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The Papers of Commander A. A. Fraser Macliesh
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MACL
Scope and Contents
This collection mainly consists of Macliesh's diaries that deal with events at Gallipoli but there are also some letters and photographs.
Dates:
1914 - 1916
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Commander Colin Buist
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BUIS
Scope and Contents
The small collection of papers held at Churchill Archives Centre relate to naval operations in the First World Wart, Buist's service on HMS Princess Royal and to the 1916 Battle of Jutland. Jutland was the main naval battle of World War, between the British Grand Fleet under Admiral Jellicoe and the German High Seas Fleet under Admiral Scheer. British losses were heavier than German: the British lost three battle cruisers, three cruisers and eight destroyers; the Germans lost one battleship,...
Dates:
1913 - 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Commander Harold Fawcett
Reference Code: GBR/0014/FWCT
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of: photographs and later correspondence relating to the Battle of Jutland; papers on Fawcett's work in the Anti-Submarine Warfare Division during the Second World War; a personal journal from Fawcett's early days in the Navy, including his time in the Persian Gulf; biographical material.
Dates:
1911 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Commander John Owen
Reference Code: GBR/0014/OWEN
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly consist of letters from Churchill to Owen while Owen was working as naval historical adviser to Churchill. All letters are typed, one has an extra hand-written paragraph. There are also a number of hand-written letters from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes.
Dates:
1929 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. .
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Commander Robert Bower
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BOWR
Scope and Contents
Commander Bower's papers consist of press cuttings and correspondence with some of the leading naval figures of the time, chiefly dating from the Second World War and the late 1930's. Subjects covered by the correspondence chiefly include concerns about the state of the Navy (particularly its relations with the Royal Air Force) and also criticism of the leadership of Winston Churchill.
Dates:
1922 - 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Con Condren
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN
Scope and Contents
Photographs of subjects including air defences, wireless equipment and V2 rockets and a letter on the Blitz, 1940.
Dates:
1940 - 1970
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Correlli Barnett
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRNT
Scope and Contents
This small collection mainly consists of Barnett's correspondence with Major-General Eric Dorman O'Gowan (formerly Dorman-Smith) for his research for The Desert Generals. The date range covered by the collection is 1958-1963. The collection largely comprises O'Gowan's side of the correspondence (although there are occasional copies of letters from Barnett). The correspondence is lively and detailed and covers O'Gowan's experiences during the desert war and arguments and events supporting his...
Dates:
1958 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of César Milstein
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MSTN
Scope and Contents
Papers including correspondence and research notes.
Including some correspondence of his wife, Celia Milstein, to 2003.
Dates:
1952 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some items in sections B, C, E and H are closed and closures are marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CGLA
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with family and friends and CG's diaries, both particularly covering her time with Gladwyn Jebb as a political hostess in New York [United States] and Paris [France], and also some speeches and articles and material relating to CG's book "The Paris Embassy".
Dates:
1912 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Dame Athene Donald
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DNLD
Scope and Contents
The majority of the collection relates to Donald's scientific career and research: including publications; academic conferences; papers relating to scientists collaborating and working for Donald; scientific findings and data. It also includes material, including articles, relating to Donald's role as a gender equality champion and a copy of her blog.
Dates:
1970 - 2016
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed until listed.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Dame Enid Russell-Smith
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RUSM
Scope and Contents
Papers mainly comprising letters to her brother and sisters, with a draft memoir, speeches and other correspondence.
Dates:
1941 - 1986
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of David Francis Hubback
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HBBK
Scope and Contents
The material includes correspondence and papers relating to Hubback's time at the Treasury, his memoir of Sir Richard (Otto) Clarke and population issues.
Dates:
1956 - 1988
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers with prior permission at Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of David Wightman
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WTMN
Scope and Contents
Comprising research notes and photocopies of original documents from United States archives about United States international economic policy, 1941-71.
With notes on oral history interviews, 1971-87.
