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India

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 314 Collections and/or Records:

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"A Balanced Economy": source material, 1952-01 - 1953-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/126
Scope and Contents

Source material on the economies of South Africa, Central Africa, Ceylon [later Sri Lanka], India and Pakistan.

Dates: 1952-01 - 1953-02
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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Admiralty printed papers: uncovered prints, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 8/17
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: the new system of entry, training and employment of Royal Marine officers; entry and training of naval officers; the transfer of Gibraltar from the War Office to the Admiralty; the defence of colonial and Indian ports.

Dates: 1906
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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AFA's India file, 1940-06 - 1945-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/141
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence, with correspondents including: Sir Firoz Khan Noon, Defence Member of Viceroy’s Executive Council, on subjects including Mohandas Gandhi breaking his fast, the American press correspondents in India, keeping Indian politics on a human, rather than spiritual level and the Indian princes' refusal to co-operate with the Government (2); Sir [Walter] Gordon Neale [political aide to LSA] on AFA opening the Indian Forces Club (3). Also includes: copies of Hansard...
Dates: 1940-06 - 1945-11
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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Alfred Lyttelton: papers, 1885 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN I/3/1-10
Scope and Contents

Includes certain papers relating to his post as Colonial Secretary, 1903-5.

Dates: 1885 - 1911
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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Andrews: the papers of Charles Freer Andrews

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Reference Code: GBR/1058/AND
Scope and Contents

The collection consists of some original correspondence and much secondary material such as articles about Andrews.

Dates: 1899 - 2009
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Articles, 1940-08 - 1946-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/71
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Texts and cuttings of articles by LSA, with related correspondence, on subjects including: the political deadlock in India; the visit to India by members of the Cabinet; India and the Empire; the Empire and the Navy; Cecil Rhodes; walks on Dartmoor [Devon]; the United States and Imperial Preference; the leftward trend in Europe; the [?] 1940 Budget of Sir John Simon.

Dates: 1940-08 - 1946-12
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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Bengal Land Revenue Commission, 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FLUD 6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection is made up largely of press cuttings, speeches and papers relating to Floud's 33 years at the Board of Agriculture (later the Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries) and his time as High Commissioner in Canada (1934-1938).

Dates: 1940
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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Birds-124 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 177r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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Books and journalism aborted, 1990-03 - 1995-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/4/9
Scope and Contents Correspondence on cancelled articles, books and media interviews by JEP, with correspondents including: John Coldstream, Literary Editor of the Daily Telegraph (2); Andrew Painter (6); representatives of Brook Productions Limited (4); James Hanning, Features Desk, the Evening Standard (3); Patrick Cormack (3); Sir Peter Tapsell; Simon Heffer, Deputy Editor of the Spectator; Ian Buruma, Foreign Editor of the Spectator (3). Also includes: texts of a review by JEP of a book on...
Dates: 1990-03 - 1995-07
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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Books, articles and pamphlets, 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/6/44
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"La Europa de Estrasburgo" by Ernesto Caballero and "L'Idée Européene" by Edouard Bonnefous, inscribed to JA.

Dates: 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Bowater Sanderson: Naval Journal

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9516
Scope and Contents

The journal (c. 305 pages) begins in September 1747, describing the voyage out to India, and concludes with the return of Royal Duke to England on 5 June 1750. The volume includes navigational exercises, transcribed sailing directions and pencil landfalls, and a sketch of the British settlement at Oriocopong.

Dates: 1747-1750
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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Briefings for meetings, 1988-11 - 1988-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/75
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Briefings for meetings with individuals including: the new Israeli Ambassador, Yoav Biran; John Edmonds, General Secretary of the GMB union and Tom Burlison, Regional Secretary; Maharajkrishna Rasgotra, the new Indian High Commissioner; members of the British karate team. Also includes note on NK and the Enniskillen Memorial service.

Dates: 1988-11 - 1988-12
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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Broadcasts, 1931-11 - 1952-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/17
Scope and Contents Texts of broadcasts by LSA on subjects including: Fairbridge Farm Schools in Australia; Empire defence; the economics of Empire; the 1935 Peace Ballot; the Empire and world peace; the politician versus the businessman; the Jewish settlement in Palestine; the Empire Producers Organisation; the way of peace; Germany's debt to European civilisation; tributes to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; why Italy should not...
Dates: 1931-11 - 1952-07
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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Burma-India separation, 1933-02 - 1935-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/29
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on the separation of Burma [later Myanmar] from India, particularly on LSA's work as chairman of the financial settlement tribunal. Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for India, later 1st Lord Templewood] (11); David Monteath [Assistant Secretary, India Office]; Sir [Samuel] Findlater Stewart [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]; William Croft [Private Secretary to Hoare]. Also includes: report of the Financial...
Dates: 1933-02 - 1935-09
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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Cassia glauca / Cassia pubescens / cotyledons, 1878-11-13 - 1878-11-21

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 209.6: 55-56
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1878-11-13 - 1878-11-21
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Some material in the Darwin archive is not available because it is unfit for production and access to some very fragile material may only be possible with support from specialist conservation staff. Please see descriptions for further details.
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"Clementine Churchill": Central Women's Advisory Committee Conference India debate, 1933, 1967-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/1/77
Scope and Contents

Notes, transcripts and copies of cuttings on CSC's speech to the Conservative women's conference on India.

