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British Naval Intelligence Papers, mainly of Donald McLachlan and Patrick Beesly.
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MLBE
Scope and Contents
The collection includes: McLachlan's papers for "Room 39"; Beesly's papers for "Very Special Intelligence" and for "Very Special Admiral"; and papers of Commander Lloyd Hirst, an intelligence officer.
Dates:
1926 - 1980
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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Partridge: The Papers of Frances Catherine Partridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescript and manuscript diaries, lectures, philosophy notes, correspondence, photographs, printed copies of book reviews, articles and obituaries. Many of the diaries exist only in typescript form, but in later years the only copies are in manuscript. Letters to her husband, Ralph Partridge, are included in this collection. In addition to her own photograph albums, there are two albums which belonged to Dora Carrington and two which belonged to Lytton Strachey,...
Dates:
1905 - 2004
Fonds
The Papers of Air Vice-Marshal Stanley Vincent
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/VNCT
Scope and Contents
The papers consist of drafts for Vincent's autobiography, Flying Fever, with correspondence on its publication.
Dates:
1970-08 - 1972-08
Conditions Governing Access:
The papers are 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
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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
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The Papers of (Harold) Montgomery Belgion
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BLGN
Scope and Contents
The collection includes personal papers, pocket diaries, photographs, literary material and personal correspondence.
There is only a small amount of material relating to HMB's early life and unfortunately a great many papers and correspondence were destroyed in a German bombing raid on London during the Second World War. Virtually all HMB's letters home written as a prisoner-of-war (BLGN 3) appear to have survived and constitute an interesting record of his experiences during the...
Dates:
1891 - 1980
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 Piers Brendon
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BREN
Scope and Contents
The material deposited at Churchill Archives Centre by Dr Piers Brendon relates to two documentaries "The Churchills" and "The Windsors".
Dates:
1993 - 2000
Conditions Governing Access:
One file within the collection (BREN 2/1/1) is closed but the remainder of 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 Ronald Lewin
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RLEW
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence relating to his books on World War II. The papers are mostly organised round the different books that Ronald Lewin published and, for the most part, comprise correspondence with Lewin or his notes from interviews with people who were colleagues of the military leaders about whom he wrote or who worked in operations he was describing.
Dates:
1890 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre