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Sport

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 274 Collections and/or Records:

 File

Album of hunting photographs, 1948-11-27

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/1/5
Scope and Contents

Photographs from Winston Churchill's last day of hunting, with the Old Surrey and Burstow hunt, during the meet at Chartwell Farm [Kent]. Includes both Churchill and MS on horseback, together with "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster] and "Nancy" [Anne, Duchess of Westminster] and [Arthur] Nicholas Soames as a baby.

Dates: 1948-11-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Album of hunting photographs, 1948-11-27

Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/1/6
Scope and Contents

Photographs from Winston Churchill's last day of hunting, with the Old Surrey and Burstow hunt, during the meet at Chartwell Farm [Kent]. Includes both Churchill and MS on horseback, together with "Bendor" [2nd Duke of Westminster] and "Nancy" [Anne, Duchess of Westminster] and [Arthur] Nicholas Soames as a baby.

Dates: 1948-11-27
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

"Alive and Kicking: The Story of Welsh Soccer", 2003-08 - 2003-09

Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 17/72
Scope and Contents

Scripts for BBC Radio Wales, annotated by NK for recording.

Dates: 2003-08 - 2003-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds — CUCC

Archives of Cambridge University Cricket Club, 1820 - 2005

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUCC
Scope and Contents Students of Cambridge cricket will find much of interest in the archives of Cambridge University Cricket Club. The earliest scoring books, membership and financial records cover periods crucial to the development of the club, while in more recent times, extensive correspondence of both Treasurer and Fixtures Secretary illustrate both the numerous problems involved in running a first-class cricket team with essentially amateur resources, and the many hours of devoted work put in by senior and...
Dates: 1820 - 2005
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 Fonds

Archives of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club, 1943 - 2015

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/CUWBC
Scope and Contents

Original records of Cambridge University Women's Boat Club are few before the mid-1970s. Earlier information will be found in the personal recollections, papers and photographs of former members solicited by Iris Preston and others in section 3. Fund raising records are in both sections 1 and 4.

Dates: 1943 - 2015
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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BBC Wales, Eye on Wales: Anti-apartheid, 1998-06

Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/209
Scope and Contents

Programme on the Wales anti-apartheid movement, following Nelson Mandela being awarded the Freedom of Cardiff. Includes contributions from NK, on his and other Cardiff University students' reaction to the Sharpeville Massacre (1960), and demonstrations against South African sports teams.

Dates: 1998-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
 Unknown

"Betting Duty Evasion", 30 May 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/79/80-85
Scope and Contents Memorandum from AEHT (Board Room, Custom House, Lower Thames Street [London]) to James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer] including: background information about D Crimp, formerly of Ladbrokes, and his totalisator business; Crimp's exaggerated estimate of betting turnover at £800 million; estimate of £200 million of dutiable turnover; illegal betting; tax evasion by bookmakers; and efforts to investigate a secret clearing house and gambling dens.Typescript...
Dates: 30 May 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Bloodstock: Airlie Stud, 1968-12 - 1980-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/23
Scope and Contents

Papers, correspondence and accounts notes on the breeding, buying and selling of horses in which CS had an interest or shares.

Dates: 1968-12 - 1980-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 26 Apr 1926

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/75A/42-95
Scope and Contents

Speaking notes for WSC's Budget statement (26 April), on the inland revenue, debt, expenditure, Fighting Services, the return to the Gold Standard, silk duty, the McKenna Duties, Imperial Preference, betting duty, the Road Fund and the French war debt.Typescript laid out in "psalm style" with manuscript annotations in red and black ink by WSC.

Dates: 26 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 26 Apr 1926

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/75B/96
Scope and Contents

Print of WSC's Budget statement on the inland revenue, debt, expenditure, Fighting Services, the return to the Gold Standard, silk duty, the McKenna Duties, Imperial Preference, betting duty, the Road Fund and the French war debt.

Dates: 26 Apr 1926
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 24 Apr 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/83B/112-194
Scope and Contents

Speech notes for WSC's Budget statement on the past year, the National Debt, expenditure and revenue, the betting tax, inland revenue, reform of the local rating system, oil duty, sugar duty and car tax.Typescript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style" with manuscript annotations in red and black ink by WSC.

Dates: 24 Apr 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 24 Apr 1928

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/83B/195
Scope and Contents

Print of WSC's Budget statement on the past year, the National Debt, expenditure and revenue, the betting tax, inland revenue, reform of the local rating system, oil duty, sugar duty and car tax.

