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Found in 1960 Collections and/or Records:

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The Papers of Mr Ronald Thompson

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THOM
Scope and Contents

Photograph albums and personal and career documentation.

Dates: 1912 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Peter Hill-Norton, Baron Hill-Norton

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HLNN
Scope and Contents

The collection of Hill-Norton's papers held at Churchill Archives Centre relate to the later part of Hill-Norton's career. It includes personal and official correspondence, letters to the press, speeches and articles covering defence and military issues and controversial political issues, such as the repeal of section 28 and the ordination of women.

Dates: 1968 - 2003
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Rear-Admiral Clarence Howard-Johnston

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HWJN
Scope and Contents

Copies of letters by Howard-Johnston describing his wartime service, including his work as Director of the Anti-U-Boat Division, and as captain of HMS Bermuda, with the British Pacific Fleet (1947). Subjects include: Cabinet Anti-U-Boat meetings; difficulties with the lack of understanding at the Admiralty of anti-U-Boat operations; German success in evading Asdic; service with Admiral Sir Denis Boyd [Commander-in-Chief, British Pacific Fleet].

Dates: 1947-02 - 1980-02
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Sir Archibald Hurd

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HURD
Scope and Contents The first deposit of 8 boxes, HURD 1, is extremely interesting because Hurd corresponded with many of the leading figures of his time, particularly in the maritime world. Amongst his correspondence are preserved 142 letters from Admiral of the Fleet, Lord Fisher of Kilverstone, dating from 1905 to 1920; 52 letters from Admiral Sir Reginald Bacon, dating from 1918 to 1939 and 91 letters to Hurd from Admiral Lord Jellicoe, as well as details of the agreement between Hurd, Jellicoe and the...
Dates: 1893 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
Scope and Contents The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas: Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965 The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates: The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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The Papers of Stephen Roskill

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK
Scope and Contents

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, manuscripts of books, articles, lectures, broadcasts, preparatory notes, copies of original papers used in research, card indexes, subject files for the official naval history of the Second World War, press cuttings, microfilms and photographs.

Dates: 1650 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir (Arthur) Francis Pridham

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/PRID
Scope and Contents

The papers consist of 5 volumes of his First World War diaries and 4 files relating to his memoirs.

Dates: 1914 - 1971
Conditions Governing Access: This collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir Cecil Charles Hughes-Hallett

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HUHT
Scope and Contents

The papers include correspondence with naval historians and with colleagues on the Naval Review, some personal papers, reminiscences and records and also narratives from Japanese prisoner of war camps.

Dates: 1918 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of Vice-Admiral Sir John Edelsten

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDSN
Scope and Contents

The papers chiefly consist of correspondence, naval messages and photographs from Edelsten's time with the Mediterranean and Pacific Fleets.

Dates: 1916 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The Papers of William F Clarke

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLKE
Scope and Contents

The papers relate to the setting up of Room 40 and the Naval Intelligence's code-breaking activities in the First World War and to Clarke's service in the Government Code and Cypher School from 1922 to 1945.

Dates: 1914 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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The personal papers of Admiral Sir Sackville Hamilton Carden.

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CARD
Scope and Contents

The collection contains papers and correspondence, mainly relating to the period of the First World War, and especially to Carden's involvement in the naval campaign at the Dardanelles.

Dates: 1869 - 1930
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"The supremacy of the navy", 10 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/43/41-42
Scope and Contents Article from the Times reporting WSC's visit to Glasgow and relaying the text of WSC's speech [WSC's first major speech as First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval defence, to the Clyde Navigation Trustees, 9 Feb 1912 [Glasgow, Scotland]. Notes that during the visit Annie Grieg of the Suffrage Union smashed the glass of a car she mistakenly thought WSC was travelling in. WSC's speech covered subjects including: the strength of the Royal Navy and plans for the future; the British and German...
Dates: 10 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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The War of 1739 to 1748

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RICH
Scope and Contents

Annotated typescript texts of seven lectures given by Richmond at the Royal Naval College, Portsmouth [Hampshire] on the War of the Austrian Succession, concentrating on the naval aspects of the war between Britain, France and Spain.

