| Title |
Private correspondence |
| Reference |
BULL 8 |
| Covering Dates |
Jan 1923-May 1927 |
| Extent and Medium |
8 files |
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| Churchill/BULL 8 contains: |
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1
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Correspondence. Including correspondence with S. S. Abrahams, Attorney General of Zanzibar; with the Chancellor, Stanley Baldwin, on the hardship to British subjects due to the inability of Austria to pay her pre-war debts as provided for in the Peace Treaty; legal opinion on the War Charges (Validity) Bill and other proposed legislation; with John [later Lord] Reith of the BBC of which Bull became a Director; several letters attempting to help people obtain jobs.
1 file. |
Jan 1923-June 1923 |
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2
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Correspondence. Including correspondence on the conflicting views of Britain and France over German reparations; the British Legion manifesto on unemployment; a proposed law in Madeira by the Portuguese government imposing disabilities on aliens holding or renting land in the island; a letter from Bull to Sir Laming Worthington Evans, 12 December 1923, suggesting a knighthood for Reith.
1 file. |
July 1923-Dec 1923 |
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3
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Correspondence. Including correspondence on the Canadian timber business and various other investment possibilities; booklet about the year's work of Charing Cross Hospital; cutting, papers and correspondence on House of Commons Channel Tunnel Committee and proposals to build a Lower Thames Tunnel and 'a gigantic Channel Ferry'; pamphlet and letters about invention of 'Phonofilm' - 'the combination of the same film of picture with voice or music photographically recorded'.
1 file. |
Jan 1924-August 1924 |
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4
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Correspondence. Including Bull's letter to Stanley Baldwin commenting on an intemperate and largely inaudible speech delivered by James Ramsay Macdonald; correspondence about London University's provision for people to study for degrees externally; balance sheet and report of the London Mosque Fund; cuttings and correspondence on the proposed Thames Tunnel with links to Tillbury; a brief letter to Bull by Sir Winston Churchill.
1 file. |
Aug 1924-Dec 1924 |
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5
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Correspondence. Including letter from the President of the French Commercial Committee on the Channel Tunnel project; suggestion to Bull from the publishers, Jonathon Cape, that he write his Parliamentary reminiscences; pamphlets of the National Council for Lunacy Reform; correspondence about an old age pension scheme; experiments in producing voices by thought transference; a letter describing procedure for building prefabricated houses.
1 file. |
Jan 1925-June 1925 |
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6
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Correspondence. Including pamphlets of the Law Society's Poor Persons' Committee on Poor Persons' Procedure; correspondence about the purchase of a model of the Palace of Westminster to be presented by Bull to the House of Commons; letters on the Ministry of Transport's purchase of Coltart's patent white paint to paint the white lines in the middle of roads, as newly introduced by the Ministry; Bull's suggestions to the Minister of Transport to utilise under the Thames tram tunnels for other vehicles, to alleviate London traffic congestion; correspondence with the President of the Chambre de Commerce Francaise in London on the Channel Tunnel proposals.
1 file. |
July 1925-Dec 1925 |
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7
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Correspondence. Including correspondence about Bull's armorial bearings; with the British Osteopathic Association; about air raid claims; about a scheme to reduce traffic congestion over Waterloo Bridge [with plans]; about the purely commercial nature of wireless broadcasting in India compared to the situation under Reith at the BBC.
1 file. |
March 1926-Sept 1926 |
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8
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Correspondence. Including material on the projected Lower Thames Tunnel or rebuilding of Lambeth Bridge; copy of the 'Fire Hazard News' about the dangers of electric irons; letter by Bull to The Times against the principle of picketing in Trades Union disputes; letter to Bull about Russian leaders; letter to Bull from Mrs E. Pankhurst soliciting his support for her as Conservative candidate in Whitechapel.
1 file. |
Oct 1926-May 1927 |
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