Scotland
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 273 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: Munitions., Sep 1917 - Oct 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 15/156
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WSC's Registered Correspondence as Minister of Munitions, Nos 201-400.Correspondents include: Sir James Stevenson; Lord Swaythling on scrap iron in the Netherlands; Albert Thomas, French Minister of Munitions (2); General Sir Francis Bingham; Charles Hobhouse on shortage of field guns; Lord Northcliffe (5); Lord Derby, War Office (5); Sir Joseph Maclay, Ministry of Shipping (4); Sir Auckland Geddes, Minister of National Service; Dundee Chamber of Commerce and others on the telephone service...
Dates:
Sep 1917 - Oct 1917
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Official: Treasury: correspondence., 19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/28
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Correspondents include: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton, President of the Board of Trade] on the level of trade; Abe [Bailey]; Admiral Sir Roger Keyes (6) on subjects including his tax position, the naval officers' marriage allowance, and Admiralty matters; Stanley Baldwin [Prime Minister]; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith, Secretary of State for India] (2) including one on Indian financial matters; Walter Runciman; Frederick Guest;...
Dates:
19 Jun 1926 - 31 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: correspondence and papers on the betting tax., 10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/79
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Correspondents include: Charles Hardisty [HM Customs and Excise] (2); John Davidson [Conservative Party Chairman]; Sir Francis Floud [Chairman, Board of Customs and Excise] (9); Attorney-General, Sir Douglas Hogg [later 1st Lord Hailsham]; Sir Ernest Gowers [Chairman of the Board of Inland Revenue]; bookmakers' representatives, including Ladbroke and Company (4), the Northern Bookmakers' and Backers' Protection Association (2), the National Sporting League, and the Betting Duty Reform...
Dates:
10 Feb 1928 - 20 Jul 1928
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Official: Treasury: correspondence mainly from WSC (carbon copies)., 10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/29
Scope and Contents
Recipients include: President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (3); F Stanley Jackson [Chairman of the Conservative and Unionist Party]; Count Guiseppe Volpi [Italian Minister of Finance] (2); Wilfrid Ashley [later 1st Lord Mount Temple, Minister of Transport] (2); Sir Robert Horne [later 1st Lord Slamannan]; Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (4); Sir James Craig [later 1st Lord Craigavon, Prime Minister...
Dates:
10 Jan 1926 - 21 Dec 1926
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/86
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury] (7); President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton]; 1st Lord Weir; Thomas Jones [Deputy Secretary to the Cabinet]; Sir Arthur Robinson [Secretary to Ministry of Health]; Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain; James Grigg [Principal Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer].Also includes:...
Dates:
21 Jan 1928 - 01 Mar 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 26 Feb 1928 - 19 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/87
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] (2); Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir John Gilmour; Secretary of State for the Dominions, Leo Amery; David Monteath [Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India]; Secretary of State for War, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; Neville Chamberlain,...
Dates:
26 Feb 1928 - 19 Mar 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 22 Feb 1928 - 27 Mar 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/88
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Minister of Health, Neville Chamberlain on the fixed rate to be levied by local authorities and its revenue; President of the Board of Trade, Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton] on the proposed exemption of new industrial property from rates; Secretary of State for War, Sir Laming Worthington-Evans; Donald Fergusson [Private Secretary to the Chancellor of the Exchequer]; Cornelius...
Dates:
22 Feb 1928 - 27 Mar 1928
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Official: Treasury: various papers on rating relief proposals., 15 Jun 1928 - 28 Jun 1928
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 18/92
Scope and Contents
Includes memoranda, letters, minutes and notes by WSC and: Sir Horace Hamilton [Permanent Secretary, Board of Trade] (5); Sir Richard Hopkins [Controller of Finance and Supply Services, Treasury] (2); Alfred Hurst [Principal Assistant Secretary, Treasury]; Minister of Health [Neville Chamberlain]; Secretary of State for Scotland, Sir John Gilmour; Alfred Faulkner [Under-Secretary for Mines and Petroleum].Also includes: Cabinet minutes; copies of Ministry of Health and Scottish Office...
