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Found in 1992 Collections and/or Records:

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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1990-05 - 1991-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/31
Scope and Contents

Includes: papers from meetings of the Greater London Labour Party, particularly on party elections; note on the budget situation in Lambeth; campaign timetable and strategy notes; paper on local government in Hackney; briefing on Tower Hamlets.

Dates: 1990-05 - 1991-05
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-01 - 1991-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/32
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Draft policy statement "London United", with papers from campaign team meetings, a copy of a London Chamber of Commerce and Industry economic report and survey and a consultation paper on the Quality Commission on local government.

Dates: 1991-01 - 1991-05
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-03 - 1991-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/33
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Includes: drafts of the policy statement "A Vision for London", by Bryan Gould, environment spokesman, with comments from Patricia Hewitt [former policy co-ordinator to NK]; strategy and planning papers; qualitative research paper on a strategy for London; National Executive Committee report into Lambeth Labour Group; briefing for a Shadow Cabinet meeting on campaigning in London, with a Shadow Communications Agency quantitative research report.

Dates: 1991-03 - 1991-04
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1990-09 - 1991-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/34
Scope and Contents

Campaign management team papers, including: texts of short campaign documents "London Pride", "The London Story", "The state of the capital" and "London: a world class capital"; poll summary; press releases; draft speech notes; strategy papers, particularly on countering attacks; briefings for the campaign launch; exit poll from the May local elections.

Dates: 1990-09 - 1991-05
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-05 - 1991-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/35
Scope and Contents Campaign management team papers, including: note on the state of preparedness; memorandum on the autumn campaign; press-cuttings; paper by Chris Smith, Treasury and economic affairs spokesman, on London’s economy; proposal from Margaret Hodge, Leader of Islington Council, on developing the Greater London Authority; campaign plan, including planning for the autumn, Conference arrangements and election planning; memorandum from Margaret Hodge on campaigning during the election period; copy of...
Dates: 1991-05 - 1991-10
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-06 - 1991-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/36
Scope and Contents

Campaign management team papers, including: minutes of meetings; note on campaign priorities; leisure card proposal; list of London affiliated organisations; briefing for team meeting and on London generally; polling summaries; campaign schedule; note on the summer campaign; copy of the "London: a world class capital" policy document.

Dates: 1991-06 - 1991-11
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1991-01 - 1992-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/37
Scope and Contents Campaign management team papers, including: drafts and notes for the policy document "An Elected Voice for London" (the follow-up to "London: a world class capital"); papers on developing the Greater London Authority; notes from meetings; Association of London Authorities paper on the London economy during and after the recession; paper by Joan Ruddock, transport spokesman, on London’s transport crisis; paper by Chris Smith, Treasury and economic affairs spokesman, on relative prices in...
Dates: 1991-01 - 1992-01
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/38
Scope and Contents

Drafts of the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", including contributions from Larry Whitty, General Secretary, and Geoff Bish [Policy Director].

Dates: 1992-01 - 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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/39
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Updates of the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with comments and amendments from individuals including David Blunkett [Chairman, Local government committee], Joan Ruddock [transport spokesman], Clive Soley and John Newbigin [policy advisor to NK].

Dates: 1992-01 - 1992-10
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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-01 - 1992-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/40
Scope and Contents

Campaign management team papers, including: regional brief on Greater London; letter from Ian Lang, Secretary of State for Scotland on the position of Scottish Labour ministers once there was a Scottish Parliament; strategy notes and timetables; letter from David Blunkett commenting on the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with statement by the National Executive Committee.

Dates: 1992-01 - 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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/41
Scope and Contents

Campaign management team papers, including: briefing notes on the policy document "An Elected Voice for London", with guide to countering attacks; speech notes on an economic recovery; report on cuts to Government training programmes; text of a speech by NK to prospective London candidates; paper by Henry McLeish, employment spokesman, on unemployment under the Conservatives; briefing for a visit to Feltham and Heston (see also 3/4/1/62).

Dates: 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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1992 General Election: London campaign, 1992-03 - 1992-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 3/4/1/42
Scope and Contents

Includes: copy of the London Manifesto; regional update for Greater London; London press cuttings and press releases.

Dates: 1992-03 - 1992-04
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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'A letter of observation, adapted to the explanations of the latitude and longitudinal influence for the use of the Mariner', 1813-08-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/40: 389-398
Scope and Contents

Sent from Richard Benjamin Parker to Captain Thomas Hurd.

Dates: 1813-08-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Accompanying letter and report listing chronometers under repair by Arnold and Dent, 1831-04-23

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 185-186
Scope and Contents

Sent from Arnold and Dent to John Pond.

Dates: 1831-04-23
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Account from G. Waddington of the going of a watch made by Mr Kendall, 1784-02 - 1784-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/24: 487-488
Scope and Contents From the Sub-file:

Nine letters and an account of the going of a watch.

Dates: 1784-02 - 1784-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Account of Peter Barlow's experiments on board the ships 'Leven', 'Conway' and 'Griper' for correcting the local attraction of the vessels, 1819 - 1824

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 596-656
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.

Dates: 1819 - 1824
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Accounts current, 1812-1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/A4
Scope and Contents Accounts current kept by the main office of Jardine, Matheson & Co. and its predecessors at, successively, Canton, Macao and Hong Kong (1-64), and by the offices at Shanghai (65-100), Canton (101-106), Yokohama (107-108), and London (109-118). The majority of the volumes are comprised of general accounts, but there are also accounts devoted to specific individuals, bodies or locations, including the China coast, ships, steamers, companies and ports. The London volumes include accounts...
Dates: 1812-1902
Conditions Governing Access: Some of the records are unavailable due to their poor physical condition.
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Admiralty note relating to Christopher Hansteen's variation chart, 1827-04-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 546-547
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.

Dates: 1827-04-14
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Al-Fayed, Mohamed Abdel Moneim, 1929-2023 (Businessman)

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Dates: Existence: 1929 - 2023
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"Amidst the ruins of the House of Commons", 1941-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/140
Scope and Contents

WSC in silhouette in the bomb-damaged House of Commons.

Dates: 1941-05
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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An account for repairs to Earnshaw chronometer Nos. 343, 717 and 814, 1831-04-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 183
Scope and Contents

Sent from William Johnson to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1831-04-21
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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An account listing chronometers awaiting repair, 1829-05-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 5/237: 103
Scope and Contents

Provides details of repairs for chronometer Nos. 405, 421, 425, 485, 502, 511, 530, 541. Sent from John Roger Arnold to Thomas Taylor.

Dates: 1829-05-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Andrew Pigge on a theory that the magnetic needle is held on its meridian by the laws of gravity only, 1824-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/43: 462-464
Scope and Contents From the File:

Correspondence regarding the effect of magnetic variation on the mariner's compass, the use of magnetic variation to establish longitude and the cause of magnetic variation.

Dates: 1824-04-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Andrews, Eamonn, CBE, 1922-1987 (Broadcaster)

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Dates: Existence: 1922 - 1987
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Anonymous letter to the Board of Longitude, 1827-06-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/36: 116-117
Scope and Contents

Enclosing the proposals for longitude at [RGO 14/36: 118-120].

Dates: 1827-06-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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).