Germany
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1115 Collections and/or Records:
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Public and Political: General: Political: European army: correspondence and papers., Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/32
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Lewis Douglas [United States Ambassador to the United Kingdom] (3); President Harry Truman; Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] (3); Duncan Sandys (2); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall; General Charles Mast [French Army]. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Chips Gemmell, and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Subjects include: the level of German, United States, and British...
Dates:
Aug 1950 - Nov 1950
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Public and Political: General: Political: miscellaneous papers., 15 May 1946 - 10 Dec 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/139
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Includes: a letter from David Eccles; an issue of Hansard (1947) with a speech by Eccles on food subsidies; a press cutting from the Manchester Guardian, reporting a speech by Sir Archibald Sinclair [later 1st Lord Thurso], former leader of the Liberal Parliamentary Party, on a Liberal revival; Walter Graebner [London representative of Time-Life International] on an article by J B Priestley; a press cutting from the Sunday Pictorial, with Priestley's article on the irresponsible power of the...
Dates:
15 May 1946 - 10 Dec 1949
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Political: The Eden Memoirs., Jan 1951 - May 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/517A-B
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Correspondents concerning the publication of the memoirs of Sir Anthony Eden [later 1st Lord Avon] include: Anthony Moir of Fladgate and Company [WSC's solicitor] concerning financial matters connected with WSC's papers (3); Denis Kelly regarding correspondence between WSC and Eden; Alan Hodge forwarding sections of the book (7); Anthony Eden on his progress with the book, relations with France and requests regarding facts (7).Also includes copies of minutes and letters from Eden to WSC...
Dates:
Jan 1951 - May 1961
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Press cuttings etc., 03 Feb 1938 - 20 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/355
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Press cuttings from British and American newspapers, with reports of statements, speeches and letters by individuals including: Sir Samuel Hoare [later 1st Lord Templewood], Home Secretary, on the need for ARP training; Sir Thomas Inskip [later 1st Lord Caldecote], Minister for Co-ordination of Defence, on aircraft production, particularly by "shadow" car factories; Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister] on progress in rearmament and a call for national unity, including a transcript of his...
Dates:
03 Feb 1938 - 20 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: press cuttings of articles, letters, and leader comments, on the international situation and British politics, mainly from national and local British newspapers and magazines, such as the Times, the Daily Mail, the Daily Telegraph, the Manchester Guardian, the Illustrated London News, and Picture Post, as well as United States and German articles., Dec 1938 - Oct 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/389A-B
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Includes: articles by John Morgan, [William] Stephen King-Hall, Sir Abe Bailey, A G Gardiner, Hannen Swaffer, Ellen Wilkinson, Richard Law [later 1st Lord Coleraine], and "Scrutator" [Robert Ensor]; letters to papers by Francis Pakenham [later 7th Lord Longford], [Edward] Mozley, James Bridie, Sir Reginald St Johnston, Sir Francis Anderton, [John] Chamier, and Eleanor Rathbone. Subjects covered by the cuttings include: the threat posed by the Axis powers; Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic...
Dates:
Dec 1938 - Oct 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence C - D., 25 Dec 1946 - 22 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/168A-B
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Correspondents include: William Hughes [former Prime Minister of Australia] introducing Archibald Cameron, Speaker of the Australian Parliament; "Bill", 1st Lord Camrose [earlier Sir William Berry, owner of the Daily Telegraph] on racing, and Daily Telegraph criticism of Conservative taxation pledges (7); Tilly Losch-Carnarvon [Ottilie, Lady Carnarvon]; Admiral Robert Carney, Commander- in-Chief, Allied Forces in Southern Europe (2); Sir Robert Cary (2); Richard Casey, Australian Minister...
Dates:
25 Dec 1946 - 22 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence K., 03 Jan 1946 - 12 Oct 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/171
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Correspondents include: Edward Keeling; Rear Admiral Piers Kekewich on the funeral of Admiral Sir Max Horton; Sir Gerald Kelly, President, Royal Academy of Arts, on subjects including a speech by WSC and adverse press comment on the Academy (4); 1st Lord Kemsley [earlier Sir James Berry, Chairman, Kemsley Newspapers] on subjects including covering the General Election in Manchester, and supporting the Conservative Party (5); General George Kennedy, United States Air Force; Marina, Duchess of...
Dates:
03 Jan 1946 - 12 Oct 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence T - Z., 29 Jan 1945 - 20 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/157A-B
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Correspondents include: Sir Robert Tasker; General Jean de Lattre de Tassigny, apologizing for missing WSC's visit to Metz [France]; Charles Taylor [MP for Eastbourne]; Myron Taylor; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin, MP for Hereford and Vice-Chairman, Conservative and Unionist Party] (3); "Tommy", Charles Thompson [former Personal Assistant to WSC] on subjects including applying for a post at the Jockey Club, and books and photographs for WSC (9); 6th Lord Rosebery [earlier Lord...
