Women
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 419 Collections and/or Records:
Sub-Series
'The transformation of an elite? Women and higher education since 1900', 1998-09
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Conf.IV
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to an academic conference, one of the events organised to mark the 50th anniversary of women's full membership of the University, held on 24 September 1998.
Dates:
1998-09
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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The Women's Social and Political Union (WSPU), 1911 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 2/2/17
Scope and Contents
Mainly printed papers issued by the Union, including: the menu card for a commemoration dinner for suffragette prisoners; flyers and leaflets; order of march for the women's procession in London, June 1911; annual reports of the Union and also the Wimbledon branch; letters from the Union; pamphlet of "suffrage speeches from the dock" (taken from a conspiracy trial at the Old Bailey, May 1912); official programme and instructions for the suffragette demonstration in Hyde Park, July 1912; copy...
Dates:
1911 - 1915
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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Transcript of interview: Ann Grant, 2021
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 205
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2021
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Dame Judith Macgregor, 2019 - 2020
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 192
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2019 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Dame Mariot Leslie, 2017
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 162
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2017
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Transcript of interview: Heather Thomsett, 2024
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 240
Scope and Contents
Interview with Heather Thomsett (née Auchterlonie), on her work in the Foreign Secretary's Private Office from 1943 to 1947, on subjects including: the Foreign Office during wartime; working with [Robert] Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary [later 1st Lord Avon] and others such as Sir Alexander Cadogan [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs], 1st Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin, British Ambassador to the United States] and Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary; the...
Dates:
2024
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Pamela Gordon, 2022
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 214
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2022
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Sheila Lyall Grant, 2022
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 216
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2022
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Thorhilda Abbott-Watt, 2022
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 212
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2022
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
File
Transcript of interview: Vivien Life, 2023
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 230
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2023
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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'Two Contributions to the Experimental Study of the Menstrual Cycle', 1928
Item
Reference Code: GBR/3377/CSMyers/3/6
Dates:
1928
Series
University degree lists and related records, 1580 - 1969
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Degr.
Scope and Contents
The records comprise chiefly lists of student matriculations and degrees. There is a smaller quantity of records relating to unmatriculated and degrading students and to the examining and issuing of degrees to women in the years before admission to full membership of the University.
Dates:
1580 - 1969
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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University of Cambridge Local Lectures, 1893-04 - 1896-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 4/9
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence including: examination papers; letter and memorandum from Alfred Marshall [Professor of Political Economy, Cambridge] on university degrees for women at Cambridge and the Bishop of Stepney's scheme for a separate Imperial University for Women; letter from the Cambridge Local Examinations and Lectures Syndicate on language requirements for those taking examinations in Foreign Literature; examiner's report for JWHM's lecture class at Leicester, studying the foundation...
Dates:
1893-04 - 1896-10
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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(Untitled), 07 Oct [1873]
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/1/30-31
Scope and Contents
Letter from [Leonard Jerome] (Union Club, 1 West 21st [Street, New York, United States]) to Jennie [Jerome, later Lady Randolph Churchill] saying that he is reassured about her engagement to Lord Randolph Churchill although he had been concerned about English prejudice against Americans. He expresses his delight at the engagement "it is the greatest match any American has made since the Dutchess [sic] of Leeds".
Dates:
07 Oct [1873]
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
/
Acquired Papers
/
Acquired Papers: Letters from Clara and Leonard Jerome to Lady Randolph Churchill. Includes material relating to Lady Randolph Churchill's education and engagement to Lord Randolph Churchill. All items are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 07 Nov 1891
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/11/42-43
Scope and Contents
Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill (Fort Tuli [Rhodesia, later Zimbabwe]) to [Lady Randolph Churchill] including: observations on the future marriage of [Lady] Sarah [Churchill later Sarah Wilson]; advice to "Mary" [Lady Gerard] that she should forgive "Billy" [2nd Lord Gerard] commenting "what does an occasional cook or housemaid matter"; his plans for returning to England; arrangements for WSC to study during the holiday; observations on [Arthur] Balfour becoming Leader [of the House of...
Dates:
07 Nov 1891
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.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
/
The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
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Chartwell Papers
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Acquired Papers
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Acquired Papers: Letters and telegrams from Lord Randolph Churchill to Lady Randolph Churchill mainly relating to his visit to South Africa in search of gold (see also material contained in CHAR 28/54). All letters are manuscript and signed unless otherwise described.
