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Iran

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 66 Collections and/or Records:

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"A Daughter's Tale": family correspondence, 1966, 1966-01 - 2000-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 5/7/61
Scope and Contents Letters (copies and originals) between Clementine, Lady Churchill and MS on subjects including: MS's visit to Washington [United States] with Randolph Churchill for the unveiling of a statue of Sir Winston Churchill; a proposed statue for Westerham [Kent] by Oscar Nemon; MS's summer in Scotland; the death of Tommy Thompson [Charles Thompson, former personal assistant to Churchill]; difficulties with the public at Chartwell; Clementine's health after a fall; a gift of two of Churchill's...
Dates: 1966-01 - 2000-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
 Fonds

Andrew Smith: letters from Persia

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10474
Scope and Contents Letters, photographs and other items relating to Andrew Smith’s time in Persia.In the summer of 1937 Andrew Smith travelled from England to take up a post at the American Legation in Tehran, as private tutor to the son of the US Consul, Cornelius Van H. Engert. Until April 1938, when he returned to England, Smith wrote regular letters to his mother, largely responding to her family news, together with his accounts of his time in Tehran. As well as attending numerous dinners at...
Dates: 1937-1938
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Bakhtiari photographs, 1924-08 - 1926-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 5/53
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken by GJ of local scenes in Iran, with a few of GJ’s colleagues.

Dates: 1924-08 - 1926-08
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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Bakhtiari photographs, 1924-08 - 1926-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 5/54
Scope and Contents

Photographs taken by GJ of local scenes in Iran, with a few of GJ’s colleagues.

Dates: 1924-08 - 1926-08
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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Copy of an unpublished memoir, 1919-46

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MALT 1
Scope and Contents

Comprises an account of his work and travels in Persia [now Iran], 1919-22, 1933-5 and 1964-5; the United States, 1936-9; Sweden, 1940-5; and Spain, 1945-6.

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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Correspondence A - F, 1941-01 - 1941-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/32
Scope and Contents Correspondents include: A V Alexander [First Lord of the Admiralty] on criticism of convoy commodores and of the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (3); the Viceroy of India [2nd Lord Linlithgow, earlier Lord Hopetoun] on concerns about the Senior Naval Officer in the Persian Gulf (2); Sir Walford Selby [former Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Plenipotentiary in Vienna] on uniting the anti-Nazi elements in Austria (2); 1st Lord Sankey; Sir John Anderson [Lord President of the Council,...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1941-12
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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Diary: Persia [now Iran], 1925-04 - 1927-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 3/1/63
Scope and Contents

Account of GJ's time as 3rd Secretary at the British legation in Tehran, and of his various journeys in Iran.

Dates: 1925-04 - 1927-04
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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Eastern affairs: Constantinople, 1905 - 1912

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 7
Scope and Contents

Reports and correspondence.

Dates: 1905 - 1912
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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European Commission speeches, 2002-06 - 2002-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 16/2/137
Scope and Contents

Oral questions by MEPs at the European Parliament (EP) Strasbourg, and NK’s responses. Subjects include: illegal immigration to the European Union from Morocco; costs of the Berlaymont Building [Commission headquarters, Brussels, Belgium]; dialogue with Iran over human rights; the creation of an International Criminal Court.

Dates: 2002-06 - 2002-12
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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Extract from memoirs: Sir Donald Logan, 2002

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 62
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2002
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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India: Bombay [Mumbai] Presidency, 1907 - 1929

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 10
Scope and Contents

Correspondence as Governor of Bombay [Mumbai], including letters to and from Indian princes and chiefs, telegrams from Afghanistan and Persia [Iran], and subject files.

Dates: 1907 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Iraq and Iran, operations in 1940, 1950-08 - 1960-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ROSK 4/54
Scope and Contents From the Series:

[?] Papers used in the official naval history of the Second World War.

Dates: 1950-08 - 1960-08
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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Itineraries: China, Hong Kong and Iran, 1975-03 - 1975-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/45
Scope and Contents

Papers from CS's visit for trade talks, May 1975, including: itinerary and programme; briefing notes; records of meetings; notes for CS's speeches in press conferences and at a dinner in Peking [later Beijing].

Dates: 1975-03 - 1975-05
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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Itineraries: Teheran, 1975-05 - 1976-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 3/2/48
Scope and Contents

Papers from CS's visit to Iran for trade talks, May 1975, including: correspondence between CS and the Iranian Ambassador and Hushang Ansary [Iranian Minister of Finance]; notes for CS's press conference; records of CS's meetings with Ansary and the Iranian Prime Minister, Amir-Abbas Hoveyda.

