Scope and Contents Proofs and cutting of various articles and short pieces by WSC: an introduction to a biography of 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith] by 2nd Lord Birkenhead [earlier Frederick Smith]; "Great fighters in lost causes" on the careers of various historical figures; "Shakespeare's plays as short stories: Julius Caesar"; "Life - the greatest secret of all and how to tackle all its trials and problems"; "England. My England" in which WSC dwells on his pride in his country; "If I lived my life...

Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "First Political Triumph, A Ban by the Duchess, Trouble with My Party Chiefs, Free Trade War Starts" on his return from the Boer War, victory at Oldham [Lancashire] in the 1900 General Election, obtaining his father's papers for the biography of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the opening of the Free Trade versus Protection debate; "I Was Warned that I Should be Called a Turncoat" on his dispute with Joseph Chamberlain and the Conservative Party,...

Scope and Contents Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment insurance; [Sir] John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs, on the Hilton Young commission on East Africa, the oil position in Iraq, and the effect of the treaty for the renunciation of war on the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister...