Second World War
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Box containing bits of pottery, clay pipes and coins found in West Lodge garden when it was dug up to grow vegetables, 1939 (during the war), 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/KEN2/19/2/3
Scope and Contents
With note on the lid signed by H Hazeltine, December 1939.
Dates:
1939
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Management Group:
Some records series are subject to confidentiality restrictions with the following closure periods:
30 years from date of creation for general administration files, legal records and financial files;
50 years from date of creation for governmental records, including papers of the College Governing Body and College Council, and constituent committees;
100 years from date of creation for personal and personnel records, including tutorial files, staff and fellows files and appointment records, personal finance and pension records. In addition sensitive correspondence and papers concerning College affairs such as disputes and disciplinary matters are closed for 100 years.
Restrictions apply on some personal and private papers.
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Diary, 1941-01-14 - 1941-12-26
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PEAK/1/1
Scope and Contents
Diary covering Charles Peake’s time as Lord Halifax’s Personal Assistant from 14 January to 26 December 1941. Subjects covered for January include: travelling across America; attending church; Halifax’s love of corduroy trousers; drafting Halifax’s speeches; meeting US President [Franklin Roosevelt] on the destroyer; reflections on the use of oil and electricity in the ship’s kitchen; reviewing a delegation of American admirals; travelling to the US Embassy; Peake’s concern about...
Dates:
1941-01-14 - 1941-12-26
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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Hebbert Family Biographical Details, 2017-09
File
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/8/Hebbert/1
Scope and Contents
Also includes a prinout of a photograph of Hebbert in military uniform.
Dates:
2017-09
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Klaxon warning notice, 1939 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1/9
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notice giving orders for dome watchers in the event of flying bombs.
Dates:
1939 - 1945
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).
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Letter about collecting their parents from London in the middle of an air raid and wartime work, 1940-09-17 - 1940-09-18
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/1/20
Scope and Contents
Adele and the children have been home for nearly three weeks and their parents had been to stay but had returned to London for a youth meeting their father was to take at Church. After the big bombings of London began, he had travelled to London to check on them after hearing no news and found them ready to leave, with the house on the corner of their road 'blown to bits'. Their parents were now staying with them in Cambridge which, apart from the occasional alarm, was so far spared from the...
Dates:
1940-09-17 - 1940-09-18
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
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Letter regarding his work for the War Office in London and in Cambridge, 1941-09-04 - 1941-09-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/GUTH/7/1/21
Scope and Contents
His work for the War Office in interesting but hard and he is working eight long days followed by two days off. Adele and the children have now returned from North Wales and he had managed work so he could spend a few days together. He is getting to know London well after living in different areas for work and has seen several exhibitions. There is a smell of wood smoke in the air from the burning of damaged bits of St Thomas's by demolition workers. While he is engaged in war work, the...
Dates:
1941-09-04 - 1941-09-06
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Open
Fonds
Personal papers of Sir Lionel Whitby, Regius Professor of Physic at Cambridge University (1945-56) and Master of Downing College, 1916 - 1964
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0269/DCPP/WHI
Scope and Contents
Includes original articles, diaries, photographs and other papers, plus copies of originals held by the family of Sir Lionel Whitby. Also includes other items such as his undergraduate gown, medals and awards, copies of published books and secondary material donated by his family.
Dates:
1916 - 1964
Conditions Governing Access:
Generally open.
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Philip Laurie, 'Scientia pro Patria' (ROG wartime diary), c.1939-1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1/1
Scope and Contents
Sub-titled, 'Or a short history of the Royal Observatory covering the period from the outbreak of War, Sept. 1939 to the end of the year 1940'. Wartime diary with table of contents (I. Prelude, II. Evacuation and Blitz, III. The Beleaguered Garrison; IV. General Routine, V. The Garden; VI. A.R.P, VII. LDV and HG'. Inside the front cover is a sketch in black ink by Laurie titled, 'Morning - Oct. 16, 1940' showing bomb damage [on a street in Greenwich?]. Entries are handwritten in...
Dates:
c.1939-1945
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).
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Philip Laurie, 'The Beleaguered Garrison or The Military War Effort of the Royal Observatory, Greenwich', c.1939-1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1/2
Scope and Contents
Wartime diary, 'being an account of the LDV Unit up to its disbanding and the further progress of its remnants in the Greenwich Part Section of D Coy.' Table of contents inside front cover: 'I. Formation, II. Disintegration, III. Park Section, IV. D-Day; V. Flying Bomb. Entries are handwritten in ink. The diary has black and white photographs of people and RO buildings stuck onto the pages throughout, with occasional sketches.
Dates:
c.1939-1945
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).
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Photograph of Royal Air Force unit on the steps of Cambridge University Library, c. 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10304/22
Scope and Contents
Photographic print showing a training unit of the Royal Air Force on the front steps of Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge. 43 men are standing in four ranks in front of four seated figures (two commissioned and two non-commissioned officers). The print is captioned in manuscript 'Back from training 1940-1942' and with the name of the former owner, William Alan North, whose position appears to be indicated in the first standing rank. On the reverse of the print are 40...
Dates:
c. 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
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).
Sub-Series
P.S. Laurie Wartime diaries and World War files, c.1918, 1939-1945, 1990-1982
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1
Scope and Contents
Laurie worked in the Solar Department at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich, which remained open throughout the Second World War. This section includes two wartime diaries kept by Laurie, along with photocopies and a related article. There are two second world war files: one comprised of war-era circulars, notices, and ration lists etc.; the other comprised of bomb damage reports for the ROG. There is also a handwritten 'Klaxon warning' notice giving orders for dome watchers in the event of...
Dates:
c.1918, 1939-1945, 1990-1982
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).
File
'RGO History 1939-1945, Second World War', 1939 - 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1/7
Scope and Contents
Includes: scheme of passive defence for the ROG describing the organisation of personnel and proposals for the protection of personnel, buildings, instruments, chronometers, records and stores; list of applications for great coats and boots, 3 September 1940; notice on the duties of a sentry; lists of Home Guard duties; target practice card for H.W. Newton; target engagement form for the Home Guard; record of firing at Bisley, 22 August 1940; correspondence with the Astronomer Royal...
Dates:
1939 - 1945
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).
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'RGO History 1939-1945 Second World War (Bomb Damage Reports)', 1939 - 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107/1/8
Scope and Contents
Includes: reports of H.W. Newton, Head of the Solar Department, to the Astronomer Royal following bomb damage at RO Greenwich on the nights of 15th, 19th and 21st October 1940, including a message from Newton to the Astronomer Royal that the Altazimuth building had been hit and the instrument wrecked; reports of minor bomb damage on 8 December 1940 and of a bomb drop on 27th December 1940; correspondence concerning repairs; report of air raids/incendiary bombs on March 19th-20th, 19th-20th...
Dates:
1939 - 1945
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).
Series
Royal Observatory, Greenwich and R.G.O. History Papers (including Philip S. Laurie Papers), 1761-c.1982
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 107
Scope and Contents
Files relating to the history of the Royal Observatory Greenwich and RGO, Herstmonceux, compiled and in many cases, created by, Philip Stevenson Laurie. Laurie worked at the ROG/RGO from 1935 to 1977, beginning as a Temporary Computer before going on to become the Head of the Solar Department. While most of his career involved solar work, Laurie also had a passion for ROG/RGO history and became increasingly involved with the RGO’s Archives. On 1 October 1974, he was transferred to full-time...
Dates:
1761-c.1982
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).