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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 24 "Dakar"., 11 Mar 1948-27 Aug 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/170/90-105
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Set of printed final galley proofs for chapter on Dakar [Senegal] annotated in pencil by CSC with queries and suggestions, often suggesting less detail "L'art d'ennuyer c'est de tout dire" [the art of irritating, or boring, is to say everything].Covers: plans for the Dakar expedition; landing Free French forces at Dakar; support for General Charles de Gaulle; meetings of the War Cabinet and Chiefs of Staff; delays in the transmission of messages enabling the passage of Vichy French warships;...
Dates:
11 Mar 1948-27 Aug 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Chapter 26 "Relations with Vichy and Spain"., 04 Mar 1948 - 04 Dec 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/172
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 26 entitled "Relations with Vichy [France] and Spain", (provisionally entitled "The French Fleet. Spain", "Note on Spain 1940" and "Personal Correspondence, 1940"), annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various individuals including: WSC, William Deakin, Charles Wood, Denis Kelly, George [Gordon] Allen, CSC and Chips Gemmell and Elizabeth Gilliatt, WSC's secretaries.Also includes: print of WSC's address to the French people,...
Dates:
04 Mar 1948 - 04 Dec 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by 1st Lord Ismay., 22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/194
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Includes notes by 1st Lord Ismay [former Chief of Staff to WSC] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils"; Chapter 7 "Back to France"; WSC's meetings with Paul Reynaud, former Prime Minister of France, and the French High Command, in 1940; the War Cabinet Secretariat,...
Dates:
22 Feb 1948 - 30 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Comments by Sir Norman Brook., 28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/193
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Includes notes by Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet] on Volume 2, on subjects including: Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 2 "The Battle of France. The First Week. [General Maurice] Gamelin"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 10 "The Bordeaux Armistice"; Chapter 13 "At Bay" (provisionally entitled "Alone"); Chapter 16 "The...
Dates:
28 Jan 1948 - 01 Nov 1948
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Corrections., 30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/199
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Includes notes and correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 2 of "The Second World War" from various individuals including: William Greer, Bishop of Manchester; George [Gordon] Allen (5); Denis Kelly (5); Paul Brooks [Editor-in-Chief], Houghton Mifflin Company, publishers (2); William Deakin on subjects including WSC's account of the surrender of Belgium (3); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (4); Arthur Hayward [Chief Editor], Cassell and Company Limited; Daniel Longwell...
Dates:
30 Apr 1904 - 04 Jun 1951
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Miscellanea., 18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/201A-C
Scope and Contents
Includes various typescript and galley proofs from: the title pages, preface and contents table for Volume 2; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 3 "The Battle of France. The Second Week. [General Maxime] Weygand"; Chapter 5 "The Deliverance of Dunkirk"; Chapter 6 "The Rush for the Spoils" (provisionally entitled "The Italian Campaign Against France"); Chapter 8 "Home Defence. June"; Chapter 9 "The French Agony"; Chapter 12 "The Apparatus of Counter- Attack. 1940"; Chapter 13 "At...
Dates:
18 Sep 1939 - 22 Mar 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen., 19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/195
Scope and Contents
Includes notes and comments by George [Gordon] Allen on subjects including: the naval campaign against Italy, 1940; the views of Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Forbes [former Commander-in-Chief, Home Fleet] on the use of the Home Fleet in case of invasion; naval operations in the Mediterranean, June - December 1940; naval operations at Dunkirk [France]; the naval attack on Dakar [Senegal]; the development of amphibious warfare; Chapter 1 "The National Coalition"; Chapter 7 "Back to...
Dates:
19 Feb 1948 - 09 Jan 1950
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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 2 "Their Finest Hour": Notes and comments by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall., 02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/196A-C
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Includes notes and comments by Pownall on subjects including: factual and printing errors throughout Volume 2; the build-up to the German attack on the Soviet Union; the build-up to "Dynamo" [codename for the evacuation of Allied forces from Dunkirk, France]; the British Expedition Force; the meeting between 6th Lord Gort [Commander-in-Chief of British Field Force, earlier John Vereker] and General Maxime Weygand [Commander-in-Chief, French Army], May 1940; British casualties; the defence of...
Dates:
02 Mar 1941 - 16 Jun 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", various material., Jul 1939 - Sep 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/248
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Includes source material for Volume 3 of "The Second World War" including: correspondence from [George] Gordon Allen, William Deakin, Ian Montgomery [Private Secretary to Secretary of the Treasury], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall, Alfred Bavin of the Cabinet Office, and "Pug" [1st Lord Ismay]; notes and transcripts of telegrams on the occupation of France, Operation "Menace" [the code name for the Anglo Free French mission to Dakar, Senegal] and the passage of French cruisers through...
Dates:
Jul 1939 - Sep 1949
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Literary: typescript proofs and draft copies [some annotated by WSC] of WSC's article entitled "One Way to Stop a Third World War"., 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/71
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First published in Collier's magazine, on the aftermath of World War II, the roles of France, the United States, Britain, and the Soviet Union with regard to Europe, the United Nations, the need for a Council of Europe, and the atomic bomb.
