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Literary: Collier's magazine articles by WSC., Jan 1939 - Sep 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/653A-B
Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings from Collier's for: "Let the Tyrant Criminals Bomb" (British title "The Balance of Air Power") on German and British air strength in the 1930s, the threat of air attacks on ships, and the use of bombing against civilians; "War - Now or Never" (British title "Will There Be War [in Europe - and When?]") on the nature of the Nazi and Italian regimes, their financial needs, the growth of the German army and munitions programme, and the state of the RAF (with some...
Dates: Jan 1939 - Sep 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Collier's magazine articles by WSC: 1., Jul 1938 - Sep 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/620
Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings from Collier's for: "Japan Guesses Wrong" on Japanese battleship building, the British and American response, making comparisons with naval strategy during World War I; "Dictators on Dynamite" (British title "Dictators at the Cross-roads") on the rise of Hitler and Benito Mussolini and the contemporary situation in Germany and Italy; "England Learns About Labor" (British title "The Problem of the Labour Unions") on union radicalism, supporting the recognition of...
Dates: Jul 1938 - Sep 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Collier's magazine articles by WSC: 2., Nov 1938 - Apr 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/621
Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings from Collier's for: "Today's Battles" (British title "War on Land" or "How the Armies will fight next time") on developments in military strategy in wars since the American Civil War, tanks, the difficulties facing an aggressor, and the importance of the infantry-man; "The Colony Racket" (British title "Great Britain and the German Colonies") on Germany's claims to have its former colonies returned, giving an historical perspective, comparing [Prince Otto von]...
Dates: Nov 1938 - Apr 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Collier's magazine articles: correspondence., 03 Feb 1938 - 30 Dec 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/604
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Representatives of Collier's including the Editor, William Chenery (16); representatives of Curtis Brown Limited, New York [United States] Office (28) on subjects including WSC's US taxes and the scope for syndicating his articles in the US, and the London Office on publication rights for WSC's US articles in the United Kingdom (2); Brendan Bracken suggesting subjects for US articles; Adam Marshall Diston and Richard Clarke on preparing articles for WSC; Admiral Sir...
Dates: 03 Feb 1938 - 30 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Collier's magazine articles: correspondence., 09 Feb 1939 - 03 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/634
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Collier's including the Editor, William Chenery, on subjects including praise for "Marlborough: His Life and Times" and "Step by Step", purchasing the film rights of "Marlborough", publishing WSC's articles in Collier's, articles on scientific subjects, and the pact between Germany and the Soviet Union (18); Imre Revesz [later Emery Reves] of the Co-operation Press Service for International Understanding; Herbert Swope praising an article by WSC;...
Dates: 09 Feb 1939 - 03 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Collier's Magazine articles: correspondence., 12 Nov 1936 - 02 Nov 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/555
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Correspondents include: representatives of Collier's including William Chenery [Editor] (22); Adam Marshall Diston on drafting the articles (10); representatives of Curtis Brown Limited, international publishing bureau, including Helen Everitt, Magazine Department (6) and Alan Collins, Manager (23).Also includes: statements of account from Curtis Brown Limited; royalty reports from Charles Scribner's Sons for "The World Crisis".

Dates: 12 Nov 1936 - 02 Nov 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Corrections to Volume 3 of "The World Crisis"., 14 Feb 1927 - 01 Nov 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/212
Scope and Contents Correspondence with representatives of several organisations about corrections to Volume 3 of "The World Crisis" including: Thornton Butterworth Limited about the inclusion of erratum slips about casualty statistics; [Basil] Liddell Hart; [Brigadier General] James Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] (4); John Balderston of the New York World about the number of American divisions on the Western Front; [Alfred] Gordon Robbins of the Times; [1st Lord] Beatty [Admiral of...
Dates: 14 Feb 1927 - 01 Nov 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., Sep 1956 - Nov 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/469
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War memoirs - abridgement Correspondence of WSC and Anthony Montague Browne on single volume edition of "The Second World War" Correspondents include: Desmond Flower, Cassell & Co. (4),; Henry Laughlin, Houghton Mifflin Co., Boston (3); Anthony Moir, Fladgate & Co., Solicitors (9); Denis Kelly (6); Sir Norman Brook (later Lord Normanbrook); Emery Reves (formerly Imre Revez).

