South Africa
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Sir James Stephen: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.7888
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence of Stephen and papers relating to a life of Stephen written by Dr. Evelyn Christian Martin.
Dates:
1807-1953 (Circa)
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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South Africa, 1924-11 - 1926-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/7
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with 1st Lord Athlone, Governor General and with General James Hertzog, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the Imperial Conference, 1926, particularly changes to the status of Governors General with the creation of High Commissioners and the impression made by Hertzog; the South African flag; transferring Swaziland [later Eswatini] to South Africa; communications between the British and Dominion Governments; 1st Lord Byng, Governor General of Canada and his refusal to...
Dates:
1924-11 - 1926-12
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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South Africa, 1927-02 - 1929-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/8
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with 1st Lord Athlone, Governor General and with General James Hertzog, Prime Minister, on subjects including: the British General Election, 1929; the cost of development in Swaziland [later Eswatini]; finding new administrators for the Protectorates of Swaziland, Basutoland [later Lesotho] and Bechuanaland [later Botswana]; the South African flag; the status of the South African High Commissioner in London; LSA's visit to South Africa during his Empire Tour.
Other...
Dates:
1927-02 - 1929-06
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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South Africa, 1993-05 - 1994-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 8/12
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on MS's visit to the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, with a group from the National Theatre Studio, Sept-Oct 1994.
Dates:
1993-05 - 1994-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
South Africa, 1926 - 1979
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/17-23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.
Dates:
1926 - 1979
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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South Africa and the European Community, 1988-03 - 1990-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/36
Scope and Contents
Letters from NK to H van den Broek, Dutch Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Sir Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, on an upcoming meeting of European Foreign Ministers to discuss South Africa, also including a letter from Charles Haughey, Irish Taoiseach, to NK.
Dates:
1988-03 - 1990-02
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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South Africa related press cuttings, 1984-03 - 1984-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/21
Scope and Contents
Cuttings from the South African and British press on NK’s support for the African National Congress following his meeting with Oliver Tambo, President of the ANC.
Dates:
1984-03 - 1984-04
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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South Africa tour, 1954-12 - 1956-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/111
Scope and Contents
Correspondence on JA's visit to Northern and Southern Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], South Africa and Egypt, Jan 1955, with correspondents including: Leo Amery (2); Sir Ralph Stevenson [British Ambassador to Egypt]; Sir John Le Rougetel, British High Commissioner in South Africa.
Also includes: a press photograph of Leo Amery; note on the Bechuanaland Protectorate [later Botswana] in relation to a possible South African republic; details of the British South Africa Company's...
Dates:
1954-12 - 1956-10
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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South Africa Tour, Oct 1975, 1975
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 10/10
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Overseas tours by JEP.
Dates:
1975
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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South African Articles, 1899-09 - 1900-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/12
Scope and Contents
Press-cuttings of articles by LSA for the Times on the South African War.
Dates:
1899-09 - 1900-01
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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South African Articles, 1900-02 - 1900-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/1/13
Scope and Contents
Press-cuttings of articles by LSA for the Times on the South African War.
Dates:
1900-02 - 1900-08
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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South African elections, 1994-01 - 1994-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/52
Scope and Contents
Visit where NK acted as an independent observer, chairing a joint Commonwealth Parliamentary Association/Inter-Parliamentary Union delegation to monitor the elections. Includes: election briefings; handbook and other papers for independent observers; notes for NK’s reports and text of reports by 3rd Lord Astor of Hever, Robert Hughes, Lord Chitnis and Eileen Sudworth; papers from delegation meetings.
Dates:
1994-01 - 1994-05
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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South African papers, 1970-02 - 1986-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/33
Scope and Contents
Includes: draft letter to the press by JA on the confused aims of the mission of Sir [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Foreign Secretary, in South Africa; summary sent by Howe of the Government's view on a recent Commonwealth Review meeting on South Africa, 1986; letter from John Carlisle to Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, supporting her stand against further sanctions on South Africa; Monday Club paper by JA, John Carlisle and Richard Stallabrass on South Africa and the West; annotated paper on...
Dates:
1970-02 - 1986-08
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.
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South African Protectorate, 1934-04 - 1939-04
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/31
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on the transfer of the protectorates of Basutoland [later Lesotho], Swaziland [later Eswatini] and Bechuanaland [later Botswana] to South Africa. Correspondents include: Sir John Harris, Secretary to the Anti-Slavery and Aborigines Protection Society, on the formation of the Parliamentary Committee on the position of the South African protectorates, and publishing a letter in the press on the future of the protectorates (10); 2nd Lord Selborne on the formation of...