Dates: 1967-11
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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Colour slides, mainly of overseas visits by Harold Macmillan, 1957-03 - 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/1
Scope and Contents Includes: a guard of honour at the Bermuda Conference, 1957; the Commonwealth tour by [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], Jan-Feb 1958, including India, particularly Delhi, and the Khyber Pass, a guard of honour at Singapore, New Zealand, including Dunedin and Christchurch and Australia, including Queensland and Sydney; Macmillan's visit to the Soviet Union, Feb 1959, including Moscow, Kiev and Leningrad, and an image of Macmillan and John Selwyn Lloyd,...
Dates: 1957-03 - 1960
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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Commonwealth relations, 1948-02 - 1950-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/75
Scope and Contents Correspondence, papers and cuttings on the 1948 and 1951 Conferences of Commonwealth Prime Ministers and particularly the position of India, with correspondents including: Sir Clive Baillieu on LSA's role in promoting Commonwealth unity; Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, on keeping India in the Commonwealth (2); Winston Churchill [Leader of the Opposition] on not being embittered by the past [on India] and the need to save what they could from the wreck (2); Sir Alan Lascelles [Private...
Dates: 1948-02 - 1950-11
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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Commonwealth Tour, 1958-01 - 1958-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NRBK 2/5
Scope and Contents

Spare slides from the tour of [Maurice] Harold Macmillan, Prime Minister [later 1st Lord Stockton], including: the Khyber Pass and massed pipers and bands rehearsing for the Independence Day parade, India; the Dunedin festival, Old Crocks’ Race and departing from Christchurch, New Zealand; Sydney and Queensland, Australia; house in Ceylon [later Sri Lanka].

Dates: 1958-01 - 1958-02
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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Copy of an unpublished memoir, 1922-46, 1926 - 1946

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CAVN 1/2
Scope and Contents Comprising: Second Marriage and Poland: The Soldier as a Peacemaker; A Lame Staff Officer on a World Tour; Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen at Arms and Field Marshal; Three Cruises and Trips to India, Egypt and Italy; The Irish Guards; Some Links with the Liberals of Fifty Years Ago; The Guards Division: Lord Kitchener's Intentions Regarding It; Leadership (based on a talk given to soldiers in 1939); Two Valleys; London Duties; Some Thoughts on Disarmament as Affecting the Army;...
Dates: 1926 - 1946
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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Copy of the log book of 'the Mountegue'

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 3
Scope and Contents

Comprises 261 copies of photographic prints taken from the original log, collected by Dr J.G. Gubbins in 1932, as part of efforts to restore the University of Witwatersrand Library which had been destroyed by fire in 1932. The log book relates to a voyage from London to Surat in Gujarat, India, between 1699 and 1702.

Dates: 1932
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Correspondence, 1940-09 - 1955-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/11
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley [former Ministry of Supply expert on tanks] recalling his work on tank production for LSA's memoirs; Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] on subjects including the Indian Trades Union movement, recruiting troops from the Empire, family allowances, industrial conscription, establishing Dominion status for India (5); John Ehrman on LSA's help with his [? Official Military Histories of the Second World War]; General Sir Claude...
Dates: 1940-09 - 1955-02
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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Correspondence, 1940-09 - 1955-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/14
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, India, on the expansion of the Army in India; Francis Turnbull [former Principal Private Secretary to LSA as Secretary of State for India]; James Butler [Chief Historian for the Official Military Histories of War of 1939-1945] on the use of troops from India during the war; Winston Churchill [Prime Minister] on his disappointment at the slow progress of troops coming from India, Australia and Palestine, LSA's...
Dates: 1940-09 - 1955-02
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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Correspondence, 1933-03 - 1956

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/6/12
Scope and Contents Personal, academic and military correspondence, with correspondents including: Norman Baynes; A E Housman [Professor of Latin, University of Cambridge]; Andrew Burn; Captain Ronald Buck, on subjects including his experiences in the Norwegian Campaign, and publishing JEP's Dancers End in the United States (3); Brigadier Frank Brayne (8); Harry Champion, Professor of Forestry, University of Oxford; R H Hide, Editor of the Quarterly Journal of Forestry (3); Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [Government...
Dates: 1933-03 - 1956
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.