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Admiralty: Dardanelles Telegrams., 03 Jan 1915 - 25 May 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/65
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 23 October 1911 to 24 May 1915.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including the Prime Minister, public and foreign figures on subjects including naval strategy and engagements, armament production, merchant shipping, and more general political considerations. It...
Dates:
03 Jan 1915 - 25 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Admiralty: Telegrams - Egypt [typescript copies]., 01 Jan 1915 - 28 May 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/67
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 23 October 1911 to 24 May 1915.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including the Prime Minister, public and foreign figures on subjects including naval strategy and engagements, armament production, merchant shipping, and more general political considerations. It...
Dates:
01 Jan 1915 - 28 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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"Aerial Operation Committee: First Meeting: Draft Minutes", 26 Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/5/2-4
Scope and Contents
Minutes of the AOC on subjects including: the committee's terms of reference to investigate the output of aircraft; discussion of existing air programmes; shipping output; Ministry of Munitions and increased demand.Typescript.
Dates:
26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Annual estimates of expenditure, 1886 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the annual estimate of expenses incurred by the Royal Observatory and the submission to the Admiralty of annual draft estimates of expenditure. The letters are grouped by financial year, with each section listing the items of expense and give details of any extraordinary expenses.(1) Estimated expenditure for the financial year 1886-1887, including: 1. Amounts of individual salaries of Royal Observatory staff.2. First instalments of payment...
Dates:
1886 - 1900
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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Annual estimates of expenditure, 1900 - 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/17
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the annual estimate of expenses incurred by the Royal Observatory and the submission to the Admiralty of annual draft estimates of expenditure. The letters are grouped by financial year, with each section listing the items of expense and give details of any extraordinary expenses.(1) Estimated expenditure for the financial year 1900-1901, including:1. Comparison of votes and expenditure.2. Estimated cost of Assistants' salaries3....
Dates:
1900 - 1913
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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Article from Country Life on Admiralty Old Building, Whitehall, 1923-07 - 1923-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/64
Scope and Contents
Bound copy of articles on the Admiralty buildings and furniture.
Dates:
1923-07 - 1923-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Cabinet paper by 1st Sea Lord on the Fleet, 1915-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 4/5
Scope and Contents
Extracts from a memorandum by Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Fisher on the use of the submarine.
Dates:
1915-01
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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Cabinet Papers on naval and general First World War subjects, 1910-10 - 1915-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 4/7
Scope and Contents
Includes: memorandum by the First Lord of the Admiralty [Winston Churchill] on the formation of a naval War Staff; diary of a visit to Berlin by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] and his discussions with the German Chancellor [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg], Kaiser Wilhelm II, Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] and with J Cambon [? French Ambassador to Germany] on the balance of power in Europe, the increase in the British and German fleets,...
Dates:
1910-10 - 1915-05
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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Cabinet papers on naval policy and naval statistics, 1917-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCKN 7/1
Scope and Contents
Includes: memorandum by Winston Churchill on naval war policy, particularly the ineffectiveness of the distant blockade and the Navy's defensive approach, while submarines were attacking commercial shipping, and the advantages of inshore offensives from an overseas base close to Germany, such as the Frisian Islands, Borkum or Sylt; comparative tables for the Anglo-American and German fleets, supplied by Churchill.
Dates:
1917-07
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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Cartoons, 1909-01-17 - 1910-05-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 18
Scope and Contents
Cartoons of WSC on Tariff Reform, Budget, Navy debate, Unemployment insurance, Female Suffrage, Labour Exchanges, electoral reform (WSC appearing in Parliament in pyjamas); photos of CSC.
Dates:
1909-01-17 - 1910-05-04
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Confirmed minutes, 1780 - 1801
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/6
Scope and Contents
Minutes of Board of Longitude meetings regarding, among other matters, the rates of various chronometers; Charles Hutton's tables of products, powers and roots of natural numbers; the voyages of HMS 'Resolution' and HMS 'Discovery' and the examination of their log books; John Arnold's improvements to his watches; a suitable site for the Board of Longitude's instruments after the burning of the cupola of the Greenwich Hospital where they had been kept; improvements to reflecting telescopes;...
Dates:
1780 - 1801
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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Copy of a letter concerning the date on which Thomas Taylor and William Richardson commenced employment as second assistants at the Royal Observatory, 1824-04-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/233: 7r
Scope and Contents
From the Item:
Copies of outgoing correspondence from Astronomer Royal, John Pond, and his assistant, Thomas Taylor, at the Royal Observatory. Some of the letters are addressed to chronometer makers. Note that correspondence to more than one person often appears on the same page.
Dates:
1824-04-02
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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Correspondence A - Z, 1921-01 - 1921-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondents (mainly congratulating LSA on his appointment as Parliamentary and Financial Secretary to the Admiralty and regretting his departure from the Colonial Office) include: Alfred Ashbolt, Agent-General for Tasmania; [William] Wedgwood Benn [later 1st Lord Stansgate]; Sir Robert Borden (2); Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen; Sir Thomas Bramsdon; 1st Lord Buxton; Lord Carson; James Calder, former Canadian Minister of Immigration and Colonization; Ivy Chamberlain, on [Joseph] Austen...
Dates:
1921-01 - 1921-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence A - Z, 1922-01 - 1922-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/5
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Correspondents include: Lord Burnham, commenting on LSA's work at the Overseas Settlement Committee; General 1st Lord Birdwood [General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Northern Army in India], congratulating LSA on his Emigration Bill; 1st Lord Blyth; [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the disagreements between himself and LSA over the break up of the Coalition Government (4); [Austen] Neville Chamberlain, congratulating LSA on becoming a Privy Councillor and...
