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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 186 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), 29 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/83
Scope and Contents

Minute [from F A Lindemann, later 1st Lord Cherwell, Prime Minister's Personal Assistant] to WSC attaching a draft minute to the First Lord of the Admiralty [A V Alexander, later 1st Lord Alexander of Hillsborough] on research on measures to impede enemy "R.D.F." [radar] methods. [Copy; given running number 221].

Dates: 29 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/258A/95
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(Untitled), 14 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/222/41
Scope and Contents

Telegram from WSC to Commander in Chief, British Army of Occupation [Field Marshal Sir Bernard Montgomery] marked "Top Secret and Personal" stating that no German research and development establishments should be destroyed.

Dates: 14 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Mar 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/147/51
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Letter from [Lord Balfour, earlier Arthur Balfour] (Hotel Beau-Site, Cannes, [France]) to WSC reporting that he has written to [Stanley Baldwin] on betting, wishing WSC success with his scheme and stating that the true expenditure on scientific research is under a million pounds.

Dates: 18 Mar 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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.
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(Untitled), 23 Jun 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/110/48
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Letter from Sir John Simon (House of Commons) praising his speech [in the House of Commons defending his decision to keep ceremonial dress for the Guards and the Household Cavalry], promising to praise WSC's appliance of science to war when he gets the chance but adding that he (Simon) "must keep banging away until you meet us on present day needs.".

Dates: 23 Jun 1920
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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.
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(Untitled), 12 Jan 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 6/3A/9-12
Scope and Contents Copy of a letter from WSC to the President of the United States [President Dwight Eisenhower] marked "top secret: private and personal" in which he apologises for the delay in replying to Eisenhower; comments on the possibilities of the French delaying ratification [of the European Defence Community]; agrees that there can be no Four Power conference before ratification; discusses the increase in the Soviet Union's nuclear power; Great Britain's nuclear capability in the atomic and hydrogen...
Dates: 12 Jan 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

(Untitled), [Oct 1945]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/3/105
Scope and Contents Copy of a message from WSC to Prime Minister [Clement Attlee] marked "personal and secret" about the text of a draft message for [Harry Truman, President of the United States, from Attlee] in which he questions what [Attlee] wishes the Americans to do about sharing information about atomic weapons with the Soviet Union and a reference to an "Act of Faith"; discusses the importance of security in world policy and the timing of a United Nations conference; WSC's agreement with President...
Dates: [Oct 1945]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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William Bateson: Scientific Correspondence and Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8634
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence, field notebooks, material relating to Bateson's career, lecture notes, material relating to the University of Cambridge, papers documenting various scientific debates, draft publications, lectures, material relating to societies and organisations and photographs.

Dates: 1859-1935 (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).
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William Thomson, Lord Kelvin: Papers

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7342
Dates: 1840-1907 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Access to the original papers is restricted. A set of microfilms is available for consultation, reference CM04807-CM04856
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Women in science and technology: window of opportunity?, 2000

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CCAC/120/3/9
Scope and Contents

Handout from a presentation by Dr Alan Findlay, Senior Tutor, on the study of science subjects by women, and admissions to Churchill.

Dates: 2000
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Records containing personal data are closed for 75 years and committee papers are closed for varying periods (see individual entries).