Speeches
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 842 Collections and/or Records:
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No title, 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/78
Scope and Contents
Speeches.
Dates:
1968
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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Notebook, 1978 - 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 3/1/57
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on GJ's autobiography and speeches on Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe and Zambia] and Détente.
Dates:
1978 - 1979
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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Notes for speeches, 1918-08 - 1922-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/67
Scope and Contents
Manuscript drafts of speeches by LSA on subjects including: brotherhood; Canada as an Imperial nation; support for election candidates; terrorism in Ireland; the appeal by Field Marshal 1st Lord Haig for volunteers to join the British Legion; the constitution of Britain and the Empire.
Dates:
1918-08 - 1922-04
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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Notes for speeches, 1903-08 - 1915-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/19
Scope and Contents
Manuscript speech notes by LSA on subjects including: tariff reform, Imperial Preference and Free Trade; Imperial defence; the role of the Royal Navy; the Imperial Conference; the constitution and reform of the House of Lords; national service; policy on South Africa, particularly on equal rights for the Boers and British.
Also includes: notes on whether LSA himself should join the army at Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece] or stay in the War Office; draft letter on the possibility of...
Dates:
1903-08 - 1915-08
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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Nuclear Deterrent: general correspondence, 1982-10 - 1987-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/42
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the general public on arms control and nuclear policy, particularly relating to articles, interviews and speeches by JEP [7 June 1987, to the Defence Information Group, 29 October 1982, to the Brunel Society, and 6 March 1967, House of Commons]. Correspondents include: Harold Braham; Sir Rudolf Peierls; Michael Nicholson; Oliver Postgate (4); Adam Butler, Minister of State for Defence Procurement, on answering enquiries about exposure to radiation from nuclear testing in...
Dates:
1982-10 - 1987-11
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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Nuclear Deterrent: speech, 7 June 1987, 1987-05 - 1988-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/41
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on arms control, particularly on JEP's speech, including: press cuttings on British and NATO nuclear policy; letter from [Ronald] Timothy Renton, Minister of State, Foreign and Commonwealth Office, with a summary paper on Britain's involvement in arms control; note from Sir Robin Day, with transcript of his election interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, on subjects including arms policy; draft copy of JEP's speech, to the Defence Information Group...
Dates:
1987-05 - 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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Official: Cabinet: Correspondence., 03 Jan 1908 - 22 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents comprise: David Lloyd George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on his and WSC's opposition to the naval building programme and the determination of Reginald McKenna [First Lord of the Admiralty] to build Dreadnoughts (3); Sir George Murray [Permanent Secretary to the Treasury] on naval estimates; John Bradbury on Budget estimates and the National Debt; the Motor Union on a petition to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] on car taxation; Lord Crewe [earlier Lord...
Dates:
03 Jan 1908 - 22 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: Correspondence and notes., 04 Feb 1909 - 19 Jul 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/12
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: David Lloyd George on his and WSC's opposition to the naval building programme; Moreton Frewen on Bank of England policy and the issuing of 10 shilling notes; Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] , Prime Minister and Lord Crewe [earlier Lord Houghton and Robert Milnes] objecting to a speech by WSC in which he forecast a dissolution of Parliament if the House of Lords proposed amendments to the 1909 [People's] Budget.Also includes press cuttings on speeches...
Dates:
04 Feb 1909 - 19 Jul 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Committee of Imperial Defence: correspondence., 09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 24/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith, Prime Minister] on a naval memorandum by 2nd Lord Esher [earlier Reginald Brett, member of the Committee of Imperial Defence] and a projected meeting of the Committee of Imperial Defence at Malta on naval strategy (3); Sir Charles Ottley, Secretary to the Committee, on recognition for the services of the Committee's officers, particularly Adrian Grant-Duff [Assistant Secretary (Military)], and on the suitability of...
Dates:
09 Jan 1912 - 18 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: post-war, 1945 - 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ELMT 4
Scope and Contents
Includes: correspondence on honours and appointments; speeches; letters of appreciation.
Dates:
1945 - 1961
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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Official: War Cabinet: notes and correspondence., 20 Jan 1940 - [May] [1940]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 23/3
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: defence organisation, as in the procedures of the Military Co-ordination Committee and Chiefs of Staff Committee; Lord Halifax [earlier Lord Irwin and Edward Wood, Foreign Secretary] on his disapproval of a broadcast by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on neutral countries; extracts from the press on foreign reaction to WSC's broadcast on neutrals; notes from Cabinet, including WSC and Neville Chamberlain [Prime...
Dates:
20 Jan 1940 - [May] [1940]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Oliver Lyttelton: speeches, 1942 - 1971
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/4/17/1-30
Scope and Contents
CHAN II/4/17/A/1 contains original listings of Lyttelton's speeches 1942-1971
Dates:
1942 - 1971
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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Oversea Settlement Papers, 1917-08 - 1922-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/58
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to LSA's chairmanship of the Oversea Settlement Committee, including: press-cutting of an interview given by LSA on emigration to the Dominions; prints of speeches by LSA in support of work by the Fellowship of the Maple Leaf in Canada, and on Empire migration; memoranda by LSA on the Imperial Conference of 1921 and its resolution on state-aided settlement, the effects of emigration on unemployment, emigration facts and figures and migration within the Empire; reports of the...
