Scope and Contents Top copy of WSC's speaking notes for his speech at Westminster College, Fulton, Missouri [United States]. WSC begins by thanking President [Harry Truman] and explaining that he is speaking with "no official mission or status". The speech covers various subjects including: the responsibility of the United States and Britain to secure peace; the role of the United Nations and the need for an international armed force; predictions of the Cold War; education; international affairs; the...

Scope and Contents Article from the Times reporting WSC's visit to Glasgow and relaying the text of WSC's speech [WSC's first major speech as First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval defence, to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 Feb 1912 [Glasgow, Scotland]. Notes that during the visit Annie Grieg of the Suffrage Union smashed the glass of a car she mistakenly thought WSC was travelling in. WSC's speech covered subjects including: the strength of the Royal Navy and plans for the future; the British and German...

Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (19 September, University of Zurich [Switzerland]) entitled "The Tragedy of Europe" including: the need for a “United States of Europe” and the Council of Europe; reflection on the roles of the United Nations and the League of Nations; the need to act quickly to avoid another war and for faith on the part of the peoples of Europe; warnings about the spread of information about nuclear weapons; and the importance of Great Britain, the Commonwealth, the United...

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Photo of WSC in profile seated at a desk [in 10 Downing Street to make a broadcast to the nation].

Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (18 June) entitled "Their Finest Hour" on subjects including: fighting in France; the importance of unity and respect for government Ministers; preparations, defence and forces for fighting invasion by Germany, the strength of the Royal Navy; the campaign in Norway; forecasting the Battle of Britain and the determination of the RAF; support from the Dominions. He ends "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and...

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Material on JEP's theological, historical and literary interests.

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'Orationes in Doctorum Theologiae', 70 folios. Nine orations on various subjects relating to the University of Cambridge, made at creations of Doctors of Divinity, 1758-1770.

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Clean master copies of JEP's speeches on Ulster.

Scope and Contents 12" gramophone records, presumably sent by Decca to Churchill for checking prior to publication. Record 1: "Blood, Toil, Tears and Sweat", House of Commons, 13 May 1940; "The Fall of Belgium", House of Commons, 28 May 1940. Record 2: extracts from "Wars Are Not Won by Evacuations", House of Commons, 4 June 1940. Record 3: extracts from "Their Finest Hour", House of Commons, 18 June 1940. Record 4: extracts from "The Few", House of Commons, 20 August 1940 and "The War Situation", House of...

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Press cutting from the Globe, praising a speech by WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Naval Estimates; includes extract on the theft of funds by an Admiralty employee. [Typescript copy].

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Leaflet advertising WSC's lecture, The [Boer] War as I Saw It, in the Assembly Rooms, Jarratt Street, Hull, on 24 April, containing biographical notes on WSC; a synopsis of the lecture; and extracts from reports in the national press on the lecture.

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Card from John Seely [later 1st Lord Mottistone], Bath Club, Dover Street, London, to WSC, on WSC's election to the Bath Club, and on his speech at Pontypridd on 17 November.

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Letter from Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman MP, to WSC, congratulations on maiden speech in the House of Commons.

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Card from John Cumming Macdonald MP, Palace Chambers, Westminster, to WSC, congratulations on maiden speech in House of Commons.

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Letter from George Buckle, (Editor of The Times) to WSC, on report of WSC's maiden speech in The Times.

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Letter from Lord Rosebery, 38 Berkeley Square, London, to WSC, declining invitation to preside at WSC's lecture in St James' Hall, and offering congratulations on maiden speech in the House of Commons.

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Letter from Lord Cromer to WSC, congratulations on maiden Speech in the House of Commons.

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Letter from Arthur Balfour, (First Lord of the Treasury) to WSC, on the Rev A Redman's claim to the living of Leesfield, Lancs, (in the gift of the Crown), and offering congratulations on House of Commons speech.

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Letter from Randolph Churchill (North Irish Horse, BNAF) to WSC, praising his broadcast of 21 March on post-war planning "technically the best speech I have ever heard...You spoke a good deal faster than usual - which was good - and your voice sounded young, eager and vigorous", also commenting on the political situation in North Africa, which had improved since Giraud had been persuaded to take a more liberal line.

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Letter from Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister dated "the Morning After" to WSC congratulating him on the brilliance of his speech.Signed manuscript.

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Letter from Edward, Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] to WSC congratulating him on a recent broadcast; asks if he would see [1st] Lord Trenchard.

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Statement by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the House of Commons on the resignation of Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher as 1st Sea Lord over differences arising from the Dardanelles campaign. WSC goes through the stages of the campaign, Fisher's grounds for resigning and states his own position as First Lord. [Carbon].

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Letter from J.H. Whitley to WSC, congratulations on speech on the fiscal campaign at Halifax [Yorkshire].

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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on his proposed lecture tour of the United States, offering five lectures before Christmas, and a further twenty between mid-January and mid-February, possibly returning in the autumn of 1932 if all went well. [Copy and draft].

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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on a possible lecture tour of the United States in December and January.