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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

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(Untitled), 02 Jun 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/18-19
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Memorandum by Rene Leon (40 Wall Street, New York [United States]) on "Silver and the Yen: Their Influence on the American Economy". [Covering letter CHAR 2/236/16].

Dates: 02 Jun 1934
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), Jun 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/22
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Memorandum by Robert Boothby (Chase, Henderson and Tennant, 56-60 New Broad Street, London) on politics and economics in the United States. Printed. [Covering letters CHAR 2/236/20 and CHAR 2/236/21].

Dates: Jun 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241B/140-142
Scope and Contents Letter from Harold Robinson, Chairman, India Defence League, Lancashire Group, (Royal London House, Deansgate, Manchester) to WSC, enclosing a cutting of his article from the Oldham Chronicle, "Lancashire Demands a Square Deal - Remove the Surcharges in Indian Tariff on Cotton Goods" and a pamphlet "Lancashire and India - The Manchester Chamber of Commerce's Policy on Indian Constitutional Reform - A Full Account of the Extraordinary General Meeting on 23 July 1934". Also commenting on a...
Dates: 30 Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 09 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/241B/172-173
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Letter from Harold Robinson, [Chairman, Lancashire Group, India Defence League], to WSC, enclosing a reprint of his article from the Oldham Chronicle, 30 March 1935, "Lancashire Demands a Square Deal - Remove the Surcharges in Indian Tariff on Cotton Goods"; reporting that the article had been issued to all Lancashire MPs.

Dates: 09 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240A/22-23
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Letter from Ian Colvin, (the Morning Post, Tudor Street, London), to WSC, giving the source of a quotation by Austen Chamberlain [former Secretary of State for India] about how foolish Lancashire would be to "boggle at a paltry four per cent India tariff against cotton imports", which was said in the House of Commons, 14 March 1917.

Dates: 28 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 29 Jan 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240A/24-25
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Letter from Ian Colvin, (the Morning Post, Tudor Street, London), to WSC, on the Times report of a deputation from Lancashire which met Austen Chamberlain, [former Secretary of State for India], 13 March 1917 on the subject of Indian duties on cotton.

Dates: 29 Jan 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 08 May 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/240B/114-118
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Letter from Katharine, Duchess of Atholl, (98 Elm Park Gardens, London SW10) to WSC, enclosing a memorandum written after the Burma debate in the House of Commons, on the continuation of high duties on British cotton goods in Burma [later Myanmar], in spite of the proposed separation from India.

Dates: 08 May 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Sep 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/171/98
Scope and Contents Telegram from WSC (Octagon [second Quebec conference]) to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Irwin] marked "Personal and Top Secret" suggesting that he should read the Chancellor of the Exchequer's [Sir John Anderson, later 1st Lord Waverley] letter to Lord Cherwell [earlier Frederick Lindemann] regarding the proposed Joint Committee on lend lease and stating that he should discuss this matter with Lord Cherwell and that a decision will be made following the result of this...
Dates: 18 Sep 1944
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), 25 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/46
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Letter from WSC to 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer, Minister of Economic Warfare] agreeing that the time has come to wind up the Ministry of Economic Warfare and commenting on the important part played by the Ministry in the great victory [carbon].

Dates: 25 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 29 May 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/194A/56-58
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Letter from WSC to Sir Arthur Salter [Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster] explaining his responsibilities regarding European reconstruction and listing the various committees on which he will serve [carbon].

Dates: 29 May 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/196/20
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Note by Guy Millard [Assistant Private Secretary to the Foreign secretary] commenting in detail on the background and circumstances of the visit to the United States by Robert Boothby [Conservative MP for Aberdeen and Kincardine], with particular reference to his undertakings not to criticize the economic policies of the American State Department or the Bretton Woods Agreement and his subsequent letters to the New York Times [typescript].

Dates: 04 Apr 1945
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), 31 Dec 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/116/1-14
Scope and Contents Statement of events surrounding the resignation of Lord Randolph Churchill [by Sir Henry Drummond Wolff]. Includes details of the occasions on which he met Lord Randolph, including the 22 December, when he is described as "very gay and cheery..no one would have said that any great event had occurred". He relates a conversation with Lord Randolph about W H Smith, [Secretary of State for War] about the army estimates; the acceptance of Lord Randolph's resignation by [Robert, 3rd] Lord...
Dates: 31 Dec 1886
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), 01 Sep 1903

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/117/7-8
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Copy of a letter from WSC (Dunrobin Castle, Sutherland [Scotland]) to [Alfred] Harmsworth [later Lord Northcliffe] marked private in which he predicts that the [Conservative] Government will be defeated by a landslide; discusses the treatment of the issue of taxation of manufactured goods [in the Daily Mail]; suggests that he should consider the Free Trade arguments and that a "great central Government neither Protectionist nor Pro-Boer" might be established.

