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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 842 Collections and/or Records:

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Personal correspondence, 1932-08-15 - 1956-11-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/11
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Winston Churchill, on subjects including the presence of Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh in Parliament (2); R A Butler, on subjects including his thanks to JEP for his work in the Conservative Research Department (8); 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis], Chairman of Conservative Central Office (2); Iain Macleod, Minister of Health, reproaching JEP for his attitude and asking for his help; Leo Amery on the position taken up by JEP and Julian Amery on the Suez...
Dates: 1932-08-15 - 1956-11-28
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, 1959-01-01 - 1961-12-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/13
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Derick Heathcoat Amory [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on the War Loan; Professor Raymond Lyttleton; Claude Lancaster, Chairman, Bestwood Company Limited, appointing and sacking JEP as Financial Director (2); Reginald Seconde, congratulating JEP on his increased majority; R A Butler, on JEP's speech on the 1960 Budget, and the importance of cutting spending (2); 21st Lord Shrewsbury and Waterford; Norris McWhirter on JEP's possible entry in the Guinness Book of Records...
Dates: 1959-01-01 - 1961-12-29
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, 1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/17
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Anthony Barber, Chairman of the Conservative Party, on the distribution of JEP's speech [16 November 1968, on immigration] at Eastbourne [Sussex]; Edward Heath [Leader of the Conservative Party (2); 7th Lord Warwick [earlier Lord Brooke]; Sir Stanley Bell; Maurice Cowling, Fellow of Peterhouse College, Cambridge (2); Sir Tufton Beamish; Lord Chelmer [earlier Eric Edwards], Chairman of the Political Committee, Carlton Club; John Junor, Editor of the Sunday Express;...
Dates: 1964-12-31 - 1971-09-17
Conditions Governing Access: Folios 27-28 closed until 2024 as they contain sensitive personal information about living individuals.
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Personal correspondence, 1970-01-05 - 1970-12-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/18
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edgar Kingston-McLoughry (2); [William] Marcus Worsley, circulating the membership list of One Nation; Francis Pym [Government Chief Whip]; Sir John Russell, President of the Shakespeare Authorship Society, on JEP's election as Vice-President; Victor Goodhew (2); Andrew Freeth; David Holland, Librarian of the House of Commons; Lord Hailsham of Saint Marylebone, Lord Chancellor [earlier Quintin Hogg], on subjects including the Home Affairs Committee (2); Ian Harvey on...
Dates: 1970-01-05 - 1970-12-23
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, 1967-05-20 - 1969-12-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/19
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Kenneth Boardman (2); Horace Maybray-King, Speaker of the House of Commons (2); William Whitelaw [Chief Opposition Whip] (4); Gerald Williams on subjects including JEP's interview with [Ernest] Trevor Huddleston [Bishop Suffragan of Stepney, London]; Edgar Kingston-McLoughry; Michael Strachan (6); Andrew Freeth on a portrait of JEP by [Augustus] Ruskin Spear; Nicholas Ridley, congratulating JEP on the Parliament (No. 2) Bill [on reform of the House of Lords]; [Henry]...
Dates: 1967-05-20 - 1969-12-04
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 on WSC's proposed lecture tour of the United States., 01 Oct 1937 - 31 Oct 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/407A-B
Scope and Contents From the Series: These are the papers relating to the activities of WSC as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his family and friends on non-public topics, and papers relating to his personal, financial and legal affairs, and his social life. For the purposes of this arrangement, his activities in the Regular and Territorial Armies, in Cuba and during the Boer War in South Africa, and as a painter, have been regarded as personal. For the period 1940-1945 material of a personal nature...
Dates: 01 Oct 1937 - 31 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family: biographical material and information file., 1891 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/38A-B
Scope and Contents Includes details of WSC's filing system, broadcasts, speeches, favourite songs, agricultural patronage, books, orders and decorations, honorary degrees, fellowships, freedoms, medals, ministerial appointments, service titles, degrees offered but not yet received, parliamentary seats, paintings exhibited at the Royal Academy [London], and annual subscriptions; copies of various items by WSC including a letter to the Times under the pseudonym "Scorpio" on prayers for rain, and a lecture...
Dates: 1891 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence., 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/46
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: "Mule" [Sarah Oliver, earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, then Sarah, Lady Audley] on subjects including her visit to Canada and her wedding to Antony Beauchamp (16); "Alex", 1st Lord Alexander of Tunis [Governor-General of Canada]; Bernard Baruch; CSC on subjects including WSC's leadership of the Conservative Party, Chartwell [Kent] and Sarah (12); Antony Beauchamp; Hugh [? Frewen]; Oswald Frewen (2); Amy Guest (4); Raymond Guest; Sir Shane Leslie (3);...
Dates: 03 Jan 1948 - 11 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Photocopies taken from Hansard of GJ's speeches, 1966 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 1/2/3
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Speeches mainly on defence, with newspaper articles and literary correspondence with Foreign Affairs magazine on defence and NATO.

