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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 506 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/27
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, confirming booking of a 15 minute broadcast from Boston [United States] on 10 March, at a fee of 1,000 dollars.

Dates: 21 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/29-30
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Letter from Louis Alber, President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States, confirming an offer from Columbia Broadcasting Company, of 1,000 dollars for a talk, stating that this was a great disappointment, as he had been hoping to secure a deal for three broadcasts at a fee of 7,000 dollars.

Dates: 17 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Feb 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/32
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Telegram from Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an offer from [the Columbia Broadcast Company], of 1,000 dollars for a broadcast, asking if he wished to accept, annotated with WSC's reply asking Alber to try to secure a three broadcast deal, but otherwise to accept.

Dates: 17 Feb 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Feb] [1932]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A/35
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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on his lecture tour of the United States, instructing Alber to accept an offer of a broadcast [with the Columbia Broadcasting Company for 1,000 dollars]. [Copy].

Dates: [Feb] [1932]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Mar 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/65
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Telegram from Paul Hollister, (Batten, Barton, Durstine and Osborn Incorporated, Madison Avenue, New York [United States]) to WSC, asking for details of subjects to be covered in his forthcoming broadcast, to help with advance publicity.

Dates: 03 Mar 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 Mar 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399A/66-79
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Transcripts of interview between WSC and Edwin Hill for the Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] broadcast on the Hart Schaffner and Marx Trumpeters radio programme, 10 March, on subjects including WSC's road accident, superstition, the future chances of war, the world depression, the importance of co-operation between the English-speaking peoples and the strength of the monarchy; also includes list of preparatory questions.

Dates: 09 Mar 1932
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Dec 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/399B/211
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Letter from Herbert Glover, Director of Broadcasting, Columbia Broadcasting System Incorporated [CBS], (New York [United States]), to Gerald Cohen, asking if WSC would be willing to record a New Year message.

Dates: 29 Dec 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/214
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Letter from Cesar Saerchinger, Director, European Service, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] to Violet Pearman [Private Secretary to WSC], on the possibility of WSC making a radio broadcast on India during his lecture tour of the United States.

Dates: 23 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/217
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Letter from [Violet Pearman, Private Secretary to WSC] to Cesar Saerchinger, [Director, European Service], Columbia Broadcasting System, [CBS] declining his invitation for WSC to address the United States by transatlantic radio. [Carbon].

Dates: 21 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397B/218
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Letter from Cesar Saerchinger, Director, European Service, Columbia Broadcasting System [CBS] to WSC, inviting him to address the United States by transatlantic radio.

Dates: 19 Mar 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/204B/119
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Telegram from WSC to CSC (Moscow [Soviet Union]) marked "Top Secret" suggesting she broadcast on 9 May a message from him "to Marshal Stalin, to the Red Army, and to the Russian people" sending greetings for their "splendid victories" and hope for a peaceful future.

Dates: 08 May 1945
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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(Untitled), 08 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/204B/126
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Telegram from CSC [Moscow, Soviet Union] to WSC stating that everyone at the British Embassy has been listening to his VE Day broadcast and that Edouard Herriot [former Premier of France] sends greetings. Carbon copy.

Dates: 08 May 1945
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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(Untitled), 21 Jan 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/211/27
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Telegram from 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer, Minister of Economic Warfare, Egypt] to WSC marked "Personal" objecting to the manner in which the debate in the House of Commons on the situation in Greece [18 January] was presented in a BBC broadcast on 20 January. Photocopy.

Dates: 21 Jan 1945
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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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/92
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Telegram from WSC to President Harry Truman marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Truman, Marshal Stalin and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

Dates: 14 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/93
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Secret" suggesting Stalin, President Harry Truman and he broadcast short messages to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany.

Dates: 14 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/135
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting arrangements for the broadcasting of messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC [to mark the link up of Soviet and Anglo-American forces in Germany]; stating that he thinks the warning [to the Germans on their treatment of Allied prisoners of war] should be signed by the three of them; and that he is looking forward to the meeting between their Foreign Secretaries at Washington [United States].

Dates: 15 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/214/136
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Telegram from WSC to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador in the United States] and Anthony Eden [later Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary] marked "Personal and Top Secret" requesting they arrange with President Harry Truman for the recording of his speech [to be broadcast when Soviet and Anglo-American forces link up in Germany] and the signing of a joint warning [to the Germans over their treatment of Allied prisoners of war]. Carbon copy.

Dates: 16 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/33-34
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Telegram from WSC to President Truman marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Truman, Marshal Stalin and WSC.

Dates: 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/215/35-36
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Telegram from WSC to Marshal Stalin marked "Personal and Top Secret" giving him the text of WSC's message to be broadcast when US and British forces, and Soviet forces link up in Germany; and detailing arrangements for the order and broadcast of the messages from Stalin, President Harry Truman and WSC.

Dates: 19 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/203/26
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Letter from Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to Harold Ellison [National Hospital Queen Square] stating that WSC has already settled the Charities to which the profits of records of broadcast speeches of 8 and 13 May should be given. Signed. Carbon copy.

Dates: 16 Jun 1945
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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(Untitled), 07 Jun 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/203/27
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Letter from Harold Ellison (National Hospital Queen Square, London) to Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] asking if WSC would care to nominate the Hospital to receive profits from records of broadcast speeches of 8 and 13 May. Signed.

Dates: 07 Jun 1945
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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(Untitled), 17 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/203/32
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Note from Kathleen Hill [WSC's Secretary] to Anthony Bevir [Prime Minister's Private Secretary] stating that the Gramophone Company's representative telephoned that morning and agreed with "Five Years as Prime Minister" as a suitable title for the record of the broadcast on 13 May.

Dates: 17 May 1945
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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(Untitled), 12 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/230/79
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Letter from [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (Ministry of Information) enclosing a press notice from WSC [thanking those who have sent him VE-Day messages, CHAR 20/230/80], asking for it to be broadcast on the Home and Overseas services of the BBC, and giving information on the countries which have sent a large number of messages. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 12 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 12 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/230/3
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Letter from "J H P" [John Peck, Prime Minister's Private Secretary] to [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to Minister of Information] (Ministry of Information) enclosing a press notice from WSC [thanking those who have sent him VE-Day messages, CHAR 20/230/4], asking for it to be broadcast on the Home and Overseas services of the BBC, and giving information on the countries which have sent a large number of messages. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 12 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 06 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/218/4
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Telegram from President Harry Truman to WSC marked "Personal and Top Secret" agreeing with WSC's suggestions for simultaneous VE Day announcements; giving some details of his announcement; and requesting a draft of WSC's proposed overall submarine [U-boat] statement.

Dates: 06 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open.