Second World War
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 6 Collections and/or Records:
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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.
File
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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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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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:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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