Dates:
1941 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Davidson Nicol
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NICL
Dates:
1969-08 - 1994-08
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed until catalogued
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Denis Kelly
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DEKE
Scope and Contents
The papers mainly consist of Kelly's recollections of his work for Churchill, in the form of memoirs and other papers, taped interviews, and in correspondence, particularly with Churchill's official biographer, Sir Martin Gilbert. There is also a small amount of correspondence dating back to Kelly's time as Churchill's literary assistant and two volumes of Winston Churchill's, "The Second World War" heavily annotated by Kelly, presumably for his own abridged version of these volumes.
Dates:
1937 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. .
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The papers of Douglas Eden
Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDEN
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Eden's role as co-founder and Secretary of the Social Democratic Alliance
Dates:
1974 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed until catalogued and reviewed.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Dr George Clifford Evans
Reference Code: GBR/0014/EVNS
Scope and Contents
The papers include reports, correspondence, photographs and research materials, including some xerox copies of other related archival documents.
Dates:
1939 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Dr (Vernon) Ellis Cosslett
Reference Code: GBR/0014/COSS
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers concerning the development of the Electron Microscope
Dates:
1935-08 - 1988-08
Conditions Governing Access:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of E T S Walton
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLTN
Scope and Contents
The material at Churchill Archives Centre comprises Walton's Cavendish Laboratory notebooks with associated papers and correspondence.
Dates:
1927 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Edward Brian Seago
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESEA
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises photographs, reports, lectures and instructional booklets on camouflage together with some papers relating to Major Seago's military career and also interesting correspondence between Major Seago and Field-Marshal Sir H.R. Alexander (1941-59) and Field Marshal Sir Claude Auchinleck (1947-57) mainly on the subject of painting. This collection comprises photographs, reports, lectures and instructional booklets on camouflage together with some papers relating to Major...
Dates:
1933 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Edward George Bowen
Reference Code: GBR/0014/EGBN
Scope and Contents
The papers provide a detailed and most interesting account of developments in radar with which Dr Bowen was involved from 1935 until 1978. Sections 1 to 3 deal respectively with early warning, airborne and centimetre wave radar while Section 4 is concerned with the wartime Tizard Mission to the United States and work being done there on microwave radar. Each of these Sections is preceded by an account by Dr Bowen of the field covered by the papers therein.
Section 5 contains the daily...
Dates:
1931 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Edward Shire
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SHRE
Scope and Contents
The papers include: physics notebooks; lecture and teaching notes, 1927-73; papers on the invention and patenting of the proximity fuze [proximity fuse]; copy of a paper by Professor John Cockcroft, "A General Account of Army Radar"; copy of the Los Alamos lectures on nuclear physics, 1943; journals from the Home Office Scientific Adviser's branch, 1961-66 and 1973; and a Home Office civil defence data book, as well as correspondence with John Maynard Keynes, 1936-1944.
Dates:
1926 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Egon Bretscher
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRER
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise diaries, correspondence, notebooks, official reports, articles, lectures, press cuttings and photographs, 1918 - 1973. The collection also contains recordings of lectures given by Ernest Rutherford in Göttingen, 1931- 1938.
Dates:
1918 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Enoch Powell
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of the personal and public papers of Enoch Powell. The papers include: personal correspondence, literary and academic material and some wartime papers, 1922-1998; diaries, 1946-1995; political papers, including some ministerial and shadow cabinet papers, election material, subject files on a wide range of political issues, papers from Powell's various constituencies and letters from the public on various issues, and also papers from Powell's long-running...
Dates:
1650 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Ernest Bevin
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BEVN
Scope and Contents
The Papers consist of political papers, correspondence, speeches and press cuttings, mainly relating to Trade Unions, the Ministry of Labour and National Service, and the Foreign Office.
