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Sport

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 293 Collections and/or Records:

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Darwin-Wolfson Sports Days, 1991 - 1993, 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/DCSA/O/4/1
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Papers and correspondence relating to sports days with Wolfson College, Oxford and requests for reimbursement for sports expenses.

Dates: 1991 - 1993; 2001
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Deptford into the Eighties: presscuttings on soccer violence campaign, 1986

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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.
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Diary, 21 November 1946-31 December 1947

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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: 21 November 1946-31 December 1947
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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European Commission speeches, 2003-08 - 2003-09

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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.
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Finances for Societies and Clubs, 1989 - 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/DCSA/S/A1
Scope and Contents Correspondences relating to the use of sports facilities at colleges in Cambridge. Various documents relating to the clubs and societies finances and equipment. Budget forms for societies and clubs for 1990 to 1995. Includes Aerobics Club (1994-1995), American Football Club (1990-1992), Arts Group (1990-1991), Badminton Society (1991-1993), Men's Basketball (1990-1995), Boat Club (1990-1995), Canoe Club (1991-1992) Cricket Club (1990-1995), Disco Society (1990-1993), Drama Society...
Dates: 1989 - 2002
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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Finances for Societies and Clubs, 2002 - 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/2511/DCSA/S/A2
Dates: 2002 - 2007
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Darwin College Archives is committed to providing access to its collections for the purposes of teaching, research and administrative reference. Access to collections must be facilitated by archival staff and materials are not to be removed from the archival storage facility without the express consent of the archivist and appropriate documentation for legitimate purposes only, such as reproduction or display. Access to collections is subject to statutory and legal limitations relating to data protection and copyright restrictions under the 2018 Data Protection Act, the 2000 Freedom of Information Act, and relevant copyright legislation. Records containing personal and special category data under General Data Protection Regulations will be closed on data protection grounds while the named individuals are (or may be) alive. Restrictions may also be placed on uncatalogued records and donated material in accordance with donors’ wishes.
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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

 Series
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

 Fonds
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).
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Gonville and Caius College Cambridge, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND A.20
Scope and Contents

Menus from College functions (chiefly rowing) 1920-25, some signed on back by some of those attending.

Dates: 1920 - 1925
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Hamsell Stud, 1962-05 - 1972-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/22
Scope and Contents

Papers and correspondence on the partnership known as the Hamsell Stud, between CS and [A D D] Tim Rogers (former aide to Sir Winston Churchill), which was formed to own and manage the horses and interests in horses left to CS by Churchill.

Dates: 1962-05 - 1972-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Hillsborough and football safety, 1990-01 - 1992-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 4/13
Scope and Contents

Includes: briefing for and notes from meeting with the Hillsborough family support group; press-cuttings on football safety; report for Liverpool City Council on the Hillsborough disaster; notes from Tom Pendry [sport and tourism spokesman] and Kate Hoey on policy on all-seated football stadia.

Dates: 1990-01 - 1992-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Hillsborough family support group, 1989-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 4/12
Scope and Contents

Submission to the inquiry into the Hillsborough stadium disaster.

Dates: 1989-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Hockey Club, 1926 - 1939

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCCS/3/4
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Management Group:

Records of Association Football, Boat, Cricket, Hockey, Rugby Union, Squash and Tennis Clubs, with occasional papers relating to University clubs.

Dates: 1926 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Management Group: More recent records may be closed under GDPR.
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ITN News: interview with Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/49
Scope and Contents

Interview on the Heysel Stadium disaster, Belgium [where football fans were killed during a riot before the European Cup Final].

Dates: 1985-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available
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Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1909 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/4
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: a strike and hunting near Blenheim Palace [Oxfordshire] (both 1912); attending military manoeuvres on Salisbury Plain; window breaking by suffragettes.

Dates: 1909 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: CSCT 1 has been fully digitised. If you would like to access the digital copy, please ask ahead of your visit or you can request files to be sent to you via our remote service/reprographics service, at .
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Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1912 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/6
Scope and Contents Subjects include: hunting; Canada possibly paying for 3 Dreadnoughts [1913]; Churchill's Home Rule speech [to the Ulster Liberal Association] in Belfast [Northern Ireland]; a miscarriage suffered by Clementine; the sinking of the Titanic; Clementine's letter to the Times ["Ought not women to be abolished?"] in answer to an article by Sir Almroth Wright ["Should women have votes?", though note that the letter itself is not present]; the effect of the National insurance Act; leaving Eccleston...
Dates: 1912 - 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: CSCT 1 has been fully digitised. If you would like to access the digital copy, please ask ahead of your visit or you can request files to be sent to you via our remote service/reprographics service, at .
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Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/7
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: a speech by David Lloyd-George [Chancellor of the Exchequer] on land reform, Oct 1913, the reaction of Churchill's cousin Sunny [9th Duke of Marlborough] and a naval proposal by Churchill; Jack Mitford's engagement to a German heiress; Clementine's appeal to Churchill not to fly any more; hunting; her love for him.