Dates: 1912
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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"Their Finest Hour", 18 Jun 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/140A/32-55
Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (18 June) entitled "Their Finest Hour" on subjects including: fighting in France; the importance of unity and respect for government Ministers; preparations, defence and forces for fighting invasion by Germany, the strength of the Royal Navy; the campaign in Norway; forecasting the Battle of Britain and the determination of the RAF; support from the Dominions. He ends "Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duty, and so bear ourselves that if the British Empire and...
Dates: 18 Jun 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Transcript of interview: Leslie Shiers, 1997

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 21
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1997
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Trenchard-Keyes Agreement and related correspondence, 1924-04 - 1924-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TREN 4
Scope and Contents

Papers on the agreement between Vice-Admiral Sir Roger Keyes [Deputy Chief of Naval Staff] and Trenchard over relations between the Royal Navy and Royal Air Force, particularly on subjects including: giving naval commanders experience of air work; requirements of the Fleet Air Arm; radio and signal requirements; the status of air officers on board ship and of naval officers attached to the RAF; liaison between the Admiralty and Air Ministry.

Dates: 1924-04 - 1924-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Trends in Naval Propulsion Machinery, 1946-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCLN 2/1
Scope and Contents

Text of lecture by Maclean.

Dates: 1946-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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(Untitled), 15 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/28/8
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Admiralty, Whitehall) to "Mama" [Lady Randolph Churchill] concerning the influence of the Sea Lords over the promotion of Lieutenants with which he cannot interfere.

Dates: 15 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 10 Feb 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/28/14-15
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC (Admiralty, Whitehall) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] about the naval estimates which he describes as "past the danger point". He informs her that he has written to Sir E[dward] Grey about a consulship for "Hugh", and that Lady Blanche [Hozier] is better and that the children are well. In a postscript he makes comments on the poor health of [5th Lord] Rosebery. Envelope present.

Dates: 10 Feb 1914
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 22 May 1942 - 08 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/55/111-137
Scope and Contents Letters from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [former Minister for Aircraft Production and Minister of Supply, earlier Max Aitken] to WSC, Lord Cranborne [Lord Privy Seal, later 5th Lord Salisbury] and Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the Cabinet] on the aircraft and shipbuilding programme, including the lack of dive-bombers, asking for minutes of the Defence Committee of Supply and on his speech in the House of Lords on anti-tank gun development; also includes a letter from A V Alexander [First Lord of...
Dates: 22 May 1942 - 08 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), [Aug 1942]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/56B/107-108
Scope and Contents

Memorandum [submitted by Sir Edward Bridges, Secretary to the Cabinet] examining proposition by the Lord Privy Seal [Sir Stafford Cripps] for co-operation between the Services through an overall commander. [See CHAR 20/56B/129-134 for Cripps's proposition].

Dates: [Aug 1942]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Mar 1942 - 28 May 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/57B/157-183,185
Scope and Contents Letter from 1st Lord Hankey [Paymaster-General] to WSC enclosing memoranda on the use and techniques of Bomber Command and the dispersal of capital ships and their use against Japan, written before his resignation; forwarded to the Secretary of State for Air [Sir Archibald Sinclair, later 1st Lord Thurso] and Chief of Air Staff [Air Chief Marshal Sir Charles Portal], the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander] and 1st Sea Lord [Admiral of the Fleet Sir Dudley Pound]; with replies by...
Dates: 04 Mar 1942 - 28 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 24 Nov 1942 - 26 Nov 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/57B/187-189
Scope and Contents

Memorandum by Professor A V Hill [Member, War Cabinet Scientific Advisory Committee] on Science and the U-boat War addressed by the Parliamentary and Scientific Committee to all MP's; includes covering note by Edward Salt, Deputy Chairman, Parliamentary and Scientific Committee.

Dates: 24 Nov 1942 - 26 Nov 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 08 Mar 1942 - 03 Jun 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/57C/264-286
Scope and Contents Correspondence between Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes, A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Herbert Morrison [Home Secretary] on Keyes's allegations of corruption in dockyards and delayed ship repairs; with memorandum by Alexander on Keyes's allegations, extracts from the Sunday Times and the Times, notes between Leslie Rowan, John Martin and Edith Watson [Private Secretaries to WSC] and Clifford Jarrett [Principal Private Secretary to Alexander], Alan Ker, Admiralty and...
Dates: 08 Mar 1942 - 03 Jun 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Feb 1942 - 25 Feb 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/60/1-27
Scope and Contents Letter from Francis Brown [Private Secretary to WSC] to Bernard Sendall [Principal Private Secretary to Minister of Information, Brendan Bracken] enclosing drafts of a memorandum on the role of Minister of Defence and the directing of the war by WSC, for use by Bracken, annotated; also includes notes on Chiefs of Staff meetings and also notes on Defence Administration by 4th Lord Salisbury [earlier Lord Cranborne], with covering letter, note by John Martin [Private Secretary to WSC] and...
Dates: 16 Feb 1942 - 25 Feb 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open