Dates:
29 Jan 1945 - 20 Dec 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence V - Z., 24 Jun 1951 - 10 Oct 1962
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/202A-C
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Correspondents include: Sarita, Lady Vansittart on the death of 1st Lord Vansittart; Baron D van Lynden, Dutch Embassy, on a bust of WSC by Wilhelm Verbon for Rotterdam [the Netherlands] (4); Margaret, Duchess of Buccleuch [earlier Margaret, Lady Dalkeith] on the bust (3); General Robert Astier de Villatte; Elaine [? Hunter, earlier Elaine Villiers and Elaine Guest]; Vivienne Entwistle, on photographs of WSC; Nathalie, Countess Volpi; Anthony Kendall [British Consul, Venice, Italy]; Lady...
Dates:
24 Jun 1951 - 10 Oct 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
Open except folio 421 which has been closed on the instructions of the Royal Archives under sections 40 and 41(1) of the Freedom of Information Act. Review 2027.
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Public and Political: General: Private and Personal: Correspondence with Bernard Baruch., 06 Oct 1945 - 06 Jul 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/210A-B
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Correspondence between WSC and Baruch on subjects including: relations between the West and the Soviet Union; growing isolationism and deficit finance in the United States; the Soviet Union's resources; British nationalization; tributes to Baruch; the coronation; the need to complete NATO and a political settlement in Europe at the Bermuda Conference (1953); nuclear warfare; the export of gold by the Soviet Union; the West's attitude to Eastern Europe; the effect of Konrad Adenauer's...
Dates:
06 Oct 1945 - 06 Jul 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Rearmament: Plessey Company Limited., 05 May 1936 - 30 Oct 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/280
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Correspondents include: Herbert Williams on Allen Clark, [Joint Managing Director] of Plessey Company Limited (2); Allen Clark on his report of a visit to munitions works abroad, and Plessey's plans for a similar mortar- shell plant (7); Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Hugh Elles [Master General of Ordnance] on Clark's report and armour-piercing bullet tests (2).Also includes: copy of Clark's report on his visit to munitions works in Germany, Switzerland and France; copies of correspondence by WSC...
Dates:
05 May 1936 - 30 Oct 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: The New Commonwealth., 07 Jan 1937 - 22 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/312
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Correspondence, mainly with N B Foot, General Secretary of the New Commonwealth Society, on subjects including: the society's annual general meeting and other meetings; invitations and requests for WSC to speak for the society in Britain and Europe, and also for other organizations; a publicity message for the society; the New Commonwealth Parliamentary Group; the growth of the society in Europe.Other correspondents include: 1st Lord Davies, Chairman of the New Commonwealth Society, on how...
Dates:
07 Jan 1937 - 22 Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: "The Official History of the Blockade": Print., 01 Mar 1937 - 01 May 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/318
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Print of "A history of the Blockade of Germany and of the countries associated with her in the great war, Austria-Hungary [later Austria and Hungary], Bulgaria and Turkey, 1914 - 1918" by Lieutenant-Commander Archibald Bell, Historical Section, Committee of Imperial Defence.Also includes: covering letter from Sir Stephen Gaselee [Librarian and Keeper of the Papers of the Foreign Office] on the confidential nature of the history.
Dates:
01 Mar 1937 - 01 May 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Various: Correspondence concerning historical events and documents., 1949 - 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/500
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Correspondents include: Charles Morgan, M P, with notes on WSC's founding of the Naval Division in 1914; James Thomas [later 1st Lord Cilcennin] with his recollections of WSC's exclusion from the "Sidney Herbert Committee" which opposed Neville Chamberlain and events surrounding the resignation of Anthony [Eden, later 1st Lord Avon] as Foreign Secretary (4); John Wheeler Bennett of the Foreign Office Library; Randolph Churchill requesting access to WSC's papers; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st...
Dates:
1949 - 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Various Papers., 08 Mar 1939 - Jun 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/369
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Papers and memoranda on various subjects, including: memorandum by the Friends of Europe Information Service on "The Hitler Promises which a British Prime Minister Believed", and a Friends of Europe monthly survey of German publications, June 1939; extract from "Mein Kampf" published in l'Europe Nouvelle on Hitler's tactics for making demands against other nations; figures for the Government vote in [?] 1939 by-elections; bulletins of the Colonial League on subjects including German colonial...
