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The Papers of Patrick George Buchan-Hepburn, 1st Baron Hailes of Prestonkirk
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS
Scope and Contents
The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...
Dates:
1928 - 1973
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Paul Einzig
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ENZG
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of 132 files of correspondence and papers, covering Einzig's professional career as writer and economist, and several manuscripts of published works. Of particular interest is the pre-war correspondence which includes letters from Maynard Keynes and Brendan Bracken and concerns German penetration into the Danubian and Balkan States. Also of interest is the section covering Einzig's career with the Financial Times which contains considerable material from Brendan...
Dates:
1893 - 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 Peter Rawlinson
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RWSN
Scope and Contents
Papers including correspondence, legal case papers, speeches and articles.
Dates:
1873 - 2006
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Philip Cunliffe-Lister, First Earl of Swinton
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SWIN
Scope and Contents
The papers in this collection reflect the events of both Swinton's personal and professional lives. There are family letters and mementoes as well as speech notes, engagement diaries and political correspondence.
Dates:
1833 - 1974
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open (except for 1 closure marked on the catalogue) for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Reginald Maudling
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MLNG
Scope and Contents
These files contain constituency correspondence.
Dates:
1971-06 - 1979-04
Conditions Governing Access:
These papers are CLOSED to researchers. This collection contains sensitive personal information about living individuals. It is closed under the terms of the 1997 Data Protection Act for 100 years from the last date in each file. Enquiries should be made to Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, CB3 0DS.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Richard Thorpe
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THRP
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to a biography of Alec Douglas-Home, comprising a manuscript of the book with drafts, notes, correspondence, transcripts of interviews, press cuttings and copies of original documents.
Dates:
1989 - 1997
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 Sir Auckland Campbell Geddes
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GEDD
Scope and Contents
This collection mainly consists of private papers and correspondence, 1885-1954, and family papers, 1783-1963. The material, especially the ministerial and ambassadorial papers, collected together by David Geddes provides an insight into the 1910s and 1920s. The collection also includes Geddes' writings on medical, spiritual and military matters.
Dates:
1783 - 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 Sir Frederick Corfield
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CFLD
Scope and Contents
This small collection consists of political papers, speeches and articles selected by Sir Frederick Corfield for deposit at Churchill Archives Centre. The political papers include letters received by Corfield while Minister of Aviation, publications about aerospace companies such as Rolls Royce, and Corfield's decision not to stand at the 1974 election. There are also some publications relating to the British Waterways Board. The speeches and articles are mostly those written by Corfield...
Dates:
1958 - 1978
Conditions Governing Access:
he collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir George Harvie-Watt
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HARV
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises Sir George's reports to Sir Winston Churchill as his Parliamentary Private Secretary. The reports cover the business of the House of Commons and Harvie Watt's observations on the mood of the Members of the House and reactions to WSC's speeches, policies, and the events of the Second World War. They have been annotated in red by Sir Winston Churchill. Also includes a small amount of correspondence.
Dates:
1941 - 1945
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 Sir Ian Lloyd
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ILLD
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to Sir Ian Lloyd's personal life, career, work for Parliamentary Science and Technology Committees, speeches, articles and press cuttings.
Dates:
1942 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
The papers are mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Certain papers remain closed on data protection grounds.
There are some closures on grounds of data protection which are marked in the catalogue.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir John Colville
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CLVL
Scope and Contents
The material held at Churchill Archives Centre mainly consists of Colville's diaries. They provide an insight into the decision-making of three Prime Ministers and the meetings held with other top officials, as well as the lives of key figures during World War II, and its aftermath.
Dates:
1939 - 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 Sir John Hoskyns
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOSK
Scope and Contents
Briefing notes produced by Hoskyns and his team, mainly for Margaret Thatcher MP
Dates:
1974 - 1982
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir John Nott
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NOTT
Scope and Contents
The papers chiefly relate to Sir John Nott's time in Margaret Thatcher's government, particularly his tenure as Secretary of State for Defence during the Falklands War. They include: papers relating to Nott's search for employment, 1975; papers collected for the production of Sir John's memoirs, including annotated drafts, original correspondence and dictation tapes; personal correspondence and other papers, 1982-1998; papers relating to his career with Lazards, mid 1980s onwards; material...
