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Letter from Lord Cranborne, (later 5th Lord Salisbury), Cranborne, Salisbury, to WSC, regretting that WSC found his comments on speech unfair. Stating that he felt that WSC's policy of not taking the lead against Italian aggression was not practical, that Britain was by far the greatest nation in the League of Nations, and was bound to take a prominent part, and that the Cabinet had taken the only possible course of action under difficult circumstances.

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Letter from Lord Rothermere, Hotel Metropole, Monte Carlo to WSC, "What price Italy now?".

Scope and Contents Letter from Harold, 1st Lord Rothermere, Monte Carlo to WSC, thanks for sending cutting from the Evening Standard. Reporting that he had descended on the Editorial Department "like a hundred of bricks" and that he did not think that there would be a similar indiscretion for a very long time. Congratulating himself on his prediction that the Abyssinian War would be a very short one and commenting that in May or June a victorious Italy would be "demanding explanations from the British...

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Letter from Robert Bower MP to WSC, on question of two Maltese-British subjects imprisoned in Tripoli on charges of political defeatism and vilification of the Italian nation. Stating that he felt the sentences to be savage, and that he intended to raise the matter in the House of Commons. Asking for WSC's advice.

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Letter from WSC to Admiral Sir Lewis Bayley, regretting that Bayley had been unable to attend dinner at the Navigation School [carbon].

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Lord Cranborne (later 5th Lord Salisbury), on Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]. Commenting that in Aug 1935 he had told Samuel Hoare (later Lord Templewood), Foreign Secretary, that he was "justified in going as far with the League of Nations against Italy as he could carry France", but that he should not put any pressure on France. That he had consistently advised the Government not to take a leading part or put themselves forward too prominently, mainly because of the...

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Andre Corbin, French Ambassador to Britain, commenting that the great bulk of the Conservative Party were "inclined to cheer the so-called Spamnish rebels". That if France sent military support to the present Spanish Government, and the Germans and Italians supported the other side the dominent forces in Britain would be pleased with Germany and Italy and estranged from France. Stating that he was sure that absolutely rigid neutrality was the only correct and safe...

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Cutting from The Morning Post - Germany, France and Italy - reactions of "Morning Post Disclosures" [on the inadequacy of Britain's defences].

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Printed speech by Sir John Simon, Home Secretary, in the House of Commons "Why Sanctions Should Cease", explaining the Government's belief that following the end of the Italo-Abyssinian War there was "no longer any utility in continuing sanctions". Published by the Liberal National Organization.

Scope and Contents Printed extracts from speeches by [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain, Prime Minister, on British relations with Italy, including: the Anglo-Italian Agreement (February-May 1938); Chamberlain's visit to Rome (January 1939); the territorial integrity of Spain (March 1938-January 1939); the withdrawal of Italian troops and material from Spain (November-December 1938); the status quo in the Mediterranean (May 1938-April 1939); and Britain's policy of appeasement (November 1938-January 1939). Published...

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353 x 243 mm.

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90 x 60 mm. A view from the sea looking back at Brindisi.

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125 x 191 mm.

Scope and Contents Detailed summary of the war situation including: the evacuation of the British Expeditionary Force from Dunkirk including the effect of weather conditions, numbers evacuated, naval losses and attacks by German bombers; attacks by U-boats on seaborne trade; anti-submarine operations; German trade; overview of the military and air situation covering Norway, Italy, the North Sea and coastal operations, the bombing of Great Britain, attacks on Germany by Bomber Command, French and German air...

Scope and Contents Summary of events including: attempted landing at Dakar by General [Charles] de Gaulle; U boat activity in the North Atlantic and shipping losses; operations by German raiders; information about the disposition of German and Italian troops; events in Greece, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], Bulgaria, the Mediterranean and the Middle East; air attacks on Germany (including Berlin) and on invasion ports in France and...

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This small collection of Winifred Lamb's papers consists of ten boxes of research notebooks, newscutting books, and photographs, mostly from the 1920s and 1930s. There are also a few printed items and a card index relating to her archaeological research. Many items are undated.