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(Untitled), 24 Jun 1906
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/27/52-53
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC (12 Bolton Street [London]) to "Mamma" [Lady Randolph Churchill] inviting her to dinner with Lord Elgin and informing her that a demonstration in Manchester was very successful as "the suffragettes were ejected with almost incredible velocity!". Envelope present marked "private".
Dates:
24 Jun 1906
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.
Item
(Untitled), 21 Dec 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/5/1-4
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to the Prime Minister [Herbert Asquith, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on women's suffrage, particularly on the danger of splits within the Cabinet, recommending a referendum on the subject. [Manuscript copy, in letter book].
Dates:
21 Dec 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/5/5-6
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Curzon on women's suffrage, recommending a referendum on the subject, provided that he could be assured that the argument would not be applied to Home Rule or other measures of a party nature; WSC asks if Curzon, and other prominent Conservative Anti-Suffragists (such as F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead] and [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain) would be prepared to make it clear that there were great distinctions between a referendum on a non- party question and one...
Dates:
07 Jan 1912
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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(Untitled), 19 Jul 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/94A/30
Scope and Contents
Letter from WSC to Mrs Somerset Maxwell asking her to become the successor to Lady Hestor Bourne as Vice Chairman of the Conservative Party stating that he would appreciate her help in arousing women's support for the party and in "directing our work as it affects women" Initialled in typescript.
Dates:
19 Jul 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open.
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(Untitled), 02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/104/4
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1943.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Lord Louis Mountbatten [Supreme Allied Commander South East Asia]; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; Colonel Ian Jacob and Major-General Leslie Hollis [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; senior civil servants, including...
Dates:
02 Oct 1943 - 31 Oct 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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(Untitled), 20 Mar 1915 - 24 Mar 1915
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/49/45-46
Scope and Contents
Letter from M Jebb Scott, Honorary Secretary of the Ladies' Emergency Committee of the Navy League, to Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC, stating that their work of sending "warm comforts" to the fleet would soon slacken off, and that she wished to keep her committee busy through the summer. Scott claims that her committee was doing the best organised work in London, and asks Marsh to find them a job, concluding "we are not suffragettes!". Includes note between Marsh and Oswyn Murray,...
Dates:
20 Mar 1915 - 24 Mar 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 31 Jan 1931
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/180A/40-45
Scope and Contents
Letter from R P Cobbold (Wakes Colne Hall, near Colchester, Essex) to WSC congratulating him on his speech in Manchester on India, criticising the Betting Tax and the extension of the vote to women under 30, claiming that the Indian National Congress extracts financial contributions by threats, criticising the Viceroy [of India, Lord Irwin, earlier Edward Wood, later 1st Lord Halifax] as a visionary, asserting the need for summary justice to be imposed in India against disorder, and...
Dates:
31 Jan 1931
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 Mar 1925
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/183/46-47
Scope and Contents
Pages from the "Patriot" including marked letter from Nesta Webster complaining about political bias in the BBC on the issue of female suffrage.
Dates:
12 Mar 1925
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), 01 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/36/10
Scope and Contents
Prime Minister's printed personal minutes, October 1941.Includes texts of minutes from WSC (annotated with additional printed information) to: Sir Edward Bridges [Secretary to the War Cabinet]; Colonels Leslie Hollis and Ian Jacob [Military Assistant Secretaries to the War Cabinet]; members of the Cabinet and other government ministers; the Chiefs of Staff; General Sir Hastings Ismay [Chief of Staff to the Minister of Defence]; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann, Prime Minister's...
Dates:
01 Oct 1941 - 31 Oct 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Item
(Untitled), 24 Oct 1913
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/20/79
Scope and Contents
Letter from Eustace Fiennes [Eustace Twisleton-Wykeham- Fiennes] (86 Eaton Terrace, Eaton Square [London]) to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], asking if it would be possible for Elspeth Beardmore [later Elspeth, Lady Invernairn] to launch a ship from the Beardmore Yard on the Clyde and commenting on WSC's progressive attitude.
Dates:
24 Oct 1913
Conditions Governing Access:
Open