Dates:
08 Mar 1939 - Jun 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Various Papers., Jul 1937 - May 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/335
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Papers and memoranda on various subjects, including: timetable of the Munich Crisis by Randolph Churchill; a note on the Anglo-Italian Agreement on Abyssinia [later Ethiopia]; printed extracts of speeches by Neville Chamberlain on British relations with Italy, 1935 - 9; pamphlet published by the Abyssinia Association, "Italy's Failure in Abyssinia"; extract from a speech by WSC on relations with Italy (5 November 1936, House of Commons); pamphlet by Arnold Wienholt, former member of the...
Dates:
Jul 1937 - May 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: Brazil, France, Germany: invitations., 1948 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/261
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Correspondence on possible visits to Brazil, with Montiz de Aragao, Brazilian Ambassador, to Britain (3) Colonel Sir Arthur Evans, Anglo-Brazilian Society; France - invitation to become Grand Officier of the Confrerie des Chevalliers du Tastevan, Nuit-Saint-George, and to preside at wine festival; and West Germany [later part of Germany] - invitations from Konrad Adenauer to visit Bonn, 1950, and from 1st Lord Reith, Commonwealth Communications Council, to speak in Stuttgart on United...
Dates:
1948 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Visits and Invitations: Germany., Dec 1954 - Jul 1956
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/295
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Correspondence and papers on visit to Aachen, for the award of the Charlemagne (Carolus Magnus) Prize, Bonn, for meeting with Konrad Adenauer, and the 4th Queen's Own Hussars near Hanover, May 1956.File includes printed programme for WSC's visit to the Federal Republic of Germany [in English and German]; drafts of itinerary; letter from Otto Suhr, Burgermeister of Berlin, inviting him to visit the City; letter from Anthony Head, Secretary of State for War to John Colville, PS to WSC, asking...
Dates:
Dec 1954 - Jul 1956
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Visits and invitations: Metz, Luxembourg, Paris (July 1946)., Sep 1944 - 12 Feb 1947
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 2/237
Scope and Contents
Correspondents on WSC's visit to France and Luxembourg include: Charlotte, Grand Duchess of Luxembourg (2); Andrew Clasen, Luxembourg Minister Plenipotentiary to Britain, on subjects including arrangements for the visit, and requests for photographs of WSC (8); [?] Ethel, Lady Cotton; Robert Schuman, French Minister of Finance; Sir [David] Rowland Evans, General Secretary, Liberal National Organization; Louis Vallon, Director, Paris Mint, on medallions for WSC; Duff Cooper [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
Sep 1944 - 12 Feb 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and political: newspaper cuttings on the correspondence between Kaiser Wilhelm II and Tsar Nicholas II and on the Battle of Jutland., 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/113
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From the Series:
The papers in this class relate to WSC's activities as a person in public life other than those as MP for a particular constituency or as a Minister, and the class inevitably forms a miscellany of papers of widely differing kinds and value. They include notes and correspondence with colleagues, acquaintances, and the general public, on topics of contemporary general interest, on party political matters, and on appointments to various positions, together with invitations to speak at meetings...
Dates:
1920
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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Public and political: Political papers, 1930 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 19
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, particularly relating to the British Council, but including a file on the Invergordon Mutiny and papers on the Political Fund.
Dates:
1930 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Public and Political: Royal Commission on the Private Manufacture of and Trading in Arms., 07 Nov 1935 - 25 Feb 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/281
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Desmond Morton, Director, Industrial Intelligence Centre; Charles Tennyson [Secretary, Dunlop Rubber Company Limited].Also includes: copies of papers on a reported German move to capture the world armaments trade, and France's armaments programme and plans for industrial mobilisation, including a translated report on the reorganization of the departments in the French War Ministry dealing with armaments; copy of minutes from the Royal Commission of evidence given by...
Dates:
07 Nov 1935 - 25 Feb 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Pulmonaria [from] Isle of Wight under net set no seeds this year, 1865-05-27
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 110: A57
Scope and Contents
Note; by Charles Robert Darwin
(Note)
Dates:
1865-05-27
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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"Raubstaat England" (Hamburg, Cigaretten-Bilderdienst Hamburg-Bahrenfeld, 1941), 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 79
Scope and Contents
"Raubstaat England", loosely translated as the Robber State of England or the Criminal State of England, was one of a series of so-called "cigarette books" into which illustrated cigarette cards were pasted. It is a work of German propaganda about the British Empire. This example contains a full set of illustrations.
Dates:
1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
Series
Reparations mission 1945, 1944 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROBN 4
Scope and Contents
Papers as a member of the British reparations Mission in Moscow and Berlin
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.