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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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 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
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
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)