Dates:
1946
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Literary: various articles by WSC., Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/609
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Includes: Press cutting for "1938 - World's Year of Fate", published in Answers (29 January 1938), briefly commenting on rearmament, the Spanish Civil War, the threat of Japan, Italy and Germany, and the role of Britain, France and the United States. Cuttings and proofs for "Women in War", published in the February edition of the Strand Magazine, looking at the subject from both an historical perspective, focusing on figures such as Joan of Arc, and examining the contemporary situation...
Dates:
Jan 1938 - Nov 1938
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Louis Lucien Bonaparte: Letters to Alexander John Ellis
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.6186
Dates:
1870-1888
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).
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Manuscript diary, 1939-09 - 1945-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 11/3/1
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: the outbreak of war; directing the Hadfield-Spears Mobile Hospital Unit in France and its evacuation; ELS's departure for Dakar [Senegal] with General Charles de Gaulle and her concern for his position with the Government; bombing raids in London; taking the ambulance unit to the Levant; accounts of torture by the Gestapo in southern France; her view of de Gaulle's hostility to Britain; the unit's part in the victory parade in Paris; de Gaulle's ingratitude to ELS; her own...
Dates:
1939-09 - 1945-06
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Manuscript diary, 1992-09-03 - 1992-09-05
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COO/4/2/9
Scope and Contents
Manuscript diary detailing a trip made to Holland and France for Cooke's show.
Dates:
1992-09-03 - 1992-09-05
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From the Fonds:
The Archive reading room is open by appointment, Wednesdays-Fridays, but all visits must be booked in advance. Photographs may not be taken of the Seamus Heaney and Ted Hughes material without the permission of the Estates. The Archivist can provide further information and contact details for permissions. The remainder of the collection may be photographed for private research, subject to UK copyright provisions. Those wishing to publish from the collection should seek advice from the Archivist prior to publication.
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Map of area north-east of Longueval, north of the River Somme
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.112
Scope and Contents
Shows sector held by 12th Division and 60th Brigade. Printed on paper.
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Map of Western Front from Soyecourt (Somme) to Ypres salient
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.133
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Printed on linen-backed paper.
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Maps of France and Belgium, 1914-10 - 1914-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/24
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Includes annotations of troop positions, a diagram of German trenches and general instructions for the Indian Army Corps.
Dates:
1914-10 - 1914-11
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The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Meeting with French Ambassador, 1987-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/47
Scope and Contents
Notebook from a meeting between NK and the ambassador on nuclear defence, and other subjects including the European Monetary System.
Dates:
1987-02
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Meeting with Jacques Bloch-Morhange, 1955-04 - 1955-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/102
Scope and Contents
Notes and memoranda from JA to [Maurice] Harold Macmillan [later 1st Lord Stockton] on JA's meeting with Bloch-Morhange on the views of a group of French politicians on the partition and disarmament of Germany.
Dates:
1955-04 - 1955-05
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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.
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Meetings: France and Europe, 1987-10 - 1989-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 8/12
Scope and Contents
Includes: statements and notebook of meetings from the Summit of Confederation of Socialist and Social Democratic party leaders, Paris, Oct 1987; brief for meeting with Laurent Fabius, former Prime Minister of France, Oct 1987; brief for meeting with the Socialist politician Didier Motchane, Nov 1987; brief for and notes on a meeting with the proposed Socialist presidential candidate Michel Rocard, Jan 1988; congratulations on NK’s re-election of Labour Party leader; brief for and notes on...
Dates:
1987-10 - 1989-09
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Memoir of the British Embassy in Paris, 1971-1973, by Sir Roger du Boulay
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 77
Scope and Contents
Including memories of the British Ambassador, Christopher Soames; his wife, Mary Soames; negotiations between Edward Heath and Georges Pompidou prior to the United Kingdom's entry into the European Community on 1 January 1973; and a state visit to Paris by Queen Elizabeth II, Prince Philip and the Prince of Wales to celebrate the successful conclusion of those negotiations and the signing of the accession treaty, 15-19 May 1972.
Also with notes on Christopher Soames as last British...
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The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
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Memoir: Warwick Morris, 2009 - 2020
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 194
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From the Fonds:
The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.
Dates:
2009 - 2020
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
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Minutes of ‘X’ meetings, 1918-05 - 1918-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/34
Scope and Contents
Notes of War Cabinet discussions [between David Lloyd George, Prime Minister, 1st Lord Milner, Secretary of State for War and General Sir Henry Wilson, Chief of Imperial General Staff] on subjects including: the Western front in France and Italy; American forces on the Western front; reinforcements from Ireland; the situation on the Western front, including mingling British and French forces; the situation in Russia, including Japan's intervention; future military policy; the German...
Dates:
1918-05 - 1918-07
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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Miscellaneous, 1847 - 1995
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/105
Scope and Contents
Includes: articles on free trade and the currency, 1847-57; offprint of an article on the history of London government; report on the polls and the 1970 election by Richard Rose, Professor of Politics, Strathclyde University; copies of immigration and nationality legislation, 1948-80; correspondence on immigration statistics with David Ennals, Secretary of State for Social Services and Jennifer Tanfield, Head of Statistical Section, House of Commons Library, with tables for the 1976...
Dates:
1847 - 1995
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.