Arts
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'Literary and Artistic Friends', 1889-08-28 - 1936-11-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/31
Scope and Contents
Typescript copies of correspondence between AHP and various individuals, including Revd. Joseph Bacchus; Hilaire Belloc; Gertrude Bell; Algernon Cecil; G. K. Chesterton; the Editor of the Times Literary Supplement; Earl of Kerry; Ronald Knox; Stephen Leacock; Desmond MacCarthy; Ambrose McEvoy; Alfred Noyes; Sir Claude Phillips; Oscar Wilde; and copies of poetry by AHP. Compiled by Maud Pollen. With Anthony Pollen's editorial notes and annotations on the letters.
Dates:
1889-08-28 - 1936-11-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Literary: Articles by WSC for the Daily Mail., 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/317
Scope and Contents
Proofs and newspaper cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "I was conscious through it all" and "My New York [United States] misadventure" on WSC's accident in which he was hit by a motor car; "The Academy reveals Britain's brave gaiety" on the Royal Academy exhibition (including a draft of the article by Edward Marsh); "My happy days in the Bahamas "; "Words on the Irish Treaty" on the announcement by [Eamon] De Valera of the abolition of the Oath of Allegiance; "Lord Oxford [and...
Dates:
1932
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: Articles: Daily Mail., Feb 1934 - Sep 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/500
Scope and Contents
Annotated proofs and press cuttings of the following articles by WSC: "Clive of India" on the achievements of Robert Clive; "B-P" on 1st Lord Baden-Powell; "The Greatest Half-Hour in our History" on the Magna Carta; "This Year's Royal Academy is Exhilarating" on the 1934 exhibition; "Great Deeds that gave us the Empire" celebrating Empire Day; "How I would procure peace" on the futility of the current foreign policy and need to rearm; "August 4, 1914" on the beginning of the First World War...
Dates:
Feb 1934 - Sep 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: correspondence concerning "Painting as a Pastime"., Mar 1947 - Apr 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/40
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Brian Batsford, director of B T Batsford Limited; representatives of Odhams Press Limited particularly book department manager C L Shard and [William] Surrey Dane [Vice-Chairman and Managerial Consultant] (45); representatives of McGraw-Hill Publishing Company Limited (7); representatives of Fladgate and Company particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (20); John Benn, Chairman of Ernest Benn Limited (3); Count Michael de la Bedoyere, editor of the Catholic Herald,...
Dates:
Mar 1947 - Apr 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: correspondence on "Thoughts and Adventures"., Jan 1946 - Feb 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/36
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of Odhams Press Limited including [William] Surrey Dane [Vice-Chairman and Managerial Consultant] (7). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow] and Kathleen Hill.Subjects covered by the file include: Danish rights and the French and Swedish editions; requests for permission to reprint extracts from the book including passages on the bible and painting.Also includes: copy of Practical...
Dates:
Jan 1946 - Feb 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: correspondence with and about Sir Edward Marsh., Oct 1933 - Oct 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/2
Scope and Contents
Others correspondents include: Sir William Haley, [Editor] of the Times, on WSC writing a tribute on Marsh's death (2); 10th Lord Elgin and Kincardine [earlier Lord Bruce]; James Stewart-Murray [?9th Duke of Atholl]; David Garnett on his publishing a volume of T E Lawrence's [T E Shaw, "Lawrence of Arabia"] letters. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: Denis Kelly [literary assistant to WSC]; secretaries Grace Hamblin, Anthony Montague Browne, Lettice Marston [later Lettice...
Dates:
Oct 1933 - Oct 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: various articles by WSC., c 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/641
Scope and Contents
Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings for: an interview with WSC for the New Statesman and Nation, in which he defends western democracies against totalitarianism, discusses the possible effect of war on the democratic system and civil liberties, and his views on the inadequacies of ARP, conscription, and how to prevent war; the introduction to a catalogue of the artist Paul Maze, in which WSC recalls Maze during World War I (with a copy of a catalogue for a French exhibition...
Dates:
c 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: various correspondence., 01 Jan 1937 - 01 Apr 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/546
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Walter Layton, Editor of the Economist; Richard von Kuhlmann (2); G Payot on publishing WSC's work in France (7); Oliver Locker-Lampson on using WSC's articles (2); H A Gwynne [Editor of the Morning Post]; Arthur Christiansen, Editor of the Daily Express; representatives of George Allen and Unwin Limited, on publishing one of WSC's broadcasts (4); Nancy Pearn, Director of Pearn, Pollinger and Higham Limited, literary agents, commissioning an article (5); Adam...
