Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Josephine Parr [former secretary to WSC] offering her services; Emile Rieu, Literary and Academic Adviser at Methuen and Company (2); representatives of Cassell and Company (3), including a Director, Sir Newman Flower, on the destruction of Cassell's premises in an air raid; Douglas Jerrold, Director of Eyre and Spottiswoode Limited (3); George Campbell on publishing "Lord Randolph Churchill" in Sweden (6); Brendan Bracken (3); Rubeigh Minney, Editor of the Strand...

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Subjects include: Winston Churchill's painting (for the publication of "Painting as a Pastime"); the opening of Berkhamsted Collegiate Preparatory School; Harrow School; memories of VE Day.

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Subjects include: the 60th anniversary of Winston Churchill's Iron Curtain speech at Fulton, Missouri [United States]; the 25th anniversary of the Clementine Churchill Hospital, Harrow [Middlesex]; the Potsdam Conference, 1945; MS's memories of her father; the Yalta Conference and the Iron Curtain speech; Churchill's painting.

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Papers and correspondence on paintings lent by MS for the exhibition "Churchill - Painter and Writer" at the Nobel Museum, Stockholm [Sweden], Dec 2006.

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Manuscript and typescript correspondence of Oakley Williams regarding the preparation of an edition of de László's portraits, with related material.

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Cabinet] (6); 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] on the need for special constables in Northern Ireland; 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary] on Egypt; Arthur Balfour [Lord President of the Council] on reacting to Bolshevik attacks against Poland by stopping the visas of Russian Trade Unionists; "F E", (the Lord Chancellor) [1st Lord Birkenhead, earlier F E Smith] urging WSC not to resign over the...

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Includes news footage of Winston Churchill during the war, documentaries about him, many featuring MS as an interviewee, footage of Churchill's funeral, interviews with MS about her own books, and various events in which she took part.

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WSC in white smock and large hat, wearing spectacles and smoking cigar, looking off to his left; easel propped along a stone wall.

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WSC in white smock and large hat, wearing spectacles and smoking cigar, looking towards easel; easel propped along a stone wall.

Scope and Contents Includes: correspondence with Sir John Langford-Holt, [James] Harold Wilson, Prime Minister, Mr Strauss and John Colville [former Private Secretary to WSC] on the presentation of one of WSC's paintings to the House of Commons; correspondence between Sir Martin Redmayne and WSC and CSC on the presentation of one of WSC's paintings to the Whips' Room at 12 Downing Street [London]; correspondence with Mary, Lady Soames [earlier Mary Churchill] and Mr Pawsey on the distribution of paintings;...

Scope and Contents Correspondents on arrangements for the exhibition include: Sir Eric Harrison, High Commissioner for Australia; Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (3); A Kenney [Assistant Secretary, Australia House] (12); Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (3); and Sir George Laking, Acting High Commissioner for New Zealand.Also includes newspaper cuttings about the exhibitions in both countries; catalogues of the paintings exhibited; and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague...

Scope and Contents Correspondents about the exhibition include: representatives of the Montreal Star newspaper; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Maxwell Aitken] on subjects including the record attendances of the exhibition; Joyce Hall of Hallmark cards (3); and Lionel Curran (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC]; a draft introduction to the catalogue by John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada; lists of the paintings in the exhibition;...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, proposing an exhibition of WSC's paintings; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]; James Rorimer, Director of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (3); Harry Truman, on his visit to the exhibition (2); Joyce Hall (of Hallmark cards); John Peck [Former Private Secretary to WSC, Director-General of British Information Services]; and various visitors to the exhibition on their impressions. Also includes copies of...

Scope and Contents Correspondents on arrangements for the exhibition include: Dwight Eisenhower, on the importance of the exhibition to Anglo-American relations; Joyce Hall, of Hallmark cards (33); Sarah [Beauchamp, earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley]; Brian MacCabe, Chairman and Managing Director of Foote, Cone and Belding Limited, on advertising (5); and A Rawlinson of Wildenstein and Company on transport.Also includes: a copy letter from John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of...

Scope and Contents Includes letters asking to reproduce images of WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: Joseph Thorndike of American Heritage Publishing Company (6); L Jordi of Argus South African Newspapers Limited (4); Lady Audrey Hylton-Foster, President of the British Red Cross (2); H Raban, Director of Frost and Reed Limited (3); Joyce Hall of Hallmark Cards; Anthony Gibbs of Anthony Gibbs and Phillips Limited (3); Herbert Marchant, British Consul General in San Francisco [United...

