Germany
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1099 Collections and/or Records:
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Official: War Cabinet: Supreme War Council and Allied Conversations., 01 Dec 1917 - 03 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/53
Scope and Contents
Includes minutes of meetings of the Supreme War Council at Versailles [France]. French representatives include [Georges] Clemenceau [Prime Minister of France], General [Ferdinand] Foch, Chief of Staff, Major-General [Maxime] Weygand. British representatives include David Lloyd George [Prime Minister], Arthur Balfour [Foreign Secretary], Sir Eric Geddes [First Lord of the Admiralty], [1st] Lord Milner, General Sir William Robertson [Chief of Imperial General Staff until 1918], General Sir...
Dates:
01 Dec 1917 - 03 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 07 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/38
Scope and Contents
Includes papers by various individuals on military policy including: WSC, Minister of Munitions, on German colonies and on war strategy; William Robinson, Permanent Secretary, Air Ministry, on using Indian army personnel with the RAF in Egypt; General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff, on plans for the offensive in 1919 in all theatres of the war with details of forces and munitions required.Also includes copies of letters to WSC from Bertram Cubitt and Major-General Charles...
Dates:
07 Jul 1918 - 25 Jul 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: various papers., 01 Aug 1918 - 03 Dec 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/39A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence and papers by various individuals including: Sir Auckland Geddes [Minister of National Service and Reconstruction] on manpower; Colonel Richard Steel and Major-General Percy Radcliffe on allied and enemy manpower and rifle strengths; WSC, Minister of Munitions, on the murder of Captain Cromie at Petrograd [later Leningrad and St Petersburg, Russia]; the award of the 1914 star and the Gallipoli star, horse-racing, the French ministry of national reconstitution, and...
Dates:
01 Aug 1918 - 03 Dec 1918
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Western and General., 18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/28
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs throughout the British empire and Africa and other parts of the world with notes by Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies and for the Dominions].Subjects covered include: financial negotiations with the United States; opinions among Labour movements in Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South Africa of conscription and war; peace discussions with Germany; shipping; and inter-imperial exchange.
Dates:
18 Jul 1917 - 26 Sep 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Cabinet: Weekly Intelligence Reports: Western and General., 03 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 27/29
Scope and Contents
Includes printed summaries of affairs throughout the British empire and Africa and other parts of the world with notes by Leo Amery [Secretary of State for the Colonies and for the Dominions].Subjects covered include: shipping; peace discussions; Germany's attitude towards a post-war trade war; the Allied war conference; enemy agents in Italy; and affairs in Germany.
Dates:
03 Oct 1917 - 27 Dec 1917
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: War Council., 01 Jan 1915 - 31 May 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 26/3
Scope and Contents
Various papers including Report from G.O.C., Egypt on Turkish forces; Report by Gilbert Parker on opinions of Public Men in the United States concerning the War; memo by General Sir John French [later 1st Lord Ypres], on the strength of the BEF in France; Note by Admiral Sir Henry Jackson on ultimate terms for the peace settlement in the Middle East; Note and private telegram from the Viceroy of India on the future settlement of Eastern Turkey in Asia and Arabia; Note by WSC on German...
Dates:
01 Jan 1915 - 31 May 1915
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Oliver Lyttelton: speeches, 1942 - 1971
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/4/17/1-30
Scope and Contents
CHAN II/4/17/A/1 contains original listings of Lyttelton's speeches 1942-1971
Dates:
1942 - 1971
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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Panoramic photographs of bomb damage in Germany, 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CNDN 14
Scope and Contents
Possibly at the military site near Cuxhaven.
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Con Condren
Fonds
Papers of J. H. Goodland
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9704
Scope and Contents
Includes notebooks and diaries, correspondence with family and friends, miscellaneous literary papers and items concerning JHG's time spent in the army security forces both in England and Germany during and after the War.
Dates:
1935-1974
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 geodetic surveys and longitudes, 1836 - 1848
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/417
Scope and Contents
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 German navigational aids, 1944 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/323/3
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding the German Air Almanac and other German navigational aids, including a booklet in German containing instructions for using the Astronomical Calculating Machine ARG-1.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
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-sub-series
Papers on German wartime computing, 1945 - 1946
Sub-sub-series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/332/2
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding computing in Germany during the Second World War.
Dates:
1945 - 1946
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-sub-series
Papers on German wartime navigation, 1945 - 1948
Sub-sub-series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/323/4
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and other papers regarding navigation in Germany during World War II, 1 folder. There are also two envelopes and one bundle of supplementary material comprised of German tables, reports and other papers.