Dates: Sep 1956 - Nov 1963
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1903 - 31 Dec 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/17
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Correspondents include: Lord James of Hereford; General Sir Ian Hamilton; Lord Allerton; Henry Newbolt (3), on article for the "Monthly Review"; Lord Salisbury, sending his correspondence with Lord Randolph Churchill Also includes copies of his account with Longmans, Green & Co., New York, for sales of "London to Ladysmith" and "Ian Hamilton's March" in the United States.

Dates: 01 Jan 1903 - 31 Dec 1903
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/19
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Correspondence on books and articles: Correspondents include: Lord Goschen, Arthur Balfour; Joseph Chamberlain (2); Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (later Lord St Aldwyn) (3); St John Brodrick (later Lord Midleton); John Morley; Lord Roberts; and Wilfred Scawen Blunt (4) on his biography of Lord Randolph Churchill; Sir Francis Mowatt (2); A M S Methuen, on the possibility of Methuen & Co. publishing "Life of Lord Randolph Churchill".

Dates: 01 Jan 1904 - 31 Dec 1904
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1905 - 31 Oct 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/20
Scope and Contents Correspondence on books and articles, almost all concerning "Life of Lord Randolph Churchill" Correspondents include: John Morley (2); Lord Salisbury (7); Joseph Chamberlain; Lord Justice Gerald Fitzgibbon (2); Sir Henry Drummond Wolff (2); Sir Michael Hicks-Beach (later Lord St Aldwyn); Sir George Murray; Lord Tweedmouth; Lord Rosebery (2); Lord James of Hereford (4); The Duke of Devonshire (formerly Marquess of Hartington) ; Lord Iddesleigh (formerly Stafford Northcote); Sir Arthur Godley;...
Dates: 01 Jan 1905 - 31 Oct 1905
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Feb 1906 - 31 Dec 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/24
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Correspondence on books and articles, mainly on "Lord Randolph Churchill", including letters of congratulation on publication, and thanks for complimentary copies Correspondents include Russell Rea MP; George Macmillan; Lady Ilchester; Lord Annaly; Joseph Chamberlain; Lord Harris; Sir Francis Mowatt; Sir George Warrender; Joseph Wood, (Headmaster, Harrow School); with details of weekly sales Jan-Apr 1906.

Dates: 01 Feb 1906 - 31 Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1907 - 31 Dec 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/27
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Correspondence on books and articles, mainly second edition of "Lord Randolph Churchill": Correspondents include Frederick Macmillan (Macmillan & Co.) (3); Baron Stumm, on copy of "Lord Randolph Churchill" presented to German Emperor Wilhelm II; Lord Rea; Count Paul Metternich.

Dates: 01 Jan 1907 - 31 Dec 1907
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/28
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Correspondence on books and articles: Correspondents include Count Paul Metternich, German Embassy, London; A P Watt, Literary Agent (7); Sir Francis Hopwood (later Lord Southborough); Lord Elgin and Joseph Chamberlain.

Dates: 01 Jan 1908 - 31 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence, 01 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/30
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Correspondence on books and articles: Correspondents include: A P Watt, Literary Agent, (7) on publication of "My African Journey" in the United States and series of articles for the Strand magazine; Lord Curzon, thanks for gift of book; Hodder and Stoughton Limited, on publication of "The People's Rights Defended".

Dates: 01 Jan 1909 - 31 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 28 Nov 1918 - 16 Dec 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/35
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Correspondence with D C Thomson on possible article "No Tampering with the British Navy and the Sunday Herald on possible article on the attitude of the United States to European politics, and to the League of Nations in particular.

Dates: 28 Nov 1918 - 16 Dec 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/38
Scope and Contents Correspondence on books and articles - correspondents include: Brigadier-General James Edmonds, (4) on correction of WSC's notes and memoranda while at the Admiralty; Sir Frederick Macmillan, (Macmillan & Co) (2) on publication of a new cheap edition of "Lord Randolph Churchill": A P Watt & Son, Literary Agents, (9) on possible publication in the United States of volume of his articles; and on the value of his War Memoirs, said to be worth £20,000 plus royalties; Curtis Brown Ltd.,...
Dates: 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 11 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/41
Scope and Contents Correspondence on books and articles: Correspondents include James Headlam-Morley, (2) and William Tyrrell, (2) Foreign Office on the "World Crisis; Curtis Brown Ltd (2) on articles on painting, biography of Sir Mark Sykes by Shane Leslie, and the "World Crisis"; Lady Gwendolen Cecil, on correspondence between Lord Salisbury and Lord Randolph Churchill; Thornton Butterworth (4) on publication of "World Crisis" Shane Leslie on his biography of Sir Mark Sykes; W Graham Greene, on "The World...
Dates: 11 Jan 1922 - 31 Dec 1922
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1923 - 30 Jun 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/44
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Correspondence on books and articles, mainly "The World Crisis": Correspondents include James Headlam-Morley (7); Admiral Sir Henry Oliver (4); Brigadier-General Edward Spears (2); W Graham Greene (2); George Lambert; Brigadier-General James Edmonds (2); Admiral Sir Roger Keyes; General Sir Ian Hamilton (4); Major-General Sir Ernest Swinton; Lord Grey of Fallodon (formerly Sir Edward Grey) and Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon.

