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Ordnance Survey 1:40,000 maps of Belgium and northern France, 1917 - 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.113-D.116
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This section principally consists of the contents of Bagnold's large map cabinet and includes maps relating to his First World War service in France and Belgium, his explorations in North Africa and the Middle East (the 1932 expedition in particular) and the LRDG.

Dates: 1917 - 1918
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Brigadier Ralph Alger Bagnold / Maps / Misc. France 1914-18, East Africa, Middle East, India & Newfoundland [later part of Canada] / First World War
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Papers for an issue of Geopolitique on Anglo-French relations, 1990-04 - 1990-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/74
Scope and Contents Includes: a message from Margaret Thatcher, Prime Minister, for the magazine on Anglo-French relations; an article by the Chancellor of the Exchequer [John Major] on the British approach to economic and monetary union (EMU); article by JA on a British view of Europe; correspondence on requests for articles, with Terence Higgins, Lord Jenkins of Hillhead, Alistair Horne, George Walden, Sir Peter Blaker, Sir Julian Ridsdale, Michael Howard, Sir [John] Nicholas Henderson, Samuel Brittan, Tony...
Dates: 1990-04 - 1990-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Julian Amery / Speeches and articles / Speeches and articles
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Papers on chronology, geography and tides, 1868 - 1872

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 6/482
Scope and Contents Correspondence and printed papers on chronology, geography and tides. The correspondents include J.R. Hind, R.A. Proctor, W.H. Smith, J.W. Bosanquet, W. Thomson, C.T. Beke, E. Guest, A. de Morgan, J.N. Blakesley, W.H. Miller, H.E. Stanley, F. Struve, H.W. Bates, C.E. Delaunay, F. Galton, E.J. Routh, J. Challis, A. d'Abbadie, W.H.F. Talbot, H. James, J.S. Russell, T.A.B. Spratt, H.J. Rose, R. Ellis and G.T. Clark. There are papers and maps relating to ancient eclipses; a set of rules for...
Dates: 1868 - 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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of George Airy
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Papers on geodesy, 1874 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 7/145
Scope and Contents (1) Papers relating to the North American BoundaryCorrespondence with C. Frodsham and Co. concerning clocks by Lindsay Russell on trial at the Royal Observatory, 1874.(2) Papers relating to the North American Boundary west of Lake in the WoodsCorrespondence with Captain L. Anderson, Royal Engineers, concerning the determination of the 49th Parallel and the methods to be used, with a map of the area, a memorandum of progress and the Astronomer Royal's...
Dates: 1874 - 1895
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 William Christie
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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).
Found in: Cambridge University Library / Royal Greenwich Observatory Archives / Papers of William Christie
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Papers relating to an Anglo-French summit, Paris, France, 5 November 1982, 1982-02 - 1982-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/44
Scope and Contents

Includes: MT's handwritten notes
Includes: menus and photographs of the visit; paper for MT by ‘AJC [John Coles, MT’s Private Secretary for Overseas Affairs]’, "Anglo/French summit", 3 November 1982, and paper for Coles by D.J.S. Hancock, "Closer collaboration between the French and British Governments", both 3 November 1982
Also includes copy of valedictory remarks by Sir Reginald Hibbert (previous UK Ambassador to France), February 1982

Dates: 1982-02 - 1982-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 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 an Anglo-French summit, Paris, France, 5 November 1982, 1982-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 1/10/44A
Scope and Contents

Includes: MT's handwritten annotations
Includes: details of administrative arrangements and of the British delegation; and seating plans on flights [to/from] the UK

Dates: 1982-11
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in March 2013 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 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.
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 France, consisting of a single note to MT from Richard Ryder (her Political Secretary), 1 June 1979, 1979-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/2/72
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

The series includes some earlier files created in Opposition and either continued or used as reference by MT's Political Office at No 10 Downing Street. The files includes briefing notes for MT from her Political Office staff, most regularly Ian Gow MP (her Parliamentary Private Secretary) and Richard Ryder (her Political Secretary up to 1981).

Dates: 1979-06
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in February 2010 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 / Public and political correspondence and papers / Subject files, including reports and minutes of policy groups and other committees, notes from advisors etc / Political Office subject files, 1979-83
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Papers relating to France, May 1975-November 1978, 1975-05 - 1978

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/126
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with President (Valery) Giscard d'Estaing of France, Prime Minister (Jacques) Chirac of France, his successor as Prime Minister Raymond Barre, and Douglas Hurd MP

Dates: 1975-05 - 1978
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Baroness Thatcher LG, OM, FRS / Public and political correspondence and papers / Subject files, including reports and minutes of policy groups and other committees, notes from advisors etc / Subject files, 1975-79
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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

 Sub-Series
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
Scope and Contents

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
 Person

Pen, Jean Louis Marie Le, b 1928 (Politician)

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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
Scope and Contents

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
 Fonds

Personal Papers of Rosemary Saunders, 1973

 Fonds
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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