Dates:
01 Jan 1937 - 01 Apr 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Fonds
Montague Rhodes James: Sermons, Lectures and Addresses
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7484-7485
Dates:
1887-1935 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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'Odd letters to AHP from friends', 1897 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PLLN 5/1/22
Scope and Contents
Fourth part of a bundle of unsorted letters to AHP from his friends and acquaintances, mostly letters of congratulation on the wedding of AHP and Maud Lawrence. Subjects and people include: Henry William Massingham, Daily Chronicle; Edward Pereira; Justin Huntly McCarthy; Charles Tindal Gatty, on collecting, and sending apologies for missing AHP's wedding on account of his 'depleted financial condition'; Anthony Hope Hawkins (2); Percy Wyndham; Lord Kerry [Henry Petty-Fitzmaurice, 6th...
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the correspondence between Anthony Pollen and Jon Sumida, which remains closed until 2029, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Official: Cabinet: papers 140 - 154., 28 Jan 1926 - 17 Apr 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/92
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer, on the Imperial War Graves Endowment Fund Bill, and the coal subsidy and German competition; the report by the Committee of Civil Research on the establishment of a national fuel and power committee; a Foreign Office memorandum on the new Anglo-Turkish-Iraq Treaty; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the law covering shop closing hours; 1st Lord Peel,...
Dates:
28 Jan 1926 - 17 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 201 - 209., 28 Jan 1925 - 01 May 1925
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/34
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: 1st Lord Peel, 1st Commissioner of Works, on the demolition of Waterloo Bridge [London]; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the Lead Paint (Protection Against Poisoning) Bill; a draft of the Lead Paint Bill; William Ormsby-Gore [later 4th Lord Harlech], Under-Secretary of State for the Colonies, on the bequest by Sir Hugh Lane [late Director of the National Gallery, Ireland] of his...
Dates:
28 Jan 1925 - 01 May 1925
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 201 - 234., 28 Jan 1926 - 10 Jun 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/95
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Maurice Hankey, Secretary to the Cabinet; notes on the oil negotiations between Britain, Turkey and Iraq; proposals for the settlement of the miners' strike; Sir Laming Worthington- Evans, Secretary of State for War, on amendments to the Official Secrets Act; 1st Lord Cave, the Lord Chancellor, on trade union legislation; Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on subjects including the phasing out of...
Dates:
28 Jan 1926 - 10 Jun 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Cabinet: papers 235 - 259., 13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/96
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Arthur Steel-Maitland, Minister of Labour, on an enquiry into industrial relations in the United States; Sir William Joynson-Hicks [later 1st Lord Brentford], Home Secretary, on the influx of Soviet money and State companies into London; the report of the Legislation Committee on laws concerning trade unions, and trade unionism in the Civil Service; Sir Warren Fisher, Permanent Secretary to the Treasury, on trade...
Dates:
13 Jul 1924 - 07 Jul 1926
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business and Financial: Exhibition of Paintings, Australia and New Zealand, 1958., 01 Nov 1957 - 05 Feb 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/126
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on arrangements for the exhibition include: Sir Eric Harrison, High Commissioner for Australia; Robert Menzies, Prime Minister of Australia (3); A Kenney [Assistant Secretary, Australia House] (12); Walter Nash, Prime Minister of New Zealand (3); and Sir George Laking, Acting High Commissioner for New Zealand.Also includes newspaper cuttings about the exhibitions in both countries; catalogues of the paintings exhibited; and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague...
Dates:
01 Nov 1957 - 05 Feb 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business and Financial: Exhibition of paintings, Canada, 1958., Sep 1957 - Aug 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/125
Scope and Contents
Correspondents about the exhibition include: representatives of the Montreal Star newspaper; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Maxwell Aitken] on subjects including the record attendances of the exhibition; Joyce Hall of Hallmark cards (3); and Lionel Curran (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC]; a draft introduction to the catalogue by John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of Canada; lists of the paintings in the exhibition;...
Dates:
Sep 1957 - Aug 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business and Financial: Exhibition of paintings in the United States., 24 Jun 1957 - 10 Oct 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/122
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States, proposing an exhibition of WSC's paintings; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]; James Rorimer, Director of the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art (3); Harry Truman, on his visit to the exhibition (2); Joyce Hall (of Hallmark cards); John Peck [Former Private Secretary to WSC, Director-General of British Information Services]; and various visitors to the exhibition on their impressions. Also includes copies of...
Dates:
24 Jun 1957 - 10 Oct 1958
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Personal: Business and Financial: Exhibition of Paintings, United States: Hallmark and Wildenstein and Company., 24 Jun 1957 - 23 Aug 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/124
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on arrangements for the exhibition include: Dwight Eisenhower, on the importance of the exhibition to Anglo-American relations; Joyce Hall, of Hallmark cards (33); Sarah [Beauchamp, earlier Sarah Churchill and Sarah Oliver, later Sarah, Lady Audley]; Brian MacCabe, Chairman and Managing Director of Foote, Cone and Belding Limited, on advertising (5); and A Rawlinson of Wildenstein and Company on transport.Also includes: a copy letter from John Diefenbaker, Prime Minister of...
