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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 954 Collections and/or Records:

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Papers relating to the bi-centennial of the French revolution and the Paris G7 Summit, 14-15 July 1989, 1989-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/143
Scope and Contents

Includes menus; with schedule annotated with details of MT's clothing

Dates: 1989-07
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2019 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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS / Margaret Thatcher's personal filing / Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders
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Papers relating to the G7 summit, Bonn, Germany, 2-4 May 1985, 1985-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/90
Scope and Contents

Includes: schedules; and briefing cards for MT's bilateral meetings with President (Francois) Mitterrand of France and Prime Minister (Yasuhiro) Nakasone of Japan

Dates: 1985-05
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS / Margaret Thatcher's personal filing / Foreign affairs material and foreign tour schedules, including papers for individual summits and conferences with world leaders
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Papers relating to various innovations claimed by Hoene-Wroński, 1820 - 1821

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 14/12: 496-576
Scope and Contents

Includes an anonymous note describing Hoene-Wroński as an 'artful dangerous character' [RGO 14/12: 502] and a petition addressed to His Majesty, George IV [RGO 14/12: 536-538].

Dates: 1820 - 1821
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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of the Board of Longitude / Petitions and memorials
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Paris, 1968 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/1
Scope and Contents

Includes notes and correspondence on CS's appointment and "the Soames Affair", briefings and papers on CS's and MS's engagements and official entertaining during CS's tenure as British Ambassador to France.

Dates: 1968 - 1972
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Diplomatic papers
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Paris cuttings, 1968-09 - 1968-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/1
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on CS's arrival in France and on his first public speech as Ambassador

Dates: 1968-09 - 1968-10
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Press cuttings
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Paris cuttings, 1968-03 - 1972-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/2
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Cuttings on Anglo-French relations, CS's Ambassadorship, an exhibition of British art in Paris, Jan 1972, the Paris Summit, Oct 1972 and CS's appointment to the European Commission.

Dates: 1968-03 - 1972-11
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Press cuttings
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Paris cuttings, 1972-02 - 1972-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/3
Scope and Contents

Cuttings on the Royal visit to France by Queen Elizabeth II.

Dates: 1972-02 - 1972-05
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Press cuttings
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Paris cuttings, 1967-07 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/4
Scope and Contents

Includes: cuttings on MS as the "Ambassador's Lady" and her opening of a memorial to Sir Winston Churchill at Montargis; a statement made on Britain and the European Community, 1967, "A British view of Europe's destiny"; and an assessment by Sir Alan Campbell [former Counsellor, Paris] of Anglo-French relations, 1968-72, reprinted from the Royal Institute of International Affairs.

Dates: 1967-07 - 1982
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Press cuttings
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Paris diary, 1947-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CGLA 2/2
Scope and Contents

Account of the Gladwyns' visit to Paris [France] following the Paris Peace Conference, including CG's impressions of the French, Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, [Alfred] Duff Cooper, British Ambassador to France [later 1st Lord Norwich] and Lady Diana Cooper [later Viscountess Norwich] and Andrei Vyshinsky [Deputy Soviet Foreign Minister].

Dates: 1947-01
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 / The Papers of Cynthia, Lady Gladwyn / Diaries
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Paris [France] diary, 1944-09 - 1944-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/32
Scope and Contents

Annotated typescript.

Dates: 1944-09 - 1944-12
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 / The Papers of Alfred Duff Cooper (1st Viscount Norwich) / Diaries / Diaries
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Personal: Business: houses on the French riviera., Nov 1955 - May 1957

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/29
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Includes correspondence from Maurice Hudson (3), and representatives of various estate agents giving details of various properties for sale or rent. Also includes: notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Anthony Montague Browne, Gillian Maturin, and Doreen Pugh; photographs of the riviera and photographs, drawings, plans, and maps of the locations of particular houses.

Dates: Nov 1955 - May 1957
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Personal
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Personal: Financial: Societe General Alsacienne de Banque (Strasbourg [France])., 02 Aug 1950 - 15 Feb 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/13
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence from: A Ehret on managing WSC's account with the bank (11); John Colville [1st Secretary, British Embassy, Lisbon, Portugal] (3) on arranging for CSC to obtain escudos; Helen Ehret on expenses for WSC's stay in Strasbourg in 1950. Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from: secretaries Lettice Shillingford (Lettice Marston), Chips Gemmell, and Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow]; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant].Also includes a used cheque book,...
Dates: 02 Aug 1950 - 15 Feb 1955
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Personal
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Personal Papers of Rosemary Saunders, 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Saunders
Scope and Contents

The collection comprises a diary of a field trip to Switzerland; photographs of the participants in the trip; and a bundle of geography notes.

