Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Frederick Beaumont-Nesbitt [Military Attache, Paris, France] on WSC's visit to see French military manoeuvres at Aix-en-Provence and the Maginot Line (2); "George L" [1st Lord Lloyd of Dolobran]; Alan Herbert, introducing Major-General Sir Percy Hobart [Inspector, Royal Tank Corps, and Commander, Tank Brigade] (2); Desmond Morton on subjects including meeting the representative of the Spanish Nationalists, the Marques del Moral, Communist atrocities in Spain, the...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: A H Richards, [Secretary, Focus in Defence of Freedom and Peace] on meetings of the Focus (earlier the Freedom and Peace Union, and Peace with Freedom Movement), extending the focus group to the United States, avoiding the appearance of British propaganda and solely Jewish backing, extending into France, an invitation for WSC to address the movement in the United States, avoiding rivalry with other related organizations, inviting various individuals, including WSC, to...

Scope and Contents Correspondence on the Focus in Defence of Freedom and Peace, mainly between WSC and A H Richards [Secretary of the Focus] on subjects including: the visit of [? Ivan Subasic], Ban of Croatia [Yugoslavia]; the pacifism movement among the churches; meetings of the Focus, where WSC gave speeches, including mass meetings at Manchester (9 May), Bristol [16 May], Sheffield [Yorkshire, 31 May], Birmingham (2 June) and Chingford [Essex, 11 December]; a joint campaign with the League of Nations...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Sir Austen Chamberlain on subjects including views on colonial policy expressed in a League of Nations Union pamphlet, WSC's defence deputations to the Prime Minister [Stanley Baldwin] and refusing to sign the union's declaration of its aims (2); 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood [earlier Lord Robert Cecil], President, League of Nations Union and Joint-President, International Peace Campaign, on subjects including his vote for rearmament in the House of Lords, the difficulty...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Duncan Sandys (2), Sir Geoffrey Fry [Private Secretary to Prime Minister Stanley Baldwin] (5), J Norris (a "working-man Conservative") (5), and Marjorie Maxse, Chief Organising Officer, Conservative and Unionist Party, on subjects including a dispute between Sandys and Norris over payment for his services and meetings organised by Norris; Sir Terence O'Connor congratulating WSC on his speech of 11 April 1940 and his leadership (3); Una, Lady O'Dwyer on the death of...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Vyvyan Adams (4); Reginald Maudling; 1st Lord Woolton [earlier Frederick Marquis, Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Central Office] (3); Ralph Assheton [later 1st Lord Clitheroe] (3); James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, Vice-Chairman of Conservative and Unionist Party] (7); Garry Allighan; Leo Amery (6); John Andrews; Michael Astor; Henry Hopkinson [later 1st Lord Colyton, Head of Conservative Parliamentary Secretariat and Joint Director, Conservative Research...

Scope and Contents Correspondents on the Spanish Civil War include: the Marques del Moral [representative of the Nationalists] on the illegality of the Spanish Government; Pablo, Marques de Merry del Val [former Spanish Ambassador to Britain] on subjects including the Communist dictatorship in the Government, WSC's article ["Spain's Road to Peace"], Communist propaganda, and the mercy shown by General Franco to his opponents (4); Robert Graves on WSC's misinformation about Communist influence and interference...

Scope and Contents Papers and memoranda on various subjects, including: timetable of the Munich Crisis by Randolph Churchill; a note on the Anglo-Italian Agreement on Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]; printed extracts of speeches by Neville Chamberlain on British relations with Italy, 1935 - 9; pamphlet published by the Abyssinia Association, "Italy's Failure in Abyssinia"; extract from a speech by WSC on relations with Italy (5 November 1936, House of Commons); pamphlet by Arnold Wienholt, former member of the...

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Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

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Drafts and cuttings of articles by JA, with letters from JA's friends and other papers.

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Newspapers, magazines, posters, flyers, pamphlets and photographs, particularly on the welfare movement, Auxilio Social.

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Includes: photographs of JA's friend [?] Jeanne de Araoz; visiting cards; safe conducts; press cuttings; Nationalist and Communist pamphlets.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation...

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Includes two pencil sketches by [?] Clementi Camini.

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation...

Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary, writing to Leo Amery on the difficulty in making JA an attache in Spain; Sir Robert Hodgson [British Agent in Nationalist Spain]; Robert Menzies, Australian Attorney-General, writing to Leo Amery on JA's articles; 17th Duke of Alba, Spanish Ambassador to Britain (3); Alfonso de Merry de Val (2); George Edinger (3); Leo Amery on subjects including whether JA should go to Spain; Guy Burgess, BBC Talks...

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Includes: letters from JA to Florence Amery and Leo Amery; JA's British Union of Fascists membership card; notes on the Charter of Labour; correspondence on repairs to JA's car; papers on the welfare movement, Auxilio Social.

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Nationalist Ministry of the Interior photographs, including: warships; charts showing industrial and agricultural output and export figures; bomb damage and casualties; photographs of women and children in the welfare movement, Auxilio Social; various senior officers; troops on parade; General Francisco Franco with his family; concentration camps and prisoners at work; images of propaganda posters; the use of prohibited weaponry.

Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly JA's letters to his parents on his visit to Spain during the Spanish Civil War, his disillusionment with domestic politics, the publication of his articles from Nationalist Spain, and also being in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia] in 1939. Other correspondents, mainly commenting on the articles, include: Robert Menzies; 1st Lord Camrose, Editor-in-Chief of the Daily Telegraph [earlier William...

Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: Includes: papers from JA's work as a war correspondent for the Daily Express, Daily Telegraph and News Chronicle in the Spanish Civil War; correspondence, memoranda, diaries and telegrams from JA's work for the Special Operations Executive (SOE) in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], the Middle East, Albania and China; later papers on Yugoslavia and the Balkans, including notes from JA's part in a post-war operation...

Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (1 June) on the finance bill, taxation, and objecting to the method of raising the proposed National Defence Contribution. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5857-67.Notes for WSC's speech (15 July) supporting the government and objecting to the opposition motion of censure on non-intervention in Spain. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5870-4.Notes for WSC's speech (19 July) expressing his concern about the mounting of heavy howitzer cannons near Gibraltar,...

Scope and Contents Rough notes for WSC's speech (27 January) on air defence, comparing British and German air strength. Source material includes copy of Hansard for 12 November 1936 containing WSC's speech ["The locust years"]. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5825-7.Notes for WSC's speech (4 March) on the defence loan bill, praising its long term nature, but expressing concern over Britain's defences in the immediate future. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5830-5.Notes for WSC's speech (11 March)...

Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (18 February, [Grosvenor House, London] British Iron and Steel Federation Annual Dinner) on the state of the iron and steel industry and defence spending. Part published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5827-8.Notes for WSC's speech (22 February, [Porchester Hall] Paddington [London]) supporting the Municipal Reform Party in the London County Council election, criticising local Labour policy and Herbert Morrison [Leader of the LCC]. Source material includes election notes,...