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Correspondence on French observatories, 1955 - 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/461
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding French observatories, including the Paris Observatory and Meudon Observatory. There is also a paper by A. Danjon, in French, on 'The Analysis of Inequalities in the Rotation of the Earth'.
Dates:
1955 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Draft letter to Monsieur Julian Canelas, Directeur de l'Observatoire a l'Isle de St Leon, 1806-12-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/185: 2
Scope and Contents
Letter on occultations of stars and a solar eclipse. There are notes on Stephen Groombridge's circle on the reverse.
Dates:
1806-12-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
Sub-Fonds
John Montague, 1967-2012 and undated
Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection consists of correspondence, poetry and prose received by Barrie Cooke and original artwork produced by him. The principal correspondents are Seamus Heaney, Ted Hughes, Jean Valentine and John Montage, and their letters along with their poetry and prose are to be found in the archive. There is also a large series of correspondence from poets and artists resident in Ireland, the United Kingdom and America, often consisting of just 1 or 2 letters from each correspondent but...
Dates:
1967-2012 and undated
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
Found in:
Pembroke College Library
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"Les jeunes nationalistes d’Extrême-Orient", 1946-04-09 - 1946-04-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 11/1
Scope and Contents
Tribune de Paris interview with Leo Amery, JA, Alexandre Varenne, former French Governor of Indochina and André Labouquère, on subjects including self-government for India and on Indochina [later Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam].
Dates:
1946-04-09 - 1946-04-10
Conditions Governing Access:
Access copy available.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Series
Letters written by Lily Ballot during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris, together with some later letters, 1870 - 1895
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 17a/1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Chiefly from Lily Ballot (née Belloc), chiefly to members of her family, including her mother, Louise Swanton Belloc; her godmother, Adelaide de Montgolfier; her sister Louise; her brother Louis and her sister-in-law Bessie (née Parkes). Addressed variously to Chère bonne mère / Chère bonne amie etc. Chiefly written 1870-71, when Lily remained in Paris during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris, many of the letters talk of the situation in Paris during this period: precautions...
Dates:
1870 - 1895
Found in:
Girton College Archive
Series
Letters written during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris, 1870-08-29 - 1871-04-27
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 17a/1/2/17
Scope and Contents
Letters written by Adelaide de Montgolfier to Louise Swanton Belloc while the latter was in exile in England during the Franco-Prussian War. The letters describe the progress of the war and the deprivations caused by the Siege of Paris, also the state of affairs at the house at La Celle St Cloud, attempts to put things there into safekeeping etc. The first letters in the series predate the departure of Bessie and Louis Belloc for England with their children Marie and Hilaire. People...
Dates:
1870-08-29 - 1871-04-27
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Papers on geodesy, 1874 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/145
Scope and Contents
(1) Papers relating to the North American BoundaryCorrespondence with C. Frodsham and Co. concerning clocks by Lindsay Russell on trial at the Royal Observatory, 1874.(2) Papers relating to the North American Boundary west of Lake in the WoodsCorrespondence with Captain L. Anderson, Royal Engineers, concerning the determination of the 49th Parallel and the methods to be used, with a map of the area, a memorandum of progress and the Astronomer Royal's...
Dates:
1874 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers on Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers relating to various innovations claimed by Hoene-Wroński, 1820 - 1821
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 496-576
Scope and Contents
Includes an anonymous note describing Hoene-Wroński as an 'artful dangerous character' [RGO 14/12: 502] and a petition addressed to His Majesty, George IV [RGO 14/12: 536-538].
Dates:
1820 - 1821
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Paris advertisements, 1764 - 1765
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/10/8
Scope and Contents
Printed slips, in French, containing advertisements for a menagerie, animal contests and other events in Paris.
Dates:
1764 - 1765
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of WSC with French teenagers, 1941-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 4/51
Scope and Contents
3 photographs of a group of French teenagers being received by WSC and CSC in the garden of 10 Downing Street, after they had crossed the English Channel by canoe to join the Free French. Includes explanatory notes.
Dates:
1941-09
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Speeches given while CS was serving as Ambassador to France, 1968-03 - 1972-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 4/2/1
Scope and Contents
Includes list of CS's speaking engagements.
