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Animals

 Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 139 Collections and/or Records:

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Animals, 1985-07 - 1987-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/71
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the general public on animal welfare and experiments on animals, with correspondents including: Dame Olga Uvarov [Vice-President, Institute of Animal Technicians] (2).

Also includes: the explanatory memorandum to the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Bill (1985); papers by Dame Olga Uvarov on research with animals and veterinary implications of the 1968 Medicines Act.

Dates: 1985-07 - 1987-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Archives of the Department of Zoology, 1882 - 2016

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/ZOO
Scope and Contents The records of the Department of Zoology have come to the University Archives in two tranches: i) account books,1882-1956, which are stray survivals and ii) much fuller departmental records from the 1960s onwards, produced in the main by the Head of Department and Departmental Administrator. The latter cover every aspect of departmental activity. Teaching and research shifts towards Ecology and Conservation, and securing the funding to support them, are a particular feature of the records...
Dates: 1882 - 2016
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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"At the zoo [London]", 1947-09-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/260
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC kneeling down to feed an albino kangaroo ["Digger" a gift from the Australian Stockbreeders' Association]. WSC is wearing a suit and hat and has a cigar in his mouth.

Dates: 1947-09-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"At the zoo [London]", 1947-09-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/261
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC leaning forward holding a stick through the bars of a cage to feed a lion ["Rota"]. WSC is wearing a suit and hat and has a cigar in his mouth.

Dates: 1947-09-10
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
 Unknown

"Betting Duty Evasion", 30 May 1928

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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

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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

 Unknown
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

 Unknown
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

 Unknown
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

 Unknown
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

 Unknown
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

 Unknown
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
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Cambridge, Oxford, British Isles, 1954

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Reference Code: GBR/3437/WDTR/3/5/10
Scope and Contents The paper photograph wallet also lists on its cover numerous sites in Greece. However, this wallet only now mostly contains images from Cambridge, Oxford and the British Isles (save one photograph of a smiling lady and a minature donkey in Mycenae). Specific locations include All Souls College, Oxford; Trinity College, Pembroke College, Peterhouse and Trumpington Street, Cambridge. The album includes images of animals (ducks, swans, cows, sheep and a kitten putting its paws on a jug), street...
Dates: 1954
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"Clementine Churchill": family correspondence, 1956, 1956-02 - 1956-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/174
Scope and Contents

Letter from CS to Sir Winston Churchill on his investments and the progress of Churchill's stud and racehorses.

Dates: 1956-02 - 1956-04
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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Colour photograph of WSC sitting with his poodle Rufus II, 1950-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW V 3/10/22c
Scope and Contents Photograph taken from the side of WSC sitting at the far end of a green garden bench [at Chartwell, Kent] with his chocolate-coloured poodle Rufus beside him, nearer the camera. WSC is holding on to Rufus's neck with one hand, and holding his cigar in his mouth and his cane between his fingers with the other. He is twisting slightly to look at the camera, frowning a little, and is wearing a blue siren suit with a white shirt collar sticking out, and a large light coloured sun hat. In the...
Dates: 1950-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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Correspondence between CS and Sir Winston Churchill and Clementine, Lady Churchill, 1953-06 - 1958-08

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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.
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Correspondence on butterflies, fish and birds, 1947 - 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHWL 4/4 (box 89)
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on butterflies, mealworms, golden orfe, tropical fish, red breasted geese and black swans.

Dates: 1947 - 1963
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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CS's individual racehorses, 1969-10 - 1987-01

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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.
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Dogs, 1968-09 - 1975-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/28
Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mainly on gundogs bred and owned by CS, particularly a labrador retriever bitch called Tara. Correspondents include Sir Martin Charteris, Private Secretary to the Queen, on a puppy that CS had given to the Queen, which she had then given to Charteris.

Dates: 1968-09 - 1975-03
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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Dogs Order, 1982-07 - 1983-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 9/2/31
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on the Dogs (Northern Ireland) Order, on keeping dogs under control, with correspondents including: Adam Butler, Minister of State, Northern Ireland Office (6); [William] John Biffen, Lord President of the Council (2).

Also includes: draft copies of the order, with report from the Committee of Public Accounts on dog licensing; notes on amendments to the draft order; extract from Hansard for the Northern Ireland Committee covering the debate on the order.

Dates: 1982-07 - 1983-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Extracts from the Times and other sources relating to the Churchill family: 1930-35, 1967-02 - 1978-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/8/113
Scope and Contents Subjects include: the Komodo Dragons presented to the Zoological Society of London by 1st Lord Moyne [earlier Walter Guinness] in 1935, following his cruise on the yacht Rosaura (includes a letter from 1st Lord Zuckerman [former Resident Anatomist to the Zoological Society]); the death of Mary, Lady St Helier; Churchill's heated pool and pet swans, ducks and geese; Randolph Churchill's campaign at the Wavertree by-election [Liverpool], 1935; Churchill's attack of paratyphoid in Austria,...
Dates: 1967-02 - 1978-04
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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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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Horseracing: "Windsor: Sept 1950", 1950-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 5/3/92
Scope and Contents

WSC outside weighing room, with binoculars round his neck and smoking a cigar, admiring a racehorse.

Dates: 1950-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original
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"Hunting wild boar at Foucarmont [France] 1927", 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/111
Scope and Contents

Photo shows WSC on horseback.

Dates: 1927
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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Lady Churchill's letters to Sir Winston, 1942-08, 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 1/27
Scope and Contents Subjects include: Churchill's departure [for Casablanca, Morocco, January 1943] and the bad behaviour of Smoky the cat; Churchill's extra journey to Turkey; stories of atrocities carried out by German soldiers in the Soviet Union against both Soviet forces and Italians; news of the Allied forces entering Tunis and Bizerta [Tunisia]; an unexpected visit from Sarah Oliver [earlier Sarah Churchill, later Sarah Beauchamp and Sarah, Lady Audley]; the success of the campaign in North Africa and...
Dates: 1942-08; 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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