Germany
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1125 Collections and/or Records:
File
Cuttings and Cartoons relating to WSC, 1933-10 - 1936-06
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 29 A/1
Scope and Contents
Career: Randolph Churchill contests the Wavertree [Liverpool] by-election and is defeated; WSC reconciled with government; WSC returned to parliament but not the Cabinet; reviews of WSC’s "Marlborough".
Domestic Policy: Annual meeting (1933) of the National Union of Conservative and Unionist Associations - Discussion of slum campaign, Imperial defence and reform policy; WSC supports the need for home grown food stuffs.
Foreign Policy; WSC leads opposition to the...
Dates:
1933-10 - 1936-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
File
Das Illustrierte Blatt (The Illustrated Newspaper), 12 November 1938 - 2 May 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 119/4
Scope and Contents
Photojournalistic newspaper published in Nazi Germany. Copies of 5 editions: 12 November 1938; 21 February 1942; 14 March 1942; 18 April 1942; 2 May 1942.
Dates:
12 November 1938 - 2 May 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Unknown
"Defence", 16 Mar 1950
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/33B/217-272
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: ministerial appointments in defence; the need for greater openness with the House of Commons; retaining a reformed National Service scheme; recruitment for the regular army; the defence of Western Europe, particularly West Germany [later part of Germany], against the Soviet Union and its satellites; reducing the Royal Navy; the threat from Soviet submarines and the need to develop aircraft carriers and anti-submarine...
Dates:
16 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Organization
Item
Deutsche Illustrierte (German Illustrated Magazine), 26 August 1944
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 119/3
Scope and Contents
Photojournalistic magazine published in Nazi Germany. Single copy of this edition: Number 25, 29 August 1944.
Dates:
26 August 1944
Conditions Governing Access:
This collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1933
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/1
Scope and Contents
Diary covering Cadogan's final year as British representative to the League of Nations. Subjects covered include: the defence of the Great Wall in January [precursor of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937]; repercussions within the League of the Lytton Report and the Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement; the Geneva Disarmament Conference [1932-1934]; strong opinions on the position of the British cabinet and his colleagues; growing concern at the menace of Germany and treatment of Jewish citizens;...
Dates:
1933
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1 January-9 September 1936
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/4
Scope and Contents
Diary of the final few months of Cadogan's time in China and his new role as Joint Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office in 1936. Subjects covered include: his relationship with important figures within the Foreign Office when in China, such as Frederick Leith-Ross and in London; the relationship between China and Japan and meetings with Chiang Kai-Shek; the death of King George V; a meeting with King Edward VIII; problems within the Foreign Office; his trip to the Montreaux...
Dates:
1 January-9 September 1936
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1937
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/6
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office and diplomatic service; the growing threat of Hitler and Mussolini; the challenges of, and opinions on, British foreign policy; international relations with, in particular, Italy, Spain, Japan, China, France and the United States of America; the Spanish Civil War and the Non-Intervention Committee; paralysis at the League of Nations; the Abyssinian and Sudetenland Crises and the Imperial Conference as well as social and...
Dates:
1937
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1938
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/7
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships inside the Foreign Office and diplomatic service; the Abyssinian crisis and relations with Italy as differing to those with Germany; the Anglo-American and Anglo-French relationships; Anthony Eden's resignation in February; the Czechoslovakian crisis and the Munich Agreement; the policies of rearmament and appeasement and the League of Nations as well as social and family events.
Dates:
1938
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/8
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships inside the Foreign Office and diplomatic service with a sense of the complexities of British governmental policy; a trip to Rome in January 1939 to visit Mussolini regarding Hitler's in Europe; Franco and the Spanish Civil War; the German occupation of Prague in March 1939; Italian occupation of Albania; the challenges of working with the Soviet Union; the build up to war, with the declaration of war against Germany and her allies, and the...
Dates:
1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Diary, 1940
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/9
Scope and Contents
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office and diplomatic service, including with Samuel Hore-Belisha and The Viscount Halifax; the work load at the Foreign Office and Cadogan's increasing strain; the crisis with the ice-free harbour at Narvik in Norway in April 1940; the intrigue surrounding a new prime minister and the invasion of Holland and Belgium in May 1940 as well as the general progress of war and the consequences of the fall of France in the summer of...
Dates:
1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Diary of a Journey through Germany
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6651
Scope and Contents
Diary of a journey through Germany, 8-29 September [1835], apparently in Baly's hand, 122 folios. On fo. 2 is an explanatory note in the hand of the donor. Running from the end of the volume are notes on the geological formations in the districts visited and financial accounts for travel expenses.
