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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 29 "Germany and Russia"., 08 Jun 1948 - 17 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/175
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 29 entitled "Germany and Russia" [Soviet Union], annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.
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08 Jun 1948 - 17 Oct 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by Sir Norman Brook., 28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/193
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Includes notes by Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 13 "At Bay" (provisionally entitled "Alone"); Chapter 16 "The...
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28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance": Chapter 1 "The Desert and the Balkans"., 08 Jan 1941 - 16 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/203A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 1 entitled "The Desert and the Balkans" (provisionally entitled "False Dawn in the Desert", "Hard Trials", and "Minutes of January 1941"), annotated with notes and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], 1st Lord Wavell, 1st Lord Ismay, CSC, Lieutenant- General Sir Henry Pownall, Jay Gold and Randolph Churchill.Also includes proofs from: Chapter 2 "The...
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08 Jan 1941 - 16 Jan 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Chapter 20 "The Soviet Nemesis"., Nov 1948 - Sep 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/222A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 20 entitled "The Soviet Nemesis". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, CSC, Sir Edward Marsh and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes a transcript of an account by "Jock" [John] Colville of a weekend at Chequers [Buckinghamshire] with WSC on 21 June [1941] and a letter from Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall giving information about...
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Nov 1948 - Sep 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Chapter 21 "Our Soviet Ally"., Nov 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/223
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 21 entitled "Our Soviet Ally". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, CSC, Sir Edward Marsh, ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke], [1st Lord] Ismay, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall. Also includes a letter from Pownall.
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Nov 1948 - Dec 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Chapter 25 "Aid to Russia"., Apr 1948 - Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/226A-B
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 24 entitled "Aid to Russia [the Soviet Union]". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, [George] Gordon Allen, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, and 1st Lord Ismay.Also includes notes from Kelly; typed transcripts of telegrams between WSC and Sir Stafford Cripps [former British Ambassador to the Soviet Union] dating to October 1941; and a letter...
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Apr 1948 - Dec 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Chapter 28 "Closer Contacts with Russia [Soviet Union]"., Jan 1949 - Nov 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/229
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 entitled "Closer contacts with Russia". Annotated with notes and suggestions by various people including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and ?1st Lord Alanbrooke [earlier Field Marshal Alan Brooke].Also includes notes from Deakin.
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Jan 1949 - Nov 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", miscellaneous., May 1948 - Mar 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/251A-D
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Includes research notes and correspondence on suggested amendments, corrections and facts for Volume 3 of "The Second World War". Correspondents include: Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on subjects including official telegrams and operations in East Africa (15); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] (5); [George] Gordon Allen (9); [Sir Claude Auchinleck] objecting to WSC's portrayal of events at Tobruk [Libya]; William Deakin (3); Denis Kelly (9); Nina...
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May 1948 - Mar 1951
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", various material., Jul 1939 - Sep 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/248
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Includes source material for Volume 3 of "The Second World War" including: correspondence from [George] Gordon Allen, William Deakin, Ian Montgomery [Private Secretary to Secretary of the Treasury], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Alfred Bavin of the Cabinet Office, and "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay]; notes and transcripts of telegrams on the occupation of France, Operation "Menace" [the code name for the Anglo Free French mission to Dakar, Senegal] and the passage of French cruisers through...
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Jul 1939 - Sep 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys"., Jan 1947 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/267
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys" (provisionally entitled "Convoys to the Soviet Union") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Ismay, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material including: correspondence...
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Jan 1947 - Nov 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 19 "The visit of Molotov"., Jan 1949 - Sep 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/271
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 19 "The visit of Molotov" [on the visit by Vyacheslav Molotov, Soviet Union Foreign Minister, to London in May 1942] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: copies of telegrams from WSC to Houghton Mifflin...
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Jan 1949 - Sep 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 20 "Strategic Natural Selection."., Jan 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/272
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 20 "Strategic Natural Selection" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, [George] Gordon Allen, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.
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Jan 1950 - Nov 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 27 "Moscow [Soviet Union]. The First Meeting" and Chapter 28 "Moscow. A relationship established"., Aug 1942 - Sep 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/279A-C
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 27 "Moscow. The First Meeting" and Chapter 28 "Moscow. A relationship established" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, CSC, Charles Wood, 1st Lord Ismay, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes: outline notes by WSC for the...
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Aug 1942 - Sep 1952
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Various material., Feb 1942 - Oct 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/298
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Includes correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 4 of "The Second World War" from individuals including: Denis Kelly (5); Charles Wood; WSC on a reference to [?Reginald] Dorman Smith; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet]; 1st Lord Ismay on the need to amend a reference to Gandhi taking glucose during his fast; the Visconde de Meirelles on the use of 'neutral' planes during the war; [George] Gordon Allen; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (2);...
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Feb 1942 - Oct 1953
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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 1 "The Tide of Victory", Chapter 15 "October in Moscow"., Nov 1950 - Aug 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/356
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Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 15 "October in Moscow", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Sir Norman Brook (later Lord Normanbrook), Lord Ismay and Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall.File also includes photographs of the note written by WSC during conversation with Stalin, 9 Oct 1944, dividing influence in Romania, Greece, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro,...
