Lottery money to buy Churchill letters

Title

Lottery money to buy Churchill letters

Genre

Interview

TX Date

27 Apr 1995

Year of production

1995

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Duration

00:01:07

Description

It is planned to buy former UK Prime Minister Winston Churchill’s letters for the nation using lottery money. Dr Piers Brendon, director of the archive at Churchill College, Cambridge, where the papers are kept, explains what they consist of. Interviewer not heard. Sound is in mono.

Contributors

Piers Brendon

Keywords

Second World War (1939-1945); National lotteries; Records and correspondence; Churchill College Cambridge; University of Cambridge; Winston Churchill (1874-1965)

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