Skip to main content

Literature

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Literary: "Marlborough His Life and Times": correspondence regarding corrections to volume 1 for second edition., 13 Jun 1933 - 31 Jul 1935

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/819
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Maurice Ashley (3); Charles Wood (13); Cyril Alington [Dean of Durham] (2); Eric Blackwood Wright;, Edmund Royds; Lennox Lee; Ridley Pakenham Walsh (2); Major Alfred Burne; 12th Duke of St Albans; 1st Lord Askwith; Sir Montagu Foster; George Harrap.

Dates: 13 Jun 1933 - 31 Jul 1935
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.
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times" film: correspondence., 28 Jul 1943 - 17 Dec 1945

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/709
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company [solicitors] (17); representatives of Lloyds Bank including [Geoffrey] Mason and T E R Harris; Filippo Del Guidice, Managing Director of Two Cities Films Limited (4); Bernard Sendall (Ministry of Information) sending on comments from Brendan Bracken.Subjects include: acquiring the film rights to "Marlborough"; Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's interest in the rights; drawing up the contract; copyright matters; the writing of...
Dates: 28 Jul 1943 - 17 Dec 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": maps of Europe, France, Spain and Italy., [1914] - [1933]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/477A-B
Scope and Contents

Includes: modern maps of Europe, France, Spain and Portugal and Italy.

Dates: [1914] - [1933]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": maps of Germany and Switzerland., [1930] - [1936]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/476
Scope and Contents

Includes: modern maps of Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

Dates: [1930] - [1936]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": maps of Germany (Vogel)., 1919

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/479
Scope and Contents

Includes: modern maps of Germany and Switzerland.

Dates: 1919
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": maps of the Low Countries., 1914 - 1925

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/475
Scope and Contents

Includes: modern military maps of the Netherlands and maps of 1st Duke of Marlborough's campaigns in Germany.

Dates: 1914 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": maps of the Low Countries and Central Europe (Autograph Handmaps)., [1932] - [1938]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/478
Scope and Contents

Includes: maps of the Netherlands and Belgium, and Central Europe.

Dates: [1932] - [1938]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": material for illustrations., [1932] - [1938]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/474A-C
Scope and Contents

Includes: prints of contemporary portraits and letters; engravings of Blenheim Palace; postcards of contemporary German landmarks.Also includes: correspondence and prints from David Minlore offering the use of his portrait collection (10).

Dates: [1932] - [1938]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": miscellaneous notes and material., [1932] - [1938]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/480
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Owen Morshead (Librarian of Windsor Castle) on autograph letters from 1st Duke and Duchess of Marlborough.Subjects include: 3rd Lord Sunderland; 1st Lord Somers; Emperor Charles VI; 1st Lord Bolingbroke; battles in the 30 Years War; infantry and cavalry in the 30 Years War.

Dates: [1932] - [1938]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times": printed sources., 1722 - 1935

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/481A-H
Scope and Contents

Includes: reprints of contemporary English and French sources; copies of the English Historical Review; an [original] copy of the pamphlet "Churchill's Annals: Being a Short History of the Great Duke of Marlborough" (1722).

Dates: 1722 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times" series in the Sunday Times: correspondence., 01 Jan 1934 - 04 Jul 1934

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/494
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: 1st Lord Camrose [Editor-in-Chief of the Sunday Times, earlier William Berry] (4); William Hadley [Editor of the Sunday Times] (6).

Dates: 01 Jan 1934 - 04 Jul 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: His Life and Times", Volume 1., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/360
Scope and Contents

Galley proofs of chapters including chapter 1 "Ashe House", chapter 2 "The jovial time", chapter 5 "Arms", chapter 7 "Sarah", chapter 8 "Marriage", chapter 9 "Master and Servant" and chapter 10 "The unseen rift". Annotated by WSC with corrections and additions.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: His Life and Times", Volume 1., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/361
Scope and Contents

Galley proofs from various sections of the book annotated with suggestions by J L Garvin.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: material for illustrations., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/434
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: prints of portraits of 1st Duke of Marlborough's family and notables of the time; plans of some of Marlborough's battles.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: notes and material 1., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/429
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: foreign policy; Scotland; 1st Duke of Marlborough's early years; Marlborough between 1673 and 1678; Marlborough and James II between 1678 and 1688; Barbara Villiers (Duchess of Cleveland).

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: notes and material 2., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/430
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: 1st Duke of Marlborough and the Hudson's Bay Company; the 1688 revolution; the capture of Cork and Kinsale, 1690 [County Cork, Ireland]; Marlborough and the court of St Germains [France]; Marlborough and the Brest Expedition [France]; European History, 1684-1702; the comparative force of ships of war.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: notes and material 3., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/431
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: letters of 1st Duke of Marlborough; Marlborough and St Germains [France]; Marlborough's disgrace; Marlborough and the 2nd Lord Ailesbury.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: notes and material 4., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/432
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Edward Marsh [WSC's secretary]; Maurice Ashley [WSC's literary assistant].Subjects include: letters between 1st Duke of Marlborough and Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; the Woburn Abbey manuscripts.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 1: transcripts and translations of sources., [1932] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/433
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the attempt on Brest, [France] in June 1694; the battle of Sole Bay, [Suffolk] in 1672.

Dates: [1932] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: abstracts of letters, 1702-1703., [1933] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/438
Scope and Contents From the Series: This class contains correspondence with publishers, editors, and printers, and other correspondence in connection with WSC's literary work both during preparation and after publication. Since some of the publications are political there is a little correspondence on political topics which arises directly and obviously out of publications. The class also contains materials assembled for writing, notes and drafts, printer's copy, proofs, and reviews. Often some of the material assembled was...
Dates: [1933] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: abstracts of letters, 1703-1704., [1933] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/439
Scope and Contents From the Series: This class contains correspondence with publishers, editors, and printers, and other correspondence in connection with WSC's literary work both during preparation and after publication. Since some of the publications are political there is a little correspondence on political topics which arises directly and obviously out of publications. The class also contains materials assembled for writing, notes and drafts, printer's copy, proofs, and reviews. Often some of the material assembled was...
Dates: [1933] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: letters of thanks and congratulation., 04 Jan 1935 - 08 Feb 1936

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/505
Scope and Contents

Correspondents include: Sir Maurice Hankey; Louis Levy; Henry Lygon.

Dates: 04 Jan 1935 - 08 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: material for illustrations., [1933] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/445
Scope and Contents

Includes: a contemporary map of 1st Duke of Marlborough's campaigns.

Dates: [1933] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: notes and material 1., [1933] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/435
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the navy in the Mediterranean; the Margrave of Baden [Prince Louis]; Prussia [later parts of Germany and Poland], 1705-1706; Europe, 1701-1704.

Dates: [1933] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Literary: "Marlborough: his life and times", volume 2: notes and material 2., [1933] - [1934]

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/436A-B
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: letters between 1st Duke of Marlborough and 1st Lord Godolphin; letters between Marlborough and Sarah, Duchess of Marlborough; Portugal; the Hungarian Revolt, 1703; Marlborough in politics; Savoy, 1703; Marlborough and the peace negotiations, 1702-1705; South West Europe, 1702-1703.

Dates: [1933] - [1934]
Conditions Governing Access: Open