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Series
Home Office, 1910 - 1911
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12
Scope and Contents
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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.
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Literary: Articles., 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/338
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...
Dates:
1933
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 2., Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/648
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,...
Dates:
Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: "Thoughts and Adventures."., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/319
Scope and Contents
Proofs and offprints of WSC's articles which were collectively published as "Thoughts and Adventures" including: "Winston Churchill described the Battle of Sidney Street" on his actions as Home Secretary; "In the air" on WSC's personal experiences of flying and his encouragement of the development of military aviation while First Lord of the Admiralty; "My own spy story" on espionage during World War I and WSC's experiences on the Western Front; "Plugstreet" on his posting to Ploegsteert...
Dates:
1932
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Unemployment Insurance: printed papers., 21 Feb 1906 - 04 Apr 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes: the report of the Departmental Committee on Vagrancy (Volume 1); preliminary notes on proposed Board of Trade legislation, including the Employers' Liability Insurance Companies Bill, the Companies Acts Amendment Bill, the Patent Law Consolidation Bill, the Light Railways Bill, the amendments to the Cheap Trains Act and Life Assurance Companies' Acts and Copyright legislation; memorandums for the Royal Commission on the Poor Laws, on subjects including unemployment statistics,...
Dates:
21 Feb 1906 - 04 Apr 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Conclusions 10 - 15., 06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/237
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of Cabinet meetings recording decisions on various subjects including: unemployment and unemployment insurance; immigration from Ireland; petrol prices; foreign affairs in China, Germany, India; the United States and the prohibition treaty; the reduction and limitation of armaments; the proposed Baghdad [Iraq] to Haifa [Israel] railway and pipeline; radium research; the Channel Tunnel; the report of the Commission on East Africa; and the budget.
Dates:
06 Mar 1929 - 10 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 20 - 40., 18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/86
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet, on subjects including bills coming before the Home Affairs Committee; Lord Eustace Percy, President of the Board of Education, on reform of the constitution of the University of London; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India and 1st Lord Reading [earlier Rufus Isaacs], Viceroy of India, on Indian immigrants in South Africa; a Ministry of Labour...
Dates:
18 Nov 1925 - 05 Feb 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 41 - 60., 22 Jan 1925 - 22 Feb 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/87
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford] Home Secretary, on the Lead Paints Bill, the Coroners Bill, the Petroleum Bill, the Legitimacy Bill and the Wild Birds (Protection) Bill; drafts of the above bills; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Bankruptcy (Amendment) Bill; the report of the Bankruptcy Committee; a draft of...
Dates:
22 Jan 1925 - 22 Feb 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 45 - 60., 12 Feb 1929 - 25 Feb 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/229
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and [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; William Bridgeman, First Lord of the Admiralty, on Anglo-American arbitration treaties; Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple], Minister of Transport, on road transport;...
Dates:
12 Feb 1929 - 25 Feb 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 61 - 80., 25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/230
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...
Dates:
25 Feb 1929 - 16 Mar 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 141 to 170., Apr 1927 - May 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/159
Scope and Contents
Includes papers on various subjects by various individuals including: two special reports on unemployment; Sir Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Italy's interests in Albania, a request for assistance from Portugal, an arms embargo and the supply of arms to Canton [China]; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on unemployment in the coal industry, the inspection of emigrants and the unemployment insurance bill; [4th Lord] Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], Lord Privy Seal,...
Dates:
Apr 1927 - May 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 210 - 219., 24 Jan 1925 - 02 May 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/35
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on the Factories Bill and the Washington [United States] Hours Convention; 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil], Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, on International Labour Policy; Neville Chamberlain, Minister of Health, on the position of aliens and immigrants under the Widows and Orphans Bill; the report of departmental representatives on the Conference...
Dates:
24 Jan 1925 - 02 May 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 261 - 275., 30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/204
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects including: Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, and Sir John Gilmour, Secretary of State for Scotland, on Irish immigration; [Sir] William Mitchell-Thomson [later 1st Lord Selsdon] Postmaster General, on Western Highlands steamer services; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on currency in the Irish Free State [later Ireland]; Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later Lord...
Dates:
30 Jul 1928 - 26 Sep 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Home Office: Aliens' Bill correspondence and newspaper cuttings., Jan 1911 - May 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 12/14
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
INTRODUCTION TO CHAR 12: THE HOME OFFICE: GENERAL The Home Office papers contain correspondence, printed material and papers which were created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as Home Secretary. The papers have been arranged into correspondence and subject-based files. The Home Office papers form a departmental sub-class of the official class of the Chartwell Papers which was divided according to the various offices held by WSC. Files containing varying numbers of items were...
Dates:
Jan 1911 - May 1911
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.
