Literature
Found in 2141 Collections and/or Records:
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1896
Letter from Thomas Heath Joyce, Editor, Daily Graphic, to WSC, sending cheque for 25 guineas for publication of his letters from Cuba.
(Untitled), 14 Jan 1896
Letter from W L Thomas, Manager, Daily Graphic, to WSC, congratulations on articles and sketches from Cuba, commenting that they were widely read and appreciated.
(Untitled), 17 Feb 1896
Letter from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador to Spain, to WSC, on publication of WSC's articles from Cuba. Asking if he could avoid saying things "unpalatable to the Spanish, commenting that having obtained letters of introduction for him "I am reproached for the unfavourable commentaries you make".
(Untitled), 24 Feb 1896
Letter from Sir Henry Drummond Wolff, British Ambassador to Spain to WSC, on WSC's articles from Cuba.
(Untitled), 15 Dec 1895
Cutting from The New York World, article, "Churchill on Cuba's War" The cutting was sent to WSC by Edith Cooper Hough of Worcester, Mass., U.S.A. in 1952.
(Untitled), 20 Jul 1900
Letter from W. St John Brodrick, (later Lord Midleton) to WSC, thanks for copy of The River War.
(Untitled), 30 Nov 1900
Statement from The Lecture Agency Ltd. - accounts for WSC's British lecture tour, 26 October - 30 November 1900.
(Untitled), 30 Dec 1931
Letter from John Wheeler, General Manager, North American Newspaper Alliance (New York [United States]) to WSC, with congratulations on his article on being struck by a motor car.
(Untitled), [May 1901]
Statement from The Lecture Agency Ltd., detailed accounts for WSC's lecture tour, 6 March - 8 May 1901.
(Untitled), [Nov 1901]
Statement from The Lecture Agency Ltd,. accounts for WSC's lecture tour, Oct - Nov 1901.
(Untitled), 09 Jul 1925
Letter from Nicholl, Manisty & Co. to WSC, on his royalties from The World Crisis, which were to be invested to provide for the education of his daughter, Mary.
(Untitled), 10 Jul 1925
Letter from Sir Edward Marsh to Nicholl, Manisty & Co., on the investment of WSC's royalties from The World Crisis, to provide for the education of his daughter, Mary [carbon].
(Untitled), 11 Feb 1899
Cutting from Army and Navy Gazette, letter from WSC, replying to letter from "A General Officer" criticising his activities as a journalist while a serving soldier.
(Untitled), 19 Dec 1900
Cuttings from North British Daily Mail, Daily News, and St James's Gazette, commenting on WSC's article "The British Officer", pub in the Pall Mall Magazine for Jan 1901.
(Untitled), 20 Dec 1900
Cutting from the Nottingham Daily Express commenting on WSC's article "The British Officer", pub in the Pall Mall Magazine for Jan 1901.
(Untitled), 26 Jul 1910 - 30 Jul 1910
Letter from John Heaton (Schifferstrasse, 82/86, Frankfurt [Germany]) to [?Edward Marsh] concerning a speech by WSC on prisons and prisoners. He offers to use his influence to ensure the publication of the speech; asks [Edward Marsh] to secure WSC's consent; and says that his own name would not appear in connection with the publication. Signed manuscript, annotated by [? Edward Marsh] (30 July).
(Untitled), 02 Aug 1910 - 08 Aug 1910
Letter from John Heaton (Schifferstrasse, 82/86, Frankfurt [Germany]) to WSC expressing pleasure that WSC has agreed to revise his speech on prisons and prisoners for publication. He explains that his objection to his name being associated with the publication is that he is not an authority on the issue. Signed manuscript, annotated by Sidney Harris that [WSC] is expecting a proof to correct (8 July).
(Untitled), 31 Oct 1910
Letter from Henry Massingham [editor of the Nation] (14 Henrietta Street, Covent Garden, London) to WSC asking him to write an article on prison reform for the Nation. He suggests several possible subjects including young offenders and solitary confinment, and says that the fee would be 20 guineas. Signed manuscript annotated by WSC.
(Untitled), 07 Jan 1912
Letter from Spenser Wilkinson (Oakley St. Chelsea, London) to WSC, on his articles on the Royal Navy for the Morning Post.
(Untitled), 09 Sep [1930]
Letter from Frances Horner (Port Lympne, [Kent]) to WSC praising ["My Early Life"] and mentioning Venetia Montagu [earlier Venetia Stanley] and Osbert Sitwell.
(Untitled), 15 Feb 1936
Letter from Desmond Chapman-Huston, Carlton Club, London to WSC, asking for permission to publish extract from Diary of Sir Sidney Low, for 13 Jan 1905, in which Low declined WSC's request to help him finish and revise Life of Lord Randolph Churchill.
(Untitled), 16 Jun 1933
Letter from Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [later 1st Lord Keyes] (39 Lowndes Street, [London]) to WSC enclosing proof chapters [from his naval memoirs] and asking WSC to review them and referring to the publication of the first volume of WSC's life of the 1st Duke of Marlborough.
(Untitled), 25 Oct 1925
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] denying that he sought to convert Beaverbrook to the gold Standard before the Budget, referring to his intention of finishing the third volume [of "the World Crisis"] when he is out of office, asking Beaverbrook to let him check any words of his he may quote, and agreeing that the economic situation is improving. Carbon typescript copy.
(Untitled), 10 Jan 1935
Letter from [Violet Pearman] Private Secretary to WSC, to David Woodford, [Press and Information Officer, India Defence League]; suggesting that one of WSC's articles on India for the Daily Mail be reused in the Bristol Evening World. [Carbon].
(Untitled), 21 Dec 1928
Letter from [WSC] to Lord Balfour [earlier Arthur Balfour] on: British naval policy with regard to that of the United States; the hard work involved in finishing the volume of "The World Crisis" on the peace conferences; Maurice Hankey's vindication of Balfour against the "calumnies" of Ray Stannard Baker; WSC's wish to print a passage from one of Balfour's Cabinet papers which states British policy towards Russia at the end of the war. Carbon typescript copy.