Dates: 1975-05 - 1976-12
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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Letters from GJ to his mother, Rose Jebb, 1924-08 - 1925-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 7/4
Scope and Contents

Letters sent by GJ while at the British legation in Tehran [Iran] on subjects including a visit to Isfahan and the arrival of Harold Nicolson, the new Counsellor. Includes a photograph of GJ's car getting bogged down in water.

Dates: 1924-08 - 1925-12
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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Letters from GJ to his mother, Rose Jebb, 1926-01 - 1926-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 7/5
Scope and Contents Letters sent by GJ while at the British legation in Tehran [Iran] on subjects including: British relations with the new Shah; a visit to Shiraz; the Shah's coronation; GJ's difficult relations with the British Minister to Persia [now Iran], Sir Percy Loraine; [?] Patrick Buchan-Hepburn [later 1st Lord Hailes] turning up with acute malaria; Victoria Nicolson [Vita Sackville-West]'s book "Passenger to Teheran" and Harold Nicolson's book ["Some People"]; the arrival of...
Dates: 1926-01 - 1926-12
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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Letters from GJ to his mother, Rose Jebb, 1927-01 - 1929-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 7/6
Scope and Contents

Letters sent by GJ on subjects including: arrangements for his departure from the British legation in Tehran [Iran]; the possibility of an engagement to Cynthia Noble; Cynthia Jebb's first pregnancy.

Dates: 1927-01 - 1929-09
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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Letters to GJ from friends in Persia, 1926-08 - 1929-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLAD 8/4
Scope and Contents

Letters from GJ's former colleagues at the British Embassy in Tehran, including: [Harry] Maurice Eyres; Christopher Warner on subjects including Harold Nicolson's book ["Some People"], how the Minister, Sir Robert Clive, was seen by the Foreign Office, negotiations with Persia [later Iran] over tariffs, Iraq and the ownership of Bahrein; William Fraser, Military Attaché; [James] Thyne Henderson on deteriorating relations with the Persians.

Dates: 1926-08 - 1929-07
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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Middle East, 1940-09 - 1942-08

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CORB 4
Scope and Contents

Includes: reports on Corbett's visits to Egypt and the Western Desert; papers on armoured tactics; intelligence reports; Corbett's proposals for reorganization of Armoured Divisions in the 10th Army; correspondence between Corbett and General Sir Claude Auchinleck, Commander-in-Chief, Middle East; analysis of operations at Cyrenaica [Libya]; Corbett's notes on tank operations in Egypt and Palestine; letters and papers on Corbett's departure from the Middle East.

Dates: 1940-09 - 1942-08
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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NBC: Reagan’s past, 1987-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/98
Scope and Contents

Broadcast on Ronald Reagan, President of the United States, and "Irangate".

Dates: 1987-03
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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Papers relating to the Far East, March 1975-May 1979, 1975-03 - 1979-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/119
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with David Astor, Shah Nawaz Bhutto (son of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto, former President and Prime Minister of Pakistan), Patrick Cosgrave (Special Adviser to MT), Prime Minister (Morarji) Desai of India, Hugh Trevor Roper, Ian Trethowan, Patrick Wall MP (including report of his trip to Iran and Sri Lanka, April 1975) and Nicholas Wolfers

Dates: 1975-03 - 1979-05
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.
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Papers relating to the Middle East, February 1975-February 1978, 1975-02 - 1978-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/175
Scope and Contents

Includes correspondence with King Hussein of Jordan, The Shah of Iran, Leslie Huckfield MP, Patrick Edmund Pery (6th Earl of Limerick), Marcus Sieff and Christopher Tugendhat
Also includes briefing note by the Conservative Research Department ahead of MT’s meeting with King Hussein of Jordan on 19 December 1978

Dates: 1975-02 - 1978-02
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.
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Persia, 1951-06 - 1954-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/93
Scope and Contents Correspondence and papers on Persia [later Iran], with correspondents including: 2nd Lord Birdwood; [William] David Ormsby-Gore [later 5th Lord Harlech]; Prince Hamid Mirza on the political situation; John Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State, Foreign Office; Ahmad Qavam-es-Sultaneh, former Prime Minister of Iran; [Christopher] Montague Woodhouse [later 5th Lord Terrington], British Embassy, Tehran; [Reginald] James Bowker, Assistant Under-Secretary of State, Foreign Office; [Robert] Anthony...
Dates: 1951-06 - 1954-05
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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Persia [Iran], 1946 - 1961

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/555-559
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

Dates: 1946 - 1961
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Persia [Iran], 1954 - 1977

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/STVS 12/1
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Comprises photographs taken by Stevens whilst travelling Persia [now Iran] depicting the people, art, architecture and scenery of the country. Also includes photographs taken during Stevens' diplomatic role as Ambassador to Sweden and Persia, his role as Vice-Chancellor of Leeds University and his later life. The STVS 12/4 contains assorted photographs taken throughout Stevens' life and career.

Dates: 1954 - 1977
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is available for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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