Winston Churchill and family

Churchill Archive Centre looks after archives of Winston Churchill, his wife Clementine Churchill, their children (Randolph Churchill, Mary Soames and Sarah Churchill), and other extended family members including the 7th Duke of Marlborough. We also hold family photograph albums and press cuttings books, and other collections relating to Winston Churchill such as the Churchill Additional Collection. Highlights here include letters between Sarah Churchill and Clementine Churchill, letters from Clementine Churchill to Winston Churchill, audio recordings of Winston Churchill dictating his book ‘The Second World War’, and Clementine Churchill’s photograph albums.

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Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (ascending) Year (descending) Reference Code (A-Z) Reference Code (Z-A)
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Miniature of Soundscriber recording of a conversation about using the Soundscriber machine
Soundscriber recording of a conversation about using the Soundscriber machine
Reference Code:
CHWL 6/5/16 side 1
Date:
1947-08 (creation)
Description:
Conversation between WSC and others including Mary Soames [earlier Mary Churchill] and "Tommy" [? Commander Charles Thompson, former Personal Assistant to WSC], including the phrase "it’s a great lesson against megalomania".
Collection:
Chartwell Manuscripts
Miniature of Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost", pp 97, 99
Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost", pp 97, 99
Reference Code:
CHWL 6/5/24a side 1
Date:
1947-08 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include reaction to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin’s admission of the loss of air parity with Germany, including the poem "Death and his brother sleep". Note that there is no side 2.
Collection:
Chartwell Manuscripts
Miniature of Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich", c pp 243-50
Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich", c pp 243-50
Reference Code:
CHWL 6/5/9a side 1
Date:
1947-08 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include Generals von Beck and von Halder and a German Army plot against Hitler.
Collection:
Chartwell Manuscripts
Miniature of Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich", pp 250-51
Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 17 "The Tragedy of Munich", pp 250-51
Reference Code:
CHWL 6/5/9a side 2
Date:
1947-08 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include Hitler and the German generals. Includes the sound of a dog barking and WSC saying "That dog must be silent."
Collection:
Chartwell Manuscripts
Miniature of Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston
Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston
Reference Code:
CSCT 1/7
Date:
1913 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include: a speech by David Lloyd-George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on land reform, Oct 1913, the reaction of Churchill's cousin Sunny [9th Duke of Marlborough] and a naval proposal by Churchill; Jack Mitford's engagement to a German heiress; Clementine's appeal to Churchill not to fly any more; hunting; her love for him.
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston
Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston
Reference Code:
CSCT 1/8
Date:
1914 (creation)
Description:
Subjects include: Clementine's health and her pregnancy [with Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Oliver, Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley]; her appeals to Churchill not to fly; a swarm of bees in the house (Pear Tree Cottage [Overstrand, Norfolk]); King George V's speech on the State Opening of Parliament, July 1914 and a mention of civil war; the break down of the Home Rule conference and Clementine's fears that the Ulster rebels would force an election; the trial of Henriette Caillaux; the build-up to the First World War; the effect of the outbreak of war on the tourist season in Norfolk; the British Expeditionary Force; the capture of some suspected German spies; the arrival of Clementine's mother, Lady Blanche Hozier, from France, and the departure of her sister Nellie Hozier [later Nellie Romilly], to work as a nurse in Belgium; press coverage of the wreck of the German cruiser Emden; concerns about Jack Churchill [John S Churchill] going into action; staying with her mother in Dieppe (May-June 1914); the replacement of Admiral Sir George Callaghan by Admiral Sir John Jellicoe [as Commander-in-Chief Home Fleet]; Clementine's concern at Churchill's plan to visit Field Marshal SIr John French [Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Forces in France, later 1st Lord Ypres] without warning the Prime Minister.
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards
Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/1
Date:
1884-1939 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards
Album of photographs and other mementoes from CSC's childhood onwards
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/2
Date:
1890-1945 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/3
Date:
1908-1950 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/4
Date:
1940-1942 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/5
Date:
1942-1945 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/6
Date:
1944-1948 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/7
Date:
1951-1952 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/8
Date:
1952-1962 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Album of photographs and other mementoes
Album of photographs and other mementoes
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/9
Date:
1940-1977 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Folder of photographs removed from Rosaura album (CSCT 5/10)
Folder of photographs removed from Rosaura album (CSCT 5/10)
Reference Code:
CSCT 5/10 A
Date:
1934-1935 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/1
Date:
1921-1926 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from the family homes at 2 Sussex Square and 11 Downing Street, in London, and Chartwell, in Kent; and during holidays at Broadstairs and Westgate-on-Sea, in Kent.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/2
Date:
1926-1931 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from her school North Foreland Lodge at Broadstairs, in Kent; and from Chartwell.
With a letter to 'Nana' [Maryott Whyte], undated.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/3
Date:
1931-1932 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from the Ozanne sisters' finishing school at 4 Avenue Octave Gréard, in Paris, 4 October 1931-4 June 1932.
Including descriptions of French literature lessons with Pierre Clarac, 23 October 1931-4 June 1932, and a music lesson, 6 December 1931, and a concert given by Marcel Ciampi, 7 March 1932.
Also including a description of Christmas at Chartwell, 26 December 1931.
With a letter from Clementine Churchill to Marie Ozanne, about Sarah Churchill's plans to marry Vic Oliver, 28 November 1936, and a letter from Sarah Churchill to Marie Ozanne, about her life in the United States including her travels to Chicago, San Francisco and Beverly Hills, 29 August 1937.
Also with a later note to her sister, Mary Churchill, about the letters from Paris, undated.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/4
Date:
1935 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from Chevithorne Barton, in Devon, about Christmas at Blenheim Palace and weekends at Watlington Park, Panshanger and Chevithorne Barton, 1 January 1935 (1); and from Liverpool and Chartwell, about Randolph Churchill's campaign during the Wavertree By-election, 22 January 1935-[March 1935] (3).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/5
Date:
1936-10 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters about her clandestine departure to join Vic Oliver in New York (2).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/6
Date:
1940-1941 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from 66 Westminster Gardens, in London, about whether she and Vic Oliver would return to the United States, 30 June 1940 (1); from Morecambe, in Lancashire, about her training in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF), October-November 1941 (3); and from Nuneham Park, in Oxfordshire, about her training in photographic interpretation, undated [1941] (1).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/7
Date:
1943-1944 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written during the Cairo and Tehran Conferences, and from Malta during the journey out, November-December 1943 (5); and from RAF Medmenham, about her work in the Photographic Interpretation Unit and the end of her marriage to Vic Oliver, 1944 (6).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/8
Date:
1945-01-1945-07, January-July 1945 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written during the Yalta Conference, and from Malta during the journey out and Cairo during the journey home, January-February 1945 (10), with copies; and from Chequers, about a weekend with her father Winston Churchill and other guests, 7 April 1945 (1).
With a letter to her father Winston Churchill, about the General Election defeat, 27 July 1945.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/9
Date:
1945-09 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from Villa delle Rose at Moltrasio on the shores of Lake Como, in Italy, about her holiday with her father Winston Churchill, September 1945 (3).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill