France
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 967 Collections and/or Records:
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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:
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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
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Pocket diary, 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 1/31
Scope and Contents
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.
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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
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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
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Darwin Archive
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'Descent of man': portfolios
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'Descent of man': first edition, 1871, and 'Insectivorous Plants'
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'Descent of man' first edition: used scraps relating to 'Man' and notes relating to principles of sexual selection, polygamy and number of sexes
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Descent Portfolios 1st edn, Sexual Selection: Chap 1, polygamy, number of sexes
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Postcard of Fontaine de Vaucluse, France
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/EDVS 3/4
Scope and Contents
Blank.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Press cuttings, official programmes, menus etc., 1929 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 6
Scope and Contents
Cuttings and other material mainly covering GJ's time as British Ambassador to France.
Dates:
1929 - 1995
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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Public and Political: General: Air Defence: Deputations to the Prime Minister., 21 Jul 1936 - 21 Jan 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/270
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Clement Attlee [Leader of the Opposition] refusing to join the deputations to the Prime Minister, Stanley Baldwin; Osmund Cleverly [Principal Private Secretary to the Prime Minister]; Henry Pownall [Deputy Secretary], Committee of Imperial Defence; Hastings Ismay [Deputy Secretary], Committee of Imperial Defence] (2).Also includes: extracts from the transcript of the first deputation, including [?] WSC on the Government's failure to expand the air industry and the RAF...
Dates:
21 Jul 1936 - 21 Jan 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Air Defence: Wing Commander Anderson., 13 Dec 1937 - 17 Dec 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/338
Scope and Contents
Includes notes, memoranda and correspondence by and from Wing Commander Charles Anderson, Commander of No 1 Armaments Training Camp, including: notes on the employment of RAF officers; summaries and analyses of flying accidents, 1937; map of RAF stations and air commands in Britain; Air Ministry press summary; group orders on inquiries into damage to aircraft; RAF intelligence summaries, 1938; Squadron Leader Richard Atcherley, Senior Air Staff Officer, RAF Training Command, on training;...
Dates:
13 Dec 1937 - 17 Dec 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/527
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include Odhams Press Ltd (3) on photographs for book "The Life and Times of Winston Churchill"; Robert Boothby, offering congratulations on 5th anniversary of becoming Prime Minister; Maurice Ashley, (3) asking for reference, with note by the War Office on Ashley's War Service; Sir Reginald Hoare, asking for help in obtaining a Commission in the 4th Hussars for his son, Robin; Frank Thistleton, Musicians Benevolent Fund, (3) asking WSC to sign book to be presented to Dame Myra...
Dates:
01 Jan 1945 - 31 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., Jun 1936 - 30 Mar 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/295
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: William Ormsby-Gore [Secretary of State for the Colonies, later 4th Lord Harlech] on the Peel Commission [into Britain's Palestine Mandate]; "Harold R" [1st Lord Rothermere, earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on Randolph Churchill's interview with General Franco for the Daily Mail, and Franco's sensible policies; Oliver Locker-Lampson; 4th Lord Camden, President, Kent Council of Social Service; Philip Guedalla [Honorary Director, Ibero- American Institute of Great...
Dates:
Jun 1936 - 30 Mar 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Oct 1937 - 30 Dec 1937
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/299
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Shane Leslie; Sir Hubert Young [Governor and Commander- in-Chief of Northern Rhodesia, later Zambia]; General Sir Ian Hamilton on claims by Margot, Lady Oxford and Asquith [earlier Margot Asquith] on the resignation of 1st Lord Haldane [as Lord Chancellor, 1915] (2); Marshal of the RAF 1st Lord Trenchard on meeting the German Official Air Mission; Bernard Freyberg; 1st Lord Beaverbrook [earlier Sir Max Aitken] on the Privy Councillorships of F E Smith [1st Lord...
Dates:
01 Oct 1937 - 30 Dec 1937
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/328
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: 1st Lord Rothermere [earlier Sir Harold Harmsworth] on the French financial capability for war; Anthony Eden [Foreign Secretary, later 1st Lord Avon]; 1st Lord Craigavon [earlier Sir James Craig], Prime Minister of Northern Ireland; Samuel Hood [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for India]; Lord Ednam [later 4th Lord Dudley], President, Eton Political Society (2); Brigadier-General Sir Henry Page Croft on a meeting of the Friends of Spain group,...
Dates:
05 Oct 1937 - 31 Mar 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/331
Scope and Contents
Correspondents, mainly on Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] and the Munich Crisis, include: Lord Halifax ("E") [earlier Edward Wood and Lord Irwin], Foreign Secretary (4); Admiral Sir William Goodenough on WSC's part in raising naval morale; Neville Chamberlain [Prime Minister]; Sir John Haslam; Robert Boothby on subjects including announcing negotiations with France and the Soviet Union to deter Hitler from invading Czechoslovakia, the leak of his and WSC's idea to use a...
Dates:
01 Aug 1938 - 30 Sep 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence., 10 May 1938 - 31 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/332
Scope and Contents
Correspondents, mainly on Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia] and the Munich Pact, include: [David] Graham Hutton; Roy Harrod on subjects including the general support for WSC's views on foreign policy, and a suggested electoral pact between WSC and the Labour Party (3); Lady Violet Bonham-Carter [earlier Violet Asquith and Violet, Lady Bonham Carter, later Lady Asquith of Yarnbury] on subjects including WSC's speech on the Munich Pact (5 October) (2); Neville Chamberlain,...
Dates:
10 May 1938 - 31 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, A-B., Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edward Marsh on an expression used by WSC; Cyril Alington, Headmaster of Eton College, on the education of Randolph Churchill (2); [1st] Lord Beatty on subjects including criticism of an obituary of Admiral Franz Hipper (5); Julian Amery; Nancy, Lady Astor on a disagreement with WSC; John Astor; Wilfrid Bailey; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on subjects including WSC's "Marlborough: His Life and Times", WSC's health, Free Trade, India and political affairs (14);...
Dates:
Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence and papers, mainly on books concerning WSC and Christmas wishes from international figures., Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/439
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz] on his book "A Democratic Manifesto" (4); [Alan] Hodge [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Information] (3), Lovat Dickson [Director] of MacMillan and Company (2), Cicely Andrews (Rebecca West), and [William] Collins, [Chairman and Managing Director] Collins Publishers, on subjects including books on WSC and President [Franklin] Roosevelt in the series "Britain in Pictures", possibly to be written by West or Compton...
Dates:
Jan 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; mostly supporting WSC and his fellow critics of Neville Chamberlain's policy towards Adolf Hitler., 02 Oct 1938 - 07 Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/607A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Brigadier [Leonard] Smithers on arming the nation; Oliver Stewart on standing by France; [William] Adam; Eliot Slater; [Thomas Skeffington-]Lodge; [Rhys] Hopkin Morris on WSC's use of language; Reverend J Ingram Bryan on supplies going to Japan; [James] Leishman; Brigadier Sir Walter Ludlow sending a proof of an article by him on national military training.Other subjects include: congratulations on WSC's speeches and broadcasts on the matter; offers to assist WSC's...
Dates:
02 Oct 1938 - 07 Nov 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: correspondence from the general public in Britain and abroad on the Munich Crisis, Germany and Czechoslovakia [later Czech Republic and Slovakia]; mostly supporting WSC's stance and criticising the policies of Neville Chamberlain's government, some offering their services., 16 Sep 1938 - 01 Oct 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/606A-C
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Miles de Montmorency; Kenneth Hogg; Lancelot Spicer; Dorothy Charques [earlier Dorothy Taylor, later Mrs S A G Emms]; James Leishman on Sudeten German claims; Rutland Boughton; ?[Edna] Lady [Clarke] Hall; Colonel [Charles] Duff; [Arthur] Knighton-Hammond; Cecil Walsh; Dr Hugh Gordon; Rennie Smith; Guy Sixsmith and [Christopher] Shawcross on getting information to the German populace; [Sir] Francis Palmer; Frank Beswick.Other subjects include: France's role;...
Dates:
16 Sep 1938 - 01 Oct 1938
Conditions Governing Access:
Open