Dates: 01 Jan 1923 - 30 Jun 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 01 Jul 1923 - 31 Dec 1923

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/45
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Correspondence on books and articles, mainly "The World Crisis": Correspondents include Elutherios Venizelos (2); Admiral Sir Henry Oliver; Brigadier-General James Edmonds; James Headlam-Morley; General Sir Ian Hamilton; George Lambert; Sir Maurice Hankey (2); Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon; Field Marshal Lord Ypres (formerly Sir John French) (3); H H Asquith (later Lord Oxford & Asquith) (3); W Graham Greene; William Tyrrell, Foreign Office and J L Garvin.

Dates: 01 Jul 1923 - 31 Dec 1923
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 26 Jun 1923 - 11 Dec 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/201
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Wynford Dewhurst on his gift of a sketch to WSC (2); H Greenough Smith (3) of the Strand Magazine on subjects including WSC's articles about painting; Vice Admiral Sir Thomas Jackson about his "target book" which WSC had used to research the subject of 12 inch guns for "The World Crisis"; A E Gloyn Cox (2); Sir Walter Lamb [Secretary of the Royal Academy] about a photograph of WSC; Thornton Butterworth on the publication of Volume 3 of "The World Crisis" (2).Other...
Dates: 26 Jun 1923 - 11 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 02 Jun 1927 - 11 Dec 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/210
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Albert, Bishop of Liverpool; H G Wells praising "The World Crisis" and WSC as a historian (2); [Lord] Curzon [of Kedleston]; [Charles, 9th] Duke of Marlborough about WSC's plans to write about John, 1st Duke of Marlborough; [1st Lord] Beatty [Admiral of the Fleet]; Ernle Chatfield [3rd Sea Lord and Controller of the Navy] about the weaponry of Battle Cruisers as demonstrated in action at Heligoland, Dogger Bank and Jutland; [James] Headlam-Morley [Historical Advisor...
Dates: 02 Jun 1927 - 11 Dec 1927
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Correspondence., 23 Apr 1929 - 26 Dec 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/228
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Correspondents include: John Farquharson (11); Paul Reynolds (5), Butler and Tanner Limited; and [Brigadier General James] Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] concerning a series of articles by WSC for the Collier's Magazine entitled "Crucial Crises of the [First World] War".

Dates: 23 Apr 1929 - 26 Dec 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: correspondence and legal papers concerning a libel case brought by Eric O'Gowan (earlier Brigadier Eric Dorman-Smith) against WSC regarding WSC's coverage of O'Gowan's removal from the post of Deputy Chief of General Staff, Middle East, in volume 4 ("The Hinge of Fate") of his war memoirs ("The Second World War")., May 1953 - Jun 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/58A-B
Scope and Contents Principal correspondents: representatives of O'Gowan's solicitors, Louis C P Smith and Company; representatives of WSC's solicitors Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, his counsel Sir Hartley Shawcross, and his Irish solicitors Arthur Cox and Company. Other correspondents include: "Brookie", 1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Sir Alan Brooke]; Desmond Flower, director of Cassell and Company (2); "Bill" [1st Lord Camrose, earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph;...
Dates: May 1953 - Jun 1959
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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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

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/42
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Fladgate and Company including Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (23); Arthur Marder on publishing extracts from WSC's letters to 1st Lord Fisher; Brendan Bracken on radio serialisation rights and his role as a trustee (2); J de la Mare Rowley, General Editor, National Institute for the Blind (11); Sir Newman Flower [director of Cassell and Company]; 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor-in-Chief] of the Daily Telegraph, on his...
Dates: May 1946 - Mar 1956
Conditions Governing Access: Open