Dates: 24 Apr 1928
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 15 Apr 1929

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/87/2
Scope and Contents

Print of WSC's Budget statement on a review of the past 5 years, the Gold Standard and cost of living, the National Debt, surplus funds (1928 - 1929), expenditure (1929), revenue, import duties, the betting tax, the Road Fund, de-rating and taxation.

Dates: 15 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 Unknown

Budget Statement, 15 Apr 1929

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/87/3-76
Scope and Contents

Speech notes for WSC's Budget statement on a review of the past 5 years, the Gold Standard and cost of living, the National Debt, surplus funds (1928 - 1929), expenditure (1929), revenue, import duties, the betting tax, the Road Fund, de-rating and taxation.Typescript and manuscript speaking notes laid out in "psalm style" with manuscript annotations in red and black ink by WSC.

Dates: 15 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: Open
 File

Commonwealth Games, 1986-07 - 1986-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHLD 1/9
Scope and Contents

Briefings and press cuttings for Neil Kinnock's visit to the Games, Edinburgh [Scotland], particularly on threatened boycotts of the Games due to Britain’s refusal to impose sanctions on South Africa. Also includes questions and answers for an interview with Kinnock for Rugby International, and a briefing on the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM), on sanctions against South Africa.

Dates: 1986-07 - 1986-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Correspondence between CS and Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine, Lady Churchill, 1953-06 - 1958-08

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 9/8
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: a family weekend at Chequers [Buckinghamshire], June 1954; a crisis within the Conservative Party caused by stagnation with the Cabinet; feeling within the Party about Churchill stepping down as Prime Minister; Churchill's investments; horse racing and the stud.

Also includes: a letter from 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Max Aitken] thanking CS for his care of Churchill [following his stroke, June 1953]; photograph of CS at Chartwell Farm;

Dates: 1953-06 - 1958-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Correspondence with Margaret Thatcher, 1983-10 - 1983-12

Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 1/1/2
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: congratulations on NK’s election as leader of the Labour Party; NK’s request for a debate on the National Health Service; a tour of Wales by a South African rugby team; the Home Affairs Select Committee report on electoral reform.

Dates: 1983-10 - 1983-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Correspondence with MPs and Peers, surnames "MIT"-"MUD", February- December 1978, 1978

Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/1/2/14
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with: David Mitchell MP; Roger Moate MP; James Molyneaux MP; Hector Monro MP (includes revised drafts of his Policy Group study "Sport and recreation, Policy Paper", June and July 1978, includes MT’s handwritten annotations); Fergus Montgomery MP; John Moore MP; Michael Morris MP; Charles Morrison MP (includes report on his visit to South Africa with Peter Blaker MP, May 1978); Peter Morrison MP; and David Mudd MP

Dates: 1978
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in April 2008 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
 Series

Cricket scoring books of the Cambridge University and College Servants Club, 1947 - 1964

Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.IX
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Student administration and support records - comprises records relating to student admissions at all levels, graduate students, visiting senior scholars, student careers advice and welfare, together with the records of clubs and societies.

Dates: 1947 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Department of Archives and Modern Manuscripts, Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
 File

CS's individual racehorses, 1969-10 - 1987-01

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/25
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, accounts, cuttings and photographs.

Dates: 1969-10 - 1987-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 File

Deptford into the Eighties: presscuttings on soccer violence campaign, 1986

Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLKN 1/1/33
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Mainly comprises material relating to the Deptford Labour Party.

Dates: 1986
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures of individual files are noted in the paper catalogue, please ask staff for further details.
 File

Diary, 1946-11-21 - 1947-12-31

Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/18
Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, and the Foreign Office; notes on the development of United Nations procedures and elections; the admission of new member states Yemen and Pakistan; discussions relating to United Nations Security Council resolutions and the Partition Plan for Palestine; Cadogan's attendance at working committee meetings regarding atomic energy and the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission; comments on...
Dates: 1946-11-21 - 1947-12-31
Conditions Governing Access: Issue microfilm copy only
 File

European Commission speeches, 2003-08 - 2003-09

Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/2/122
Scope and Contents

Speeches mostly relating to reform of the Commission. Also includes script for a programme on Welsh football [see also KNNK 17/72].

Dates: 2003-08 - 2003-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Series

Five notebooks containing lists of part of the library of James Wilson Rimington-Wilson at Broomhead Hall, near Sheffield, made by the owner, 1864-1877

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8219-8223
Scope and Contents

Note in Add.8219 by ANLM dated 28 Oct 1971 mentions six notebooks, a later note by AEBO dated 14/11/1979 notes that only five notebooks were acquired by the University Library in 1975: vol. '3' not received.

Dates: 1864-1877
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: 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).
 Fonds

George Chawner: Papers

Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6094-6144
Dates: 1900-1914 (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).