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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on an invitation to take afternoon tea with the Council on Foreign Relations, (Presidents Elihu Root and John Davis) and to speak for 20 minutes on a subject of his choice, advising him to accept as it would help make good press.

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Preliminary itinerary for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, 14 January - 21 March 1932. [Typescript, with manuscript annotations by WSC].

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

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Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC, on a revised itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States, and confirming that Phyllis Moir had accepted the post as his secretary for the tour, starting on 12 January.

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Letter from WSC to the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, on a revised itinerary for his lecture tour of the United States. [2 copies].

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

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Draft contract between WSC and the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, for the delivery of 45 lectures in the United States between 15 October and 15 December 1931, signed by Louis Alber, President of the Association and Elmer Wickes, Secretary.

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Draft contract between the Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated and WSC, for 45 lectures in the United States between 15 October and 15 December 1931, at a fee of 50,000 dollars, signed by Louis Alber, President of the Association.

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Memorandum containing proposed amendments to WSC's contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for his lecture tour of the United States.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to James Grigg [Chairman, Board of Inland Revenue], on the tax situation of lecturers, arguing that lecturing was an entirely different activity to writing, "the art of delivering a lecture is not literary but histrionic in its character. It is a physical and psychic exertion of which most literary men or journalists would be incapable", concluding that a hypothetical individual would be ill advised to undertake a lecture tour as the receipts would raise the rate of tax on...

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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States, stating that 90 minutes was too long for a lecture, suggesting 60 minutes, with a 15 minute introduction. [Copy].

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Letter from Captain W W Galbraith, Naval Attache, United States Embassy, London, to WSC, passing on an invitation from Ralph Earle, President of the Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester, Massachusetts, to speak at the Institute during his lecture tour of the United States.

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Cutting from the Hartford Daily Times, announcing that WSC would speak in Hartford, Connecticut on 17 October, during his lecture tour of the United States.

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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the announcement of his lecture tour of the United States, asking him to mention the name of the Alber-Wickes Agency, to state that he would be covering the whole country from Boston to Los Angeles, and say something about the lecture subjects.

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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], suggesting subjects for his forthcoming lecture tour of the United States: "The Destiny of the English Speaking Peoples"; the "Foundation of World Peace"; "How the Great War Came"; "Great Britain and Indian Progress"; Youth and Adventure". [Copy, marked "draft"].

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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], on the contract for his lecture tour of the United States, stating that he would not accept lower terms than those already offered, but agreeing that if after 45 lectures, Alber could prove a loss, he would give a further five lectures free of charge. [Copy].

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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC, on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stressing the depth of the financial depression in the United States, and asking if he would be prepared to accept a lower fee of 45,000 dollars for 45 lectures.

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Telegram from Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] to WSC on the terms of the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, suggesting limiting WSC's liability to 10,000 dollars if the contract was voided after 1 June.

Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] on the terms of the contract for his lecture tour of the United States: stating that he had every intention of fulfilling the contract when signed, that he would know the political situation by June, and was willing to pay a substantial forfeit if forced to cancel, but asking for his liability to be limited in case of a sudden General Election, or being asked to undertake "exceptional...

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Letter from Louis Alber, President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated, to WSC on the contract for WSC's lecture tour of the United States, stating that he was willing to pay 50,000 dollars for the two months, 15 Oct - 15 Dec 1931, and giving WSC the right to cancel up to 1 June, but that there should be no cancellation clause after this date.

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Telegram from WSC to Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated], stating that only a General Election, or appointment to ministerial office in October or November 1931 would cause him to cancel his lecture tour of the United States, but insisting on a figure limiting his liability if he was forced to cancel at short notice.

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

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Letter from R Halford Forster, (Times Building, New York) to WSC, on his contract with Louis Alber [President, Affiliated Lecture and Concert Association Incorporated] for a lecture tour of the United States.

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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].

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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.