Photo shows WSC sitting on steps, with a cigar in his mouth, looking towards Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], a toddler, who is looking straight to the camera.

Photo of bricklaying at Chartwell. WSC stands holding a trowel with Sarah [Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp, Sarah Oliver and Sarah, Lady Audley] and Mary [Churchill, later Mary Soames] as children.

A series of lectures given in the Michaelmas Term, 1961.

The papers mainly consist of a numbered series of scrapbooks including invitations, press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and other ephemera relating to Julian Ridsdale's political career and personal life with his family.

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union League Club, Madison Avenue corner of 26th Street [New York, United States] to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his opinion that her "disposition to please those about [her]" should ensure her future success; his plans to visit her at school [near Paris]; and his disappointment in the opera at the academy where Offenbach is "all the rage". Envelope present.

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Villa Forgues, Paris [France] to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his decision that she should not travel to Paris during her holiday; compliments on her letters and opinion of the importance of letter-writing; the progress of her studies and encouragement to write to him more often.

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union Club, Fifth Avenue and 21st Street [New York, United States]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] enclosing a letter from [Manton] Marble [see CHAR 28/1/42 ]. He says that he will be ashamed to see Marble on his return to the United States as [Lord] Randolph [Churchill] had not seen him despite a letter of introduction written by [Leonard Jerome].

Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Victoria Hotel [Monte Carlo, Monaco]) to Jennie [Lady Randolph Churchill] instructing her to write on [Lord] Randolph [Churchill's] behalf to Travers thanking him for the Madeira wine and to "make what excuses you can think of for R's neglect".

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he suggests that she should persuade her mother [Clara Jerome] to let her write to him more often; that Albert Edward, Prince of Wales and Alexandra, Princess of Wales have spoken of how much they liked her; and that he is waiting for her father's [Leonard Jerome] response [concerning their proposed engagement].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is looking forward to seeing her in London. He describes his pain at her not being allowed to write to him; informs her that his parents [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Frances, Duchess of Marlborough] have consented to their engagement; and speculates on her father's [Leonard Jerome's] response.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his father's [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough's] displeasure over his letter [in which Randolph stated that he would refuse to wait for a year before marrying her]; the incessant friction [at Blenheim Palace] and the ill health of the pug. He asks her to write and describe her life in Paris [France].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including a report of an interview with his father [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough] in which his father had stipulated that they must provide proof of their feelings by waiting before marrying, and the news that his pet pug dog has died.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to "Jeannette" [Jennie Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including: his future journey to Paris [France] to see her; his joy at her father's [Leonard Jerome's] consent to their marriage; his duties as a magistrate at Woodstock [Oxfordshire]; Albert Edward, Prince of Wales' interest in them and Randolph's future visit to Paris.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] including his future visit to Paris [France], his anxiousness that her father [Leonard Jerome] should like him and his suspicion that she is jealous of Mrs [Bill] Carrington.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he expresses his pleasure at her mother's [Clara Jerome's] agreement to his visit to Paris [France] to meet [Leonard Jerome].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Blenheim Palace) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he discusses a visit by Lord Brooke to Blenheim, his future visit to Paris [France] and meeting with [Leonard Jerome].

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst [Kent]) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] apologising for "scolding her" but warning her that her good nature may be taken advantage of. He also comments on her father's [Leonard Jerome's] attitude towards their relationship.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Bayham Abbey, Lamberhurst [Kent]) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] reporting on a discussion with his father [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough] during which his father had agreed that they might marry at Easter, asking her to inform her parents [Leonard Jerome and Clara Jerome] accordingly and discussing his future visit to France to see her. He also speaks of his jealousy about her.

Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (1, Oriental Terrace, Brighton [East Sussex]) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] in which he says that he is annoyed by his parents [John, 7th Duke of Marlborough and Frances, Duchess of Marlborough], and asks whether it may be possible to meet [Leonard Jerome] in London.