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 Machine readable finding aid created 2006. Description is in English Berg Coll MSS ChurchillGuide to the Sir Winston Churchill collection of papers,[1898?]-1954 bulk (1910-1954) The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature The New York Public LibraryNew York, New York The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature. New York Public Library. Room 320. Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street New York, NY 10018-2788 (212) 930-0802 brgref@nypl.org http://nypl.org/research/chss/spe/brg/berg.html Staff 2006 Lynn Lobash and Nina Schneider Processed and encoded through a gift from Gladys Kreible Delmas Foundation.

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 Descriptive Summary Sir Winston Churchill collection of papers, [1898?]-1954 bulk (1910-1954) Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Berg Coll MSS Churchill33 items The New York Public Library. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature
New York, New York
 This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and an undated notebook. Subjects Personal Names Aldington, Richard, 1892-1962. Beerbohm, Max, Sir, 1872-1956. Clark, Leonard. Harris, Frank, 1855-1931. Marsh, Edward Howard, Sir, 1872-1953. Masefield, John, 1878-1967. Meredith, Hugh Owen, 1878- Sheean, Vincent, 1899- Wolfe, Humbert, 1885-1940. Woolf, Virginia, 1882-1941. Organizations A. P. Watt and Son. Subjects Brooke, Rupert, 1887-1915. Churchill, Winston, Sir, 1874-1965. Document Types Correspondence Notebooks Administration Information Source

This is a synthetic collection, created from materials acquired through gift and purchase from various sources.

 Custodial History

The holograph obituary of Rupert Brooke was included in Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence.

 Access

Collection is restricted to qualified scholars and researchers through the Office of Special Collections, Room 316

Restrictions on Use

For permission to publish, contact the Curator, The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature

 Preferred Citation

[Identification of the item]. The Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Collection of English and American Literature, The New York Public Library.

 Biography

Sir Winston Churchill was an English politician, essayist, biographer, and writer of historical and political literature.

 Scope and Content Note

This is a synthetic collection consisting of manuscripts, typescripts, correspondence, and an undated notebook. The manuscripts and typescripts consist of an obituary for Rupert Brooke, as well as notes, poems, and an article about the author by Max Beerbohm, John Masefield, and Vincent Sheean. The correspondence includes letters from the author, dating from [1898?] to 1947, to Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Vincent Sheean, Humbert Wolfe, and the literary agency of A. P. Watt and Son, as well as letters relating to the author, dating from 1910 to 1954, between various correspondents, including Richard Aldington, Leonard Clark, Frank Harris, Sir Edward Howard Marsh, Hugh Owen Meredith, Virginia Woolf, and A. P. Watt and Son. Also present are letters to Churchill from Timothy Healy, Sir Edward Marsh, and Vincent Sheean, dating from 1921 to 1940.

 Series Descriptions Manuscript and Typescripts Manuscripts Manuscript box (Brooke) "Rupert Brooke is dead." Holograph obituary. Written on Admiralty note paper and published in The Times n.d. ms. 4 p.

Signed. Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

Manuscript box Beerbohm, Max. Holograph notes and fragmentary drafts for projected essays. Includes notes for essays on Clyde Fitch, Sir Edmund William Gosse, Henry James, Bernard Shaw, Winston Churchill, etc. n.d. ms. 2 items

With original pencil caricatures on the versos of 4 sheets and some in the margins of rectos, including a sketch for his The happy hypocrite. Two smaller scraps and an envelope bear notes headed Henry Irving

Notebooks Beerbohm, Max. Holograph notebook. Consists of preliminary notes for essays on the author's contemporaries, arranged alphabetically by the subject. Includes G. K. Chesterton, Edward Gordon Craig...etc. n.d. notebooks 1 v.

Signed

Typescripts Manuscript box. Enclosed in his: 256 ALS, 90 ANS, 1 AL (mutilated) to Ann O'Connor. [1960?-1966]. Letter dated [1966] "Please, will you make me two copies..." Folder 70 Masefield, John. Sir Winston Churchill. Typescript of poem n.d. typescripts 1 p. Manuscript box Sheean, Vincent. [Mr. And Mrs. Churchill] Typescript (carbon) of article with the author's ms. corrections n.d. typescripts (emended) 12 p.

Published in Ladies' Home Journal, Jan. 1941, p. 17

Correspondence Outgoing Correspondence Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS to 1915 Dec. 1 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS to 1916 Jan. 7 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ALS to 1922 Aug. 31 corr. Out 1 p.

With Sir Edward Howard Marsh's marginal ms. reply

Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. TLS to 1932 Apr. 2 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. TLS to 1934 June 22 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. TLS to 1947 Aug. 30 corr. Out 2 p. Manuscript box Sheean, Vincent. TNS to 1938 Oct. 28 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Sheean, Vincent. TLS to 1939 Sept. 16 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Watt and son, A.P. ALS to [1898?] Oct. 27 corr. Out 1 p. Manuscript box Wolfe, Humbert. TLS, TNS to. Letter of Jan. 1918 addressed to Umberto Wolff 1918 Jan.; 1934 Nov. 3 corr. Out 2 items

With TL (carbon) reply

Incoming Correspondence Manuscript box (Marsh) Healy, Timothy Michael. ALS to Churchill 1921 Dec. 5 corr. In 1 p.

Came with Sir Edward Howard Marsh's correspondence

Manuscript box Marsh, Sir Edward Howard. ANS to Secretary of State, Churchill [1921?] Jan. 30 corr. In 1 p.

With clipping to which ANS refers and Sir Winston's marginal manuscript reply. Cf. Hassall, p. 484

Manuscript box Sheean, Vincent. 5 TL (carbon) to Churchill 1938 Oct. 23 - 1940 Feb. 14 corr. In 5 items Related Correspondence Manuscript box. In his: 99 TLS, 3 telegrams to Rob Lyle. 1954-1956. Enclosed in letter of Oct. 16, 1954. Folder 5 Aldington, Richard. TL (carbon) to [--?] Roditi. Relates to Sir Winston Churchill and T. E. Lawrence 1954 Oct. 15 corr. About 1 item Manuscript box Harris, Frank. TLS to Sir Edward Howard Marsh 1910 Nov. 8 corr. About 1 item

With Sir Winston Churchill's marginal ms. note

Manuscript box (Churchill, W. L. S.) Hay, D[--?]. TLS to Leonard Clark. Written as secretary to Sir Winston Churchill 1951 June 20 corr. About 1 p. Manuscript box (Churchill, W. L. S.) Letters, ALS, TLS, etc. from various publishers, etc. to the firm of A. P. Watt & son, relating to Sir Winston Leonard Spencer Churchill 1944 corr. About 4 items Manuscript box (Woolf) Meredith, Hugh Owen. 2 ALS to Virginia Woolf. Letter of Feb. 9, 1912, mentions Sir Winston Churchill and E. M. Forster 1912 Feb. 9; 1912 Mar. 6 corr. About 2 items