Scope and Contents Includes letters asking to reproduce images of WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: the Listener; National Geographic Society; Reverend Michael Randolph, editor of the Reader's Digest; Edward Halliday, President of the Royal Society of British Artists; Harry Taylforth of the Skipton [Yorkshire] Building Society (4); Mrs R Hayward, Director of the Soho Gallery; the Sunday Times; and Sir John Rothenstein, Director of the Tate Gallery. Also includes 8 letters from...

Scope and Contents Includes letters asking to borrow or exhibit WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: Jose Antonio Quadros, Ambassador to Britain for Uraguay; George Littlejohn Cook, British Charge d'Affairs in Berne [Switzerland]; Edith, Lady Binns; the University of Bristol; Calgary Power; David Cole, Private Secretary to Lord Home [earlier Alexander Douglas-Home] Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]; Sir Francis Fogarty; David [1st Lord...

Scope and Contents Includes letters asking to borrow or exhibit WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: [Evelyn] Basil Boothby, Counsellor at the British Embassy in Brussels [Belgium]; Nishinippon Shimburi [a Japanese newspaper]; the University of Nottingham; Sir Peter Scarlett, British Ambassador to Norway; William MacTaggart, President of the Royal Scottish Academy; Edward Halliday, President of the Royal Society of British Artists; Sir Roderick Barclay, British Ambassador to Denmark;...

Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with representatives of various newspapers and journals about the publication of images of paintings by WSC (exhibited at the Royal Academy) and donations to the South African War Veterans Association. Publications include: The Sphere, "London Calling", the Illustrated London News, the Daily Express, the Daily Sketch, the New York Times, Women's Journal, the Daily Mirror, County Life. Also includes; correspondence from Humphrey Brooke, Secretary of the Royal Academy;...

Scope and Contents Correspondents about an exhibition of WSC's paintings at the Royal Academy include: J Patrickson on framing (4); Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston, former secretary to WSC]; Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Academy (16); Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]; "Geordie" George, 5th Duke of Sutherland; Humphrey Brooke, Secretary of the Royal Academy on subjects including the unsuitability of an introduction to the catalogue by Augustus John (16); and Anthony Moir [WSC's...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: John S Churchill (2); Sir William Rootes on a chauffeur for WSC; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (14); representatives of Concrete Limited on work on the pump house at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Clement Penruddock, Secretary, Chequers Trust; Sir Kenneth Clark (2), Jacob Epstein, and Oliver Locker-Lampson (2) on WSC sitting for an Epstein bust; Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (3); representatives of Knight, Frank and...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Miles-Martin Pen Company on the pen WSC used to annotate "The Second World War" (4); Christopher Hewer on WSC's medical bill; Robert MacKenna on WSC's medication (2); Douglas Parbury on fish at Chartwell [Kent] (6); John Baber and his wife offering WSC a stay at their home in Portofino [Italy]; Herbert Gfroerer of the Soundscriber Corporation (10), James Killian, President of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology [United States], and George...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Hugh Newman on butterflies at Chartwell [Kent] (4); Sir Alexander Roger (2) and Colin Coote [Managing Editor of the Daily Telegraph and the Morning Post] (6) on procuring brandy for WSC; Frederic Bates, Chairman of Cunard White Star Limited; Douglas Parbury on fish for ponds at Chartwell (8); Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] (4); representatives of Anthony Juer Lighting Limited on studio lighting (4); Frank Juler on WSC's eyesight; Christopher...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Howard Thomas, Producer in Chief, Pathe Pictures Limited, on film of WSC receiving the freedom of Ayr [Scotland]; Percy Cole, Editor, Official Report of Debates, House of Commons [Hansard] on reprints of WSC's speeches (2); Eleanor Goole of St Dunstan's [Institute for the Blind] on Braille editions of WSC's books (4); representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (8); representatives of Twiss, Brownings and Hallowes Limited (8) and Sir Eric Crankshaw,...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Geoffrey Callender, Director, National Maritime Museum, on WSC loaning them a globe; Charles Ince on sketching in the open; 1st Lord Mackintosh of Halifax, President, National Advertising Benevolent Society, on a donation by WSC; representatives of Nicholl, Manisty and Few [WSC's solicitors] (6); Sir Charles Howard, Sergeant at Arms, House of Commons, on WSC's petrol consumption; Willy Sax [WSC's paint supplier] (13); John Govett, Chairman of the Zinc Corporation...