John Gilmour, Secretary for Scotland, on Government lands and buildings; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Roman Catholic Relief Bill and the Local Government Franchise (Extension to Companies) Bill; Sir Laming Worthington-Evans, Secretary of State for War, on Government lands...

Dates: 17 May 1922 - 15 May 1926

Conditions Governing Access: Open

Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Cabinet

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Further notes by Hoare, 'General Strike', chronology of events (typescript), c.1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Templewood/V/File 6/15

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, papers, articles and notes concerning the General Strike, May 1926.

Dates: c.1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Templewood Papers / Secretary of State for Air 1922-1924 and 1924-1929, and oppostion, 1924 / The General Strike, May 1926

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Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike: Supply and Transport Committee' (typescript), c.1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Templewood/V/File 6/19

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Correspondence, papers, articles and notes concerning the General Strike, May 1926.

Dates: c.1926

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Found in: Cambridge University Library / Templewood Papers / Secretary of State for Air 1922-1924 and 1924-1929, and oppostion, 1924 / The General Strike, May 1926

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John Black Atkins (1871-1954), 1926-05-08

Sub-Series

Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/1/Atkins

Scope and Contents From the Series:

Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'A'.

Dates: 1926-05-08

Found in: Pembroke College Library and Archive / Pembroke College Archive / Pembrochiana / A

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(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]

(Untitled), 24 Apr 1929

(Untitled), 08 May 1926

Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 1 "The Tide of Victory", Chapter 17 "Counter Strike in the Ardennes"., Dec 1951 - Aug 1953

(Untitled), 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

Memorandum from WSC to Sir Warren Fisher [Permanent Secretary, Treasury] and Sir Russell Scott [Controller, Treasury], 22 Feb 1927

General correspondence, 1980-06 - 1980-07

General correspondence, 1984-11 - 1984-12

(Untitled), 22 May 1926

Official: Cabinet: Supply and Transport Committee: conclusions 11 - 34., 29 Apr 1926 - 27 Jul 1927

Press cuttings on general Northern Irish politics, 1955- 1966, 1955 - 1970

Public and Political: General: The British Gazette: souvenirs., 05 May 1926 - 13 May 1926

General correspondence with Patricia Hewitt, Press and Broadcasting Secretary, 1984-02 - 1984-12

(Untitled), [1926]

"Misleading statements as to the breakdown", May 1926

(Untitled), 26 May 1926

(Untitled), 16 Nov 1926

"The Daily Mirror.", 1926-05-12

"Memorandum of facts with regard to the coal dispute", May 1926

Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike', chronology of events (typescript), c.1926

Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike: Air Mail' (typescript), c.1926

Official: Cabinet: papers 170 - 200., 17 May 1922 - 15 May 1926

Further notes by Hoare, 'General Strike', chronology of events (typescript), c.1926

Notes by Hoare, 'General Strike: Supply and Transport Committee' (typescript), c.1926

John Black Atkins (1871-1954), 1926-05-08

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