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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 601 Collections and/or Records:

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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
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Speeches
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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.
Found in: Cambridge University Library
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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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Log book, observations and memoir of the HMS Investigator / Journal of the voyage of HMS Investigator, 1802 and 1803
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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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of Roderick Redman
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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.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants' / 'Descent of man' first edition: correspondence and material relating to birds / 'Descent of man' first edition: material relating to birds / Birds-145 Note
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS / Margaret Thatcher's personal filing / Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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(Untitled), 08 Nov 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/141/32
Scope and Contents

Letter from Flight-Lieutenant Maxwell Coote (Government House, Sydney, Australia) to WSC congratulating him on his appointment as Chancellor of the Exchequer, reporting that he (Coote) has been appointed ADC to Sir Dudley de Chair, the governor of New South Wales, and that he is the first Royal Air Force officer to secure such a post in Australasia, and that Sir Keith Smith and Vickers Ltd are planning an airship route from Australia to England in two years time.

Dates: 08 Nov 1924
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 / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and political: general correspondence.
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(Untitled), 11 Jan 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/33/4
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough] (Colonial Office) on: impending changes in the Cabinet; British Indian subjects in Africa; Sir Henry Campbell-Bannerman's health; the unsatisfactory progress Richard Haldane's [later Lord Haldane] scheme of army reform; the army and naval estimates; the illness of the Attorney-General [Sir John Walton]; the petitioning by the government of New South Wales [Australia] to keep Admiral Sir Harry Rawson as Governor; the ending of the...
Dates: 11 Jan 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 19 Feb 1907-21 Feb 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/39
Scope and Contents

Annotated newspaper cuttings: speeches by Arthur Balfour [later Lord Balfour] and WSC on colonial contributions to imperial defence costs; speech by Arthur Balfour in favour of tariff reform; speech on local legislative affairs by the premier of South Australia; Anglo-Australian trade figures; disruption of a meeting in Cambridge being addressed by James Kier Hardy. Originally sent with CHAR 2/29/43. 6 papers.

Dates: 19 Feb 1907-21 Feb 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 26 Feb 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/29/43
Scope and Contents

Letter from William Parry, chemist (Port Victoria, South Australia) criticising James Kier Hardy and complaining of the Protectionist stance of newspapers in Australia. Urges WSC to continue his fight for Free Trade. Encloses newspaper cuttings [see CHAR 2/29/39].

Dates: 26 Feb 1907
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 10 Mar 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/8-12
Scope and Contents Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westbourne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) regretting that WSC's recent letter in the Nation "betrays a tendency towards State Socialism". Gives his view of the distinction between a Radical and a Socialist and follows Henry George in advocating a system of taxation which distinguishes between value created by the community and that created by the individual, and the nationalisation of "all natural monopolies" such as transport...
Dates: 10 Mar 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Notes, printed papers and correspondence.
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(Untitled), 07 Apr 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/38/26-28
Scope and Contents

Letter from Arthur Witley (13 Westborne Road, Huddersfield, [Yorkshire]) to WSC (House of Commons) advocating the taxation of land values, which he sees as a pre-requisite for Free Trade, and attacking taxation of capital and the earnings derived from it. Describes the good economic effects of the taxation of land values in New Zealand and New South Wales [Australia] and urges the Government to take on the House of Lords by including such taxation in the Budget. Signed typescript.

Dates: 07 Apr 1908
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Notes, printed papers and correspondence.
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(Untitled), [1904]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/3/132
Scope and Contents

Memorandum by Sidwell Shotton on Australian Naval Defence [incomplete].

Dates: [1904]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Public and political: general / Public and Political: General: Army: Correspondence.

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