Dates:
1968-03 - 1972-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Transcripts of letters written by Lily Ballot during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris, 1870-08-31 - 1871-04-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 17a/1/1/12a
Scope and Contents
The file contains transcripts of most but not all of the original letters at GCPP Parkes 17a/1/1/12. It also contains transcripts of some letters whose originals appear not to have survived. The transcripts are incomplete in parts and may be occasionally inaccurate.
Dates:
1870-08-31 - 1871-04-12
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Transcripts of letters written during the Franco-Prussian War and the Siege of Paris, 1870-08-29 - 1871-03-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Parkes 17a/1/2/17a
Scope and Contents
Forty-three transcripts of letters written by Adelaide de Montgolfier to Louise Swanton Belloc while the latter was in exile in England. The letters describe the progress of the war and the deprivations caused by the Siege of Paris, also the state of affairs at the house at La Celle St Cloud, attempts to put things there into safekeeping etc. The first letters in the series predate the departure of Bessie and Louis Belloc for England with their children Marie and Hilaire. People mentioned...
Dates:
1870-08-29 - 1871-03-24
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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"Two men who saved France": text, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 8/37
Scope and Contents
Text of ELS’s "Petain and the French Mutinies".
Dates:
1966
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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"Une crise morale de la Nation Française en Guerre", 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 8/36
Scope and Contents
Paper written by Marshal Philippe Petain on the events of 16 April-23 October 1917, particularly on the spread of pacifism in France, lack of morale, strategic errors and mutinies among the French troops. Later published in ELS’s "Two men who saved France".
Dates:
1926
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 11 Jul 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/236/119
Scope and Contents
Letter from Pierre Flandin, Minister of State, France (Domecy-sur-Cure, Yonne [France]) to WSC, thanking him for his invitation to stay for a weekend, and regretting that because of his broken arm, he won't be able to come to England until October or November. He particularly wants to see WSC, as events are unfolding so fast and alarmingly regarding peace and Anglo-French relations, and he comments that WSC's brave political stand has been justified by events. Flandin also mentions the new...
Dates:
11 Jul 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), Jul 1932 - Aug 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/185/1
Scope and Contents
Issue of "France-Grande Bretagne: bulletin mensual des relations Franco-Britanniques" including report on the annual banquet of the Association France-Grande Bretagne in honour of Sir Robert Horne [later Lord Horne of Slamannan].
Dates:
Jul 1932 - Aug 1932
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 23 Sep 1932 - 26 Sep 1932
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/185/35-59
Scope and Contents
French newspaper cuttings (one in English) on WSC's interview to the Havas news agency on disarmament and the position of Germany, France and the Soviet Union in European security. Sent with CHAR 2/185/34.
Dates:
23 Sep 1932 - 26 Sep 1932
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 28 Nov 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/260/172
Scope and Contents
Letter from Pierre Flandin, Chambre des Deputes, Paris to WSC, commenting on communique from the Chamber's Commission of Foreign Affairs on Anglo-French relations.
Dates:
28 Nov 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/255/66
Scope and Contents
Letter from Emile Bure, L'Ordre, Paris to WSC, asking for a brief letter which he could publish in the newspaper, at this time when Franco-British relations were "particulierement troublee".
Dates:
23 Jun 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 21 Jan 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/46/45
Scope and Contents
Telegram from the French Ministry of Marine to Admiralty on naval operations in the Mediterranean, insisting that any such operations should be directed by the French. [Typescript copy].
Dates:
21 Jan 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), 23 Mar 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/2B/171
Scope and Contents
Letter from Paul Reynaud [Prime Minister of France] to WSC, thanking him for letter on the new French Cabinet, and Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, Foreign Secretary] and a joint project.
Dates:
23 Mar 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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(Untitled), [Jan] [1922]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/120/81-86
Scope and Contents
Report in French by Jacques Marsillac on a conversation with WSC in which WSC gave strong assurances that Britain would fight alongside France if the circumstances of 1914 arose again.
Dates:
[Jan] [1922]
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Item
(Untitled), 01 Nov 1924
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/136/1
Scope and Contents
Letter in French from S Gichou (Vers-en-montagne, Jura, [France) to WSC on WSC's electoral campaign and his personal influence in fostering amicable relations between Britain and France.
Dates:
01 Nov 1924
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre