Interviews and records of conversation with political and literary figures Records made by William Robertson Nicoll of conversations with various political and literary figures close to the events of the early 20th century and the First World War, including: J M Barrie Lord Balfour Lord Rosebery Lloyd George Ramsay MacDonald Winston Churchill Lord Morley Lord Northclife Mrs Martin (with reminiscences of Dickens) Sir George, Riddell Lord Fisher Sir Ian Hamilton Thomas Hardy Reginald McKenna The documents are mainly from the period 1900 - 1920, with later researchers' corespondence. 1909 - 1981