South Africa
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 233 Collections and/or Records:
File
"My Political Life", volume IV: rough notes, mainly on the war, 1927 - 1975-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/5/11
Scope and Contents
Includes some original correspondence between Leo Amery, Sir Lewis Richardson, Geoffrey Dawson [earlier Geoffrey Robinson], Walter Carey, Bishop of Bloemfontein and Jan Smuts, on South African affairs, including a suggested visit to South Africa by King George V, 1929-30 and an entente between the Dutch and British in Bloemfontein, 1929.
Dates:
1927 - 1975-08
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.
File
Note on sanctions on South Africa by the Public Affairs group at the Anglo-American Corporation, February 1987, 1987-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/112
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This series describes the contents of the personal filing kept by Margaret Thatcher’s while at No 10 Downing Street and are items which were of particular interest or importance to her. Many of these papers complement or are duplicated in other series. This personal files series was added to after her departure from Downing Street in 1990.
There are some papers from Margaret Thatcher's early political career (1949-), but generally very little before she became Prime Minister in 1979....
Dates:
1987-02
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in October 2017
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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Notebooks of meetings, 1988-08 - 1990-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/78
Scope and Contents
Rough notes from visits and meetings including: a [?] visit to Birmingham and a CBI lunch; a meeting on South Africa and sanctions; a note on [death threats issued against] Salman Rushdie; a meeting with Marie Walsh, Anti-Poll Tax Union, Newbridge, Gwent [Wales].
Dates:
1988-08 - 1990-08
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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Notebooks of meetings, 1990-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/93
Scope and Contents
Rough notes of a strategy meeting with the British Labour Group, National Executive Committee and Parliamentary party; rough notes on South Africa and the imminent release of Nelson Mandela.
Dates:
1990-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Notes for speeches, 1903-08 - 1915-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/19
Scope and Contents
Manuscript speech notes by LSA on subjects including: tariff reform, Imperial Preference and Free Trade; Imperial defence; the role of the Royal Navy; the Imperial Conference; the constitution and reform of the House of Lords; national service; policy on South Africa, particularly on equal rights for the Boers and British.
Also includes: notes on whether LSA himself should join the army at Salonika [Thessaloniki, Greece] or stay in the War Office; draft letter on the possibility of...
Dates:
1903-08 - 1915-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Item
Orders and memoranda for paper and the sending of copies of the 'Nautical Almanac', 1790 - 1804
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 4/324: 2r-3v
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A diary of work performed on the 'Nautical Almanac' and arrangements for its compilation and publication.
Dates:
1790 - 1804
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).
Sub-Series
Original letters, 1903 - 1939
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AHKY 1/1
Scope and Contents
This section of Lady Hankey's papers comprises original letters between Maurice and Adeline Hankey and to their children.
Dates:
1903 - 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
One item within the collection (AHKY 3/1/6) is currently closed for conservation reasons.
Fonds
Papers of Frank McClean
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10348
Scope and Contents
Letters, photographs and notebooks of Frank McClean and family. Comprises: student notebook, University of Glasgow, on William Thomson's [Lord Kelvin's] classes in Natural Philosophy, 1854-5; student notebook, Trinity College, Cambridge; letters from Frank McClean to his father, John Robinson McClean, and to his son, William Newsome McClean, serving in South Africa; letters from Ellen McClean to her son, William Newsome McClean, serving in South Africa; pocket diaries; correspondence from...
Dates:
1847 - 1942
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers on the Joint European Southern Observatory, 1953 - 1962
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 9/598
Scope and Contents
Agenda and minutes of meetings of the Joint European Southern Observatory Committee and Sub-committees, with correspondence, including the following items:Correspondence with Sir A. Todd regarding a Commonwealth observatory, 1960.Memorandum on the Astronomer Royal's views on the needs of British astronomy, 1960.Correspondence with Sir M. Oliphant, Sir W. Hodge and Sir Solly Zuckerman concerning a Commonwealth observatory and the Joint European Southern Observatory,...
Dates:
1953 - 1962
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).
File
Papers on the S.R.C. and South Africa, 1967 - 1969
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 15/198
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding the Science Research Council's support of astronomy in South Africa, including the Cape Observatory and the Radcliffe Observatory. The papers include handwritten notes by George Harding on 'Astronomy in South Africa', 28 March 1968; the report of the Southern Hemisphere Review Committee on proposals to concentrate funding on the development of the Anglo-Australian Telescope; and a letter from A. Hunter to G. Harding concerning the aforementioned...
Dates:
1967 - 1969
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).
File
Papers relating to Africa, 1984-87, 1984 - 1987
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/3/4
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1984: includes copy of MT's statement to the House of Commons relating to the visit to the UK of South African Prime Minister (P.W. Botha), 5 June [1984]
Part 2, 1985
Part 3, 1986
Part 4, 1987
Dates:
1984 - 1987
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1, opened in October 2014; part 2, opened in October 2015; part 3, opened in January 2017; and part 4, opened in October 2017
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.
File
Papers relating to Africa, February 1975-April 1979, 1975-02 - 1979-04
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/4
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with President Daniel arap Moi of Kenya, General Akuffo of Kenya, Eldon Griffiths MP and Christopher Tugendhat and copy of MT's handwritten letter to Rob Shepherd (Conservative Research Department) for his briefing note on Angola, 19 January 1976
Also includes briefing material concerning Angola, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Morocco, Nigeria, Rhodesia, Somalia, South Africa, Tanzania and Uganda.
Also includes a paper for Leader's Steering Committee and Leader's...
Dates:
1975-02 - 1979-04
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
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.
Series
Papers relating to individual countries, 1952 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
Dates:
1952 - 1972
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
File
Papers relating to South Africa and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], February 1975-December 1977, 1975-02 - 1977-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/238
Scope and Contents
Includes notes on the Foreign Affairs Committee meeting, 28 October 1975 (MT did not attend).
Also includes correspondence with Carel de Wet (South African Ambassador to the UK), Ronald Bell MP, Sir Nicholas Cayzer, Sir John Clark and Christopher Tugendhat.
Also includes reports on visits to South Africa, Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] and South West Africa [later Namibia] by Patrick Wall MP (February 1975 and October 1976); to South Africa and Rhodesia by Richard Luce MP and...
Dates:
1975-02 - 1977-12
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
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.
File
Papers relating to South Africa and Zimbabwe, 1987-91, 1987 - 1991
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/119
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1987: includes briefings note for MT from George Guise (Prime Minister's Policy Unit) on South African elections, May 1987
Part 2, 1988: includes notes for MT from Guise on the South African Urban Foundation, March 1988, and detailed notes on his visit to South Africa, April 1988
Dates:
1987 - 1991
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1, opened in October 2017; part 2, opened in July 2018; later material closed
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.
File
Papers relating to South Africa, December 1977-February 1979, 1977-12 - 1979-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/239
Scope and Contents
Includes further report from John Hargreaves (Matrix Corporate Affairs Consultations Ltd) on his visit to South Africa (December 1977)- see also THCR 2/6/1/238; copy of a note for John Davies MP from Peter Blaker MP on his meeting with Denis Grennan (Adviser on African affairs to David Owen MP, Foreign Secretary, May 1978); and copy of letter to Davies from Maurice Macmillan MP relating to Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], June 1978
Dates:
1977-12 - 1979-02
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
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.
Series
Papers relating to the Commonwealth, 1983 - 1992
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHLD 1
Scope and Contents
Mainly papers from Commonwealth Heads of Government meetings, chiefly relating to sanctions against South Africa.
Dates:
1983 - 1992
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Papers relating to the crisis in Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], March 1976-December 1978, 1976-03 - 1978-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/213
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Peter Blaker MP, Eldon Griffiths MP (including notes of his interviews with Prime Minister (Ian) Smith of Rhodesia, Prime Minister (John) Vorster of South Africa, President (Kenneth) Kaunda of Zambia and Joshua Nkomo, all March 1976), Reginald Maudling MP, Sir Victor Raikes, Christopher Tugendhat, Patrick Wall MP and Michael Young (Consolidated Goldfields) ; and note for MT from Christopher Patten (Director, Conservative Research Department), "The Rhodesian...
Dates:
1976-03 - 1978-12
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in November 2003
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.
Series
Papers: South African War Commission, 1902-10 - 1904-03
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ESHR 15
Scope and Contents
Includes: Esher's reports to King Edward VII; printed minutes of evidence; report of the Commission.
Dates:
1902-10 - 1904-03
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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Parliamentary speeches, 1903 - 1907
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 30
Scope and Contents
Cuttings reporting on WSC's speeches in the House of Commons, on subjects including: army spending; the Budget; trade; Ireland; the Empire; the Colonial Office; Free Trade; South Africa.
Dates:
1903 - 1907
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
Series
Photographs, 1901 - 1967
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.
Dates:
1901 - 1967
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Photographs of South Africa, 1899 - 1900
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 10/16
Scope and Contents
Including: views of Pretoria, Bloemfontein and Natal.
Dates:
1899 - 1900
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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Photographs of South Africa, 1900 - 1904
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 10/20
Scope and Contents
Panoramic views of South Africa, with original envelope.
Dates:
1900 - 1904
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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Photographs of South Africa, 1927
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 10/54
Scope and Contents
Including street scenes, the countryside, mountains.
Dates:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Policy Review: Britain in the World group, 1988-10 - 1989-03
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/2/30
Scope and Contents
Discussion papers on subjects including European defence policy and nuclear defence, Eritrea and Ethiopia, southern Africa and the Middle East.
Dates:
1988-10 - 1989-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.