Dates: 1913
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: CSCT 1 has been fully digitised. If you would like to access the digital copy, please ask ahead of your visit or you can request files to be sent to you via our remote service/reprographics service, at .
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Leisure, 1955 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/24
Scope and Contents Working papers on leisure, covering subjects such as sport; cinema attendance; television licences and viewing habits; overseas travel and behaviour of British holidaymakers; betting and gambling; the relationship between leisure and religion; leisure time budgeting, weekends, and working hours; arts patronage and funding; leisure facilities and community life; evening classes and adult education; hobbies; home life and DIY; and leisure in West Germany [later part of Germany], Poland, and...
Dates: 1955 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Lists of Cambridge University Hockey Club teams for Varsity matches, 1890-1987 and results, 1890-1990; with a brief Club history, 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/SOC.XXIII.1
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: 1990
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at 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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Literary: News of the World articles by WSC 2., May 1938 - Sep 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/615
Scope and Contents Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings from the News of the World for: "Peopling the Wide, Open Spaces of Empire" on foreign emigration to parts of the British Empire, factors which prevent the British from emigrating, and developing the Empire through investment and emigration; "Why Not 'The United States of Europe'?" on the harm done by European rivalries and nationalism, fascism and communism, the economic benefits of European integration, and the role of Britain towards...
Dates: May 1938 - Sep 1938
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 6., 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/695
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sport, the stimulant" on the effect of modern inventions on the average person, watching, playing, and making money from sport, pigeon racing, angling, motor transport, hiking, cycling, theatre, cinema, radio, reading, and moral considerations; "Why the navy runs on oil" on the advantages of oil over coal as a fuel for ships, its adoption by the Royal Navy during WSC's first term as First Lord of the Admiralty, and the Anglo-Persian oil...
Dates: 03 Aug 1941 - 05 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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"Mr Churchill and Mr Eden visit the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley: chatting with Miss Cecilia Colledge", 1940-02-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/3/98
Scope and Contents Head and shoulders photograph of WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and [Robert] Anthony Eden [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 1st Lord Avon] meeting the British figure skater [Magdalena] Cecilia Colledge at Wembley [London]. Eden, on the left, wearing a dark coat and tie, is talking to Colledge; WSC, beside him, in a dark coat and black bow tie, is looking down; while Colledge, on the right, has her back mostly to the camera and is wearing a low-backed white dress with...
Dates: 1940-02-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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"Mr Churchill and Mr Eden visit the Empire Pool and Sports Arena, Wembley: greeting the Canadian Expeditionary Force ice hockey team", 1940-02-24

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/3/99
Scope and Contents

Three quarter length photograph of WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and [Robert] Anthony Eden [Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs, later 1st Lord Avon] meeting an ice hockey player at Wembley [London]. WSC, in a dark coat and black bow tie, is smiling and shaking the hand of the player (who has his back to the camera); Eden, wearing a dark coat and tie, is standing beside WSC, smiling. Various other men are standing around them.

Dates: 1940-02-24
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
 Sub-Series

Negatives of images taken by Nigel Oakley as Varsity photographer, with index, 1953

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Phot.191
Scope and Contents

Cover mainly University and College sports clubs, including rugby, rowing, tennis, fencing; views of buildings such as Wren Library, King's College chapel, Gibbs Building; ballet and acting performances at the ADC; and Poppy Day. Images are described and individuals named on accompanying slips of paper and in a card index. Please use the card index first to identify likely images. No research has been undertaken to identify exactly which images were published in Varsity.

Dates: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at 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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Newchapel Stud book, 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 10/1/21
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Includes: papers relating to various properties owned by CS and MS, mainly Castle Mill House, Hampshire; accounts; papers relating to the settlement of the estate of MS's sister Sarah, Lady Audley [earlier Sarah Churchill, Sarah Oliver and Sarah Beauchamp], and letters of condolence on her death; papers on general family legal and financial affairs; papers on MS's literary contracts and copyright; correspondence on portraits and statues of Sir Winston Churchill.

Dates: 1957
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.