Dates:
1945 - 1948
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
Papers on Germany, 1943 - 1974
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 16/306
Scope and Contents
Papers regarding Germany, principally the Astronomisches Rechen-Institut, Heidelberg.
Dates:
1943 - 1974
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 naval subjects, 1905 - 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 5/12
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: draft of Fisher's "Immediate Necessities" [later "Naval Necessities, Vol II]; information on ships struck off the effective list and cruisers not struck off the list; the disposition of the fleet prior to war with Germany; the German navy; forces at Aldershot [Hampshire]; lists of ships in the fleets; fleet exercises.
Dates:
1905 - 1907
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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Papers on naval subjects, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/FISR 5/14
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the shipbuilding programme, 1908-09, and the increase in naval estimates to match German shipbuilding plans; fleet exercises for a state of war between Britain and Germany; the continuation of the Selborne scheme for naval training.
Dates:
1908
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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Papers on the Nautical Almanac Office, 1938 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 8/26
Scope and Contents
Correspondence with the Nautical Almanac Office and related papers, in fifteen sections, including the following material:(1) Astronomical navigation tablesCorrespondence with D.H. Sadler regarding George G. Hoehne's 'Practical Celestial Air Navigation Tables', 1943.Correspondence with D.H. Sadler regarding astronomical tables, 1942.Memorandum by Sadler titled 'Polar Navigation. A Device for Drawing Position Lines within 15 Degrees of the Pole',...
Dates:
1938 - 1956
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 Universal Time, 1884 - 1898
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/146
Scope and Contents
Canadian and North American Papers relating to Universal Time:Printed notice from the Royal Society of Canada drawing attention to matters of time determination and nomenclature, 1890.Letter from Wilhelm Prealt of Hamburg, in German, 1890.Letter from Sandford Fleming, Ottawa, enclosing a Bill to be laid before the United States Senate regarding the reckoning of time in the United States, 1891.Letter from [J.P. Sohiham] of Vienna sending a copy of a booklet by...
Dates:
1884 - 1898
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 an Anglo-German summit in Bonn, 18 January 1985, and an Anglo-French summit, Downing Street, London, 18 November 1985, 1985-01 - 1985-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/79
Scope and Contents
Includes: schedules and menus
Dates:
1985-01 - 1985-11
Conditions Governing Access:
Opened in October 2015
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 an Anglo-German summit in Bonn and visit to Berlin, Germany, 28-29 October 1982, 1982-05 - 1982-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/42A
Scope and Contents
Part 1, includes: details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation
Part 2, closed
Dates:
1982-05 - 1982-10
Conditions Governing Access:
Mostly opened in March 2013; material on security closed, see THCR 1/10/42A, part 2
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.
Sub-Series
Papers relating to Germany, 1932 - 1934
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 1/4
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence with Von Papen and the Crown Prince
Dates:
1932 - 1934
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.
Series
Papers Relating to Germany, 1940 - 1945
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NERI 5
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers relating to their work in European Service of the BBC during World War II.
Dates:
1940 - 1945
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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Papers relating to Germany, 1978 & May 1979-November 1981, 1978 - 1981-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/73
Scope and Contents
Part 1, 1978-79: includes circulated briefing notes from the Foreign Office, Ministry of Defence and HM Treasury in advance of a visit to the UK by Chancellor (Helmut) Schmidt of the Federal Republic of Germany on 10-12 May 1979; with a transcript of Schmidt's press conference with MT and a typescript copy of MT's speech at a luncheon for Schmidt and his delegation, 11 May 1979; MT's correspondence with Dr Helmut Kohl, December 1979; and a copy of "European Political Co-Operation"...
Dates:
1978 - 1981-11
Conditions Governing Access:
Part 1 opened in February 2010, part 2 opened in March 2011; 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.
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Papers relating to Germany and Britain before and during the war, 1909 - 1916
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 2/2/21
Scope and Contents
Includes: pamphlet "Germany and England", a reprint of a series of Daily Mail articles by Robert Blatchford, Editor of the Clarion, on the chances of Germany declaring war on Britain, given to Else by JWHM; part of the pamphlet "The Jutland Battle, By Two Who Took part in It", typed letters from a sailor to his parents following the Battle of Jutland.
Dates:
1909 - 1916
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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Papers relating to Germany, March 1975-May 1978, 1975-03 - 1978-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/128
Scope and Contents
Includes MT’s handwritten annotations
Includes correspondence with President (Karl) Carstens of Germany, Douglas Hurd MP, Helmut Kohl (Chairman, CDU) and Josef Taus
Dates:
1975-03 - 1978-05
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.