The Conference Diaries of Flight Sergeant G. Green

Fonds

Reference Code: GBR/0014/GREE

Scope and Contents

This collection consists of notebooks containing diaries of the Atlantic Meeting, Washington, Quebec, Cairo and Yalta conferences. Green tends to record events from his own day but when relevant these include encounters with Churchill and other key figures.

Dates

Creation: 1941 - 1946

Conditions Governing Access

The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.

Conditions Governing Use

Researchers wishing to publish excerpts from the papers must obtain prior permission from the copyright holders and should seek advice from Archives Centre staff.

Biographical / Historical

Geoffrey Green was born c1919 and was Personal Clerk to the Chief of the Air Staff, and to the Prime Minister Winston Churchill, 1941-1945. He joined the Royal Air Force on the outbreak of war in 1939.

Extent

6 volume(s)

Language of Materials

English

Additional Description

Other Finding Aids

The collection has been catalogued and a copy of the catalogue is available for consultation in the reading room at Churchill Archives Centre and at the National Register of Archives in London.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

These notebooks were left at Churchill Archives Centre by Green's widow prior to 1988.

General

This collection (fonds) level description and catalogue of the papers was compiled by Louise King of Churchill Archives Centre in May 2006. Information is taken from the collection itself.