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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": correspondence., 24 Nov 1944 - 28 Nov 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/718
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Cassell and Company including a Director, Sir Newman Flower (4); representatives of George G Harrap and Company and Amalgamated Press Limited.Subjects include: completing the "English-Speaking Peoples"; its serialisation by the Amalgamated Press; the expense of having the type set up and proofed.Also includes: copy letters from WSC's office to those mentioned above and to 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, Editor in Chief of the Daily...
Dates: 24 Nov 1944 - 28 Nov 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": digests of various sources collected in the production of the book for sections on "Liberty, Sovereignty, and the Civil War", "The First British Empire", "Character of the People in the Age of Shakespeare", "Scotland and Ireland up to 1760", "Tory and Whig England (1660-1742)", "Party and Cabinet Government, 1660-1782", "World Power, 1689-1763", "Protestants and Puritans", "Commerce, Sea Power, and Discovery", "Language and Literature till the Birth of Shakespeare", "The New State", "The Laws of America, 1775-83", "America 1763-74", "The New Age, 1760-1792", and "The Industrial Revolution, Phase 1"., [1938] - [1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/442A-D
Scope and Contents Includes typed digests or pages from sources including: [Samuel] Gardiner's "Cromwell's Place in History" and "History of England, 1603-1642", Basil Williams' "The British Empire" and "The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham", Hugh Egerton's "A Short History of British Colonial Policy", G L Beer's "The Old Colonial System", "The Cambridge Modern History", Edward Channing's "A History of the United States", Charles Andrews' "The Colonial Period of American History", [Peter] Hume Brown's...
Dates: [1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1- 171., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/724
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From invasion of Britain by Julius Ceasar in 699 BC to reign of Offa in eighth century AD.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 172 - 326., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/725
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From the arrival of the Vikings in the eighth century to the Norman Conquest in the eleventh century. With additional sections on spelling of ancient names, the appearance and laws of the Saxons, and the restoration of Charles II.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 327 - 451., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/726
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From the Norman Conquest in the eleventh century to the reign of Queen Elizabeth I in the sixteenth century. The proofs do not follow a strictly chronological order.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 452 - 543., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/727
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Draft proofs of chapters including: the Armada, 1588; cuttings from newspaper articles on Henry VIII and Elizabeth I; Elizabeth I, 1588 - 1603; additional notes for chapter on the Magna Carta; the age of expansion; James I; the english colonies, 1640 - 1688; the causes and events of the Peasant's Revolt of 1381; the rise of William Pitt, 1742 - 1746.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 544 - 673., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/728
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Draft proofs of chapters including: Wyclif; Hanoverian England; Sir Robert Walpole; the war government of William Pitt, 1756 - 1762; George III; additional notes on King John and Magna Carta; the rising of 1745; the government of the Lancastrians in the fifteenth century; Pitt and America, 1756 - 1762; the Peace of Paris, 1763; Richard I.annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 674 - 750., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/729
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Draft proofs of chapters including: King John; Henry III; William Pitt the Younger, 1784 - 1788; Henry III; Edward I; Edward II; the younger Pitt and reconstruction; Pitt and the war.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 863 - 970., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/731
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Draft proofs of chapters for Henry IV, Henry V, Henry VI and Edward IV. Mainly typescript with some manuscript notes.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 863 - 970., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/732
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Draft proofs of chapters including: Edward IV; Church and State, 1066 - 1154; Edward the Confessor; The colonies from 1600 to 1640; Richard III; James II; Charles I.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1114 - 1237., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/733
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Draft chapters including: post-war England, 1815 - 1820; the monarchy and the divorce, 1820 - 1822; Tory England, 1822 - 1827; the collapse of eighteenth-century England; the passing of the Great Reform Bill, 1830 - 1832; the colonies; England and the American colonies, 1713 - 1754; England and the American colonies, 1754 - 1765; the history of England, 1642 - 1660; Joan of Arc.annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1238 - 1371., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/734
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Draft chapters on the Long Parliament; the American war of Independence; Charles I.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1372 - 1491., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/735
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Draft chapters including: Charles I; the Commonwealth; the American War of Independence, 1778 - 1781; the story of the common law.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1492 - 1574., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/736
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Draft chapters including: the American War of Independence - the treaty of peace and the loyalists; the Restoration; England, 1832 - 1837; Charles II; England, 1837 - 1846.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A history of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1576 - 1657., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/737
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Draft chapters including: Charles II; England, 1846 - 1850; England, 1852 - 1865; James II; England, 1865 - 1874; Henry VIII (manuscript in hand of John Wheldon [former literary assistant to WSC] annotated by WSC).Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A history of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1658 - 1737., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/738
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53 folios of handwritten notes on Henry VIII by John Wheldon [former literary assistant to WSC], annotated by WSC. Annotated typescript of chapters on the American Civil War, 1862 - 1864.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1738 - 1824., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/739
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Draft chapters including: James II; William and Mary; contents pages and notes for epilogue.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1825 - 1928., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/740
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Draft chapters including: Queen Anne; the United States, 1783 - 1789; the United States, 1789 - 1793.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 1929 - 2017., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/741
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Draft chapters including: South Africa; America and the French Revolution; the United States, 1797 - 1801; Jeffersonian democracy, 1801 - 1805; notes on the theme of each book; the war of 1812 [Canada]; Canada, 1660 - 1780; Canada, 1780 - 1812; slavery and the United States; the United States, 1815 - 1837.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 2018 - 2103., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/742
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Draft chapters: mainly on the background to and events of the American Civil War, 1840 - 1864; with a single chapter on the history of New Zealand.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft proofs, folios 2104 - 2120, 2150 - 2154, 2169 - 2195, 2242 - 2277., 1938 - 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/743
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Draft chapters including: the American Civil War; the origins of parliament; Wyclif; Australia; introductory notes for book on seventeenth and eighteenth centuries; the battle of Trafalgar; the battle of Waterloo.Annotated.

