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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 15 Sep 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/32
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Letter from Charles Montag (72 Rue de Paris, Meudon, Seine et Oise, France) to WSC, arranging a date for himself and Paul Jameau to meet WSC, in order to discuss the exhibitions of works by Paul Cezanne and Camille Corot, for which WSC, CSC and the national museums of France will be acting as patrons.

Dates: 15 Sep 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Aug 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/73
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Letter from Charles Montag (72 Rue de Paris, Meudon, Seine et Oise, [France]) to WSC, saying how pleasant his stay with him was, and how pleased he will be to come back. He needs to discuss the Paul Cezanne exhibition with WSC, and has already arranged to open the exhibition in London, then take it to Paris. Manuscript.

Dates: 02 Aug 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/163/11
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Letter from Nigel de Grey, director and manager of the Medici Society (7 Grafton Street, London) to WSC enclosing CHAR 2/163/12 and 14 and asking him to give his "frank opinion" of the work of the Society to be used in promotional work.

Dates: 22 Apr 1929
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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(Untitled), 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/163/12
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Account of the work of the Medici Society between 1908 and 1929. Sent with CHAR 2/163/11.

Dates: 1929
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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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/163/13
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Letter from WSC to Nigel de Grey (Medici Society) thanking him for prints of the old masters and praising their quality. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 24 Apr 1929
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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(Untitled), 24 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/163/14
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Catalogue of the Medici Society. Sent with CHAR 2/163/11.

Dates: 24 Apr 1929
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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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/21B/179
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Letter from WSC to Lucien Pissarro thanking him for the gift of his father's picture "Anse des Pilotes, Le Havre", which will be donated to the National Gallery [London].

Dates: 30 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/26/77-78
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Letter from Sir Kenneth Clark [Director of the National Gallery] to Anthony Lousada [Ministry of Economic Warfare] explaining that the paintings being exported from Germany to the United States are worth 2.5 million pounds and the only way of frustrating the deal is to ask the dealers, Knoedlers to drop the sale. [Copy] [See also CHAR 20/26/83 ].

Dates: 24 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 23 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/26/79-80
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Telegram from Benjamin Guinness to Francis Howard suggesting that pictures [sold by Germany] should be pronounced contraband to discourage buyers and possibly attainted after the sale.

Dates: 23 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/26/81
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Letter from Francis Howard to WSC complaining that the lay-dominated Board of the Tate Gallery is losing pictures to overseas competitors through delaying too long.

Dates: 02 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 15 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/26/83
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Letter from Kenneth Clark [Director of the National Gallery] to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] about control of contraband pictures; refers him to a letter from Clarke to the Ministry of Economic Warfare [see CHAR 20/26/77 - 78 ] and advises that he does not take Benjamin Guinness's letter too seriously.

Dates: 15 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 May 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/26/86
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Letter from Hugh Gaitskell [Principal Private Secretary to the Minister of Economic Warfare] to Anthony Bevir [Private Secretary to WSC] thanking him for his letter but disparaging Francis Howard's suggestion that they use German marks to buy the pictures, as the Germans are selling works of art purely to get foreign currency.

Dates: 24 May 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/29-30
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Lee of Fareham [Deputy Chairman, Royal Fine Arts Commission] accepting the resignation of the Commission members.

Dates: 22 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/31
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Letter from WSC to 28th Lord Crawford and 11th Lord Balcarres on his appointment as Chairman of the Royal Fine Arts Commission.

Dates: 22 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/111
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Letter from WSC to Christopher Nevinson thanking him for the gift of his painting "Battlefields of Britain" which will hang in the Air Ministry.

Dates: 03 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/119
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Letter from WSC to Sir Edwin Lutyens [President of the Royal Academy] thanking him for the bust of WSC by Sir William Reid Dick presented in the name of the Royal Academy.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/124
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Letter from WSC to Christopher Nevinson thanking him for his letter and on his status as a part of England.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Oct 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54B/125
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Letter from WSC to 2nd Lord Melchett [earlier Sir Henry Mond] thanking him for his generosity over the painting of the Battle of Blenheim by Jan van Huchtenburgh.

Dates: 07 Oct 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 19 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/53C/240
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Letter from WSC to Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] proposing to renew his Trusteeship of the National Gallery.

Dates: 19 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/8-9
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Lee of Fareham [Deputy Chairman, Royal Fine Art Commission] thanking him for his help with the Commission, where 28th Lord Crawford [and 11th Lord Balcarres] will take over as Chairman.

Dates: 08 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54A/10
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Letter from WSC to 28th Lord Crawford and 11th Lord Balcarres inviting him to be Chairman of the Royal Fine Art Commission.

Dates: 08 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/205
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Letter from WSC to Norman Holden on commissioning an artist, possibly Nicholson [? Ben Nicholson], to reproduce Field Marshal Jan Smuts [Prime Minister of South Africa] addressing Parliament.

Dates: 08 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/241-242
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Lee of Fareham asking him to join the new Royal Fine Art Commission with 28th Lord Crawford [and 11th Lord Balcarres] as Chairman, and William Holford, Hubert Worthington and John Maynard Keynes.

Dates: 25 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/243-244
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Letter from WSC to William Curtis Green accepting his resignation from the Royal Fine Art Commission.

Dates: 25 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/54C/246-248
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Letters from WSC to Sir [William] Reid Dick and Gerald Kelly accepting their resignation from the Royal Fine Art Commission.

Dates: 25 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open