Dates: 01 Sep 1903
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), 20 Aug 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/118/8-9
Scope and Contents Typescript transcript of a letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Secretary of State for India, to Grant Duff [Governor of Madras, India] including: his poor health; the uncertainties of party politics; his support for Duff's views on the "Botanical proposal" [the establishment of a botanical department in Madras]; the departure of [Arthur Collins], the Chief Justice of Madras; the difficulties of raising capital to finance the Indian Midland Railway; the success of negotiations with Russia...
Dates: 20 Aug 1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/119/3
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (2 Connaught Place [London]) to [Louis] Jennings in which he discusses measures likely to be implemented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer [George Goschen] including the taxation of foreign goods and expresses approval for an article by [4th Lord] Dunraven in the National Review.

Dates: 03 May 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Oct 1887

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/119/8
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Floors Castle [Kelso, Roxburghshire, Scotland]) to [Louis] Jennings in which he discusses his opposition to the taxation of foreign imports as it would alienate the county population and asks whether there has been any developments about [Robert, 3rd] Lord Salisbury's opposition to reconstruction.

Dates: 30 Oct 1887
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/33/2
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (4 Moorgate Street [London]) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses the collapse of the "whole financial system" and says that the Stock Exchange has closed. He advises her to be careful with her finances.

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
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), 20 Aug 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/1/49-50
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Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union Club, Fifth Avenue and 21st Street [New York, United States]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: the magnificent success of [Lord] Randolph [Churchill]; hopes that Randolph may be able to speak on the issue of Protection; and financial affairs.

Dates: 20 Aug 1886
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 10 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/303-318
Scope and Contents Series of minutes from [1st] Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC on: 1. an improvement in the maximum bomb load; 2. mustard gas bombs; 3. decisions to be taken about munitions and aircraft production, army size, supplying the Soviet Union, and possible theatres of operation, with WSC's reply (13 September); 4. attaching a draft to the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] and Secretary of State for...
Dates: 10 Sep 1941 - 26 Sep 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258C/319
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Washington Loan Agreement, 1944-11 - 1947-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/33
Scope and Contents Papers on the 1945 loan to Britain from the United States, including: rough notes by LSA; reports of the Federation of British Industries on the United Nations Monetary and Financial Conference, 1944-45; pamphlet by LSA on an economic policy for Britain and the Empire; statement by the Empire Industries Association on the agreement; texts and speech notes of speeches and articles by LSA; print of the agreement, annotated by LSA; material from the American Information Service, including...
Dates: 1944-11 - 1947-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Washington Loan Agreement: correspondence, 1945-08 - 1947-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/34
Scope and Contents Correspondents on the 1945 loan to Britain from the United States include: Sir William Larke; 2nd Lord Barnby [earlier Francis Willey]; Robert Boothby on subjects including differences between Britain and the United States over the agreement, the sterility of the Conservative leadership and concerns about the views of Oliver Lyttelton [later 1st Lord Chandos] (4); Thomas Balogh [Oxford University Institute of Statistics]; Charles Fay, Cambridge University Reader in Economic History; James...
Dates: 1945-08 - 1947-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Weekend World, 1983-01 - 1985-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/32
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Briefings, arrangements (including correspondence with Peter Mandelson, producer) and transcripts for NK’s interviews with Brian Walden for Weekend World. Subjects include: economic policy and Labour’s attitude to the City; NK’s visits to Europe, the Stockholm Conference on arms control [Sweden] and the situation in the Lebanon; foreign policy; renationalisation; pensions; defence; energy.

Dates: 1983-01 - 1985-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Weekend World, 1983-10 - 1984-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/33
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Briefings, arrangements and transcripts for NK’s interview with Brian Walden for Weekend World, Jan 1984. Subjects include: electoral strategy; economic policy; renationalisation; trade unions; defence; pensions. Includes a transcript of an earlier Weekend World interview with [William] John Biffen, Leader of the House of Commons, on Government cuts to public spending.

Dates: 1983-10 - 1984-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Working papers of CS's Cabinet: correspondence, 1973-06 - 1976-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/15
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Correspondence with: François-Xavier Ortoli, President of the EEC, on taxation of vegetable oils; 3rd Lord Cromer [earlier Lord Errington] on monetary union and American trade relations with Europe, including papers on EEC monetary development, New Zealand and sterling parity, notes of Ortoli's visit to the United States, Oct 1973 and copies of messages on talks between the EEC and the United States, Mar 1974; Sir Marcus Sieff on the European textile industry.

Dates: 1973-06 - 1976-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.