Dates:
1889 - 1965
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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- Churchill, Clementine Ogilvy Spencer (1885-1977, née Hozier, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell) 6
- Cockcroft, John Douglas, Sir, 1897 - 1967 (Knight, nuclear physicist and first Master of Churchill College) 6
- Roskill, Stephen Wentworth, 1903 - 1982 (naval historian) 6
- Atomic Energy Research Establishment, Harwell 5
- Royal Air Force 5
- Soames, Mary, Dame, 1922 - 2014 (née Churchill, writer, wife of Baron Soames) 5
- Thatcher, Margaret Hilda, 1925 - 2013 (née Roberts, Baroness Thatcher of Kesteven, Prime Minister) 5
- Whittle, Frank, Sir, 1907 - 1996 (Knight, Air Commodore, aeronautical engineer) 5
- Churchill College 4
- Foreign Office 4
- Kinnock, Neil Gordon, 1942 (Baron Kinnock of Bedwellty, Labour politician) 4
- United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority 4
- Edwards, Robert Geoffrey, Sir, 1925 - 2013 (Knight, Professor of Human Reproduction) 3
- Keyes, Roger John Brownlow, 1872 - 1945 (1st Baron Keyes of Zeebrugge and of Dover, Admiral of the Fleet) 3
- Morley, James Wycliffe Headlam, Sir (1863-1929, Knight, civil servant, historian) 3
- Soames, Arthur Christopher John, 1920 - 1987 (Baron Soames of Fletching, politician) 3
- United Nations 3
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- Amery, Leopold Stennett, 1873 - 1955 (politician) 2
- Army 2
- Arup, Ove Nyquist, Sir, 1895 - 1988 (Knight, consulting engineer) 2
- Bagnold, Ralph Alger, 1896 - 1990 (Brigadier, geophysicist) 2
- Baker, Philip John Noel (1889-1982, Baron Noel-Baker, politician) 2
- Broome, John Egerton, 1901 - 1985 (Captain) 2
- Carden, Sackville Hamilton, Sir, 1857 - 1930 (Knight, Admiral) 2
- Carter, Charles Bonham, Sir (1876-1955, Knight and General) 2
- Churchill, Randolph Frederick Edward Spencer, 1911 - 1968 (politician, author) 2
- Churchill, Randolph Henry Spencer, Lord, 1849 - 1895 (politician) 2
- Clarke, Richard William Barnes, Sir, 1910 - 1975 (Knight) 2
- Clarke, William Francis, 1883 - 1961 (Intelligence Officer) 2
- Cooper, Alfred Duff, 1890 - 1954 (1st Viscount Norwich) 2
- Cooper, Diana Olivia Winifred Maud, Lady, 1892 - 1986 (née Manners, wife of 1st Viscount Norwich) 2
- Cosslett, Vernon Ellis, 1908 - 1990 (electron microscopist) 2
- Cunningham, Andrew Brown, 1883 - 1963 (1st Viscount Cunningham of Hyndhope, Admiral of the Fleet) 2
- Fisher, William Wordsworth, Sir, 1875 - 1937 (Knight, Admiral) 2
- Gilbert, Martin John, Sir, 1936 - 2015 (Knight, historian) 2
- Hall, William Reginald, Sir, 1870 - 1943 (Knight, Admiral) 2
- Hankey, Maurice Pascal Alers, 1877 - 1963 (Lord Hankey of the Chart, civil servant) 2
- Hewish, Antony, 1924-2021 (Professor of Radioastronomy) 2
- Jebb, Cynthia, 1898 - 1990 (wife of 1st Baron Gladwyn, political hostess and diarist) 2
- Jebb, Hubert Miles Gladwyn, 1900 - 1996 (1st Baron Gladwyn, diplomat) 2
- Jones, Reginald Victor, 1911 - 1997 (physicist and intelligence scientist) 2
- Lascelles, Alan Frederick, Sir, 1887 - 1981 (Knight and Private Secretary to King George VI) 2
- Lawson, John David, 1923 - 2008 (nuclear physicist) 2
- Meitner, Lise, 1878 - 1968 (Professor of Nuclear Physics) 2
- Mitrokhin, Vasiliy, 1922 - 2004 (Archivist, First Chief Directorate (foreign intelligence), KGB) 2
- Morley, Agnes Headlam (1902-1986, Professor of International Relations) 2