Dates: 1966 - 1982
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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Political comment, 1962-01 - 1965-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/29
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Tatton Brown [Chief Architect, Ministry of Health] on carrying out JEP's previous suggestions in hospital design; Jasper More [Assistant Opposition Whip] on concerns about Shadow Cabinet policy, particularly setting up a Conservative Long Term Policy Group; Antony Peck; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [Prime Minister, earlier 14th Lord Home] on subjects including the General Election; Nathaniel Micklem, President of Liberal International, in support of JEP's...
Dates: 1962-01 - 1965-09
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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Political comment: Glasgow [Scotland] speech, 1963-11 - 1964-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/1/30
Scope and Contents Correspondence following JEP's speech, 3 April 1964, and subsequent BBC interview, on economic policy, particularly free enterprise as opposed to regional development planning. Correspondents include: R C B Stillman (3); Lord Alport (2); [Francis] Julian Williams; Sir William Urton, General Director of Conservative and Unionist Central Office; Ian McIntyre, Press, Radio and Television Officer, Scottish Unionist Party. Also includes: text of speech by Quintin Hogg, Secretary of...
Dates: 1963-11 - 1964-04
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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Political: Constituency: North West Manchester: Correspondence., Jan 1906 - Dec 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 4/10
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: William Royle, Chairman of the Manchester Liberal Federation (18) on subjects including arrangements for the election (2); E Crosfield Pearson (4); Lord Loreburn [earlier Sir Robert Reid]; 2nd Duke of Westminster; Fred Brierley on the issues of importance to the Manchester electorate including socialism, Chinese labour in South Africa, education, Free Trade and Ireland (2); James Southern (6); William Westbrook on WSC's recommendations for local magistrates; Sir...
Dates: Jan 1906 - Dec 1906
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence, mainly with representatives of Woodford Conservative Association., Nov 1950 - Dec 1958

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/12A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: [Cedric] Wordsell, Secretary and Agent [until 1951] (9); Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952] (18); Kathleen Kemp, Secretary to the Agent (17); W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Secretary and Agent [from 1952] (40); Malcolm McCorquodale; Rowland Arnison, Chairman [1952-1954] (4); John Harvey, Vice-Chairman [1952-1954], Chairman [1954-1956] (9); Squadron Leader Albert Cooper inviting WSC and CSC to lunch; Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon, Foreign Secretary]; George Christ...
Dates: Nov 1950 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access: Open, except for folio 50 which has been removed on grounds of data protection due to presence of sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals until review on 1 January 2027.
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with officers, associations, wards, clubs, etc., N-Z., May 1946 - Mar 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/2
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: R Trend Binks, Town Clerk of Wanstead and Woodford Borough (5); Iain MacLeod, Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat; Evan Maude, [Assistant] Private Secretary to Chancellor of the Exchequer; representatives of Woodford Conservative Association, including Assistant Secretary (later Honorary Secretary and Agent) Frederick Mummery (15), Chairman Sir James Hawkey (6), and Honorary Secretary Donald Forbes (7) on various association matters, including local publications,...
Dates: May 1946 - Mar 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with Woodford Conservative Association branches at Aldersbrook, Buckhurst Hill, Loughton, Monkhams, Snaresbrook, and Wanstead [all Essex]., Aug 1952 - Jun 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/18
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman [until 1952], and W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, Honorary Secretary and Agent, (4) of Woodford Conservative Association. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Marston (Lettice Shillingford), Grace Hamblin, H [?Wood], Gillian Maturin, and Anthony Montague Browne; CSC (President of Woodford Conservative Association).Subjects include: organising visits to the Houses of Parliament; a message of sympathy for Queen...
Dates: Aug 1952 - Jun 1956
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: papers and correspondence for the general election., Apr 1955 - Jun 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/22A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: W Hubert Barlow-Wheeler, WSC's election agent (18); John Harvey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association (9); Stephen Pierssene, General Director, Conservative and Unionist Central Office, on a hoax letter from the "Conservative Propaganda Centre"; George Christ [Parliamentary Liaison Officer, Conservative Party, and Editor Weekly News Letter] (2); Prime Minister Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] (2), (1) also from Clarissa Eden [earlier Clarissa...
Dates: Apr 1955 - Jun 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford, Essex: Sir James Hawkey, Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association [until 1952], and the Sir James Hawkey Hall, Woodford., Jan 1952 - May 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/17
Scope and Contents Other correspondents include: John Harvey, Chairman of the Bridge Ward Branch of the Conservative Association and Chairman of the Association [from 1954] (2); [Richard] Michael Fraser [later Lord Fraser of Kilmorack] of the Conservative Research Department on policy concerning the Gold Standard; Sir Roger Hawkey; A McCarlie Findlay, Town Clerk and Solicitor of the Borough of Wanstead and Woodford (9). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: CSC (President of Woodford...
Dates: Jan 1952 - May 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Political speeches, 1948-02 - 1951-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/32
Scope and Contents

