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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Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/5
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Date : - 1936-10 (creation)
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Description : - Comprising letters about her clandestine departure to join Vic Oliver in New York (2).
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/6
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Date : - 1940-1941 (creation)
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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).
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/9
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Date : - 1945-09 (creation)
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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).
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/16
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Date : - 1956-1957 (creation)
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Description : -
Comprising letters written from 28 Hyde Park Gate in London, including a poem for her parents, undated, 29 July 1956 (2); from a theatre in Sacramento and from 8722 Shoreham Drive in Los Angeles, about appearing in the play "The King and I", September 1956 (2); from the Hôtel de Paris in Monte Carlo and La Pausa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, about a holiday with her father Winston Churchill and about her financial situtation, February-May 1957 (6); and from Los Angeles, 18 December 1957 (1).
With a letter to her father Winston Churchill, about an exhibition of his paintings in the United States, 2 August 1957.
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/3
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Date : - 1931-1932 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Letters from Sarh Churchill to Clementine Churchill
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Reference Code : - SCHL 1/1/11
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Date : - 1947 (creation)
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Description : -
Comprising letters written from Rome, 10 March 1947 (1); from Flat 157A, 55 Park Lane, London, about an evening with her Italian friends at Chartwell, 26 August 1947 (1); and from the Hotel de la Mamounia in Marrakesh, Morocco, about her holiday with her father Winston Churchill, including their stay in Paris and their dinner with Thami El Glaoui, December 1947 (6).
With a photocopy of a note from Clementine Churchill about Sarah Churchill's letters from Marrakesh, 4 January 1948.
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Personal papers
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Reference Code : - SCHL 2/1/3
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Date : - 1936-1947 (creation)
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Description : -
Comprising an application for a United States immigration visa, 31 May 1940, with an attached copy of her birth certificate, 7 October 1914 (issued 3 April 1936), an expired United States immigrant identity card, 12 June 1937, and an expired re-entry permit, 28 September 1937; an United States immigrant identity card, 31 May 1940; memorabilia of the Tehran and Yalta Conferences, 1943 and 1945; a copy of Winston Churchill's outline programme for his meeting with General Eisenhower, 23-25 March 1944; a guest list for a weekend at Chequers, 27-30 April 1945; a decree absolute of Sarah Churchill's divorce from Vic Oliver, 25 October 1945; and an order of service for the memorial service of John Gilbert Winant at St Paul's Cathedral in London, 19 November 1947.
With a visitors' book for Eythrope in Buckinghamshire, February 1941-June 1943; and an appeal on behalf of the Polish Relief Fund, undated.
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Collection : - The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Soundscriber recording of a conversation about using the Soundscriber machine
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Reference Code : - CHWL 6/5/16 side 1
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Date : - 1947-08 (creation)
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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".
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Collection : - Chartwell Manuscripts
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
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Reference Code : - CHWL 6/5/9a side 1
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Date : - 1947-08 (creation)
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Description : - Subjects include Generals von Beck and von Halder and a German Army plot against Hitler.
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Collection : - Chartwell Manuscripts
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
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Reference Code : - CHWL 6/5/9a side 2
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Date : - 1947-08 (creation)
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Description : - Subjects include Hitler and the German generals. Includes the sound of a dog barking and WSC saying "That dog must be silent."
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Collection : - Chartwell Manuscripts
Soundscriber recording of a draft version of "The Second World War", Volume 1, "The Gathering Storm": chapter 7 "Air Parity Lost", pp 97, 99
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Reference Code : - CHWL 6/5/24a side 1
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Date : - 1947-08 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - Chartwell Manuscripts
Speech by WSC at the Jubilee Dinner of the Association of HM Inspectors of Taxes
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Reference Code : - WCHL 12/24/29
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Date : - 1952-05-23 (creation)