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Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister)

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Dates

  • Existence: 1925 - 2013

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Margaret Thatcher Associated Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR AS
Dates: 1940 - 2019
Conditions Governing Access: The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Items on video are unavailable unless an access copy has been produced.
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Margaret Thatcher interview with Michael Buerk [? BBC], 1989-03-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/137
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1989-03-02
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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Margaret Thatcher Teapot Development and Production Correspondence, 1980 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/2/1
Scope and Contents A file containing manuscript and typescript letters regarding the development and production of Luck & Flaw's Margaret Thatcher teapot. A large portion of the letters received are from Brunswick Ceramic Services (BCS), which designed the mould for the teapot and worked with a number of potteries to produce samples, before it appears both Gill Wing Ceramics and English Ironstone Company were settled upon to manufacture the finished product. Correspondence also covers the following topics:...
Dates: 1980 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Margaret Thatcher Teapot Orders, 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/2/2
Scope and Contents

A file containing manuscript and typescript letters from individuals ordering Luck & Flaw's Margaret Thatcher teapot, following its advertisement in the 9 November 1980 issue of The Sunday Times Magazine. The purchasers enclose cheques for £19 [not included], which covers the cost of both the teapot and postage, and many of them request that their order arrives before Christmas.

Dates: 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Margaret Thatcher Teapots and Ronald Reagan Coffeepot, 1980 - 1981

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/1
Scope and Contents

Three Luck & Flaw Margaret Thatcher teapots, modelled in 1980, along with a President Ronald Reagan coffeepot, modelled in 1980 but stamped as being produced in 1981. The three Thatcher teapots differ in glaze: one is glossy with a hint of green in its otherwise white colouring; one has a white matte finish; and the final teapot has a matte blue-green mottled finish, which was made at the Dartington Pottery Training Workshop. The Reagan coffeepot has a white glossy finish.

Dates: 1980 - 1981
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Miscellaneous Magazines with Commissioned Work, 1975 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/12
Scope and Contents A box containing a variety of British and international magazines, along with tearsheets, which feature plasticine model illustrations by Luck & Flaw.The following are present:1. Issue November-December 1975 of the magazine, Drive, published by the British motoring association, The AA. Pages 16 to 22 feature illustrations that accompany an article about the MOT test. The photographic image was taken by Bob Cramp (L&F/90...
Dates: Publication: 1975 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Mugs, 1983 - 1988

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/4/1/6
Scope and Contents A set of ceramic mugs modelled by Luck & Flaw, which bear a resemblance to the following politicians: Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, leader of the Labour Party, Michael Foot; and President Ronald Reagan. The Thatcher and Foot mugs were originally produced for the 1983 British general election. There are two copies of the Thatcher mug. One appears to be an original copy, which has a whiter finish and is heavier in weight, and bears the Luck & Flaw stamp on the underside of the...
Dates: 1983 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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NK Prime Minister’s Questions Compilation, 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-16

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/149
Scope and Contents

Footage of questions asked by NK in Parliament.

Dates: 1989-11-01 - 1989-11-16
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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Notes on Margaret Thatcher, 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/86
Scope and Contents

Handwritten text [by Richard Clements, Executive Officer to NK] on Thatcher’s intention to "eradicate socialism", including Conservative "wets". Also includes note on strategy for dealing with Thatcher’s visit to Moscow [Soviet Union].

Dates: 1987-03
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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Panorama, 1976 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/2/3/5
Scope and Contents A box containing 24 full issues and a tearsheet of the Dutch men's weekly magazine, Panorama, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations. The majority of the illustrations are part of a series, Koppen Kast, which ran every other week throughout 1977. This series depicted various Dutch and international politicians, British and Dutch royals, Dutch celebrities and other figures in a humorous fashion.The following...
Dates: Publication: 1976 - 1980
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Papers concerning Margaret Thatcher's time as Member of Parliament for the Finchley Constituency, 1948-1992.

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FINC
Scope and Contents

Including in and copy-out constituency correspondence answered by Margaret Thatcher and her constituency office staff, 1986; constituents' cases and surgery files, 1987-91; details of Mrs Thatcher's constituency engagements, 1971-87 (incomplete); annual yearbooks of the (then) Finchley and Friern Barnet Conservative Association, 1948/9-55/6, 1983, 1985/6-89/90; and other miscellaneous material, ca. 1983-92

Dates: 1948 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access: Closed while uncatalogued. Much of the material relates to individual constituents and would require closure on data protection grounds.
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Photographs, 1978 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/STJN 8/2
Scope and Contents Including photographs of Richard Stanton-Jones, undated (2); Richard Stanton-Jones and Earl Mountbatten at sea trials of the SR N4 Mk 3 (Super 4), 1978 (2); Richard Stanton-Jones with the Duke of Kent and a delegation from Saudi Arabia, 1981 (3); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Nigeria, undated [1970s] or [1980s] (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from China, 1979 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation from Italy, 1981 (1); Richard Stanton-Jones with a delegation...
Dates: 1978 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. A small number of files are closed pending review and these closures are marked in the catalogue.
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Photographs, c late 1960s-c early 1980s

