Scotland
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Forrest, Matthew, fl 1980s-1990s (Visual Artist and Music Video Director)
Person
Dates:
Existence: 1981 - 1997
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Having conceived with Mr Kay that a "Zoological walk" to Portobello would not only be conducive to our own amusement, 1826-01-01 - 1827-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 5: A49-A51
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1826-01-01 - 1827-12-31
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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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Interview with Danielle Rowley, Labour MP for Midlothian and Paul Sweeney, Labour MP for Glasgow North East and shadow Scotland Minister: Giving 16 Year Olds the Vote, 2019-05-13
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA 2/1
Scope and Contents
Sones speaks to Rowley and Sweeney after a Parliamentary debate on giving 16 year olds the vote, Rowley says that she was disappointed by the Conservative response when the debate had been positive. She goes onto the say that arguments against extending the voting franchise are very similar to the arguments made against giving women the vote. The Conservative minister used the phrase 'no taxation without representation' and argued that giving 16 year olds the vote, would mean you would have...
Dates:
2019-05-13
Sub-Series
Journal of a tour in Scotland, 13 Aug. 1795-3 Sept. 1795
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5808-5809
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Accounts of walking tours through the north of England, Scotland, Wales, Hampshire, the Isle of Wight and south east England.
Dates:
13 Aug. 1795-3 Sept. 1795
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From the Fonds:
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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Labour Election Campaign, NK RALLY SECC, Glasgow [Scotland] [part 1], 1992-03-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/196
Scope and Contents
Speakers include [James] Gordon Brown, Labour Trade and Industry spokesman, and NK.
Dates:
1992-03-27
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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Labour Election Campaign, NK RALLY SECC, Glasgow [Scotland] [part 2], 1992-03-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/197
Scope and Contents
Speakers include NK, [Margaret] Peggy Herbison and Donald Dewar, Labour spokesman on Scottish Affairs.
Dates:
1992-03-27
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From the Sub-Series:
Access copies available.
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": additional folios., 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/744
Scope and Contents
Draft notes including: Magna Carta; William II; Henry I; medieval Scotland and Ireland; the Reformation; the American colonies; Sir Robert Walpole, 1737 - 1742; America, the western advance; the American Civil War; the battle of Gettysburg.Annotated.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": additional folios., 1938 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/745
Scope and Contents
Draft notes on: Roman Britain; Anglo-Saxon England; the Vikings; the Norman Conquest; medieval Scotland and Ireland.Annotated.
Dates:
1938 - 1939
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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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 2, "The Making of the Nation" [eventually included in volume 1, "The Birth of Britain"]: various pre-war proofs [with a few later notes]., [1938] - Oct 1954
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/403A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes typed and manuscript drafts and galley proofs (marked first revise and printer's copy) for chapters entitled "The Normans" or "The Norman Invasion", "The Rise and Fall of Norman Feudalism" or "The Progress of Norman Feudalism", "Henry Plantagenet and the Medieval Church", "Coeur de Lion" or "Richard I", "Magna Carta", "The Plantagenets", "King John", "Law: Edward I", "Bannockburn and the Second Edward", "The Long Bow", "King Henry II", and "The Mother of Parliaments".With suggested...
Dates:
[1938] - Oct 1954
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": book 2, "The Making of the Nation" [of volume 1, "The Birth of Britain"]: various post-war revises., 1954 - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/420A-E
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some described as "R E's" [returned empties], "P A's", or first, second or third revise) and typed drafts for: provisional chapter lists; chapters entitled "The Norman Invasion", "William the Conqueror", "The Progress of Norman Feudalism" or "Growth amid Turmoil", "Coeur de Lion", "The English Common Law", "Magna Carta", "The Mother of Parliaments", "King Edward I", "Bannockburn (and the Second Edward)", "The Long Bow", "The Social Catastrophe" or "The Black Death",...
Dates:
1954 - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": digests of various sources collected in the production of the book for sections on "Liberty, Sovereignty, and the Civil War", "The First British Empire", "Character of the People in the Age of Shakespeare", "Scotland and Ireland up to 1760", "Tory and Whig England (1660-1742)", "Party and Cabinet Government, 1660-1782", "World Power, 1689-1763", "Protestants and Puritans", "Commerce, Sea Power, and Discovery", "Language and Literature till the Birth of Shakespeare", "The New State", "The Laws of America, 1775-83", "America 1763-74", "The New Age, 1760-1792", and "The Industrial Revolution, Phase 1"., [1938] - [1945]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/442A-D
Scope and Contents
Includes typed digests or pages from sources including: [Samuel] Gardiner's "Cromwell's Place in History" and "History of England, 1603-1642", Basil Williams' "The British Empire" and "The Life of William Pitt, Earl of Chatham", Hugh Egerton's "A Short History of British Colonial Policy", G L Beer's "The Old Colonial System", "The Cambridge Modern History", Edward Channing's "A History of the United States", Charles Andrews' "The Colonial Period of American History", [Peter] Hume Brown's...
Dates:
[1938] - [1945]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": miscellaneous notes, correspondence on the content and production of the book, and other material., 1938 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/443A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents [mainly literary assistants and advisers] include: Denis Kelly (3); Brigadier-General [Sir James] Edmonds, of the Military Branch of the Historical Section, on the American Civil War; Alan Bullock on Henry III and Edward I (2); [George] Young on Augustus and Trajan, and the Magna Carta; Alan Hodge on an article on George III and checking books 8 and 9 (3); Robert Wilberforce on likely US Catholic reaction to the book; Sir Alan Lascelles [Private Secretary to Queen Elizabeth...