- Powell, John Enoch, 1912 - 1998 (politician and author) 2
- Ramsay, Bertram Home, Sir, 1883 - 1945 (Knight, Admiral) 2
- Robertson, Malcolm Arnold, Sir, 1877 - 1951 (Knight, Civil Servant, MP) 2
- Steiner, Francis George, 1929 - 2020 (Professor of Comparative Literature, philosopher, critic) 2
- Steiner, Frederick George, 1890 - 1968 (lawyer, international banking executive and investment advisor) 2
- Thomson, George Paget, Sir, 1892 - 1975 (Knight, nuclear physicist) 2
- University of Cambridge 2
- Vilim, Blazej, 1909 - 1976 (Czech Social Democratic leader) 2
- Wallis, Barnes Neville, Sir, 1887 - 1979 (Knight, aeronautical engineer) 2
- Walters, Professor Sir Alan Arthur, 1926 - 2009 (Knight, economist) 2
- Wemyss, Rosslyn Erskine, 1864 - 1933 (1st Baron Wester Wemyss, Admiral of the Fleet) 2
- Young, Michael, 1915 - 2002 (Baron Young of Dartington, sociologist) 2
- Abrams, Mark Alexander, 1906 - 1994 (social scientist and businessman) 1
- Adams, John Harold, 1918 - 2008 (Rear-Admiral) 1
- Agar, Alan Wawn, 1920 (physicist) 1
- Agnew, Stair Carnegie, 1872 - 1940 (lawyer) 1
- Aitken, Jonathan William Patrick, 1942 (politician) 1
- Albu, Austen Harry, 1903 - 1994 (engineer and Member of Parliament) 1
- Alexander, Albert Victor, 1885 - 1965 (1st Earl Alexander of Hillsborough, politician) 1
- Allen, George Roland Gordon, 1891 - 1980 (naval officer and literary assistant to Sir Winston Churchill) 1
- Allibone, Thomas Edward, 1903 - 2003 (physicist) 1
- Alliluyeva, Svetlana Iosifovna, 1926 - 2011 (afterwards Lana Peters, daughter of Joseph Stalin) 1
- Amery, Harold Julian, 1919 - 1996 (Baron Amery of Lustleigh, politician) 1
- Ashanti Goldfields Corporation Ltd 1
- Ashburner, Michael, 1942 (Professor of Biology and Fellow of Churchill College) 1
- Ashmore, Leslie Haliburton, 1893 - 1974 (Vice-Admiral) 1
- Astor, Nancy, 1879 - 1964 (née Langhorne, Viscountess Astor, politician) 1
- Attlee, Clement Richard, 1883 - 1967 (1st Earl Attlee, statesman) 1
- Backhouse, Roger Roland Charles, Sir, 1878 - 1939 (Knight, Admiral of the Fleet) 1
- Bacon, Francis Thomas, 1904 - 1992 (engineer and fuel cell pioneer) 1
- Bailly, Louis Edward Stewart Holland Le, Sir, 1915 (Knight and Vice-Admiral) 1
- Baker, Irene Noel (c 1879-1956, wife of Philip Noel-Baker) 1
- Baker, John Fleetwood, 1901 - 1985 (Baron Baker of Windrush, scientist and Professor of Mechanical Sciences) 1
- Balfour, Harold Harington, 1897 - 1988 (Baron Balfour of Inchrye, politician) 1
- Banks, Francis Rodwell, 1898 - 1985 (Air Commodore) 1
- Barker, Nicholas John, 1933 - 1997 (Captain Royal Navy) 1
- Barker, Paul, 1935 - 2019 (writer, editor and broadcaster) 1
- Barker, Ralph, 1917 (writer) 1
- Barker, William, Sir, 1909 - 1992 (Knight, diplomat and Professor of Russian) 1
- Barnes, William Lethbridge Gorell, Sir, 1909 - 1987 (Knight, civil servant) 1
- Barnett, Correlli Douglas, 1927-2022 (author and historian) 1
- Barry, Philip Stuart Milner, Sir (1906-1995, Knight and codebreaker) 1
- Batey, Mavis Lilian, 1921 - 2013 (nee Lever, wartime codebreaker and garden campaigner) 1
- Beamish, Henry Hamilton, 1829 - 1901 (Rear Admiral) 1
- Beamish, Tufton Percy Hamilton, 1874 - 1951 (Rear Admiral) 1
- Beamish, Tufton Victor Hamilton, 1917 - 1989 (Baron Chelwood of Lewes) 1
- Beatty, David, 1871 - 1936 (1st Earl Beatty, Admiral of the Fleet) 1
- Behrens, Catherine Betty Abigail, 1904 - 1989 (historian) 1 ∧ less
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