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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 165 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 01 Nov 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/111/45
Scope and Contents

Letter from [Edward Marsh] to the Public Trustee urging the return of paintings by Sir John Lavery lent by German owners in 1914 for a retrospective exhibition of his work. Typescript copy.

Dates: 01 Nov 1920
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), 27 Oct 1920

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/111/46
Scope and Contents

Letter from Hortense von Guilleaume (Gudenau, Godesberg, Rhine, [Germany]) to Sir John Lavery giving family news and referring to the Public Trustee declining to release a portrait by Lavery that von Guilleaume lent for exhibition before the war.

Dates: 27 Oct 1920
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), 15 Jan 1945

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/386/11-12
Scope and Contents Letter from Clare Sheridan to WSC, expressing delight that he was to have his portrait painted by Oswald Birley, describing Birley as "one of our great contemporary portrait painters...a lovely person and a gallant man", who had carried on painting in spite of losing an eye while serving with the Home Guard, noting that he had done the best portrait of King George VI, but that he did not exhibit at the Royal Academy "they having treated him as they treat me" original ms, with typescript...
Dates: 15 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Mar 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/122/9
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Philip Burne-Jones (41 Egerton Terrace [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he apologises for not being able to come and see her as he is suffering from back pain. Illustrated with a self-portrait of him in bed and an illustration of a social occasion.

Dates: 31 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 12 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/122/11
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Philip Burne-Jones (41 Egerton Terrace [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill confirming arrangements to meet her. Illustrated with a drawing of a British officer holding up a German soldier with a bayonet and on the dorse an illustration of a mouse.

Dates: 12 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/122/12
Scope and Contents

Letter from Sir Philip Burne-Jones (41 Egerton Terrace [London]) to Lady Randolph Churchill informing her that he enjoyed lunch with her. Illustrated with a drawing of a maid serving food.

Dates: 14 Apr 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [1915]

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/122/18
Scope and Contents

Note from Sir Philip Burne-Jones to Lady Randolph [Churchill] illustrating a new fashion in "footwomens liveries" and asking whether it can be stopped. Illustrated.

Dates: [1915]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 06 Jul 1915

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/122/41-43
Scope and Contents

Letter from Jim Barnes (10 Embankment Gardens, Chelsea [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he apologises for not being able to have lunch with her, expresses his disappointment in the artistic work and sculptures of [Ivan] Mestrovic and recommends an exhibition by Marchand.

Dates: 06 Jul 1915
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Apr 1918

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/12
Scope and Contents

Letter from Jacob Epstein to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he expresses his frustration at being sent back to the war after his convalescence and asks her whether she or WSC could use their influence with [Lord] Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Information] to ensure that he could use his talents for propaganda purposes.

Dates: 02 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1918

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/14
Scope and Contents

Telegram from [Lord] Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken, Minister of Information] to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he says that he has failed to obtain the services of [Jacob] Epstein [in a position in which Epstein could use his talents for propaganda purposes] and says that he will discuss the matter with the War Office.

Dates: 05 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 05 Apr 1918

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/15
Scope and Contents

Telegram from [Jacob] Epstein (Crownhill, Devon) to Lady Randolph Churchill in which he says that he is in despair and asks her to do her best [to secure him a position in which he could use his talents for propaganda purposes].

Dates: 05 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1918

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/130/16-17
Scope and Contents

Letter from Jacob Epstein (42nd Royal Fusiliers. C Company Crownhill, Plymouth [Devon]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he says that he is to remain in England; that he hopes that she will continue to try and use her influence to save him from "rotting away in the ranks" and secure him a position in which he could use his talents [he had suggested a role associated with propaganda]; and that he fears that opposition to this originates within his own regiment.

Dates: 14 Apr 1918
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/137/7
Scope and Contents

Letter from John Sargent (33 Tite Street, Chelsea [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he says that he would be willing to contribute a sketch to her "souvenir" and asks her whether she would like him to draw her. Signed manuscript. See also CHAR 28/137/9.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 1900

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/137/9
Scope and Contents

Letter from John Sargent (33 Tite Street, Chelsea [London]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] discussing arrangements [to sketch her]. Signed manuscript. See also CHAR 28/137/7.

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Visits and meetings, 1987-03

Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/48
Scope and Contents

Includes: briefing for breakfast with Linbert Spencer, Chief Executive of Project Fullemploy and the PRISM group supporting social and economic development in the black community; briefing for and notes of a meeting with Arts for Labour on the new Arts and Media Ministry, including correspondence with Bill Owen, Chairman of Arts for Labour, on the Charter for the Arts (3).

Dates: 1987-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.