Public and Political: General: Patronage: Churchill College, Cambridge: general and technical correspondence., Jan 1956 - Dec 1958
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: "Jock" Sir John Colville (24); 1st Lord Leathers; 1st Lord Adrian, Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge University (5); 1st Lord Tedder, Chancellor of Cambridge University (4); Harold Taylor, Fellow of Clare College; Oliver, 1st Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton]; 1st Lord Godber (3); Alexander Fleck, Chairman of Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) Limited; Sir John Cockcroft; Brian Downs (4); Sir Alexander Todd (3); 1st Lord Weeks (4); 2nd Lord Knollys (4); Neil Cairncross, Private Secretary to Prime Minister; Noel Annan; "Ike", Dwight Eisenhower, President of the United States; Francis Humphrys, Secretary of the Churchill College Trust Fund (9); William Carron, President of the Amalgamated Engineering Union; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] Prime Minister; and David Stephens, Secretary for Appointments to the Prime Minister.Also includes: a memorandum by Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon], Prime Minister, on technological education; notes and copies of correspondence from WSC, Anthony Montague Browne [Private Secretary to WSC] and Doreen Pugh [Secretary to WSC]; messages of support and appeals for funds from WSC; information on the selection of Trustees and the Master of the College; minutes of meetings of the Trustees; and a copy of the trust deed establishing the Churchill College Trust Fund.Other subjects covered by the file include: the purpose of the college, the numbers of scientists and technologists in the Soviet Union, fund raising, the possibility of admitting women to the college and the need for a chapel.
Dates
- Creation: Jan 1956 - Dec 1958
Conditions Governing Access
Open
Extent
2 file(s) (2 files (274 loose folios))
Language of Materials
English
External Documents
Topical
Repository Details
Part of the Churchill Archives Centre Repository
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge Cambridgeshire CB3 0DS United Kingdom
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