Please join us for a media preview for
Churchill: The Power of Words
This Thursday, June 7
10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Remarks by Morgan director William M. Griswold
and the Churchill Archives Centre director Allen Packwood
Curatorial presentation to follow
Light refreshments will be served
RSVP: (212) 590-0393, media@themorgan.org
The Morgan Library & Museum
225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street
New York, NY 10016
Churchill:
The Power of Words
June 8–September 23, 2012
Sir Winston Churchill’s impact upon the twentieth century is difficult to overestimate. A master orator and writer, his use of spoken and written words is explored in Churchill: The Power of Words, an exhibition that covers more than a half century of his life—from Victorian childhood letters to his mother, to Cold War correspondence with President Eisenhower, and featuring some of his most famous wartime oratory.
Drawn from the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, University of Cambridge, as well as from Churchill’s house at Chartwell in Kent, Churchill: The Power of Words uses sixty-five drafts, speaking notes, personal and official correspondence, public statements, and audio recordings to examine the main events of his life. Of particular focus is Churchill’s lifelong relationship with the United States, and the ways in which he used the written and spoken word to develop, complement, and advance his political career.
Did you know?
- Churchill’s mother, the beautiful Jennie Jerome, was born in Brooklyn, New York
- Churchill was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1953
- Churchill was the first foreign national to be accorded U.S. Citizenship by Act of Congress
Read the full press release here.
