Political and personal correspondence, including letters from most leading political figures of the time, Lord Salisbury and Joseph Chamberlain among them. Letters to and from Gerald Fitzgibbon shed much light on Churchill's own career.
Lord Randolph Churchill: Correspondence and Papers
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Add.9248
- Dates of Creation
- 1870-1894
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 31 volume(s) 31 volumes
Scope and Content
Arrangement
The collection is arranged in chronological order.
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
The collection was formerly in Blenheim Palace Library. It was purchased by the Library in 1994.
Other Finding Aids
There is a subject index of the correspondence included wiht the collection.
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.