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10275/2/3/1
Scope and Contents A box containing an assortment of colour and black and white photographs, in a variety of sizes and formats, which feature Luck & Flaw plasticine model illustrations that were published in magazines and newspapers. Included in this box is a scrapbook that holds polaroids with raw images of models produced by Roger Law, dating back to the late 1960s, prior to the partnership; the final few pages also hold such photographs of Luck & Flaw models. Also present in this box is a set of 30...
Dates: c late 1960s-c early 1980s
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is restricted pending cataloguing. Researchers wishing to access the collection require permission from the Keeper of Archives and Modern Manuscripts and will need to sign a Data Release form. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Photographs of JA and Margaret Thatcher in Brighton [Sussex], 1975-04 - 1975-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/118
Scope and Contents

Includes JA and Thatcher [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the beach and going sailing. Also includes a photograph of JA and Catherine Amery in Tehran [Iran] with Peter Stirling, Apr 1975.

Dates: 1975-04 - 1975-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Powell - PM, 1979-10 - 1986-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/95
Scope and Contents Correspondence between JEP and Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister on subjects including: negotiations between Britain and Ireland on Northern Ireland; proportional representation in the European elections in Northern Ireland; the Northern Ireland Assembly. Other correspondents include: Michael Alison, Parliamentary Private Secretary to Thatcher (5); James Molyneaux, Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party, on negotiations between Britain and Ireland, the European Parliament elections in...
Dates: 1979-10 - 1986-10
Conditions Governing Access: File 1 closed for review.
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Press cuttings, 1972-08 - 1976-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 5/25
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: housing; the cod war with Iceland; Cyprus; the Conservative leadership election, won by Margaret Thatcher, 1975; Thatcher's speech on the threat from the Soviet Union, Jan 1976; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; Concorde; the deaths of British mercenaries in Angola.

Dates: 1972-08 - 1976-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Prime Minister’s Questions, 1989-01 - 1989-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/93
Scope and Contents

Recording of Prime Minister’s Questions between NK and Margaret Thatcher, taken from the Parliamentary Sound Archives. Subjects include: the ownership of GEC [General Electric Company]; the level of sterling; compulsory identity cards for football hooligans; food safety and salmonella; levels of taxation; increases in water charges and water privatisation; inflation; nuclear disarmament; mortgage levels; health funding.

Dates: 1989-01 - 1989-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Prime Minister’s Questions, 1989-05-11 - 1989-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/101
Scope and Contents

Recording of Prime Minister’s Questions between NK and Margaret Thatcher, taken from the Parliamentary Sound Archives (side 1 of cassette only). Subjects include: the Poll Tax; Europe; inflation; the Tiananmen Square protest, China; the state of the London Underground; the rail dispute; privatisation of the energy industry.

Dates: 1989-05-11 - 1989-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Radio 4, World at Weekend: Treasury Resignation and [Margaret] Thatcher Story, 1988 - 1989-01-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 5/35
Scope and Contents

Relates to Margaret Thatcher's third term as Prime Minister, particularly economic policy, with comments from JEP and Edward Heath on parallels between Thatcher and the Macmillan Government in 1958.

Dates: 1988 - 1989-01-01
Conditions Governing Access: Access copy available.
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Scrapbook, 1940 - 1987

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SALM 1/1B
Scope and Contents

Material largely relating to time working at Palace of Westminster. Includes letters signed by Prime Ministers, photographs of weddings, memorable visits in recess and material relating to charitable roles. Also includes 2 loose Royal Warrants for Henry Lennox Hopkinson, 1st Baron Colyton (1936 and 1944).

Dates: 1940 - 1987
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Speeches, 1981-01 - 1982-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/15
Scope and Contents Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: Britain's membership of the European Economic Community and Common Market, including the European Convention on human rights, the views of the Prime Minister [Margaret Thatcher] and the Common Fisheries Policy; international exchange rates; inflation and interest rates; the nuclear deterrent and the role of the United Nations for peace; Government hostility against the Ulster Unionist Party, the Northern Ireland Assembly, IRA...
Dates: 1981-01 - 1982-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Territorial Army Video: "The Prime Minister", 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/196
Scope and Contents

Presentation by Margaret Thatcher.

Dates: 1990-08
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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Thatcher visit to Wales, 1990-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 12/3/11
Scope and Contents

Briefing for a visit by Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, including notes on her foreign visits and UK regional visits 1979-89, relating to her not visiting Wales.

Dates: 1990-11
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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"The Downing Street Years", 1993

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/269
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1993
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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The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR
Scope and Contents The extensive Thatcher archive consists of political and personal papers, correspondence, awards and other artefacts, video and audio-tapes, and a large collection of photographs. There is very limited material available before 1975 (when Margaret Thatcher became Leader of the Opposition) and the most significant part of the collection relates to the period when she was Prime Minister 1979-90. The extensive papers in the archive generated after her resignation as Prime Minister mark her...
Dates: 1880 - 2013
Conditions Governing Access: In November 2003 and April 2008 the Archives Centre opened important selections of files in the period up to 4 May 1979. Between February 2010 and February 2020 the majority of the papers for May-December 1979 and 1980-90 have also opened. See class lists and online catalogue for further information. The remainder of the collection is currently closed. The Cataloguing Archivist welcomes enquiries about the Papers.
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