Literature
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
Literary: correspondence and papers concerning the administration of the Chartwell Literary Trust and its role with regard to WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War") and other works., May 1946 - Mar 1956
Literary: Correspondence Chartwell Literary Trust and 80th Birthday Trust Fladgate and Company., Oct 1951 - Jan 1964
Literary: Correspondence concerning "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 1932
Includes correspondence between WSC and Newman Flower of Cassell and Company on terms and conditions for the writing of the book, including agreement that WSC's fee should be 20,000 pounds.
Literary: Correspondence concerning "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 1933
Correspondence between WSC and representatives of Cassell and Company Limited, Excess Insurance Company Limited and Lloyds Bank Limited concerning a life insurance policy on WSC's life taken out by his publishers (Cassell and Company) in the event of him being unable to complete "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples".
Literary: Correspondence concerning articles by WSC in the Daily Mail., 14 Apr 1929 - 02 Jun 1929
Correspondents include: [1st] Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] (4) suggesting that WSC should write for the Daily Mail on issues connected with the General Election and Douglas Crawford of the Daily Mail.Also includes material on the influence of the press over elections.
Literary: Correspondence concerning corrections to and research for Volume 3 of "The World Crisis"., Nov 1926 - Dec 1926
Literary: correspondence concerning film and television offers for WSC's book "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 25 Jul 1955 - 12 Feb 1965
Literary: correspondence concerning film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life". This file mainly consists of business and legal correspondence with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Warner Brothers. The rights had been acquired by Warner Brothers in 1941, but MGM were keen to negotiate a new contract. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne., 23 May 1956 - 20 Dec 1957
Correspondents include: Dore Schary (Vice-President, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (4), Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (22), Arthur Loew (President, Loew's Inc) (2), Jack Warner (President, Warner Brothers Pictures Inc) (6), Marjorie Thorson (Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) (10), 1st Lord Bracken, Arthur Abeles junior (Managing Director, Warner Brothers Pictures Inc).
Literary: correspondence concerning "Great Contemporaries"., Aug 1946 - Aug 1951
Correspondents include: H M Ross of the Ex-Services League (4).Subjects include: reproducing articles and extracts from the book on 1st Lord Baden-Powell, George Bernard Shaw, and 1st Lord Haig; Japanese rights; providing Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall with a copy.Also includes extracts on Shaw.
Literary: correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., Jan 1946 - Sep 1955
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., 1884 - 1931
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., 1932
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times."., Jan 1933 - Apr 1933
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., May 1933 - Jun 1933
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., Jul 1933 - Aug 1933
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., Sep 1933 - Oct 1933
Literary: Correspondence concerning "Marlborough: His Life and Times"., Nov 1933 - Dec 1933
Literary: correspondence concerning "My Early Life"., 1930
Literary: correspondence concerning "My Early Life"., Oct 1946 - Sep 1951
Literary: correspondence concerning "Painting as a Pastime"., Mar 1947 - Apr 1953
Literary: correspondence concerning permission to quote from WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War"), "My Early Life" and speeches., Jul 1949 - Feb 1956
Literary: correspondence concerning the British and United States publication of "The War Speeches (Definitive edition)", "The Sinews of Peace", "Europe Unite", "In the Balance", and "Stemming the Tide"., Sep 1946 - Aug 1952
Literary: correspondence concerning the Chartwell Literary Trust and Birthday Trust, many with Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor]., Feb 1946 - Mar 1957
Literary: Correspondence concerning "The Eastern Front", Volume 5 of "The World Crisis"., 1930
Correspondents include: [Brigadier General James] Edmonds (7); WSC's researcher Charles Hordern (8) and Sir George Franckenstein.Includes copies of letters from WSC to the individuals mentioned above and to Thornton Butterworth Limited and the Times about the possible serialisation of the book. Also includes chapter outlines and an article by Field Marshal von Ludendorff criticising WSC's account of the Battle of Tannenberg [Stebark, Poland].