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Unfortunately Earl Attlee died in 1967 so he'll have to wait another two years for his 15 minutes of fame in the internet age. :) Tim Groom Senior Archivist (Online Access and Transformation) Staffordshire Record Office Eastgate Street Stafford ST16 2LZ 01785-278453 Website: www.staffordshire.gov.uk/archives Online Catalogue: www.archives.staffordshire.gov.uk Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/StaffordshireArchivesandHeritage Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/@ArchandHeritage -----Original Message----- From: Archivists, conservators and records managers. [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Dave Postles Sent: 22 January 2015 15:55 To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Commemorating 50 years since the death of Sir Winston Churchill What about Clem? On Thu, January 22, 2015 3:29 pm, Chapman, Leah wrote: > On 24th January 1965 Sir Winston Churchill died at the age of 90. As > prime minister during the Second World War Churchill embodied British > resolve and fighting spirit, yet he came to that office late in his > career and in the bleakest of circumstances. As Churchill himself > observed, it was as if his whole life prior to that point had been but > a preparation for the challenge that now faced him. His long life left > a lot of archival evidence, so let us look as some of the less obvious > sources that exist. > > A school for writers > > > While he is the most famous of Old Harrovians Churchill, as a writer, > was educated at a school that already had a strong tradition in that field. > The archives of Harrow School contain material for Sheridan, Trollope, > Lord Byron and much else besides. Visit their website for more > information. > > http://www.harrowschool.org.uk/1843/public-facilities/research-the-har > row > -school-archive/ > > > > Early influences > > > Never forget that Churchill was half-American. His mother, the society > beauty Jennie Jerome, provided the introduction for her son to > important figures in the United States. Among them was the politician > William Bourke Cockran, from whom the young Churchill was to learn so > much about oratory. Cockran's papers are in New York Public Library > and they contain a number of Churchill's letters. Follow this link for > the details > > http://www.nypl.org/sites/default/files/archivalcollections/pdf/cockra > n.p > df > > Standing up to the dictators > > > As Britain tried desperately to avoid war in the nineteen-thirties, > Churchill warned of the dangers of appeasing dictators. One of the > most scathing and effective critics of Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin > was the cartoonist David Low. So it is no surprise to find > correspondence between the two anti-appeasers among Low's papers at > Yale University. Churchill was also a subject of Low's cartoons, as > you can see by following the link > > http://brbl-dl.library.yale.edu/vufind/Record/3591997 > > > > Winston Churchill: Struggle for Survival > > > The Second World War was directed, on the Allied side, by elderly men > who were often not in the best of health. While Churchill comfortably > outlived both Roosevelt and Stalin, this was largely due to careful > management by his personal physician, Lord Moran. After Churchill's > death Moran published a controversial account of his famous patient, > which was seen by many as a bit too revealing. There is more about > this in Moran's papers, follow this link. > > http://archives.wellcome.ac.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsq > App > =Archive&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqPos=0&dsqSearch=%28%28AltRef > No% > 3D%27PP%2FCMW%27%29AND%28Level%3D%27Collection%27%29%29 > > > Finally > > > A search for Sir Winston Churchill using Discovery on The National > Archives website identifies archive material in 107 collections and 39 > different repositories, but to spare you the trouble here is a link. > > > http://discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/details/c/F59439 > > > > Alex Ritchie > Archives Sector Development > The National Archives > > > > > > > Please don't print this e-mail unless you really need to. > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > --- > ---------- > > > > National Archives Disclaimer > > > This email and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for > the use of the individual(s) to whom they are addressed. 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