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Nov 1950 - Aug 1953
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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 1 "The Tide of Victory", Chapter 16 "Paris"., Nov 1950 - Aug 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/357
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Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 16 "Paris", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin and Charles Wood.
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Nov 1950 - Aug 1953
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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Book 2 "The Iron Curtain", Chapter 29 "The Growing Friction with Russia"., Apr 1952 - Feb 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/369
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Typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 29 "The Growing Friction with Russia" (formerly titled "The Polish Dispute II, "The American Interregnum", "President Truman" and "A Soviet Trap", annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin Emery Reves (fromerly Imre Revez) Lt-General Sir Henry Pownall, Lord Cherwell (formerly F A Lindemann) and Charles Wood.With copies of "The Times" 13 and 14 Apr 1945 on the Death of Franklin...
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Apr 1952 - Feb 1953
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Literary: The Second World War: Volume 6 "Triumph and Tragedy" Various material etc., 1945 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/390A-E
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Drafts, proofs and materials for Volume 6, including papers on visit to Moscow, October 1944, the Yalta Conference, reprint of statement by H G Strauss MP (later Lord Conesford) on his resignation from the Government over the Polish settlement, printed statement by W Averell Harriman on the United States Wartime relations with the SAoviet Union, typescript of article by Ian Colvin "The Twelve Hour Revolt" [against Hitler], 1949, papers on the Potsdam Conference including Report on Operation...
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1945 - 1953
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "One Way to Stop a Third World War"., 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/71
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First published in Collier's magazine, on the aftermath of World War II, the roles of France, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union with regard to Europe, the United Nations, the need for a Council of Europe, and the atomic bomb.
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1946
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "The new American policy towards Greece and Turkey" [first published in Life magazine] on his speech at Fulton [United States, 5 March 1946], the spheres of influence developing between the Soviet Union and the western powers, United States policy in the Mediterranean and Middle East, Greek affairs including the communist uprising and elections, Soviet aspirations concerning the Bosphorus Straits [Karadeniz Bogazi, Turkey] and Persia [later Iran], and Britain's role in world affairs., 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/72
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Also includes: notes and annotations by WSC's secretaries "N S" [Jo Sturdee, later Lady Onslow] and "L M M" [Lettice Marston, later Lettice Shillingford]; letter and notes from Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] on the article.Other subjects include: the publication of the article in the Daily Telegraph.
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1947
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Literary: Various correspondence., 21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/223
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Correspondents include: Colonel Minnegerode of the New York Times about the serialisation of Volume 4 of "The World Crisis", "The Aftermath"; Sir James Henderson-Stewart; Lucy Wise on the visit of Sir Frederic Wise to Germany to report on the country's financial position to the Peace Conference; Professor Leslie Hearnshaw; Henry Forster (3); [Major] Desmond Morton; [Brigadier General James] Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] (6); Commander Taprell Dorling (4); Peter...
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21 Oct 1922 - 31 Dec 1929
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Literary: Various correspondence about WSC's book "The Aftermath" [Volume 4 of "The World Crisis"]., 05 Jun 1928 - 30 Nov 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/217
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Includes correspondence with: Owen O Malley, WSC's researcher (3); Desmond Morton (1); Alexander Watt of A P Watt and Sons (5); Nevile Bland (1); [Brigadier General] James Edmonds [of the Military Branch of the Historical Section] 2); Sir Warren Fisher (1); James Headlam-Morley [Historical Advisor to the Foreign Office] on approving the contents of "The Aftermath"; "Archie" [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later Lord Thurso] criticising WSC's representation of the Bolsheviks as "utterly inhuman, the...
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05 Jun 1928 - 30 Nov 1928
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Literary: Various correspondence about WSC's book "The Aftermath", Volume 4 of "The World Crisis"., 01 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/222
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Correspondents include: [James] Headlam-Morley [Historical Advisor to the Foreign Office] on subjects including the blockade and starvation of Germany after the armistice (4); David Lloyd George on his role in negotiations in Ireland, and on policy regarding Greece and [Eleutherios] Venizelos, Turkey and Russia [the Soviet Union]; Lord Cecil of Chelwood; Lionel Curtis; Sir Maurice Hankey [Secretary to the Committee of Imperial Defence]; Hubert Carr-Gomm; Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st...
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01 Jan 1929 - 31 Jan 1929
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Literary: WSC's articles for the Daily Mail., 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/339
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Proofs and cuttings of articles by WSC: "Gordon: a Christian hero's sacrifice" on the death of General Charles Gordon at Khartoum [Sudan] in defiance of government orders; "Ireland" on the electoral success of [Eamon] De Valera and Anglo-Irish relations; an article on the Soviet Union including comments on communism, food shortages and embargoes imposed by the British government; a review of J L Garvin's biography of Joseph Chamberlain; "August 4, 1914: a nation transformed" on the effect of...
Dates:
1933
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Loose pages from a photograph album on Clementine Churchill's tour of the Soviet Union, 1945-04 - 1945-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/2/37
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Photographs of Clementine's tour on behalf of the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund.
Dates:
1945-04 - 1945-05
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.