Dates:
1936-08 - 2004
Conditions Governing Access:
Most of this collection is open for consultation by readers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Julian Ridsdale
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RIDS
Scope and Contents
The papers mainly consist of a numbered series of scrapbooks including invitations, press cuttings, photographs, correspondence and other ephemera relating to Julian Ridsdale's political career and personal life with his family.
Dates:
1949 - 2000
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 Sir William Bull
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BULL
Scope and Contents
BULL 1 - 10 is made up of diaries kept faithfully by William (or Paul, as he was known to his family and close friends) Bull from 1878, when he was thirteen years old until some three weeks before his death in January 1931. The earlier diaries were illustrated and all the diaries are interleaved with letters, press cuttings, menus, theatre programmes and photographs relating to the events they describe. Twice yearly, in June and December, Bull compiled a 'Retrospect' of the past six months...
Dates:
1862 - 1943
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 Sir William John Haley
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HALY
Scope and Contents
Includes diaries 1922-86, correspondence 1935-83, and press cuttings.
Dates:
1920 - 1986
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
Fonds
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR, CHUR and CHAQ
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into three sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR), with some additional material (CHAQ). Together, the three sets of papers cover the following major areas:
Personal (CHAR 1, CHUR 1 and CHAQ 1/1 and 2/1), 1884-1965
The papers of Churchill as a private person. They include correspondence with or about his...
Dates:
The majority of files date from the 1870s to 1965.
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
The Papers of Tam Dalyell
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/TADA
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise correspondence, subject files, visit files, literary papers, diaries and audio-visual material.
Dates:
1936 - 2008
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 Wayland Young, 2nd Baron Kennet
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNT
Scope and Contents
Personal, political and literary papers
Dates:
1927 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access:
Closed until catalogued (please contact Archives Centre to enquire about progress)
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Thomas Walpole: Correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8708-8712
Scope and Contents
Five volumes comprising: papers relating to Thomas Walpole joining the firm of George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam; marriage contract with Elizabeth Vanneck, 1749; correspondence on political matters including the Duke of Newcastle's administration, the breakdown of relations between Britian and America, the Falkland Islands, the American Declaration of Independence, trade and affairs in the West Indies and the situation in France prior to the Revolution; family correspondence with his...
Dates:
1744-1796
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
Tomline: the papers of George Pretyman Tomline
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/TOM
Scope and Contents
The collection primarily consists of drafts and notebooks created during the preparation of Tomline's biography of his friend William Pitt the Younger: 'Memoirs of the life of the Right Honorable William Pitt' by George Tomline, first published in 1821. There are also 2 small sets of correspondence (GBR/1058/TOM/10).
Dates:
1753 - 1827
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
William Frend: Correspondence and Transcripts.
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7886-7887
Scope and Contents
Files of correspondence and transcripts, including letters from the following people: Rev. Francis Blackburne, father of Mrs. Frend, brother of Mrs. Lindsey, 3 letters. Sir Frances Burdett, 1 note, typed by Miss Antrobus. Edward Clark, geologist and traveller, 3 letters about Cambridge. W. Cogan, mathematician, 1 letter about maths, 1824. Miss M. Cooper, Stoke Newington, regarding local events, 1831. T. Dalby, mathematician. Rev. J. Disney, 1 letter about Frend's impending trial. George...
Dates:
1780-1841 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
William Pitt : correspondence
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6958-6959
Dates:
1773-1805 (Copies of originals made circa 1850)
Conditions Governing Access:
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
Fonds
William Smith (1756-1835) and family correspondence, journals and other papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7621
Scope and Contents
The larger part of the collection dates from the late eighteenth and early nineteenth centuries, chronicling William Smith's personal and political career, as well as illustrating the lives of his wife Frances and their children. The collection includes letters from Smith's friends, among them Charles James Fox, William Wilberforce and Sir Francis Burdett. The papers also chronicle Smith's time in Paris in 1790, where he witnessed and recorded his reactions to the 14th July celebrations. The...
Dates:
1678-1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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