Dates:
1934-04 - 1939-04
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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South African Visit, November 1990, 1990-05 - 1990-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/69
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the South African Financial Mail, on JEP's visit to South Africa, particularly his speech on development between Britain and the European Economic Community for the Financial Mail Annual Investment Conference.
Also includes: papers from the conference; press cuttings from the British and South African press, including an article by JEP on his impressions of South Africa.
Dates:
1990-05 - 1990-11
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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Southern Africa, 1970-03 - 1970-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/34
Scope and Contents
Includes: tributes to Jan Smuts; paper on future policy towards Central and Southern Africa under a Conservative Government; note by JA on general areas of agreement and doubt over future policy; paper on the advantages to a Conservative Government in planning an economic and political strategy in Central and Southern Africa.
Dates:
1970-03 - 1970-07
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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Southern Africa, 1988-07 - 1991-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 10/1/40
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on subjects including: the easing of European Community sanctions against South Africa; the political situation in Lesotho, with correspondence between NK and King Moshoeshoe II of Lesotho; briefing for a meeting with Sir Shridath Ramphal on his departure as Secretary-General of the Commonwealth and correspondence with Ramphal; declaration from the European Council Dublin Summit on Southern Africa, with statement by NK; election results for Namibia; protests at the...
Dates:
1988-07 - 1991-05
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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Souvenir photograph album of South African tour, 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 10/53
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This collection of photographs spans the whole of LSA’s life. It contains both personal photographs of family and friends, and official and press photographs from his political career.
Dates:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
Conservation assistance needed before issue
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Special correspondence: Jan Smuts, 1903-09 - 1950-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/2/24
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with Smuts on subjects including: accounts of military operations on the Tugela River [South Africa]; the Irish Convention (1917); the Palestine Campaign; the need for a separate Air Staff; costs of the separate war fronts; peace negotiations following the First World War; migration to South Africa; the Locarno Pact; the Imperial Conference (1926); LSA's Empire Tour; the proposal that Smuts should become High Commissioner of Palestine; the South African flag; the League of...
Dates:
1903-09 - 1950-10
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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speech as President of the British Association, 1905-01-01 - 1905-12-31
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 238.5: 50
Scope and Contents
Draft; by Sir George Howard Darwin; written at [South Africa]
(Draft)
Dates:
1905-01-01 - 1905-12-31
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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Speeches, 1904-03 - 1910-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/6
Scope and Contents
Annotated notes for speeches by LSA, on subjects including: the new army system; LSA's election addresses (1905, 1908); Canada; the Army Bill (in a speech written for Field Marshal 1st Lord Roberts, 1907); the defence of the Empire and federal problems; women's suffrage; Germany's naval menace; the new era in South Africa; mountaineering; policies on the constitution, Empire and home affairs.
Dates:
1904-03 - 1910-10
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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Speeches, 1986 - 1986-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/18
Scope and Contents
Annotated texts of speeches by JEP on subjects including: Ian Paisley [co-founder of the Democratic Unionist Party]; ethnic monitoring; pressure from the United States on Ulster, the Anglo-Irish Conference and Anglo-Irish Agreement, betrayal of Ulster by the British Government, and acceding to the demands of the IRA; harmful results of overseas aid; the purpose of higher education; protection of civil liberties; interference in the internal affairs of other countries, particularly South...
Dates:
1986 - 1986-11
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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Speeches and articles, 1967-08 - 1969-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/45
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Suez Canal [Egypt]; Joseph Chamberlain; tribute to Miles Lampson [1st Lord Killearn]; Soviet influence in South Africa; Ghana; the war in Yemen; the state of Britain's airports; JA's return to Parliament as MP for Brighton Pavilion [Sussex]; withdrawing forces from east of Suez; the Cultural Revolution in China; Israel's improved position and the results for Egypt after the Six Day War; the second volume of Randolph Churchill's biography of Sir Winston Churchill; Aden...
Dates:
1967-08 - 1969-08
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.
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Speeches and articles, 1968-08 - 1974-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/49
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] [following the "Prague Spring"]; the state of the economy following devaluation; relations with southern Africa, particularly South Africa and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; finding a successor to Antonio Salazar, Prime Minister of Portugal; the 1969 Budget; youth and Britain's future; Vietnam; the Arab summit, Rabat [Morocco], 1969; Joseph Chamberlain, including lessons for a United Europe...
Dates:
1968-08 - 1974-08
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.
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Speeches and articles, 1977-02 - 1977-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/56
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: Joseph Chamberlain; the threat from the Soviet Union; Scottish and Welsh devolution; the Labour leadership crisis; the situation in China; Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; the crisis in Southern Africa; the success of Concorde.
Dates:
1977-02 - 1977-11
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.