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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 967 Collections and/or Records:

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Miscellaneous correspondence: Paris, 1973-09 - 1984-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 1/40
Scope and Contents Correspondence with CS's friends and contacts in France, including: Michel Jobert, Minister of External Commerce; Gaston Defferre, Minister of the Interior; André Chandernagor, Minister of Foreign Affairs; Jean-René Bernard (7); Jean Borotra; Philippe Daudy; Vice-Admiral Philippe de Gaulle; Edgard Pisani; Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, thanking CS for his congratulations on his election as President; Sir Reginald Hibbert, British Ambassador to France, on CS's talks with President Giscard and...
Dates: 1973-09 - 1984-10
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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1869 - 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/481
Scope and Contents Correspondence and printed papers on astrology, chemistry, electricity, galvanism, geology, optics and squaring the circle. The correspondents include T. Andrews, W.H. Miller, W. De La Rue, W. Huggins, W. Klinkerfeus, J. Challis and L. Respighi. There are official printed reports on the Anglo-Australian Telegraph; specimens of output from printing telegraphy; a prospectus for a book titled 'Physical and historical evidences of vast sinkings of land on the North and West coasts of France and...
Dates: 1869 - 1870
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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Miscellaneous scientific papers, 1871 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/483
Scope and Contents Miscellaneous correspondence and works on scientific matters, including papers of the Chemical Association of the British Association; reports on the northern telegraph from the 'South Australian Register'; a government report on Post Office telegraphs; a piece by G. Forbes from 'Nature' on the observatory at Mount Vesuvius; a piece by E.C. Garbett from 'Nature' on volcanoes in Southern France; plans for a water telescope; 'the angles of incidence and reflection' by P.J. Brine; various...
Dates: 1871 - 1872
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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Moroccan Crisis: speech notes, 1911-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/3
Scope and Contents

Annotated text of speech by [? LSA] on the state of the Anglo-French Entente after Germany sent a warship to Agadir [Morocco].

Dates: 1911-08
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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MS diary, 1945-01 - 1945-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/33
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscript and typescript diaries kept by Cooper, including some typescript copies of the manuscript diaries.

Dates: 1945-01 - 1945-12
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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MS diary, 1946-01 - 1946-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscript and typescript diaries kept by Cooper, including some typescript copies of the manuscript diaries.

Dates: 1946-01 - 1946-12
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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MS diary, 1947-01 - 1947-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/37
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Manuscript and typescript diaries kept by Cooper, including some typescript copies of the manuscript diaries.

Dates: 1947-01 - 1947-12
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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'North West Europe', sheet 1

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.131
Scope and Contents

1:250,000. Printed on paper.

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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North West Europe, ?sheet 2

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.132
Scope and Contents

1:250,000. Printed on linen-backed paper.

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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Notebook on the making of "La Gloire de Mon Père", 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YONG 6/4
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"La Gloire de Mon Père" is a film by Yves Robert shot on location in Grambois in Provence.

Dates: 1990
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Notebooks of meetings, France, 1990-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/111
Scope and Contents

Rough notes of meetings with individuals including: Jean-Pierre Chevènement [Minister of Defence]; [?] Jean-Louis Bianco; Francois Mitterand [President of France]; Michel Rocard [Prime Minister].

Dates: 1990-11
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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Notes for autobiography: Algiers diary, Book III, 1959-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DIAC 3/6
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Mixture of typed copies of letters from Lady Diana, mainly to John Julius Cooper [later 2nd Lord Norwich] from Algiers and Paris [France] and rough ms notes and extracts from letters.

Dates: 1959-11
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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Notes for autobiography: Paris, Book III, 1959-08

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

Rough notes and annotated drafts.

Dates: 1959-08
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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Notes on France, 1955-08 - 1970-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 8/34
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Notes on events in May-September 1940, and draft texts [? for "Two men who saved France"] on General Charles de Gaulle following his arrival in Britain and events leading to the British attack on the French fleet at Oran [Algeria].