Dates:
24 Jun 1957 - 23 Aug 1958
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Personal: Business and Financial: Reproductions of paintings and miscellaneous, A to K., May 1956 - Apr 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/129
Scope and Contents
Includes letters asking to reproduce images of WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: Joseph Thorndike of American Heritage Publishing Company (6); L Jordi of Argus South African Newspapers Limited (4); Lady Audrey Hylton-Foster, President of the British Red Cross (2); H Raban, Director of Frost and Reed Limited (3); Joyce Hall of Hallmark Cards; Anthony Gibbs of Anthony Gibbs and Phillips Limited (3); Herbert Marchant, British Consul General in San Francisco [United...
Dates:
May 1956 - Apr 1965
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Personal: Business and Financial: Reproductions of paintings and miscellaneous, L to Z., May 1956 - Apr 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/130
Scope and Contents
Includes letters asking to reproduce images of WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: the Listener; National Geographic Society; Reverend Michael Randolph, editor of the Reader's Digest; Edward Halliday, President of the Royal Society of British Artists; Harry Taylforth of the Skipton [Yorkshire] Building Society (4); Mrs R Hayward, Director of the Soho Gallery; the Sunday Times; and Sir John Rothenstein, Director of the Tate Gallery. Also includes 8 letters from...
Dates:
May 1956 - Apr 1965
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Personal: Business and Financial: Requests for loans and exhibitions, A to H., Jul 1956 - May 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/127
Scope and Contents
Includes letters asking to borrow or exhibit WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: Jose Antonio Quadros, Ambassador to Britain for Uraguay; George Littlejohn Cook, British Charge d'Affairs in Berne [Switzerland]; Edith, Lady Binns; the University of Bristol; Calgary Power; David Cole, Private Secretary to Lord Home [earlier Alexander Douglas-Home] Secretary of State for Commonwealth Relations; Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor]; Sir Francis Fogarty; David [1st Lord...
Dates:
Jul 1956 - May 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business and Financial: Requests for loans and exhibitions, I to Z., Jul 1956 - May 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/128
Scope and Contents
Includes letters asking to borrow or exhibit WSC's paintings from organisations and individuals including: [Evelyn] Basil Boothby, Counsellor at the British Embassy in Brussels [Belgium]; Nishinippon Shimburi [a Japanese newspaper]; the University of Nottingham; Sir Peter Scarlett, British Ambassador to Norway; William MacTaggart, President of the Royal Scottish Academy; Edward Halliday, President of the Royal Society of British Artists; Sir Roderick Barclay, British Ambassador to Denmark;...
Dates:
Jul 1956 - May 1965
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Personal: Business and Financial: Royal Academy annual exhibition., 06 May 1955 - 01 May 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/120
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with representatives of various newspapers and journals about the publication of images of paintings by WSC (exhibited at the Royal Academy) and donations to the South African War Veterans Association. Publications include: The Sphere, "London Calling", the Illustrated London News, the Daily Express, the Daily Sketch, the New York Times, Women's Journal, the Daily Mirror, County Life. Also includes; correspondence from Humphrey Brooke, Secretary of the Royal Academy;...
Dates:
06 May 1955 - 01 May 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business and Financial: Royal Academy special exhibition., 16 Nov 1957 - 14 Mar 1959
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/121
Scope and Contents
Correspondents about an exhibition of WSC's paintings at the Royal Academy include: J Patrickson on framing (4); Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston, former secretary to WSC]; Sir Charles Wheeler, President of the Royal Academy (16); Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken]; "Geordie" George, 5th Duke of Sutherland; Humphrey Brooke, Secretary of the Royal Academy on subjects including the unsuitability of an introduction to the catalogue by Augustus John (16); and Anthony Moir [WSC's...
Dates:
16 Nov 1957 - 14 Mar 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
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Personal: Business: correspondence with Associated American Artists, Hallmark Cards, Soho Gallery Limited on reproducing WSC's paintings as Christmas cards and postcards., 1947 - 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/26A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: representatives of the Soho Publishing Company (Soho Gallery) (21); representatives of Fladgate and Company, particularly Anthony Moir [WSC's solicitor] (101); representatives of Associated American Artists (3); [William] Surrey Dane of Odhams Press Limited (2); representatives of Hall Brothers Incorporated (Hallmark Cards), including its President, Joyce Hall (some in a private capacity) (33); representatives of Foote, Cone and Belding Limited, public relations (12);...
Dates:
1947 - 1960
Conditions Governing Access:
Open