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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 05 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/39/81-83
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Telegram from General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander -in-Chief, Middle East] to WSC listing ground and air forces used for "Exporter" [codename for Allied and Free French advance into Syria] and "Bruiser"; and complaining of BBC coverage of de Gaulle's [secret] trip to Palestine [later Israel].

Dates: 05 Jun 1941
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(Untitled), 27 Jul 1940 - 29 Jul 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/3-4
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Letter from Alexander Duckham to WSC asking for consent to distribute gramophone recordings of WSC's broadcast of 14th July ["War of the Unknown Warriors"] to schools, works and other bodies; can obtain such records from Alfred Clark [Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited]; with covering letter from Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] to 6th Lord Hood [Private Secretary to Minister of Information] asking for advice. [Carbon].

Dates: 27 Jul 1940 - 29 Jul 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/10-12
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Covering letter from Alexander Duckham offering the recipient's organisation a recording of WSC's broadcast of 14th July 1940 "The War of the Unknown Warriors"; with list of first recipients of records including Cabinet Ministers, Prime Ministers of the Dominions and public and industrial organisations, and letter from Duckham to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: 27 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/16-20
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Correspondence between Alexander Duckham and WSC's secretaries concerning distribution of further gramophone recordings of WSC's broadcasts.

Dates: Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/21
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Letter from Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] offering WSC a copy of a recent recording of Dorothy Thompson's speech to the people of Canada; annotated by WSC "Yes please".

Dates: 03 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), Nov 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/25-32
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Lists of proposed titles for recordings of WSC's broadcasts: 19 May 1940 "In a solemn hour"; 18 June 1940 "This was their finest hour"; 14 July 1940 "The War of the Unknown Warriors" and 11 Sept 1940 "Every man to his post"; also a proposal [granted] that a photograph of WSC should appear on the record label; includes notes by Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC].

Dates: Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/34
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Cutting from The Listener [BBC weekly publication] of text of WSC's broadcast of 19 May ["Arm yourselves and] Be ye men of valour", later recorded as "In a solemn hour".

Dates: 23 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Nov 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/35
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Letter from Freda [Marquesa de Casa Maury, earlier Freda Dudley Ward] to WSC thanking him for nominating her charity, the Feathers Clubs Association, to receive the royalties on the records of speeches being distributed by HMV ["His Master's Voice", or the Gramophone Company Limited]; the charity supplies food to down and outs. [Manuscript].

Dates: 11 Nov 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/36
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Letter from Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] to Alfred Clark [Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited] asking if the company is happy for the royalties to be given to Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward]'s Feathers Clubs. [Carbon].

Dates: 26 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/37-38
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Notes between Brendan Bracken [Parliamentary Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on following King George VI's example in allowing the Gramophone Company Limited to record WSC's speeches; Bracken suggests Freda, Marquesa de Casa Maury [earlier Freda Dudley Ward]'s Feathers Clubs as recipient for royalties, as they feed "thousands of harassed Londoners". [Manuscript].

Dates: 17 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Oct 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/10/39-40
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Letters from Alfred Clark, Chairman, the Gramophone Company Limited to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC asking for WSC's consent to the recording and publication of his speeches and the nomination of a charity to receive the profits.

Dates: 16 Oct 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 21 May 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/11/6
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Letter from Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC congratulating him on a recent broadcast; asks if he would see [1st] Lord Trenchard.

Dates: 21 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/146-148
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Letter from WSC to Sir Walter Citrine [General Secretary of the Trades Union Congress and President of the International Federation of Trade Unions] informing him that it was not desirable to have land mines with parachute attachments discussed in the press; censors have kept them secret to avoid giving Germany a huge advantage.

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/178
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Letter from WSC to Major David Davies [Deputy Editor, News of the World] on a misleading article, entitled "With plenty of bombs we shall smash Berlin" [Germany] about WSC's most recent broadcast [9 February 1941 "Give us the tools"].

Dates: 30 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/20/1-2
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Letter from King George VI (Sandringham [Norfolk]) to WSC on the improvement in his health after a rest at Sandringham; mentions a prospective visit to Sheffield [Yorkshire] and thanks WSC for his help with the Christmas Day broadcast. [signed manuscript].

Dates: 02 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jun 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21C/298
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Letter from WSC to Jacques Duchesne [Michel Saint- Denis, head of French section, BBC] thanking him for his translation of WSC's speech to the Allied Representatives on 12 June ["Our stolid, stubborn strength"].

Dates: 20 Jun 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1941]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/24/39
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Letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [? Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC on a recent broadcast he feels won over United States opinion.

Dates: [Nov 1941]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/45/20
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Telegram from Fiorello LaGuardia [Mayor of New York City] to WSC inviting him to address, by radio, a conference of the heads of United States cities.

Dates: 15 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/280
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Letter from WSC to Sir Stafford Cripps [Lord Privy Seal] on the cancellation of his broadcast on the miners, and its replacement with a broadcast on the Soviet Treaty by Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon].

Dates: 14 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/34
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Typed memorandum from WSC with specimens of "cheerful chats" about Naval matters for BBC broadcasting; to give details of the day's casualties and the fate of ships Germaine, Ragni, HC Flood, Ursus, Atheltemplar and Inverlaine.

Dates: 16 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/36
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Printed note from WSC, with enclosures on Admiralty advice to the BBC on broadcasting of shipping losses.

Dates: 20 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/2
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet on broadcasting of shipping losses.

Dates: 11 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 26 Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/14-15
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Typed memorandum by WSC for the War Cabinet on publication of shipping losses.

Dates: 26 Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Dec 1940- 08 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/3/86-96
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Letter from Leo Amery to WSC with a transcript of his BBC broadcast to India on "Mr. Churchill as a writer"; with telegram from WSC to Leo Amery thanking him for his broadcast, annotated. [Carbon].

Dates: 06 Dec 1940- 08 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jan 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/6A/56-62
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Letter from R M Lloyd [Secretary of the British Expeditionary Force Wireless Entertainments Company] to Arthur Rucker [Private Secretary to Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister] seeking employment as his contract is ending, with memorandum on types of programmes for, and styles of broadcasting to, troops on active service. [Typescript originals and copies].

Dates: 31 Jan 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open