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Speeches

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 842 Collections and/or Records:

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A Nation or no Nation, 1974-04 - 1990-11

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/4/37
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on the publication and sales of JEP's collected speeches in A Nation or no Nation, and also A Nation not Afraid, mainly with representatives of BT Batsford Limited, publishers. Other correspondents include: David Menhennet, Librarian of the House of Commons; representatives of Elliot Right Way Books (11).

Also includes: cuttings and copies of reviews; notes by Richard Ritchie; publisher's agreement; draft portions of text.

Dates: 1974-04 - 1990-11
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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"A New Experience - Victory", 10 Nov 1942

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/158/56-68
Scope and Contents Typescript speaking notes for WSC's speech (Lord Mayor's Banquet, Mansion House, London) on victories in North Africa and successes under General Sir Harold Alexander as Commander in Chief Middle East and General Sir Bernard Montgomery as General Officer commanding the 8th Army; noting that the battles have been fought by forces from home and from the Dominions; the United States and the Battle of Egypt; policy towards Spain, Portugal and his hopes for General [Charles] de Gaulle and France;...
Dates: 10 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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A Recording from the Broadcast Speech by Dorothy Thompson, 1940-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/13
Scope and Contents

12" gramophone records (in book form).

Dates: 1940-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The majority of items in WCHL 12 are closed on physical grounds, but some individual records do have access copies on cd: see catalogue for details.
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"A Seditious Middle Temple Lawyer", 23 Feb 1931

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/95/34-46
Scope and Contents

Speech notes for WSC's speech (Winchester House, Epping, Essex) on WSC's withdrawal from the Conservative Business Committee and opposition to giving India Dominion status, which includes the phrase "Mr Gandhi, ... now posing as a fakir of a type well-known in the East, striding half-naked up the steps of the Vice-regal palace".

Dates: 23 Feb 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"A total and unmitigated defeat", 05 Oct 1938

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/130/354-379
Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech on the Munich [Germany] agreement, the acceptance of the German military occupation of the Sudetenland [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia], the "abandonment & ruin" of [Czechoslovakia], Germany's strength in Eastern and Central Europe, its impact on Britain and France, and WSC's efforts to secure defences.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm" form to aid delivery with handwritten annotations and amendments by WSC in red and black ink. Two...
Dates: 05 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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"Address to Both Houses of Parliament by Field Marshal Jan Smuts" [Prime Minister of South Africa], 1942-10-21

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/12
Scope and Contents

12" gramophone records (in book form).

Dates: 1942-10-21
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The majority of items in WCHL 12 are closed on physical grounds, but some individual records do have access copies on cd: see catalogue for details.
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Aid, 1985-09 - 1988-02

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/84
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence with the general public on aid to Third World countries, particularly relating to speeches and articles by JEP, including a speech on the Common Agricultural Policy at Llandeilo, Dyfed [Wales] (Nov 1986) with correspondents including: Christopher Patten, Minister for Overseas Development, on reforms to delivering food aid. Also includes: press cuttings; [?] World Bank article on the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy; issue of the Journal of Social,...
Dates: 1985-09 - 1988-02
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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Appeal to the Nation: Firm but fair, 1974

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/53
Scope and Contents

Speech

Dates: 1974
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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Archive indexes and lists: lists of publications and speeches by JEP and cuttings, 1946 - 1997

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/3/21
Scope and Contents

Includes date, subject and name of publication for articles by JEP, 1946-97 (2 copies); date, subject and audience of speeches by JEP, 1959-93; list of JEP's books of press-cuttings, 1951-78; list of interviews by JEP on tape, 1968-75.

Dates: 1946 - 1997
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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Archive indexes and lists: lists of speeches made by JEP, 1959 - 1987

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/3/20
Scope and Contents

Includes date, subject and audience of JEP's speeches.

Dates: 1959 - 1987
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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Army and Preparation for War, 1911-07 - 1914-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/2
Scope and Contents Speeches, articles and reports, including: copy of a "Message to the Nation" by Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, consisting of a speech by Roberts, with supplementary material and other speeches by Roberts, advocating National Service and warning of Britain's unpreparedness for war; copy of a paper by LSA on the state of the armed forces, written for an informal committee on military affairs; texts and notes for speeches by LSA on defence, the Army estimates and National Service; issue of The...
Dates: 1911-07 - 1914-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Article on India in Atlantis Vertag, 1946

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/6/32
Scope and Contents

Speech on India given by LSA in Zurich [Switzerland] and reproduced in Atlantis Vertag.

Dates: 1946
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Bellew: Reflections, 1989-09 - 1996-02

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/4/22
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with representatives of Bellew Publishing Company Limited on the publication of JEP's selected writings and speeches in Reflections of a Statesman, with other correspondents including: Hugh Hellicar, Editor of Beyond the Cloister Publications, on including some of JEP's poems in an anthology (5); R B A Johns (3); Patrick Cormack (8); John Coldstream [Literary Editor, The Daily Telegraph]; Andrew Alexander. Also includes: reviews; text of JEP's...
Dates: 1989-09 - 1996-02
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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Books and journalism aborted, 1990-03 - 1995-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/4/9
Scope and Contents Correspondence on cancelled articles, books and media interviews by JEP, with correspondents including: John Coldstream, Literary Editor of the Daily Telegraph (2); Andrew Painter (6); representatives of Brook Productions Limited (4); James Hanning, Features Desk, the Evening Standard (3); Patrick Cormack (3); Sir Peter Tapsell; Simon Heffer, Deputy Editor of the Spectator; Ian Buruma, Foreign Editor of the Spectator (3). Also includes: texts of a review by JEP of a book on...
Dates: 1990-03 - 1995-07
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.
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Breathalyser, 1979-12 - 1989-11

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/80
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the general public on the extension of breathalyser testing in drink driving offences, particularly relating to a speech by JEP to the Middlesex Magistrates Association (1 Dec 1979).

Dates: 1979-12 - 1989-11
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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Broadcast to the Nation on the Death of King George VI by WSC, 1952

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 12/22
Scope and Contents

12" gramophone records.

Dates: 1952
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The majority of items in WCHL 12 are closed on physical grounds, but some individual records do have access copies on cd: see catalogue for details.
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Broadcasts, 1931-11 - 1952-07

Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/17
Scope and Contents Texts of broadcasts by LSA on subjects including: Fairbridge Farm Schools in Australia; Empire defence; the economics of Empire; the 1935 Peace Ballot; the Empire and world peace; the politician versus the businessman; the Jewish settlement in Palestine; the Empire Producers Organisation; the way of peace; Germany's debt to European civilisation; tributes to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; why Italy should not...
Dates: 1931-11 - 1952-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Bye Election, 1985-11 - 1986-03

Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/2/16
Scope and Contents

Correspondents, mainly sending good luck messages, offers of help, and on campaign arrangements, include: Peter Clarke [former secretary to JEP]; Patrick Cosgrave; Ian Gow (2); Sir John Biggs-Davison; Richard Body, on his regret that he couldn't vote on the Anglo-Irish Agreement; [William] John Biffen; Nicholas Budgen (2); Frank Millar, Secretary, Ulster Unionist Council (3).

Also includes: texts of campaign speeches by JEP; Ulster Unionist campaign material.

Dates: 1985-11 - 1986-03
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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Cambridge 19 May., 1970-05

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/5/20
Scope and Contents

Draft speech.

Dates: 1970-05
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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Cartoons, 1909-01-17 - 1910-05-04

Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 18
Scope and Contents

Cartoons of WSC on Tariff Reform, Budget, Navy debate, Unemployment insurance, Female Suffrage, Labour Exchanges, electoral reform (WSC appearing in Parliament in pyjamas); photos of CSC.

Dates: 1909-01-17 - 1910-05-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: Accessible on microfilm.
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Church House [London] 22 May., 1970-05

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/5/21
Scope and Contents

Draft speech.

Dates: 1970-05
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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Church House [London]: speech, 1970-05-22

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/87
Scope and Contents From the Series:

The papers cover all Wolff's positions in the Conservative Party: his work in the Research Department, 1965-70; then as Special Adviser to the Government, 1970-74 (the files from this period are the most numerous, containing Government papers); then Director-General of the Party. Particular sequences in the papers include the reports of the Opinion Research Centre, a large number of subject files and files relating to the 1970 General Election, particularly speeches.

Dates: 1970-05-22
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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Churchill delivering a speech, 1930 - 1935

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 5/3/11
Scope and Contents

WSC stands next to a table covered with a Union Jack flag, making a speech. CSC seated on the platform wearing a fur coat, along with several others.

Dates: 1930 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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Churchill Speeches, 1964-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 2/4
Scope and Contents

Recordings of the famous speeches of Sir Winston Churchill, for his 90th birthday project [Wolff wrote 'blurbs' for publicity purposes]. Includes a review by Emanuel Shinwell.

Dates: 1964-08
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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Churchill's Recorded Speeches, 1909 - 1971

Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The 'Churchill Additional' collection is distinct from Sir Winston Churchill's own papers because the 'Churchill Additional' material has a different provenance (it was not maintained with Sir Winston's own archive) and cannot be considered as having been generated by the same processes as Sir Winston's papers. Much of the collection was not generated, accumulated or received by Churchill, but came from various different sources. It includes a diverse range of material: correspondence, with...
Dates: 1909 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.