Dates:
1922-01 - 1922-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence A - Z, 1923-01 - 1923-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Commander-in-Chief Atlantic Fleet [Vice-Admiral Sir John de Robeck], thanking LSA for his congratulatory message to the Fleet following its spring cruise; Lucy Baldwin; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on a disagreement between LSA and 1st Lord Curzon [Foreign Secretary]; Admiral of the Fleet 1st Lord Beatty [1st Sea Lord] on the Cabinet's refusal to allow the Navy control of its own air forces (2); Sir Arthur Griffith-Boscawen on opposition to him; Winston Churchill,...
Dates:
1923-01 - 1923-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence A - Z, 1924-01 - 1924-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/9
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Maurice Hankey, Clerk of the Privy Council; Sir Robert Borden, congratulating LSA on becoming Secretary of State for the Colonies, commenting on the November General Election and the caucus system, and on a federal system for Ireland (3); Estella, Lady Cave (2); [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain on a row with LSA in the Shadow Cabinet; Winston Churchill, on subjects including a story from Herodotus, Churchill’s distress at the political situation, with the Empire being...
Dates:
1924-01 - 1924-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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Correspondence about Estimates, 1861 - 1870
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/69
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding estimates of expenses for the next financial year:Estimates from Airy, 1860-1861, for the year commencing 1 April 1861, with the relevant page from the Naval Estimates.Estimates from Airy, 1861-1862, for the year commencing 1 April 1862, with the relevant pages from the Naval Estimates and the Civil Service Estimates.Note on estimates to M. Laugier, 1862.Estimates from Airy, 1862-1863, for the year commencing 1 April 1863, with the...
Dates:
1861 - 1870
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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Correspondence about Estimates, 1870 - 1876
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/70
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding estimates of expenses for the next financial year:Estimates from Airy for the year commencing 1 April 1870, with the relevant pages from the Naval Estimates and a list by Mr Ellis of the actual expenditure, dated 10 February 1871. The items date from 1869-1871.Estimates from Airy, 1870-1872, for the year commencing 1 April 1871, with the relevant page from the Naval Estimates and a list of the actual expenditure.Correspondence on transferring...
Dates:
1870 - 1876
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).
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Cambridge University Library
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Correspondence between Trenchard and Winston Churchill, 1919-04 - 1927-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/TREN 1
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: co-operation with the Admiralty over a naval air service; the possible abolition of the Air Ministry and uncertainty over the Royal Air Force's future; relations between the Admiralty and Air Ministry; aircraft carriers and the Fleet Air Arm; the defence of Singapore; expansion of the RAF.
Dates:
1919-04 - 1927-04
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
Sub-Series
Correspondence of Airy, Christie and others, 1876 - 1890
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/786
Scope and Contents
Correspondence between Airy and W.H. Christie on a great range of business and scientific matters, including computer's salaries, photographic measurements with micrometers, reduction of the 1874 transit of Venus, star position errors, spectral lines, the Time Ball, the Robert Medal, transit instruments, German longitudes, staff leaves of absence, standards, the tides of Malta, Navy telescopes, tradesmen's bills, a holiday forwarding address, chronograph sheets, distribution lists for...
Dates:
1876 - 1890
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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Correspondence on Admiralty reports, 1959 - 1963
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/350
Scope and Contents
Correspondence regarding the supply of Admiralty reports to the Royal Greenwich Observatory, with supply notes from the Royal Navy Scientific Service, Admiralty, forwarding reports (the reports are not included), and a list of surplus publications in the A.C.S.I.L. Library, Admiralty.
Dates:
1959 - 1963
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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Correspondence on astrographic equatorials, 1887 - 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/43
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning astrographic equatorials for the Greenwich and Cape observatories:Official and unofficial correspondence with the Admiralty concerning the photographic mapping of the heavens, the transfer of the telegraphic wires to the Post Office, and the extra expense of re-determining the longitude between Paris and Greenwich telegraphically, 1887.Official and unofficial correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy, A. Milner and Sir Howard Grubb concerning...
Dates:
1887 - 1891
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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Correspondence on chronometer trials, 1894 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/105
Scope and Contents
Correspondence concerning the trial of chronometers at the Royal Observatory, 1894-1895, including:(i) Notice of the trial to be published by the 'Horological Journal'.(ii) Copies of chronometer rates.(iii) Copies of letters to Usher and Cole, A. Johannsen and Co., F.J. Clerke, Frodsham and Keen, and M.F. Dent requesting that they withdraw their chronometers from the trial due to their poor performance.(iv) Rough abstract on the annual trial of...
Dates:
1894 - 1899
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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Correspondence on chronometer trials, 1899 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/106
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy, trade journals and chronometer-manufacturers concerning the annual trials of chronometers and deck watches at the Royal Observatory, including:(i) Notices to trade journals.(ii) Correspondence with F.J. Britten.(iii) Results for chronometers in order of merit.(iv) List of chronometers purchased by the Admiralty.(v) 'Rough Abstract of the Annual Trial Box Chronometers'.(vi) 'Abstract of the...
Dates:
1899 - 1904
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).
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Cambridge University Library
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Correspondence on chronometer trials, 1904 - 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/107
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Hydrographer of the Navy and various trade journals concerning the annual trial of box and pocket chronometers and deck watches at the Royal Observatory, including:(i) Results for chronometers in order of merit.(ii) Reports and memoranda.(iii) List of chronometers purchased by the Admiralty.(iv) 'Rough abstract of Annual Trial Box Chronometers'.(v) 'Abstract of Annual Trial Centre Seconds Pocket Chronometers'.(vi)...
Dates:
1904 - 1909
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