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Rhodesia

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 183 Collections and/or Records:

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Photographs of Zimbabwe [earlier Southern Rhodesia] on independence, 1980-01 - 1980-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 5/17
Scope and Contents

Includes: colour photographs from Assembly Camp; group photographs, including CS, MS, Robert Mugabe [Prime Minister of Zimbabwe], 6th Lord Carrington [Foreign Secretary] and Prince Charles, Prince of Wales; MS visiting the Shearly Cripps children's home; numerous colour snapshots.

Dates: 1980-01 - 1980-04
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 and other papers: Watching Committee, 1977-03 - 1980-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/10
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Minutes of committee meetings on Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe].

Dates: 1977-03 - 1980-05
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.
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Press cuttings, 1976-09 - 1980-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 5/26
Scope and Contents

Subjects include: Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe]; devolution for Scotland and Wales; Conservative policy on sanctions against Rhodesia, including Margaret Thatcher's sacking of Winston Churchill and John Biggs-Davison from the Conservative front bench over their opposition to the policy; Robert Mugabe's victory in the Zimbabwean elections.

Dates: 1976-09 - 1980-07
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.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys visit to Cyprus, January 1964, 1964-01 - 1964-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/34
Scope and Contents

And cuttings relating to his visits to Canada, April 1964, Aden, May 1964, Maldive Islands, September 1964, and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], September 1964

Dates: 1964-01 - 1964-09
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to African States and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] (1), 1960 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/23
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1960 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to African States and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] (2), 1960 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1960 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to African States and Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe] (3), 1961 - 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/25
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1961 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Press cuttings relating to Sandys' visits to the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland, 1962

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DSND 8/30
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The material covers much of Lord Duncan-Sandys public life. Papers, reports and correspondence document the ministries in which he served and there are also constituency correspondence, speeches, publications, press cuttings and photographs. A number of papers exist relating to his involvement in the campaign to restore Capital Punishment, the European Movement and the Civic Trust.

Dates: 1962
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open to researchers. Information about closures can be obtained from Churchill Archives Centre.
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Publications on Mauritius and Central Africa, 1951-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/56
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Economic reports and memoranda on Mauritius and Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia], presented to JA during the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association tour of Central Africa, Mauritius and Malta, August 1951.

Dates: 1951-08
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.
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Published pamphlets, 1973 - 1980

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 4/1/1
Scope and Contents Includes: "Europe and the Wider World", pamphlet by CS for the Conservative Political Centre; "Three Views of Europe", Conservative Political Centre pamphlet with articles by CS on the work of the European Commission, by Peter Kirk [Leader of the Conservative Delegation to the European Parliament] on the work of the Parliament and by John Davies on Britain and the Community; "From Rhodesia to Zimbabwe", CS's Cyril Foster memorial lecture, University of Oxford, reprinted by the Royal...
Dates: 1973 - 1980
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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Radio and television, 1969-03 - 1970-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/46
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Correspondence on arrangements for JA's media interviews, with transcripts of BBC news programmes featuring JA, on the closure of Beagle Aircraft Limited, the sanctions policy against Rhodesia [later Zambia and Zimbabwe], the economy and the future of Concorde.

Dates: 1969-03 - 1970-07
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.
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"Rebellion", part 2/3, 1999

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 12/11
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BBC 2 programme on Rhodesia’s transition to Zimbabwe, narrated by David Dimbleby.

Dates: 1999
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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Rhodesia, 1964-11 - 1965-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/26
Scope and Contents Various papers on the independence negotiations between Britain and Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: printed documents on the negotiations between the British and Southern Rhodesian Governments; Monday Club pamphlets; issues of various newspapers; printed documents on the effect on pensions of sanctions against Rhodesia; arrangements for JA's visit to Rhodesia, Jan 1966; extracts from Hansard from debates on Rhodesia; chronology of events; Sir Alexander Douglas-Home [earlier...
Dates: 1964-11 - 1965-12
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.
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Rhodesia, 1966-06 - 1972-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/29
Scope and Contents

General papers on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: pamphlet by John Biggs-Davison for the British Commonwealth Union; pamphlet of collected articles by Dean Acheson on the Rhodesian question; extracts from Hansard; record of a meeting between JA and [Thomas] George Thomas, Minister of State for Commonwealth Relations [later 1st Lord Tonypandy] on JA's forthcoming visit to Rhodesia [Mar 1967] and the Government's policy on Rhodesia; chronology of events, 1971-72.

Dates: 1966-06 - 1972-12
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.
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Rhodesia, 1968-03 - 1970-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/7/30
Scope and Contents General papers and correspondence on Southern Rhodesia [later Zimbabwe], including: minutes of meetings of the Watching Committee; printed papers from the Rhodesian Government on relations with Britain and a proposed new constitution; reports of talks with the Rhodesian Government, 1968-69; note from a talk with George Thomson [Secretary of State for Commonwealth Affairs]; letters from [Robert] Michael Stewart, Foreign Secretary, and Maurice Foley, Parliamentary Under-Secretary, Foreign...
Dates: 1968-03 - 1970-04
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.
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Rhodesia and South Africa, 1979-01 - 1996-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/1/78
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with the general public on the political conditions in Rhodesia [Zambia and Zimbabwe] and South Africa.

Dates: 1979-01 - 1996-11
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.
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Rhodesia cuttings, 1979-05 - 1979-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/10
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Cuttings on CS's appointment as Lord President of the Council, then Governor of Southern Rhodesia.

Dates: 1979-05 - 1979-12
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1979-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/12
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Cuttings on the beginning of CS's term as Governor of Southern Rhodesia and the agreement of a ceasefire.

Dates: 1979-12
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1979-12 - 1980-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/13
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Cuttings on the assembly of the Patriotic Front guerrilla forces and election campaign in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.

Dates: 1979-12 - 1980-04
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1980-03 - 1980-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/14
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Newspapers on the election and transition of power in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.

Dates: 1980-03 - 1980-04
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1980-03-01 - 1980-03-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/15
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Civil Service Department cuttings on the election in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.

Dates: 1980-03-01 - 1980-03-07
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1980-04-13 - 1980-04-18

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/16
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Civil Service Department cuttings on the transition of power in Zimbabwe Rhodesia.

Dates: 1980-04-13 - 1980-04-18
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1980-03 - 1980-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/17
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Extracts from Hansard from debates in the House of Commons and House of Lords on Rhodesia Zimbabwe.

Dates: 1980-03 - 1980-05
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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Rhodesia cuttings, 1979-12 - 1980-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/18
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Cuttings on the election process in Rhodesia Zimbabwe and its aftermath, also including an unused statement by CS meant for his visit to the Rhodesia-Mozambique border, Jan 1980 and an issue of the House Magazine containing CS's talk to the British-Zimbabwe Parliamentary Group on the future of Zimbabwe.

Dates: 1979-12 - 1980-07
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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Rhodesia cuttings: newspapers on CS's appointment as Governor, 1979-12-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 7/11
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Cuttings from CS's diplomatic career, as Ambassador to France, Vice President of the European Commission and as Governor of Southern Rhodesia [Zimbabwe].

Dates: 1979-12-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.