Rough speech notes by LSA on subjects including: the modern Commonwealth; expanding Commonwealth trade; the economy and unemployment.

Dates: 1948-02 - 1951-07
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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Political speeches and articles: general, 1930-04 - 1939-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/8
Scope and Contents Texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: protection of manufacturers and the removal of the McKenna Duties on luxury imports; Benjamin Disraeli [1st Lord Beaconsfield]; the silk industry; Imperial Preference; unemployment; the economics of Empire; the monetary crisis; the Representation of the People Bill; the meaning of politics; the National Government; disarmament; Cabinet reform; the future of Europe; the Peace Ballot; uprising in Austria (1934); the 1935 General...
Dates: 1930-04 - 1939-01
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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Powell Associated Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL AS
Scope and Contents

Material distinct from Enoch Powell's own papers as it has a different provenance (it was not maintained with Powell's own archive) and cannot be considered as having been generated by the same processes as Powell's papers.

Dates: 1948-02 - 2008-03
Conditions Governing Access: This collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Pre-war political speeches and articles, 1936-07 - 1939-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/39
Scope and Contents

Annotated speech notes, press cuttings and texts of speeches and articles by LSA on subjects including: Joseph Chamberlain's centenary; the need for national unity; foreign policy; defence; supporting the foreign policy of [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister; the need for a smaller Cabinet for policy making; social reform; Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; responsible government; the case for a War Cabinet; future Conservative and Unionist policy.

Dates: 1936-07 - 1939-07
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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Press Cuttings, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/11
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Including: libel case brought against LSA by a Major Edmondson; LSA's candidature for Bedford, Bedfordshire and Birmingham [Warwickshire]; LSA's maiden speech in the House of Commons.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
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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Press Cuttings, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 5/67
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Press reports of general speeches.

Dates: 1937
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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Press reports on Empire Unity Campaign, 1926 - 1939-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/69
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Press cuttings reporting on LSA's speeches for the campaign, with the report of the South Africa branch of the Empire Parliamentary Association on their visit to Australia (1926).

Dates: 1926 - 1939-07
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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Public and Political: General:., 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/496
Scope and Contents Personal Office Correspondence N-Q Correspondence dealt with by WSC's Private Office at 10 Downing Street, (Kathleen Hill and Elizabeth Layton) as opposed to the Private Office, file also includes copies of notes and letters by staff of the Private Office including B C Sendall, John Martin and John Colville Correspondents include: Irene Noel-Baker (2); Christine, Lady Oliphant, Major-General Ridley Pakenham-Walsh (2); Paramount Pictures, asking for permission to use quotation by WSC in film...
Dates: 01 Jan 1944 - 31 Dec 1944
Conditions Governing Access: Open