Draft contract between Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, and WSC, for a lecture tour of the United States, consisting of 45 lectures between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 35,000 dollars plus 25 per cent of profits. [2 typescript copies, with significant manuscript annotations by WSC, suggesting a flat fee of 50,000 dollars rather than the percentage].

Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States in October 1931, sending a draft of the press announcement.

Telegram from WSC to R Halford Forster (Times Building, New York), on his proposed lecture tour of the United States in 1931, stating that he would consider a 45 date tour between October and December. [2 copies].

Letter from R Halford Forster (Times Building, New York) to WSC, on his proposed lecture tour of the United States in 1931, stating that Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] had offered to meet WSC's terms of 5,000 pounds per month for a two month tour.

Telegram from R Halford Forster (New York) to WSC, asking if he would be willing to make a lecture tour of the United States in 1931, at a fee of 5,000 pounds per month.

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to R Halford Forster, stating that the Association would take a lecture tour by WSC, for one or two months in the autumn of 1931, [at a rate of 5,000 pounds per month].

Draft contract between the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association and WSC, for a lecture tour of the United States consisting of 45 lectures between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 10,000 pounds, with a memorandum by WSC on the terms of the contract. [Carbon].

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on arrangements for his lecture tour of the United States, January - March 1932.

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States.

Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC on arrangements for his lecture tour of the United States, and demands for damages from organizations on the Pacific Coast if WSC fails to speak there.

Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC expressing gratitude for "tonic effect" of Mansion house speech [10 Nov 1941].

Telegram from WSC to the Duke of Windsor [earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] advising on his speech as Governor of the Bahamas to the Dollar Press Club, concentrating on partnership with the United States. [See CHAR 20/42B/139 for Windsor's letter].

Correspondence between Alfred Clark, Chairman of the Gramophone Company Limited, Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] and WSC on recordings of speeches by WSC and Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] and correspondence between Bevir, Rutherford Tippetts [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Supply] and Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information] about provision of paper or woodpulp in making the album of speeches.

Letter from Robert Barrington-Ward, Editor of the Times, to Brendan Bracken [Minister of Information] on the foresight of WSC's Romanes Lecture ["Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem", 19 June 1930], with covering note from Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Bracken] to John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC].

Letter from Alfred Townsend, Editor of Export, to WSC on the role of Export as journal of the Institute of Export and requesting permission to quote from WSC's 1930 Romanes Lecture ["Parliamentary Government and the Economic Problem", 19 June 1930] following up on an article on the Atlantic Charter in Export [June 1942; copy enclosed]; also includes reply by John Peck [Assistant Private Secretary to WSC].

Telegram from General Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] to WSC congratulating him on his Rochester [University] broadcast which coincided with the expulsion of German consuls from the United States.

Letter from WSC to Lord Halifax [British Ambassador, to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] declining to donate a manuscript of his speech to the Senate (January 1942) to the Library of Congress.

Letter from Louise Cross to WSC on her journey to the United States; reports the success in Canada of his speech of 10 June; thanks him for hospitality during their stay in Britain; includes filing note.

Letter from Joseph Davies, Chairman of the President [Franklin Roosevelt, President of the United States]'s Committee on War Relief Agencies, to WSC expressing admiration for WSC's speeches and commending the work being done by Roosevelt to bring about national unity of purpose; with telegram from Davies.

Telegram from Arthur Fadden (Acting Prime Minister of Australia) to WSC congratulating him on his broadcast.

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher [Chairman, Royal Commission on Oil Fuel] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on his speech [in the House of Commons] on the Navy Estimates; Fisher also encourages WSC to continue putting obsolete guns in merchant ships and comments on the bid by the Standard Oil Company for China oil. [Carbon copy; see CHAR 13/21/51-55 for original].

Letter from Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] with congratulations on WSC's speech on the Naval Estimates [18 March]. [See CHAR 13/16/45-46 for typescript copy].