Dates:
15 Jun 1928 - 28 Jun 1928
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Papers on geodetic surveys and longitudes, 1836 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/417
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Material concerning work on the geodetic surveys and longitudes in Britain, Europe and India. The papers include two maps of triangulations in Ireland (one on a smaller scale); a plan of principal triangles in Britain; a map of triangulations in Germany; a sketch of triangulations at Royston, Bedfordshire; calculations to find the latitude and longitude of Ben Lomond; triangulations in Scotland and on the Shetland Isles; disturbances of gravity of Shanklin Down, Isle of Wright, with a list...
Dates:
1836 - 1848
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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Papers on magnetism, 1836 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/693
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on magnetic disturbances, experiments and findings on magnetism, magnetic deviations and observations of magnetic phenomena. There are German circulars on magnetism by K.F. Gauss and W.E. Weber; tracings and description of the proposed magnetic observatory at Dublin; a magnetic chart of Scotland, 1836; observations of shifts in the magnetic and dipping needle; notices of magnetic disturbances; readings from the horizontal circle of the magnetic theodolite, the...
Dates:
1836 - 1848
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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Papers on time balls, 1885 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/257
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(1) Papers on time balls at various places, 1894-1910Correspondence and papers on the following subjects:Request by G.H. Hills to see the Greenwich time ball for guidance on the erection of a timeball at Chatham, answered by Christie, 1894.Letter of thanks for C.F. Close's visit to inspect the time ball, 1894.Arrangements for the fall of the Bremen time ball, reported by 'Normal Zeit' and acknowledged by F.W. Dyson, 1895.P. Stevens on the difference in...
Dates:
1885 - 1910
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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Papers relating to Scotland and Wales, September 1978-January 1982, 1978-09 - 1982-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/149
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1979: includes photocopy of draft Conservative Manifesto for Scotland, September 1978; note for MT from Michael Pattison (her Private Secretary for Home Affairs), "Visit to the Scottish Office", 12 June 1979
Part 2, 1980: includes briefing notes for MT from Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary); a briefing paper for MT from Michael Ancram MP after his first four months as Chairman of the Conservative Party in Scotland, August 1980
Part 3, 1981: includes a...
Dates:
1978-09 - 1982-01
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 in March 2011; part 3 in March 2012; and part 4 in March 2013
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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Papers relating to the 1922 Committee, May 1975-April 1983, 1975-05 - 1983-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/114
Scope and Contents
Part 1: includes notes by Humphrey Atkins MP of meetings of the Officers and Executive of the 1922 Committee: 13 May 1975 (attended by MT); 11 November 1975 to discuss devolution (attended by MT); note for MT by John Stanley MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary) of discussion on Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], 4 March 1976; 20 December 1976 (attended by MT); 26 April 1977 (attended by MT); 13 December 1977; 14 February 1978 (attended by MT); 26 July 1978 (attended by MT)
includes notes by...
Dates:
1975-05 - 1983-04
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 in March 2011; part 3 in March 2012; part 4 in March 2013; and part 5 in October 2013
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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Papers relating to the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Association, May-December 1979 & June 1981-January 1983, 1979-05 - 1983-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/150
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1979
Part 2, 1981
Part 3, 1982
Part 4, 1983
Dates:
1979-05 - 1983-01
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010; part 2 in March 2012; part 3 in March 2013; and part 4 in October 2013
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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Papers relating to the Scottish National Party, January & October 1981, 1981-01 - 1981-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/151
Scope and Contents
Consist of transcripts of two Party Political Broadcasts by the SNP, 29 January &1 October 1981
Dates:
1981-01 - 1981-10
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in March 2012
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Personal correspondence, 1985-11-15 - 1988-07-26
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/37
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Correspondents include: Julian Amery on JEP's review of the diaries of Leo Amery, particularly on the theme of Imperial Unity; Peter Ball, Suffragan Bishop of Lewes; Brigid Utley on JEP's tribute to Peter Utley [T E Utley]; David Mitchell; 8th Duke of Wellington [earlier Lord Douro]; Air Vice-Marshal Alfred Beill, Appeals Secretary of King Edward VII's Hospital for Officers (2); Geoffrey Glover-Wright (4); Donald MacLaren of MacLaren; Artemis Cooper (2); Thomas Iremonger, sympathising with...