Dates:
1938 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volume 1 [eventually entitled "The Birth of Britain"]: main pre-war revise [with a few later notes]., [1938] - [1955]
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/416A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (marked printer's copy and second revise) for: the prologue; book 1, "The Origin of the English Speaking Peoples" [eventually entitled "The Island Race"] featuring chapters entitled "Britannia", "Subjugation", "The Roman Province", "The Lost Island", "England", "The Vikings", and "The Saxon Dust"; book 2, "The Making of the Nation" featuring chapters entitled "The Norman Invasion", "William the Conqueror", "The Progress of Norman Feudalism", "Henry Plantagenet and the...
Dates:
[1938] - [1955]
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volume 1 [eventually entitled "The Birth of Britain"]: "New Discovery": spare proofs., [1938] - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/417A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs (some marked second revise) for: the prologue; book 1, "The Origin of the English Speaking Peoples" [eventually entitled "The Island Race"] featuring chapters entitled "Britannia", "Subjugation", "The Roman Province", "The Lost Island", "England", "The Vikings", "Alfred the Great" and "The Saxon Dust"; book 2, "The Making of the Nation" featuring chapters entitled "The Norman Invasion", "William the Conqueror", "The Progress of Norman Feudalism", "Henry Plantagenet and...
Dates:
[1938] - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volumes 1 and 2 [eventually entitled "The Birth of Britain" and "The New World"]: Amalgamated Press version., [1945] - 1955
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/440A-C
Scope and Contents
Includes long galley proofs for: [book 1, eventually entitled "The Island Race" featuring] chapters entitled "Britannia", "Subjugation", "The Roman Province", "The Lost Island", "England", "The Vikings", "Alfred the Great", and "The Saxon Dusk"; book 2, "The Making of the Nation", featuring chapters entitled "The Norman Invasion", "William the Conqueror", "The Progress of Norman Feudalism", "Henry Plantagenet and the Medieval Church", "Coeur de Lion", "Magna Carta", "The Mother of...
Dates:
[1945] - 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples": volumes 1 to 4, "The Birth of Britain", "The New World", "The Age of Revolution", and "The Great Democracies": page proofs., 1955 - 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/441A-D
Scope and Contents
Includes loose and bound page proofs for the above volumes, with suggested corrections, amendments, and notes [mainly for volume 1] from various people [secretaries, literary assistants, printers, etc.] or organisations including: "C C W" [Charles Wood], "A H" [Alan Hodge], WSC, [John] Sundell of Cassell [and Company], "D K" [Denis Kelly], Time-Life [International], and [George Gordon] Allen.
Dates:
1955 - 1958
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence, mainly thanking WSC for complimentary copies and congratulating him on volumes 1-4 ("The Birth of Britain", "The New World", "The Age of Revolution" and "The Great Democracies") of "A History of the English-Speaking Peoples"., Apr 1956 - Jun 1958
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/67A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Doreen Henderson of Cassell and Company (6); David Pitblado (2) and Sir Leslie Rowan [former Private Secretaries to WSC]; Oliver, 1st Lord Chandos [earlier Oliver Lyttelton] (3); Josephine Schwarz, WSC's cook; Lettice Shillingford [earlier Lettice Marston] (3), Jane Welby (2), Jo Sturdee [later Lady Onslow] (2), Elizabeth Gilliatt (3), Grace Hamblin (2), Delia Morton, Gillian Maturin (2), Jill Lynam (2), and Jane Darwin [WSC's secretaries]; Lady Diana Cooper [earlier...
Dates:
Apr 1956 - Jun 1958
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Literary: correspondence with consultants and others on WSC's war memoirs ("The Second World War", mainly volumes 1 to 4), Pr-Z., Jul 1947 - Jul 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin]; Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] on General Prioux's objections to his treatment in the memoirs; Sir Alexander Walker; Sir William Robieson, [editor] of the Glasgow Herald [Scotland]; Sir George Rendel [British Ambassador to Belgium] on Belgian troops in the Abyssinian [later Ethiopia] campaign (1941); Denis Richards; Eleanor Roosevelt on WSC publishing President Roosevelt's "Ship of State" letter; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry...
Dates:
Jul 1947 - Jul 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Chapters 27 - 30: Proofs for and notes by [George] Gordon Allen., 23 Dec 1939 - 26 May 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/137
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by [George] Gordon Allen of the following chapters: Chapter 22 "War"; Chapter 27 "The Combat Deepens" (provisionally entitled "Progress of the Conflict" and "October"); Chapter 28 "The Magnetic Mine"; Chapter 29 "The Action off the River Plate"; Chapter 30 "Scandinavia. Finland". Also annotated by various individuals including WSC, William Deakin and Chips Gemmell, WSC's secretary.Also includes galley proofs of...
Dates:
23 Dec 1939 - 26 May 1949
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Meetings, 1989-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/80
Scope and Contents
Briefing for and rough notes of a meeting with George Vassilou, President of Cyprus on attempts to reach a settlement in Cyprus. Also includes a briefing for and notes of a meeting with representatives of the Educational Institute of Scotland on the Self Governing Schools etc (Scotland) Bill.
Dates:
1989-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.