Dates: 1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": draft typescripts, folios 751 - 862., c 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/730
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Draft proofs of chapters including: Edward II; Pitt and the war; England at war, 1797 - 1805; England at war, 1805 - 1815; Britain and the French Revolution; the dusk of Edward III; Richard II; Joan of Arc.Annotated.

Dates: c 1938
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples" film: correspondence., 05 Jan 1945 - 09 Aug 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/720
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Correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (8); Phyllis Love, Secretary to Sir Alexander Korda.Subjects include: assigning the film rights for the "English-Speaking Peoples" to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer London Films Limited for 50,000 pounds.Also includes: bill and receipt of payment for the services of Nicholl, Manisty and Few and Charles Henderson [barrister].

Dates: 05 Jan 1945 - 09 Aug 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": miscellaneous notes, correspondence on the content and production of the book, and other material., 1938 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/443A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents [mainly literary assistants and advisers] include: Denis Kelly (3); Brigadier-General [Sir James] Edmonds, of the Military Branch of the Historical Section, on the American Civil War; Alan Bullock on Henry III and Edward I (2); [George] Young on Augustus and Trajan, and the Magna Carta; Alan Hodge on an article on George III and checking books 8 and 9 (3); Robert Wilberforce on likely US Catholic reaction to the book; Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth...
Dates: 1938 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": Printed reference material., c 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/802
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(1) Year book of the Bristol branch of the Royal Empire Society: with compliments slip of the Sheriff of Bristol referring to pages 26 and 27 concerning John Cabot's voyages to the United States.(2) Ordnance Survey maps of Britain in the Dark Ages: south sheet (1935) and north sheet (1938); scale 1: 1000,000.(3) Printed French edition of Queen Matilda's tapestry at Bayeux [France] depicting the Norman conquest of England in 1066.

Dates: c 1931
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.