Dates:
1985-11-15 - 1988-07-26
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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Podcasts for interviews conducted during the Centenary Year of Women in Parliament, 2017-11-15 - 2019-01-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA 1
Scope and Contents
76 podcast interviews collated for the publication 'When There's a Woman in the Room - #Vote 100 year January 2018 to January 2019' and written with journalists Jackie Ashley, Deborah McGurran and Linda Fairbrother. Sones' focus was primarily on recording interviews with MPs who champion public policy reforms through debates in Westminster Hall or by asking questions at PMQs.Topics include a range of issues from the centenary of women’s suffrage to Brexit debates. These...
Dates:
2017-11-15 - 2019-01-31
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Political and other papers: devolution, 1972-05 - 1978-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/7
Scope and Contents
Papers of the Union Flag Group, on organising opposition to the Scotland and Wales Bill. Includes correspondence with George Gardiner, secretary to the group and [Margaret] Betty Harvie Anderson [later Baroness Skrimshire of Quarter] and extracts from speeches by Francis Pym, devolution spokesman.
Dates:
1972-05 - 1978-03
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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Political: Constituency: Dundee:., 01 Nov 1922 - 30 Nov 1922
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/29
Scope and Contents
General Election: Papers: Including handwritten and typescript drafts of drafts of WSC's election address and statements, including "British Intervention in Russia - The Truth".
Dates:
01 Nov 1922 - 30 Nov 1922
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Dundee: Accounts:., 01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/23
Scope and Contents
Accounts for WSC's constituency expenses.
Dates:
01 Jan 1920 - 31 Dec 1920
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 10 May 1915 - 12 May 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/3
Scope and Contents
Mainly from Liberal Associations and supporters.
Dates:
10 May 1915 - 12 May 1915
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.
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: : Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 29 Apr 1908 - 14 May 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/4
Scope and Contents
Mainly from Liberal Associations and individual supporters Also includes pre-election letter from the Master of Elibank [later 1st Viscount Elibank] on WSC's candidacy.
Dates:
29 Apr 1908 - 14 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: Letters of congratulation on WSC's victory., 10 May 1908 - 20 May 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Cornelia, Lady Wimborne; Sir Algernon West; Sir Guy Fleetwood Wilson; Lord Tweedmouth; J A Spender; Charles Guthrie; Frederic Macarness MP; Sir Francis Hopwood [later Lord Southborough]; Lewis Harcourt; William Joynson Hicks [later Lord Brentford]Ian Hogg; Edward Hemmerde MP; Lord James of Hereford; Anthony Hope Hawkins; Sir Francis Channing; Lord George Hamilton; Alexander Shaw [later 2nd Lord Craigmyle]; Lady Lyell and James Welldon.
Dates:
10 May 1908 - 20 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Political: Constituency: Dundee By-Election: notes and correspondence:., 30 Apr 1908 - 12 May 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 5/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on WSC's candidacy in the Dundee By Election.Correspondents include Thomas Gibson Bowles [who stood down as Liberal Candidate to make room for WSC]; Havelock Wilson MP; The Master of Elibank [later 1st Viscount Elibank] and R Macaulay Smith.Also includes signed letter from WSC to the Electors of Dundee and postcard of ?WSC as "Cock of the North" in Highland Dress.
Dates:
30 Apr 1908 - 12 May 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
Open