Dates: 1955-08 - 1970-08
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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NS I Seeds-17 Note, 1809-07-01 - 1882-07-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 46.2: A20-A21
Scope and Contents

Floricultural varieties


Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1809-07-01 - 1882-07-20
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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NS II Palaeontology, geology-161 Note, 1844-06-01 - 1844-06-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 188r
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1844-06-01 - 1844-06-30
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.
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NS II Palaeontology, geology-239 Note, 1840-01-01 - 1882-04-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS DAR 205.9: 266
Scope and Contents

Note; by Charles Robert Darwin


(Note)

Dates: 1840-01-01 - 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.
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Official: Board of Trade: Anglo-French Commercial Relations: notes and papers., 22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/13
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Harold Cox; Sir Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] on the revision of the French tariff and the Gambia-Muscat [later Muscat and Oman] negotiations (2); Sir Francis Bertie [British Ambassador to France]; Herbert Asquith [Chancellor of the Exchequer, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the revision of wine duty. Also includes: a memorandum on commercial relations with France by WSC, on imports with false origins, the wine surtax, wine duty and the French surtaxe...
Dates: 22 Dec 1907 - 08 Nov 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Board of Trade: Continental Unemployment Insurance and Labour Exchanges: notes and printed papers., 28 Sep 1908 - 27 Aug 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/26
Scope and Contents Includes: a memorandum on Labour Colonies on the Continent, in Germany, Switzerland, the Netherlands, France and Belgium; a memorandum on Insurance and Unemployment in Foreign Countries, including Trade Union unemployed benefit and other forms of insurance in Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, France, Italy, Norway and Denmark; notes by William Beveridge [Board of Trade Director of Labour Exchanges] on German Labour Exchanges; memoranda on Strasbourg [Germany, later France] Labour Exchanges;...
Dates: 28 Sep 1908 - 27 Aug 1909
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Foreign affairs., 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/27
Scope and Contents Cabinet papers on various subjects including: the declaration of London and its effect on Great Britain's "belligerent rights" and neutral shipping; the Russian fishing zone; Japanese affairs including tariff negotiations, the treaty of commerce and navigation, and an alliance with Great Britain; bulletins from [James] Bryce [British ambassador to the United States] on tariff relations between Canada and the United States; budget arrangements in Austria, France, Germany, Italy and the United...
Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 381 - 400., 29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/42
Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on the Safeguarding of Industries (Gas Mantles), licenses for arms export, the future of the British Industries Fair, and the British Dyestuffs Corporation; the report of the Gas Mantle Committee; 1st Lord Balfour, Lord President of Council, on the use of the Severn Estuary for electricity production;...
Dates: 29 Jul 1925 - 12 Aug 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 401 - 429., 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/43
Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: the Board of Trade Advisory Council's monthly review of the trade outlook; 1st Lord Birkenhead [earlier F E Smith], Secretary of State for India, on the position at Canton [later Guangzhou, China]; Austen Chamberlain, Foreign Secretary, on Turkey's position over the Iraq frontier, and the German attitude to security negotiations; Joseph Caillaux, the French Minister of Finance, on the French war debt to Britain; William...
Dates: 24 Oct 1924 - 21 Oct 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers 485 - 519., 07 Sep 1925 - 09 Dec 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/46
Scope and Contents Includes papers from various individuals on various subjects, including: Sir Philip Cunliffe-Lister [earlier Sir Philip Lloyd-Greame, later 1st Lord Swinton], President of the Board of Trade, on subjects including paper duty; reports of Safeguarding of Industries committees on various industries; WSC, Chancellor of the Exchequer; the conclusions of the Standing Committee of Civil Research on the iron and steel industry; Leo Amery, Secretary of State for the Colonies; a Colonial Office...
Dates: 07 Sep 1925 - 09 Dec 1925
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: papers, correspondence and notes., 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 22/7
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: Edwin Montagu [Secretary of State for India] on subjects including the breaking off of negotiations with Ireland and 1st Lord Curzon of Kedleston [Foreign Secretary]'s policy over France's treaty with Turkey (6); Air Marshal Sir Hugh Trenchard on WSC's help in giving a distinct role to the Air Force; Sir Alfred Mond [Minister of Health] on immigration and Palestine; General Sir Charles Harington [General Officer Commanding in Chief, Allied Forces of Occupation in...
Dates: 05 Aug 1921 - 31 Dec 1921
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Official: Cabinet: Partition of Morocco: printed papers., 03 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 21/30
Scope and Contents Includes printed telegrams on the situation in Morocco and the implications of Germany sending a gunboat to Agadir [Morocco] from: [Sir] Edward Grey [Foreign Secretary] (10) on various aspects including the possibility of France and Germany reaching an agreement over their claims in Morocco; [Francis] Bertie [British Ambassador to France] on German and French claims in the Congo [Africa] (9); Sir William Goschen [British ambassador to Germany] on negotiations with Germany (10); Sir Francis...
Dates: 03 Jun 1911 - 31 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open