http://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8q52v6j No online items Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: Printed Materials and Ephemera: Finding Aid Finding aid prepared by K. Peck. The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens Rare Books Department The Huntington Library 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org © 2015 The Huntington Library. All rights reserved. Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: 609303 1 Printed Materials and Ephemera: Finding Ai... Overview of the Collection Title: Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: Printed Materials and Ephemera Dates (inclusive): 1902-2010 Bulk dates: 1930-1966 Collection Number: 609303 Compiler: Zoller, Curt J., 1920-2014 Extent: approximately 550 items in 17 boxes, 2 oversized folders, and 1 bound volume. Repository: The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. Rare Books Department 1151 Oxford Road San Marino, California 91108 Phone: (626) 405-2191 Email: [email protected] URL: http://www.huntington.org Abstract: The Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: Printed Materials and Ephemera contains approximately 550 items related to British statesman Winston Churchill (1874-1965). The items date from 1902 to 2010 and consist of articles from a variety of periodicals by and about Churchill, the text of speeches delivered by Churchill, ephemera, audio and visual materials, and printed World War II propaganda in a variety of languages. Language: Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Italian, Luxembourgish, and Norwegian. Note: Finding aid last updated on August 28, 2015. Access The collection is open to qualified researchers by prior application through the Reader Services Department. For more information, please visit the Huntington's website: www.huntington.org. Publication Rights The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher. Preferred Citation [Identification of item], Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: Printed Materials and Ephemera, The Huntington Library, San Marino, California. Provenance Gift of Curt J. Zoller, 2005-2010. Biographical Note on Winston Churchill Winston Spencer Churchill (1874-1965) was one of the most prominent politicians of the 20th century. He was first elected to the British Parliament in 1900 and went on to serve as First Lord of the Admiralty (1911-1915, 1939-1940), Chancellor of the Exchequer (1924-1929), Leader of the Conservative Party (1940-1955), and twice as Prime Minister (1940-1945, 1951-1955), among numerous other positions. Churchill also wrote dozens of books and articles, including memoirs, biographies, and histories, and received the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1953. Biographical Note on Curt J. Zoller Curt J. Zoller (1920-2014) was a scholar of Winston Churchill and book collector in Southern California. His works included the Annotated Bibliography of Works about Sir Winston S. Churchill (2004) and Becoming Winston Churchill: the untold story of young Winston and his American Mentor (2009) with Michael McMenamin. Scope and Content This collection contains approximately 550 printed items, covering a span of 1902 to 2010, with articles and the texts of speeches by British statesman Winston Churchill, articles and pieces of propaganda about Churchill, and a variety of ephemera and audio and visual materials related to Churchill. These materials were collected by Churchill scholar Curt J. Zoller and form a subsection of the Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection. The focus of the Zoller Collection is the literary and rhetorical works of Winston Churchill, though they are obviously closely tied to his political life. Notably, the collection includes 165 pieces of printed propaganda leaflets from World War II, particularly in Dutch, English, French, and German. Most have a portrait, quote, or article about Churchill. Many of these fliers were intended for aerial Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: 609303 2 Printed Materials and Ephemera: Finding Ai... delivery. The collection also includes issues of newspapers providing extensive coverage of the London Printers' Strike of 1911 (when Churchill was Home Secretary) and the Great Britain General Strike of 1926 (when Churchill was Chancellor of the Exchequer). The periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings in the collection are a mixture of articles and speeches by Churchill (with a large number printed in Colliers and Reader's digest), a few articles about Churchill, and international coverage of Churchill's funeral in 1965. The ephemera includes commemorative coins and trinkets, stamped envelopes, photographs of Churchill and people at Churchill-related events, reproductions of documents from Churchill's life, postcards, calendars, two LP albums, and a talking Winston Churchill action figure. The audiovisual materials include VHS tapes with programs on Churchill and recordings of lectures about Churchill, while the audio items are mostly recordings of Churchill's speeches. Some of the posters are reproductions of photographs or paintings of Churchill, while the others are informational or announce Churchill-related events. When applicable, entries include reference numbers for A bibliography of the works of Sir Winston Churchill KG, OM, CH (St Paul's Bibliographies, 1979) by Frederick Woods. Related materials in the Huntington Library Other items in the Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection can be searched in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog as a whole under the collection name in subject: Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection. Arrangement The collection is arranged in six series: • Periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings (Boxes 1-5, 17) • Propaganda flyers (Boxes 6-7) • Newspapers (Boxes 8-9 and Volume 1) • Ephemera (Boxes 10-11) • Audiovisual materials (Boxes 12-13) • Posters (Boxes 14-16) Individual items are described in the container list in the following format (when applicable): Title, Date Language of material Publisher and location of publication Author Editor Related content page(s) Woods bibliography number Notes Indexing Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Huntington Library's Online Catalog. Subjects Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Europe – Politics and government – 1918-1945 Great Britain – Foreign relations – 1936-1945 Reconstruction (1914-1939) World War, 1939-1945 World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda Strikes and lockouts -- Great Britain General Strike, Great Britain, 1926 Great Britain England London (England) France Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: 609303 3 Printed Materials and Ephemera: Finding Ai... Germany Forms/Genres Journals (periodicals) Magazines (periodicals) Periodicals. Contributors Churchill, Winston, 1874-1965 Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Dwight David), 1890-1969 British Broadcasting Corporation, publisher Crowell Publishing Company, publisher George Newnes, Limited, publisher Illustrated London News & Sketch, publisher P. F. Collier & Son Corporation, publisher Stationery Office (Great Britain), publisher Time, inc., publisher Times Publishing Company Ltd., publisher Zentralverlag der NSDAP, publisher Collection Contents Periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings 1903-2010 Physical Description: 190 items Scope and Content Note The periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings are a mixture of articles and speeches by Churchill (with a large number printed in Colliers and Reader's digest), a few articles about Churchill or featuring images of him, and international coverage of Churchill's funeral in 1965. Arrangement Items in this series are arranged in boxes primarily according to size (Box 1: Medium size; Box 2: Small size; Box 3-5: Large size; and Box 17: Readers digest). Within boxes, items are arranged alphabetically by publication title, then, if necessary, in chronological order. Note that the large-size boxes are arranged chronologically, except for one 1902 article that is found at the end of Box 5 (Item 24). Box 1 Periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings (medium size) Box 1, Item 01 American heritage, June/July 2005 Language of material: English Publisher: American Heritage Inc. (New York, N.Y.) Editor: Snow, Richard, 1947- Notes: The article "How would you like to be attached to the Red Army?" by Robert Hopkins is accompanied by black and white and color photographs from the Yalta Conference, including three with Churchill. Curt J. Zoller Churchill Collection: 609303 4 Printed Materials and Ephemera: Finding Ai... Collection Contents Periodicals, pamphlets, and clippings 1903-2010 Box 1, Item 02 The aquarium journal (vol. XXIII, no. 11), November 1952 Language of material: English Publisher: San Francisco Aquarium Society (San Francisco, Calif.) Editor: Myers, George S. (George Sprague), 1905-1985 ; Sinclair, J. M. Related content page(s): 226 Notes: The article "A new Amazonian catfish for the aquarist" by George S. Myers is accompanied by a photograph of Churchill looking at tanks of fish at the London Fish Show; image also appears on cover p. [1]. Box 1, Item 03 Sir Winston Churchill: a special issue (The Atlantic vol. 215, no. 3), March 1965 Language of material: English Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Press (Boston, Mass.) Related content page(s): 50-101 Notes: Contents of the special issue on Churchill: The earthy man / Hugh Massingham