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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 607 Collections and/or Records:

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Speech ideas papers: Conservative Philosophy (2), 1976, 1976

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/3/2
Scope and Contents Includes: MT's handwritten annotations Includes: speech briefing notes and contributions from Robert Rhodes-James, Angus Maude MP, Edward Pearce, Professor Andrew Sykes and Professor Esmond Wright; draft of MT’s speech to the Primrose League, 31 March 1976, extracts from her speech to the Liberal Party Federal Council, Canberra, Australia, 20 September 1976, and draft of her speech to the Parliamentary Press Gallery lunch, 26 January 1977 Also includes copy of a letter from John...
Dates: 1976
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in July 2009 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Speech ideas papers: general (2), 1976-77, 1976 - 1977

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 5/1/3/13
Scope and Contents

Includes: MT's handwritten annotations
Includes: draft for MT by Simon Webley of her speech to the Australian Institute of Directors on 15 September 1976, 27 August 1976 (see also THCR 5/1/2/84); draft of MT’s speech to Conservative agents, Brighton, 4 October 1976; and speech briefing notes and contributions from Michael Jones, Richard Ryder (MT's Political Secretary) and Alfred Sherman

Dates: 1976 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in July 2009 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Speeches: House of Commons: speech notes and other material., 30 Jul 1940 - 17 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/141A-B
Scope and Contents Statement by WSC (30 July) on making the remainder of the day's sitting a secret session. Also includes relevant extract from Hansard.Statement by WSC (17 September, secret session) on the danger to the Houses of Parliament posed by air raids and possible changes to House of Commons procedures as a consequence of this threat. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 6280-3.Hansard copy of WSC's statement (13 August) on an aeroplane disaster involving Australian ministers and military...
Dates: 30 Jul 1940 - 17 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and press cuttings., 02 Mar 1944 - 04 Jan 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/166
Scope and Contents Typescript speaking notes and press cuttings for WSC's speech (2 Mar 1944, London) entitled "The Royal College of Physicians" proposing the health of the College and on the National Health Service. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 6895 - 7.Press cutting from The Times reporting WSC's speech (23 Mar 1944, London) to United States troops. Published: Complete Speeches VII, pp 6905 - 6.Typescript speaking notes, and press cuttings for WSC's BBC broadcast (26 Mar 1944) entitled "The Hour of...
Dates: 02 Mar 1944 - 04 Jan 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: Non House of Commons: Speech notes and source material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/181A-B
Scope and Contents Speech notes for WSC's speech (9 January, Pilgrim's Society Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London) entitled "United States co-operation" proposing a toast to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on his appointment as British Ambassador to the United States and on the death of [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr]. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6327-9.BBC broadcast by WSC (9 February) entitled "Give us the tools" on the war situation including: the repulsion of the threat of...
Dates: 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes and other material., 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/150A-B
Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (9 January, Pilgrim's Society Luncheon, Savoy Hotel, London) entitled "United States co-operation" proposing a toast to Lord Halifax [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin] on his appointment as British Ambassador to the United States and on the death of [11th] Lord Lothian [earlier Philip Kerr]. Also includes cutting from the Times reporting WSC's speech. Published: Complete Speeches VI, pp 6327-9. Various cuttings reporting WSC's speech (17 January, Glasgow [Scotland])...
Dates: 09 Jan 1941 - 27 Apr 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Speeches: speech notes and source material., 31 May 1937 - 20 Nov 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/126
Scope and Contents Notes for WSC's speech (31 May, Caxton Hall [Westminster, Conservative Party meeting]), moving the motion for Neville Chamberlain's [Prime Minister] election to the Conservative Party leadership and praising his achievements as Chancellor of the Exchequer. Published: Complete Speeches VI pp 5856-7.Notes for WSC's speech (11 June, [London] Australia Club Dinner) proposing a toast to the Prime Minister of Australia, Joseph Lyons, and commenting on naval security in the Far East and Singapore....
Dates: 31 May 1937 - 20 Nov 1937
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Stella Benson: Diaries and Poems

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6762-6803
Scope and Contents

Diaries, poems and juvenilia

Dates: 1900-1933 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Originals unavailable. Microfilm copy to be used.
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Summaries of observations made between December 1801 and July 1802, 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/64: 55v-60v
Scope and Contents

Includes accounts of the rates and errors of the timekeepers by Earnshaw and Arnold, and summaries of observations to determine longitude made in Princess Royal Harbour, at Bay 10, in Port Phillip Bay and at Cattle Point on the east side of Sydney Cove, Port Jackson.

Dates: 1801-12-12 - 1802-07-18
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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Survey of Australian sites, 1964-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 37/1181
Scope and Contents

A report by A.R. Hogg on surveys of Western Australian Astronomical Sites entitled 'Mt. Singleton Observations 1963'.

Dates: 1964-02
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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Swan in the Down..., 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 84.2: 200ar
Scope and Contents

British spec[ies] white with light brownish beak - Black Australian swan is even lighter coloured


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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The Memoirs of Sir Walter Crocker, 1902-1975

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRKR
Scope and Contents

An unpublished volume of Crocker's memoirs covering his life up to retirement.

Dates: 1902 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access: The collection was embargoed by Sir Walter until 1995 and is now open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Tour programmes for MT's overseas visits, 1979 & September 1980, 1979-06 - 1980-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/10
Scope and Contents Part 1, 1979: includes programmes for MT's visit to G7 summit, Tokyo, Japan, June 1979, and her visit to Australia, June-July 1979 (see also photographs of Tokyo (THCR 8/1/20 and 8/2/8) and Australian tours (THCR 8/1/21 and 8/2/8)) Part 2, 1980: programme for MT's visit to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia], September 1980 (see also THCR 5/1/5/44 (Private Office speech file) and THCR 8/1/31 and 8/2/9...
Dates: 1979-06 - 1980-09
Conditions Governing Access: Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 opened in March 2011 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Transcript of interview: Adrian Sindall, 2008

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 120
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2008
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: Charles Cullimore, 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 119
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2009
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: Dennis Amy, 1998

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 45
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1998
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: Herbert Tucker, 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 11
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1996
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: John Hickman, 1995

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 1995
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: Roger Beetham, 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 63
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2002
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: Sir (Arthur) John Coles, 2000

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 46
Scope and Contents

Also includes a copy of a pamphlet written by Coles for the New Europe group, on British influence and the euro.

Dates: 2000
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: Sir Brian Barder, 1997 - 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 22
Scope and Contents Also includes recordings of the 45-minute BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Reunion', broadcast on 30 August 2009, and also of the longer discussion from which the programme was taken, where five people who were closely involved in the international Ethiopia famine relief programme in the mid-1980s were reunited to discuss their memories of those events. The participants were: Sir Brian Barder; International Red Cross nurse Claire Bertschinger; the BBC reporter Michael Buerk; Dawit Wolde Giorgis,...
Dates: 1997 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: Access copies of the cds are available: please contact Churchill Archives Centre if you wish to listen to them.
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Transcript of interview: Sir Ivor Roberts, 2007

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 108
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2007
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: Sir John Leahy, 2001

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 52
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2001
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: Sir Roger Carrick, 2004

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 86
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2004
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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(Untitled), 13 May 1942 - 23 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/59/26-37
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between Sir Earle Page [Special Australian Envoy to War Cabinet] and WSC on the former's recent illness, an invitation to dine at Downing Street and on WSC's assistance during negotiations on behalf of Australia; includes by John Martin, Francis Brown and Edith Watson [Private Secretaries to WSC] and Joseph Garner [Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Dominion Affairs].

Dates: 13 May 1942 - 23 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open