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 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 1/1/7
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 1/1/1
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 1/1/12
Date:
1948-1949 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from Champneys at Tring, in Hertfordshire, about a holiday with her sister Diana, 21 February 1948 (1); from Flat 157A, 55 Park Lane, London, about her theatrical career, 9 April 1948 (1); from the Langmoor Hotel at Lyme Regis, in Dorset, and in the train to Brighton, about making the film "All Over the Town", 22 June and 11 October 1948 (2); from the home of Justus Lawrence at 445 Park Avenue, New York, about touring New England in a summer stock theatre production, 29 August 1949 (1); from Sea Island, Georgia, about her marriage to Anthony Beauchamp, October 1949 (2); and letters from hotels in New York and Detroit, about her Theatre Guild tour in "The Philadelphia Story", November-December 1949 (2).
With a letter to her father Winston Churchill, 20 November 1949.
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 1/1/14
Date:
1951-1952 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from 113 East 61st Street in New York, about her tour in the play "Gramercy Ghost", Anthony Beauchamp's career as a photographer, and visits to London, February-August 1951 (8); from Yellow Stone Farm near Templecombe, in Somerset, about her birthday celebration with her parents, [October 1951] (1); from a hotel in New York, 28 November 1951 (1); and from 910 Fifth Avenue in New York, about her appearances in the Hallmark "Hall of Fame" television series, dramatised readings, and a planned holiday in Europe, February-June 1952 (4).
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 1/1/15
Date:
1953-1955 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from 40 Central Park South in New York, 15 February 1953 (1); from 8714 St Ives Drive in Los Angeles, about filming the Hallmark "Hall of Fame" television series, October 1953-February 1954 (3); from the Hôtel Ritz in Paris, about a stay at Chequers with her father Winston Churchill and Oscar Nemon, 1 May 1954 (1); from 186 Ebury Street and 86 Vincent Square in London, about Anthony Beauchamp's film career and Churchill family news, June-December 1954 and undated (5); from the Hotel St Moritz in New York, about the end of her marriage to Anthony Beauchamp, February-March 1955 (2); from the Hollywood Knickerbocker Hotel in Los Angeles, about her acting career, Winston Churchill's resignation as Prime Minister, and viewing an atomic bomb test in Nevada, May 1955 (2); from hotels and theatres in Matunuck in Rhode Island, Cazenovia in New York, Marblehead in Massachusetts, and Hinsdale in Illinois, about her tour in the play "No Time for Comedy", June-September 1955 (6); from 28 Hyde Park Gate in London, 9 November 1955 (1); and from the Hotel St Moritz in New York, 21 December 1955 (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 1/1/5
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 1/1/9
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
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/16
Date:
1956-1957 (creation)
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.
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 Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/4
Date:
1946-09-1946-10 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from London, September 1946; and from Rome, during the filming of "Daniele Cortis", about the director Mario Soldati, her English friends Peter and Valerie Moore, Mary Churchill's visit and her engagement to Christopher Soames, and John Gilbert Winant, September-October 1946.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/7
Date:
1947-04-1947-07 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from London, April-May and July 1947; and en route to Rome, describing a lunch with her father Winston Churchill before she left London, 23 June 1947.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/11
Date:
1952-01-1961-04 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and a postcard written from the United States, January-April 1952, November 1952, and February 1953, including a letter from the White House, 16 January 1952; from London, July 1952, August 1953, and April 1961; and from Capri in Italy, July 1952.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/1
Date:
1945-04-1945-12 (creation)
Description:
Including a letter written from Lake Como in Italy, during a holiday with her father Winston Churchill, 5 September 1945.
With a copy of Villiers David's book "Advice To My Godchildren".
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/2
Date:
1946-1946-06 (creation)
Description:
Including letters and telegrams written on the journey to the United States and from Miami Beach, during a holiday with her parents Winston and Clementine Churchill, January-February 1946 (3); from London, describing the London Victory Celebrations, 9 June 1946 (1); and from the Isle of Wight, during an appearance at the theatre in Newport, June 1946 (3).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/6
Date:
1947-02-1947-03 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from Rome, during the filming of "Daniele Cortis", and during a brief trip back to London, including a letter describing Mary Churchill's wedding, 12 February 1947.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/5
Date:
1946-11-1947-01 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from Rome and Gardone Riviera, during the filming of "Daniele Cortis", about Mario Soldati, Mary Churchill and Peter and Valerie Moore.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/12
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/8
Date:
1947-09-1947-11 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from Rome, September-October 1947; Chartwell, October 1947; and London, October-November 1947.
With a letter to Villiers David from an unidentified correspondent in Casablanca, Morocco, 29 September 1947; and a telegram from Peter and Valerie Moore in Rome, 30 September 1947.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/9
Date:
1948-01-1948-07 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from London, May-July 1948 and undated; and from Pinewood Studios, undated, including letters about Anthony Beauchamp and about Randolph Churchill and their plans for the celebration of their parents' 40th wedding anniversary.
With a press cutting from the News Review, about Winston Churchill's holiday in Marrakesh, Morocco, with Sarah Churchill and Villiers David among his party, 22 January 1948; a telegram from Winston Churchill to Villiers David, 3 May 1948; a telegram from Clementine Churchill to Villiers David, 13 July 1948; and "Lullaby", a poem by Sarah Churchill, undated.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/3
Date:
1946-07-1946-08 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from London, including a letter about the ceremony at Buckingham Palace to appoint Clementine Churchill a Dame Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE), [11 July 1946].
Also including poems by Sarah Churchill.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Letters from Sarah Churchill to Villiers David
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/4/10
Date:
1949-03-1951-09 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and telegrams written from London, March 1949, June 1949, and February 1950, including a letter about the sale of some of her letters from her father Winston Churchill, 4 February 1950; and from the United States, September 1949-January 1950, October 1950, including letters about her marriage to Anthony Beauchamp and about the touring production of "A Philadelphia Story", November 1949-January 1950, and about living with Anthony Beauchamp in Los Angeles, 11 October 1950, and New York, 7 September 1951.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Letters from Sarh Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Letters from Sarh Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/11
Date:
1947 (creation)
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.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill
Miniature of Personal papers
Personal papers
Reference Code:
SCHL 2/1/3
Date:
1936-1947 (creation)
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.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill