Literature
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2142 Collections and/or Records:
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Instructions, 1961-08 - 1967-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 2/13
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to copyright, office methods, style, research undertaken, research techniques etc for the Official Biography. Includes transcript of a meeting between Wolff representing Randolph Churchill and the Chartwell trustees on access to papers, copyright and publication.
Dates:
1961-08 - 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Juvenilia, 1935-03 - 1935-07
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/23
Scope and Contents
Includes: JEP's diary and letters to parents while in Turin, Florence and Naples [Italy], and Cardiganshire [Wales], mainly on his research work; the annotated typescript of The Cecil Fragments, the writings of Richard Cecil, edited by JEP; papers on JEP's experiences in Italy, including The Italian Cinema, Turin, Venice, Where Wagner Died and Florence; draft poems; Forestudies to a History of the German War; typescript article, On Cambridge, by a Cambridge Undergraduate.
Dates:
1935-03 - 1935-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Fonds
Lehmann: The Papers of Rosamond Nina Lehmann
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/RNL
Scope and Contents
This collection contains manuscripts and typescripts of Rosamond Lehmann's writings, ranging from her childhood stories to drafts of her later prose. Poetry and memoirs appear in the collection. It includes reviews of many of her novels by other individuals, and published articles about her life. The correspondence is extensive and diverse. It contains many of Rosamond Lehmann's own letters to friends and family, notably to her mother and children. Letters sent to her from distinguished...
Dates:
1860 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
Some of the papers are reserved and may not be consulted by readers.
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Letter from Sir Roger Keyes, 08 Sep 1926
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/28/28-30
Scope and Contents
Letter from Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (HMS Warspite, Mediterranean Fleet, Off Thaso [Thasos, Greece] marked "private" to WSC on subjects including: WSC's role in leading the government during the miners' strike; observations about [1st Lord] Beatty and his position [as Admiral of the Fleet] recommending that Beatty should remain in his role to oversee any further naval reductions, Beatty's role at the Battle of Jutland ("he saved the honour of the British Navy"); WSC's account...
Dates:
08 Sep 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Letters from parents, 1938-02-27 - 1939-08-21
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/3
Scope and Contents
Letters to JEP in Australia from his parents, on subjects including: JEP's work at the University of Sydney, Australia [as Professor of Greek]; his publications, including work on the Rendel Harris Papyri, and his poems, Casting Off; the approach of war; JEP's preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature]; news from Trinity College [Cambridge]; JEP's finances.
Also includes letters from others, including Colin Hardie [Tutor in Classics], Magdalen...
Dates:
1938-02-27 - 1939-08-21
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters from parents, 1944-08-11 - 1946-01-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/9
Scope and Contents
Letters written to JEP in India from his parents, on subjects including: the progress of the war and peace negotiations; JEP's life in India; his promotions; his friends, including Ted Curtis, A W J Thomas and Paul Maas; JEP's finances; his future as a writer; the publication of JEP's book of poems, Dancer's End; JEP's resignation from Durham University [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also includes copies of letters from James Duff, Vice-Chancellor of Durham...
Dates:
1944-08-11 - 1946-01-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
File
Letters from WSC to Lady Randolph Churchill. Several letters relate to the publication of WSC's first book "The Story of the Malakand Field Force" and the file also contains newspaper cuttings of reviews of the work. The file also contains material relating to the Tirah Expeditionary force and the majority of items date between January and April 1898. All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described., Jan 1898 - Jan 1899
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/24
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class of papers was acquired by WSC at various times either by inheritance or gift and has been arranged in groups according to the presumed original owner: Lady Randolph Churchill; Lord Randolph Churchill; John S Churchill; W Bernau of Lloyds Bank and others.The major groups may be broken into sub-series by correspondents and the papers thereafter are arranged chronologically (e.g. Lady Randolph Churchill's letters from WSC are mainly found at CHAR 28/13-28).The series includes a...
Dates:
Jan 1898 - Jan 1899
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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Letters to Duff Cooper from various correspondents, 1907-12 - 1953-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 6/24
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clement Attlee [Prime Minister] on the Suez Canal Company; Hilaire Belloc; Sir Winston Churchill, thanking Cooper for a picture; [Alfred] Cecil Cooper [Bishop in Korea] on subjects including his internment by the North Korean authorities (6); Eve Curie (2); Lady Juliet Duff; T S Eliot, complimenting Cooper on his resignation from Government over the Munich Crisis, and commenting on "Sergeant Shakespeare" and his own former views on Hamlet and Coriolanus,...
Dates:
1907-12 - 1953-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters to parents, 1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/10
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents, mostly from India. Subjects include: JEP's affection for A W J Thomas; hunting and learning to ride; broadcasts; Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] affairs; speaking engagements, including trying to make his maiden speech in Parliament; JEP's return to Cambridge; the writing and publication of JEP's poems in Dancer's End; the illness of Ellen Powell; JEP's return from India; taking an examination in Urdu; [Henry] James Wickenden; JEP's report on the post-war...
Dates:
1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters to parents: letters from Australia, 1938-02-18 - 1938-10-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/1
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his journey to Australia and work at the University of Sydney, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; sales of First Poems.
Also includes annotated typescripts of JEP's article Religion at the Stake, and an article [? by JEP], The Aim of Education.
Dates:
1938-02-18 - 1938-10-31
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Letters to parents: letters from Australia, 1938-10-11 - 1939-09-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/2
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his work at the University of Sydney, Australia, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; his poetry; the approach of war, including the German invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; his preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also includes: letter from Maurice Pryce [fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge]; drafts of lectures and articles by JEP, The Case...
Dates:
1938-10-11 - 1939-09-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
File
Letters to parents: letters from Australia (copies), 1938-02-18 - 1990-12-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/4
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters, edited by Professor Kenneth Cable, Associate Professor of History at Sydney University, Australia, from JEP to his parents on subjects including: his work at the University of Sydney, as Professor of Greek; his edition of Herodotus; his poetry, particularly First Poems; the approach of war, including the German invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; his preparations to move to Durham [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also...
Dates:
1938-02-18 - 1990-12-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Series
Literary, 1902 - 1910
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CASR I 6
Scope and Contents
Includes verses, speeches, and prose notes.
Dates:
1902 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Literary, 1937 - 2002
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRTZ 4
Scope and Contents
This series includes published scientific papers, articles about scientific and other issues, some obituaries, book reviews published in New York and London, and notes for both lectures and speeches.
Dates:
1937 - 2002
Series
Literary, 1890 - 1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8
Scope and Contents
This class contains correspondence with publishers, editors, and printers, and other correspondence in connection with WSC's literary work both during preparation and after publication. Since some of the publications are political there is a little correspondence on political topics which arises directly and obviously out of publications. The class also contains materials assembled for writing, notes and drafts, printer's copy, proofs, and reviews. Often some of the material assembled was...
Dates:
1890 - 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.
Sub-Series
Literary, 1930-08 - 1982
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 2/2
Scope and Contents
Notes, text and correspondence on books by GJ.
Dates:
1930-08 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Literary, 1924 - 1965
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4
Scope and Contents
This class contains the same type of material as CHAR 8 and is arranged in two parts. The first contains correspondence and the second book-matter. There is a third supplementary section starting at CHAR 4/445 containing correspondence, mainly on proposed films or abridgements of WSC's works, and permissions to quote WSC.The correspondence in this class is largely of the same kind as in CHAR 8. It includes also papers relating to the establishment of the Chartwell Literary Trust, though a...
Dates:
1924 - 1965
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., 1925 - 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/202
Scope and Contents
Proofs and an offprint of WSC's article entitled "The German Splendour" on WSC's visits to Germany in 1906 and 1906 to see Kaiser Wilhelm II and the manoeuvres of the German army. Includes WSC's observations on the strength of the German army and navy compared to British forces, on German artillery, and military techniques (which are compared to those used at the Battle of Omdurman).Proofs and an offprint of WSC's article entitled "Consistency in Politics" which includes: observations on the...
Dates:
1925 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary., Mar 1927 - Nov 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/215
Scope and Contents
Offprint of WSC's article in the Pall Mall Magazine entitled "The Bulldog and the Tiger: a day with [Georges] Clemenceau amid the bursting shrapnel of the French battlefields" on WSC's visit to the Western Front with [2nd] Duke of Westminster which includes WSC's opinions of [Field Marshal Ferdinand] Foch and [General Lord] Rawlinson.Corrected proofs for WSC's article entitled "H G Wells and the British Empire" in which WSC criticises Wells' opinions and discusses world trade and the...
Dates:
Mar 1927 - Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary., 1928
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/221
Scope and Contents
Corrected proofs and an offprint of articles by WSC on Douglas Haig [Lord Haig] which include Haig's death, qualities of leadership, military achievements, work for ex-servicemen and relationship with WSC. Includes newspaper cuttings from the Times of articles and obituaries on Haig.Proofs of an article by WSC about Lord Asquith of Oxford [earlier Herbert Asquith] which includes Asquith's character and achievements, his relationship with WSC and praise for the political work of his daughter...
Dates:
1928
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary., 1930
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/272
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with representatives of several organisations about WSC's articles for Collier's Magazine and the Daily Telegraph including: Butler and Tanner on preparation of proofs; Collier's Magazine and Paul Reynolds and Son concerning fees due to WSC. Includes 4 letters from Brigadier General [James] Edmonds of the Military Branch of the Historical Section.Includes a cutting of a letter to the Daily Telegraph in response to an article by WSC.
Dates:
1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: A Danger to the Empire: Condition of our Army., 16 Dec 1904 - 18 Dec 1904
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/18
Scope and Contents
Presscutting of article by WSC in the "Daily Mail", published over three days, 16-18 Dec 1904 [Woods C32/2].
Dates:
16 Dec 1904 - 18 Dec 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/794
Scope and Contents
Additional galley proofs comprising original conclusion to book.
Dates:
01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/795
Scope and Contents
Newspaper proofs, galleys 1- 83, comprising text from introduction to chapter on Richard I.
Dates:
01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., 01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/796
Scope and Contents
Newspaper proofs, galleys 84 - 162, comprising text from chapter on Magna Carta to chapter on Richard III.
Dates:
01 Jan 1938 - 31 Dec 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.