Letters

Nearly all of Churchill Archives Centre’s collections contain the key historical resource of letters. Highlighted here are letters from Clementine and Sarah Churchill, and letters from William and Margaret Malkin (a lawyer and his wife who was active in social welfare work)

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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 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 Copy of a letter from Edwards to Professor R. A. Hinde (Medical Research Council, Cambridge) about Patrick Steptoe and his achievements
Copy of a letter from Edwards to Professor R. A. Hinde (Medical Research Council, Cambridge) about Patrick Steptoe and his achievements
Reference Code:
EDWS 1/5/2
Date:
1986-12-09 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Sir Robert Edwards
Miniature of Statement issued by Edwards on the Barren Foundation withdrawing their medal originally awarded to Patrick Steptoe
Statement issued by Edwards on the Barren Foundation withdrawing their medal originally awarded to Patrick Steptoe
Reference Code:
EDWS 6/1
Date:
1978 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Sir Robert Edwards
Miniature of Letters from Margaret Malkin to her parents from the Paris Peace Conference
Letters from Margaret Malkin to her parents from the Paris Peace Conference
Reference Code:
MALK 1/1/1
Date:
1919-01-1919-11 (creation)
Description:
With an earlier letter to her parents about the award of the CMG to William Makin, undated [1918], and about Armistice Day, November 1918.
Also with a letter from William Malkin to her parents, 13 July [1919].
Collection:
The Papers of William and Margaret Malkin
Miniature of Letters from Margaret Malkin to her parents from the Paris Peace Conference
Letters from Margaret Malkin to her parents from the Paris Peace Conference
Reference Code:
MALK 1/1/2
Date:
1919-11-1920-02 (creation)
Description:
With a letter from William Malkin to her parents, 21 December 1919.
Also with a piece of blue silk.
Collection:
The Papers of William and Margaret Malkin
Miniature of Letters from William Malkin to Margaret Malkin from the Paris Peace Conference and the Sanremo Conference
Letters from William Malkin to Margaret Malkin from the Paris Peace Conference and the Sanremo Conference
Reference Code:
MALK 1/2
Date:
1919-1920 (creation)
Description:
Including caricatures of conference delegates, possibly Faisal bin Hussein [later King Faisal I of Iraq] and David Lloyd George, April 1919.
Collection:
The Papers of William and Margaret Malkin
Miniature of Letters from William Malkin to his parents-in-law
Letters from William Malkin to his parents-in-law
Reference Code:
MALK 1/3
Date:
1918-12-1920-05 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of William and Margaret Malkin
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/1
Date:
1941 (creation)
Description:
Including a letter to her parents, 6 November 1925.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/2
Date:
1942 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/3
Date:
1943 (creation)
Description:
With four photographs and a postcard.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/4
Date:
1944 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/5
Date:
1945 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/6
Date:
1946 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/7
Date:
1947 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/8
Date:
1948 (creation)
Description:
Including letters about the launch of the National Health Service in July 1948.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/9
Date:
1949 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/10
Date:
1950 (creation)
Description:
Including a letter from W. P. Morell in South Africa, 23 December 1950.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/11
Date:
1951 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/12
Date:
1952 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/13
Date:
1953 (creation)
Description:
Including a letter from her sister, Nan, 1 March 1953, and her brother, 14 June 1953, both in Kenya.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/14
Date:
1954 (creation)
Description:
Including a letter from her brother in Kenya, 18 November 1954.
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/15
Date:
1955 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/16
Date:
1956 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith
Miniature of Letters to her brother and sisters
Letters to her brother and sisters
Reference Code:
RUSM 1/17
Date:
1957 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Enid Russell-Smith