Dates:
1917-08 - 1922-07
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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Paignton [Devon]: handout, 1970
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/104
Scope and Contents
[?] Speech.
Dates:
1970
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Papers relating to the Lyttelton family, 1836 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Political and personal correspondence and other papers.
CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton
Dates:
1836 - 1972
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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Parliamentary speeches, 1903 - 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 30
Scope and Contents
Cuttings reporting on WSC's speeches in the House of Commons, on subjects including: army spending; the Budget; trade; Ireland; the Empire; the Colonial Office; Free Trade; South Africa.
Dates:
1903 - 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Party Conference speech, 1968
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/5/17
Scope and Contents
Text.
Dates:
1968
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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"Perils abroad and at home", 09 Oct 1948
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21A/1-68
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (Annual Conservative Party Conference, Llandudno, Wales) entitled "Perils abroad and at home" on subjects including: the recovery of the Conservative Party since 1945; the part played by Wales in British affairs; relations with the Soviet Union and the likelihood of a third world war; the degeneration of the United Nations; the importance of nuclear weapons belonging to the United States in countering the threat posed by the Soviet Union; the importance of...
Dates:
09 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association: (visit to the United States, 1931-1932)., 01 Feb 1931 - 31 Aug 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/397A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on WSC's lecture tour of the United States, mainly with Louis Alber [President of the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated]. [The tour was initially postponed due to the General Election, and disrupted because of WSC's road accident in New York in December 1931].
Dates:
01 Feb 1931 - 31 Aug 1933
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Canford Conservative Fete, 1885: Lord Randolph Churchill's speech., Aug 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/90
Scope and Contents
Text of Lord Randolph Churchill's speech at Conservative Fete at Canford Manor, 12 August 1885, reprinted on the occasion of a Radical Fete and Demonstration held at Canford in August 1909.
Dates:
Aug 1909
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal: Correspondence:., 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/29
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman; George Buckle; Lord Rosebery (8); Lord Cromer (2); Arthur Balfour (2), Lord Charles Beresford; W St John Broderick (later Lord Midleton) (2); Sir Ernest Cassel; Sir William Vernon-Harcourt (2); Hugh Arnold-Forster; Sir Felix Semon; Austen Chamberlain; Lord Curzon; W T Stead; James Pond; Lord James of Hereford; Aylmer Haldane; Lord Morley (6); Sir Edward Grey (later Lord Grey of Fallodon) (2); The Duke of Devonshire; Walter Long (3); Sir...
Dates:
1901
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal correspondence, 1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Arthur Askey; Sir Ian Horobin on JEP's review of his poetry, and economic policy (2); Humphrey Atkins [Government Chief Whip] on JEP's voting position on incomes policy; Reginald Paget, on taking JEP hunting (2); Milton Friedman [Professor of Economics, University of Chicago] on price control and the oil crisis (2); William Deedes on One Nation; Gerald Kaufman; Hugh Jenkins; Robert Jenkins, congratulating JEP on various speeches and articles, and commenting on Edward...
Dates:
1971-02-18 - 1976-07-17
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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Personal correspondence, 1966-05-19 - 1973-02-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Jonathan Guinness [later 3rd Lord Moyne] on Conservative Central Office's cancellation of JEP's visit to speak at his by-election for Lincoln [Lincolnshire]; Patrick Wall (2); [James] Colin Welch [Deputy Editor, Daily Telegraph]; Francis Pym [Government Chief Whip] on JEP's differences from the party line (6); Sir Anthony Wagner, Garter Principal King of Arms (4); Reginald Prentice; Richard Dring, Editor of Hansard; Robert Jenkins (4); Richard Body; Henry Croly; 6th...
Dates:
1966-05-19 - 1973-02-25
Conditions Governing Access:
POLL 1/1/21/27 closed until 2054 as it contains sensitive information on a living individual.
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Personal correspondence, 1966-04-24 - 1967-12-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Francis Wormald [President, Society of Antiquaries of London]; Henry Brooke, on losing his seat at Hampstead [London] in the General Election; Ardeshir Zahedi, Iranian Ambassador to Britain; [Henry] James Wickenden (2); John Wickenden (7); John Hunt; Thomas Galbraith on JEP's leadership qualities; 7th Lord Warwick on subjects including a request from the Conservative Party to help fund a memorial to Clement Attlee (2); Sir Denys Lowson; Harold Macmillan [later 1st...
Dates:
1966-04-24 - 1967-12-18
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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Personal correspondence, 1989-12-05 - 1991-01-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/40
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 3rd Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Maxwell Aitken], Honorary Treasurer of the Conservative Party, appealing for party funds; James Molyneaux [Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party]; Norman Tebbit, thanking JEP for his support of Margaret Thatcher at the end of her premiership and looking ahead to the next election; Lord Simon of Glaisdale, sympathising on JEP's troubles with the IRA; Professor [Francis] Henry Sandbach; Sir Peter Morrison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to...
Dates:
1989-12-05 - 1991-01-14
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.