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Official: War Cabinet: Demobilisation Committee: memoranda., 02 Nov 1918 - 26 Nov 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/50
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on demobilisation issues including: [1st] Lord Cave, Home Secretary, on the demobilisation of enemy aliens; WSC, Minister of Munitions; [Sir Arthur] Duckham on industrial transition; [1st] Lord Inchcape [earlier James Mackay] on capital issues; Sir Stephenson Kent [Controller-General of Civil Demobilisation and Resettlement] on training for women and building licenses; Christopher Addison [Minister in Charge of Reconstruction] on subjects including the...
Dates:
02 Nov 1918 - 26 Nov 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Br-By., 20 Oct 1941 - 24 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/64A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Leonard Buckner (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (11).Subjects include: conscientious objectors; reconditioning of surplus army vehicles; National Health Service; bomb damage repairs; service register of electors; fight against tuberculosis; repossession of requisitioned property; naturalisation of aliens; food rationing.
Dates:
20 Oct 1941 - 24 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Fr-Fu., 29 Jul 1940 - 16 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/73
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (8).Subjects include: repair of bomb damage; naturalization of aliens; local housing shortages.
Dates:
29 Jul 1940 - 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence J., 15 Mar 1939 - 16 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/80A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Ethel Haslam (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of the Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (18); Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State] (5); E J Jones (8); Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton (5th Baronet); E A Baker (secretary at the Ministry of Food) (5); J T S Lewis (secretary at the Ministry of Food) (4).Subjects include: deportation of internees; employment of aliens; housing shortages and...
Dates:
15 Mar 1939 - 16 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence P., Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sylvia Pankhurst (4) on subjects including an immigration case, German rearmament and the Italian situation; Ernest Parry (3); Sir James Hawkey, Vice-Chairman of the Epping Division Conservative Association; Dinah Pratt, Honorary Secretary of Epping Division Conservative Association (9).Other subjects include: local transport issues; equal pay for women; importing goods; the manufacture of poisons; employment queries from constituents; constituency opinion on WSC;...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Dec 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Political: Constituency: North West Manchester, 1904 - 1908
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4
Scope and Contents
This class of papers covers WSC's time as Liberal MP for North West Manchester (1906 to 1908).The papers contain correspondence between WSC's office and local officials discussing standard constituency affairs (such as arrangements for WSC's visits to Manchester; his support for various local associations and events; and recommendations for positions as magistrates).However, the predominant national topics of the period (the Aliens Bill, Free Trade, the Education Bill, the Licensing Bill,...
Dates:
1904 - 1908
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.
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/1A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T W Killick, President of the Free Trade League (15) about WSC's candidacy and arrangements for meetings; Samuel Lamb and Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Association (7 and 4 respectively); James Mawdesley; Nathan Laski on the Aliens Bill and its effect on the Manchester Jewish community (4); William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (4); and 5th Lord Rosebery.Other subjects include: Free Trade; the licensing of brothels; WSC's stance on Irish...
Dates:
1904
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., 04 Jan 1905 - 29 Jun 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: T W Killick of the Free Trade League (2); Fred Burn of the Manchester Liberal Federation on WSC's engagements and initiation as an Oddfellow (14); Sir Ernest Hatch (3); James Southern (4); B I Belisha (3); Sir Austen Chamberlain, Chancellor of the Exchequer about the distraint of goods at the Grand Hotel, Manchester for non-payment for taxes; John Kidger about income tax policy (5) and John Petro (3).Other subjects include: the selection of Edgar Pearson as election...
Dates:
04 Jan 1905 - 29 Jun 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence, Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/13
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Fred Brierley and T W Killick about the Free Trade League; William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (3); Dr J Dulberg about the Manchester Jewish community's reaction to the proposed Aliens Bill and female suffrage (2) and WSC's reply; Fred Burn, Secretary of the Manchester Liberal Federation (2) and N Jacobson about WSC's intervention in the capmaker's strike (2).Other subjects include: Free Trade; the taxation of land values;...
Dates:
Jan 1907 - Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence concerning meetings., Jan 1905 - Oct 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/5
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: H W Rawlins of the Free Trade League (2); Sir John Gorst about his visit to Manchester (1); Robert Lewis of the Sons of Temperance Society (2) and William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford] (1).Subjects include: WSC's patronage and support for various local schools, churches clubs and associations, including the Manchester Athletic Club and the aliens bill and its effect on the local Jewish community.
Dates:
Jan 1905 - Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence concerning the Aliens Bill., 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/22
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Dr J Dulberg (4) on the Aliens Bill and the naturalisation fee; William Royle [Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation] recommending that WSC should visit the Jewish Working Men's Club; Noah Laski requesting an interview with WSC; Alexander Porter; Herbert Gladstone [Home Secretary] (2); Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith]; Sir Rufus Isaacs [later 1st Lord Reading] and Charles Dreyfus thanking WSC for a donation to the Manchester Victoria Jewish...
Dates:
1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open