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



Letters from Clementine Churchill to Sarah Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/2/1
Date:
1941-1945, 1941-5 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from 10 Downing Street, about Sarah Churchill's appearance in J. M. Barrie's play "Mary Rose", 2 July 1941 (1), enclosing a letter from Lady Cynthia Asquith, 1 July 1941(1); from Himley Hall in Dudley, during a visit to Lord Dudley, November 1941 (2); from 10 Downing Street, reminding Sarah Churchill of her promise to help on Flag Day, 28 July 1943 (1); from Quebec in Canada, during the Quebec Conference, 22 August 1943 (1); from 10 Downing Street, about Mary Churchill, 29 November 1943 (1); from Chequers, partly about a visit from John Gilbert Winant, 12 December 1943 (1); from 10 Downing Street, January-July 1944 (3); from 10 Downing Street, partly about Randolph Churchill, February 1945 (2); from Cairo in Egypt, en route to the Soviet Union, 29 March 1945 (1); from 10 Downing Street, 12 June 1945 (1); from Chartwell, about Mary Churchill's return, 12 September 1945 (1), and from 67 Westminster Gardens in London, [1945] (1).
With a letter and a typescript diary letter about the journey to Canada, the Second Quebec Conference, and Winston and Clementine Churchill's visit to President Franklin D. Roosevelt's home at Hyde Park, New York in the United States, 6-18 September 1944; a typescript copy of a letter from Clementine Churchill to Winston Churchill, from the Soviet Union, undated [April-May 1945]; and a telegram from Winston Churchill, undated [1945].
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill



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



Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/13
Date:
1950 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written in the train between Chicago and Seattle and from hotels in Portland in Oregon, San Fancisco and Atlanta, about her tour in "The Philadelphia Story", January-April 1950 (3); from New York, about her visit to her family in London and at Chartwell, 17 May 1950 (1); from the Beverly Hills Hotel and her home at 1022 Ocean Front in Santa Monica, about her life with Anthony Beauchamp, her contract with MGM in Hollywood, and making the film "Royal Wedding"with Fred Astaire, May-August 1950 (6); and from New York, about her television appearances, October-December 1950 (3).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill


Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/18
Date:
1963-1977 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters and postcards written from Evreux and Chartres in France, about a journey with Henry Audley from England to Spain, June 1963 (2); from 58 Chester Row in London, about the death of Henry Audley, 18 July 1963 (1); from Marbella in Spain, about her plans to return to the United States, 26 September 1963 (1); from Rome, October-December 1964 (2); from the Campden Court Hotel in London, 3 December 1964 (1); from Lancashire during a theatrical tour, 18 September 1966 (1); from 53 Eaton Square in London, partly about the sale of one of her father Winston Churchill's paintings, April-May 1972 (2); on an Air Canada flight, 18 December 1974 (1); from London, October 1975-February 1976 (2); from New York, June-August 1976 (2); from London, October 1976-October 1977 (5); and from New York, about exhibitions of her paintings in the United States, undated [1977] (2).
With an invitation to an exhibition of her paintings in London, 19 November 1975.
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah Churchill







Letters from Sarah Churchill to Clementine Churchill
Reference Code:
SCHL 1/1/10
Date:
1946 (creation)
Description:
Comprising letters written from Flat 157A, 55 Park Lane, London, about her film career, 6 September 1946 (1); from Rome, about making the films "Daniele Cortis" and "Sinfonia Fatale" or "When In Rome", her illness, and Mary Churchill's visit to Rome and engagement to Christopher Soames, October-November 1946 (5); and from Vicenza and Gardone Riviera, in Italy, December 1946 (3).
Collection:
The Papers of Sarah 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


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



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


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


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


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


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


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


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