Dates: 1973
Found in: Girton College Archive / Personal Papers
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Personal: Photographs., Nov 1945 - Oct 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/95
Scope and Contents Photographs of WSC and Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] on visit to Brussels, Belgium, Nov 1945 [51 photos].Photographs of WSC's visit to Strasbourg, France, August 1949 [13 photos].Photographs of WSC, CSC and Mary Churchill's visit to Lausanne, Switzerland, Aug-Sep 1946 [36 photos].Photographs of WSC and CSC's visit to Denmark, Oct 1950 [6 photos].Photographs of Viking ship finds at Oseberg, Norway, [presumably presented to WSC during his visit to Norway, May 1948] [10 photos with...
Dates: Nov 1945 - Oct 1950
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Personal
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Aix-en-Provence [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco] (August - October 1948): A - H., 05 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/71
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit to Aix and Monte Carlo include: Ava, Lady Anderson [earlier Ava Wigram, later Ava, Lady Waverley] offering accommodation (2); Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales, and Edward VIII]; CSC (4); Robert Boothby; Comtesse de Geoffre de Chabrignac; 1st Lord Cherwell [earlier F A Lindemann]; Sylvia Churchill; William Deakin [WSC's literary assistant] (3); representatives of Thomas Cook and Son Limited on travel arrangements (18); G Ritleng,...
Dates: 05 Jul 1948 - 31 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Personal
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Personal: Visits and invitations: Aix-en-Provence [France], Monte Carlo [Monaco] (August - October 1948) I - Z., 11 Aug 1948 - 03 Jan 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/72
Scope and Contents Correspondents on WSC's visit to Aix and Monte Carlo include: Lord Duncannon [later 10th Lord Bessborough, 1st Secretary, British Embassy, Paris]; Alan Horn [Vice-Consul, Marseilles]; Prince Bianchi de Medicis (3); Paul van Zeeland, Senator of Belgium; Comtesse de Sabran-Ponteves; Edwyn Hole [Consul-General, Nice]; Comtesse du Testre.Other subjects include: invitations, gifts and requests for interviews and autographs.Also includes: prints from a book of honour of the French Resistance;...
Dates: 11 Aug 1948 - 03 Jan 1949
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Churchill Papers / Personal
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Photograph album of Thomas Bullock, circa 1880 - circa 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Bullock 2/1
Scope and Contents The volume comprises sepia photographs mounted on album pages. They include views of Paris, Malta, Port Said, the Suez Canal, Colombo, Cairo (the Pyramids), Aden and China; also cathedrals in southern England, including Winchester and Salisbury. These appear to be copies of photographs by commercial photographers, a few of whom are identified. Photographs from China include some general views, particularly of Beijing [described as Peking]; also Tianjin [described as Tientsin]. There are...
Dates: circa 1880 - circa 1900
Found in: Girton College Archive / Personal Papers / Personal Papers of Margaret (Nan) Bullock / Photographs
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Photograph of four people in bathing costumes on a rock by the sea at Cap d'Ail, France, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDVS 3/1
Scope and Contents

From left to right: Chips Gemmell, Lettice Shillingford, Denis Kelly and Evan Davies.

Dates: 1949
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 / The Papers of Evan Davies / Photographs and a postcard
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Photograph of Winston Churchill on a donkey near Fontaine de Vaucluse, France, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDVS 3/3
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Log book, copy letters and photographs.

Dates: 1949
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 / The Papers of Evan Davies / Photographs and a postcard
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Photographs, 1920-08 - 1983-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 5
Scope and Contents

Mainly photographs of various official events and visits undertaken by GJ as British Ambassador to France, and also some earlier photographs from GJ's service in Iran in the 1920s.

Dates: 1920-08 - 1983-08
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 / The Papers of 1st Lord Gladwyn
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Photographs from Paris, 1968-09 - 1972-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 5/6
Scope and Contents Photographs from CS's time as Ambassador to France, including: CS's official document of appointment as Ambassador; CS at a Presidential shoot in Rambouillet, 1968; cartoons of CS; press cuttings on the funeral of Charles de Gaulle, Nov 1970; formal photographs of CS and MS at the embassy, 1972, by Reg Lancaster [Daily Express]; informal colour pictures of the Soames family in the garden of the embassy, 1972; [?] Vogue photograph of Emma Soames, 1972; signed photograph of the Royal Family,...
Dates: 1968-09 - 1972-09
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 / The Papers of Baron Soames / Photographs
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Photographs of WSC with French teenagers, 1941-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 4/51
Scope and Contents

3 photographs of a group of French teenagers being received by WSC and CSC in the garden of 10 Downing Street, after they had crossed the English Channel by canoe to join the Free French. Includes explanatory notes.

Dates: 1941-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / Other Deposited Collections Relating to Sir Winston Churchill / Photographs and drawings
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Pocket diary, 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 1/31
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Including Second World War service, in particular the evacuation from Dunkirk (Operation Dynamo) and the attack on the French Fleet at Mers el-Kebir, in Algeria (Operation Catapult), by Force H.

Dates: 1940
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 / The Papers of Admiral Sir James Somerville / Pocket diaries
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ho-Hu., 02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/78A-B
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Clement Holdstock (5); G J Holtham (9); Joyce Howard (6); Reginald Hucks (4); Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (5).Subjects include: Merchant Navy clothing; land requisition; rehousing bombing victims; the place of religion in probation work (amendments to the Criminal Justice Bill, 1939); British residents in unoccupied France (1941); BBC messages to France.Also includes: a petition for...
Dates: 02 May 1939 - 30 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex]
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Polygamy &c-58 Note, 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 85: B104r
Scope and Contents

Summary for Legitimate Births [relative numbers of boys and girls]


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-01-01 - 1882-04-30
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.
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Darwin Archive / 'Descent of man': portfolios / 'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants' / 'Descent of man' first edition: used scraps relating to 'Man' and notes relating to principles of sexual selection, polygamy and number of sexes / Descent Portfolios 1st edn, Sexual Selection: Chap 1, polygamy, number of sexes

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