Dates:
1835
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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Draft lecture on German influence on British history, 1922-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/101
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes: JWHM's early work as a student, lecturer, classicist and historian; numerous articles and book reviews; several works on Bismarck and 19th century Germany; JWHM's writing on South Africa in association with 1st Lord Loch; entries for the Encyclopaedia Britannica; articles on Germany in the First World War and the Versailles Treaty; material on the posthumous publication of JWHM's "Studies in Diplomatic History"; some articles by Kenneth Headlam-Morley, mainly relating to the Saar...
Dates:
1922-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Drafts on German history, 1895-08 - 1914-08
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/80
Scope and Contents
Annotated drafts for a history of 19th century Germany. This may be for works that JWHM was commissioned to write for the Cambridge Historical Series in 1895 and 1901 and never finished, but it may also relate to "A short history of Germany and her colonies" (1914), written by JWHM with Walter Alison Philips, and Arthur William Holland as part of the 11th edition of the Encyclopaedia Britannica. Subjects include: the Prussian constitution and the Carlsbad Decrees of 1819; the Zollverein...
Dates:
1895-08 - 1914-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Drake: the papers of Montague Garrard Drake
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/DRA
Scope and Contents
Pembroke holds five volumes and one draft volume of Montague Garrard Drake’s travel diaries, written on paper with vellum limp binding and leather ties.
Dates:
1710 - 1712
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Fonds
Edward Byles Cowell: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6406-6409
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence, sermons, lectures, articles and other miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1810-1903
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
Sub-sub-class
Enemy Civil Defence, 1945 - 1946
Sub-sub-class
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDSL 6/38-42
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Hodsoll played a major role in the development of air raid precautions [ARP]/ civil defence and this is reflected in the collection held at Churchill Archives Centre which he described as representing "a unique history of Civil Defence and its allied problems" (letter to Stephen Roskill, 27 August 1967). Until 1935 Sir John seems to have kept very few papers, but from then onwards very little of importance is missing. The printed material is particularly important because it consists of...
Dates:
1945 - 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Entries for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1901 - 1902
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/81
Scope and Contents
Annotated galley proofs from JWHM’s entries on various German and Austro-Hungarian politicians and the history of the Vatican for the [? 10th edition] of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dates:
1901 - 1902
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
Entries for the Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1910-08 - 1911
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/82
Scope and Contents
Annotated galley proofs from JWHM’s entries on the history of Germany and Austria-Hungary and various German and Austro-Hungarian politicians and writers for the [? 11th edition] of the Encyclopaedia Britannica.
Dates:
1910-08 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Unknown
"European Unity", 28 Mar 1950
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/33C/578-622
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) on subjects including: relations between Britain, France, West Germany [later part of Germany] and the Soviet Union; the presence of West Germany in the European Assembly, in Western defence and a united Europe; reconciliation between France and West Germany and the lead being taken by Charles de Gaulle and Konrad Adenauer, Federal Chancellor of Germany; mutual assistance between Britain, France and West Germany for the good of Europe; reasons...
Dates:
28 Mar 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"Every man to his post", 11 Sep 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/144/61-68
Scope and Contents
Notes for WSC's broadcast (BBC) on subjects including: the night bombing of London; the Battle of Britain and the successes of British fighter squadrons; the possibility of invasion and German deployment of barges, ships and troops in readiness; a call for every man and woman to do his duty; and the strength of British fleets and flotillas, air power, fortification and the million and a half men of the Home Guard. Includes the phrase "This wicked man [Adolf Hitler]...this monstrous product...
Dates:
11 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Unknown
"Every man to his post", 11 Sep 1940
Unknown
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/176A/37-41
Scope and Contents
Draft speaking notes for WSC's broadcast (BBC) on subjects including: the night bombing of London; the Battle of Britain and the successes of British fighter squadrons; the possibility of invasion and German deployment of barges, ships and troops in readiness; a call for every man and woman to do his duty; and the strength of British fleets and flotillas, air power, fortification and the million and a half men of the Home Guard. Includes the phrase "This wicked man [Adolf Hitler]...this...
Dates:
11 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Sub-Series
Files about Germany, 1919 - 1928
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HTRY 1/2
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Includes files on America, Germany, India, and on various subjects including inflation and the Bank of England.
Dates:
1919 - 1928
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
First revise proof of "Bismarck, the man and the statesman": volume I, 1898-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/65
Scope and Contents
English translation of Bismarck's memoirs ["Gedanken und erinnerungen"], translated under the supervision of A J Butler, with editorial assistance from JWHM.
Dates:
1898-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
File
First revise proof of "Bismarck, the man and the statesman": volume II, 1898-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HDLM 3/66
Scope and Contents
English translation of Bismarck's memoirs ["Gedanken und erinnerungen"], translated under the supervision of A J Butler, with editorial assistance from JWHM.
Dates:
1898-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.