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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 361 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 12 Nov 1928

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/159/97-99
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Letter from Bernard Baruch (120 Broadway, New York, [United States]) analysing the result of the United States presidential election, attributing the defeat of Al Smith to religious intolerance and predicting that the rest of the world will follow the United States in enjoying an economic revival.

Dates: 12 Nov 1928
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 01 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/57/50-52
Scope and Contents Letter from [the 9th Duke of Marlborough] (Blenheim Palace) to WSC: praises his work at the Admiralty; refers to F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and "politicians who clothe the results of calculation in the language of enthusiasm"; cites the religious wars in sixteenth-century France as a warning against provoking religious passion in Ulster [Ireland]; complains about having to assess the site value of his land; describes his efforts to re-house his labourers through a co-operative and...
Dates: 01 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Apr 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/193/41-45
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Letter from Stanley Bratle, member of the Indian Empire Society, to WSC emphasising the problem of hatred between religions in India and the dishonest and indecent aspects of Hinduism, and arguing that the concepts of democracy are alien to the oriental mind and are merely being exploited by the unscrupulous.

Dates: 15 Apr 1933
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/204/38-39
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Letter from Christabel Pankhurst (The Midland Hotel, Manchester) to WSC praising his article in the Sunday Times entitled "Where are we heading?", enclosing CHAR 2/204/41 and asserting that only theocratic rule by Christ can bring a lasting solution to human problems. Typescript copy at CHAR 2/204/35-37.

Dates: 14 May 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 14 May 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/204/40
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Cutting from the Manchester Guardian: report of sermons by Christabel Pankhurst in which she stated that only theocracy could bring a lasting solution to human problems.

Dates: 14 May 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), May 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/204/41
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First edition of "Present and future", a religious periodical edited by Christabel Pankhurst. Sent with CHAR 2/204/38-39.

Dates: May 1934
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 06 Mar 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/183/68
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Page from the "Patriot" including marked article criticising Harold Nicolson for playing down the extent of religious persecution in the Soviet Union in a recent broadcast.

Dates: 06 Mar 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 07 Dec [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/75-76
Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his progress with...
Dates: 07 Dec [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/77-82
Scope and Contents Transcript of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; his wounded kneecap which was caused by a "sequel to a bearfight" at a dinner the previous evening with instructions not to tell [James] Welldon about the incident "he would be bound to view it with stern disapproval - never having...come into contact with the slightly elevated and inebriated subaltern"; his opinion of hypocrisy within the clergy and of religion; his...
Dates: c 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec [1896]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/83-84
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Letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to "Jack" [John S Churchill] on subjects including: thanks for his letter; a letter he has received from [James] Welldon about the Christian missions; a copy of his proposed reply [see CHAR 28/152A/85-86] which he asks him to keep confidential as "everyone is at heart a gossip"; his proposed trip to the Calcutta races and his intention to go to Egypt. Signed manuscript. Envelope present.

Dates: 16 Dec [1896]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Dec 1896

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/152A/85-86
Scope and Contents Draft of a letter from WSC (Bangalore [India]) to [James] Welldon in which he explains his reasons for deprecating missionary work; discusses the evolution of various religions and the cost "deluges of blood and floods of theological controversy" of one religion superseding another; and explains that he believes that Christianity is "best adapted to the spiritual needs of the European inhabitants of the North Temperate Zone". In a postscript he asks Welldon whether he should read Macaulay...
Dates: 16 Dec 1896
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 23 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241B/177
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Letter from Hugh Orr-Ewing, Chief Organizer, India Defence League, to Violet Pearman, [Private Secretary to WSC], on a letter from W G Roberts, [on the case of 2,500 Christians in Manipur, Assam, India, who had been prohibited by the Political Agent from assembling together for worship, see CHAR 2/241B/178].

Dates: 23 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [May] [1935]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241B/178
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Letter from W G Roberts, Bryndewlyn, Caernarvon [Caernarfon, Wales], to WSC, on a petition from 2,500 Christians in Manipur, Assam, India, who had been prohibited from worshipping by the Political Agent.

Dates: [May] [1935]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 11 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53A/47
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Letter from WSC to Archbishop of York [William Temple] recommending him for the Archbishopric of Canterbury.

Dates: 11 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22C/266
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Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] advising that the Bishop of Norwich [Bertram Pollock] has announced his intention of retiring; requests the Archbishop's views.

Dates: 16 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 17 Nov 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/22C/270-271
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Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Cosmo Lang] arranging a meeting to discuss Lang's request to retire; suggests the Bishop of Kensington [Bertram Simpson] should be recommended for the vacant see at Southwark [London] and the Bishop of Croydon [William Anderson] for Portsmouth [Hampshire].

Dates: 17 Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [16] [Jan] [1874]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/4/6-8
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Eno Park [Portarlington, Leinster, Ireland]) to [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] asking her to tell him about the Elysee Ball and discussing the funeral of Lady Portarlington and the difficulties created by the fact that she was Roman Catholic.

Dates: [16] [Jan] [1874]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/117
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Letter from WSC to the Dean of St Paul's Cathedral [Walter Matthews] advising that Vigo Demant will be the new Canon.

Dates: 07 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/118
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Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [? Cosmo Lang] agreeing that April 19 should be National Day of Prayer.

Dates: 07 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/119
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Letter from WSC to Vigo Demant on his appointment as the new Canon of St Paul's Cathedral.

Dates: 07 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/121
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Letter from WSC to the 6th Duke of Montrose [earlier Lord Graham] proposing he become Lord High Commissioner to the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.

Dates: 08 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 Mar 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53B/136
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Letter from WSC to Sir Waldron Smithers advising that a date has been set for a National Day of Prayer.

Dates: 15 Mar 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/142
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Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Canterbury [Geoffrey Fisher later Lord Fisher of Lambeth] regarding arranging a meeting in Easter week to discuss the vacancy in the Bishopric of London [carbon].

Dates: 20 Mar 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 07 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/178
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Letter from WSC to "Hopie" (2nd Lord Linlithgow) declining the invitation for himself and CSC to stay at Holyrood [Edinburgh] during the opening of the Assembly of the Church of Scotland at the end of May: "The burden is heavy in these days, and it does not grow lighter as victory draws nearer." [carbon].

Dates: 07 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 18 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/193B/194
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Letter from WSC to the Archbishop of Cantebury [Geoffrey Fisher, later Lord Fisher of Lambeth] regretting that the present burden of work will prevent him attending the ceremony tomorrow [carbon].

Dates: 18 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.