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| SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL PAPERS
HAT Archive was asked by Churchill Archives Centre, to provide a copy of a 1954 letter from the President of The Thirty Club, whose papers we hold here, to the Private Secretary to Sir Winston Churchill, then Prime Minister, congratulating the great man on his birthday. This was mentioned in the publication of the Churchill Papers, which are held at Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
The Thirty Club, motto “Free speech within four walls”, was established in London in 1905 as a private dining club “for the betterment of advertising”. Its first members were drawn from advertising agencies, advertisers, the press and production companies associated with advertising. In 1923, the Thirty Club was active in the formation of the Women’s Advertising Club of London, (now Women in Advertising Communication, London) in response to the growing number of women in that industry, especially US delegates to an international advertising convention at Wembley in 1904. Profits from the exhibition, together with Thirty Club membership sponsorship, played a part in the founding of the Advertising Association in 1926.
The list of Thirty Club dinner guest speakers has, over the years, included some of the most famous and influential names in politics, media. journalism, royalty and public life and the archive papers are most interesting and informative.
A history of the Thirty Club was published in 1999 by The History of Advertising Trust, edited by Michael Cudlipp. Please contact Margaret Rose for more information.
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