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Literary: "The Second World War", Volume 1 "The Gathering Storm": Proofs for CSC., 26 Sep 1947 - 14 Jan 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/131
Scope and Contents
Includes galley proofs annotated with comments and suggestions by CSC of the following chapters: Chapter 18 "Munich Winter" [Germany]; Chapter 19 "Prague, [Czechoslovakia, later Czech Republic and Slovakia] Albania and the Polish Guarantee"; Chapter 20 "The Soviet Enigma"; Chapter 21 "On the Verge"; Chapter 22 "War"; Chapter 23 "The Admiralty Task"; Chapter 25 "War Cabinet Problems" (provisionally entitled "War Problems"); Chapter 26 "The Front in France"; Chapter 27 "The Combat Deepens";...
Dates:
26 Sep 1947 - 14 Jan 1948
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Appendices., 1941 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/240
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Appendix A (Abbreviations), Appendix B (Codenames), Appendix C (Prime Minister's Personal Minutes and Telegrams, 1941), Appendix E (Monthly totals of shipping losses), Appendix H (Prime Minister's telegrams to the government of Australia), Appendix I (the British Purchasing Commission in the United States), Appendix J (The Anglo-American Russian conference), Appendix K (fleet dispositions in the Indian Ocean), Appendix L (tanks for the Middle East),...
Dates:
1941 - Jan 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Appendix C., 1941 - 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/241A-N
Scope and Contents
Includes typescript and galley proofs of Appendix C "Prime Minister's Personal Minutes and Telegrams, 1941." Annotated by various individuals with comments and corrections including: WSC, Denis Kelly, William Deakin, 1st Lord Camrose [earlier William Berry] and Sir Edward Marsh.
Dates:
1941 - 1949
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 3 "The Grand Alliance", Assembled Appendices., 1940 - Jan 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/243A-D
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Includes galley proofs of Appendix A (Abbreviations), Appendix B (Codenames), Appendix C (Prime Minister's Personal Minutes and Telegrams, 1941), Appendix D (Estimated British and German air strengths, December 1940), Appendix E (Monthly totals of shipping losses), Appendix F (Military directives and minutes, 1941), Appendix G (Prime Minister's personal minutes and telegrams, July to December 1941), Appendix H (Prime Minister's telegrams to the government of Australia), Appendix I (the...
Dates:
1940 - Jan 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Appendices., Oct 1947 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/297A-F
Scope and Contents
Include typescript and galley proofs of the appendices to Volume 4 including: Appendix A "List of abbreviations"; Appendix B "List of codenames"; Appendix C "Prime Minister's Personal Minutes, January 1942-May 1943"; Appendix D "Singapore defences, memorandum by Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall"; Appendix E "Monthly total of shipping losses for 1942, British Allied and neutral"; Appendix F "Promises about post-war conditions. The Beveridge Report" (on the report by William Beveridge);...
Dates:
Oct 1947 - Nov 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise."., Sep 1949 - Mar 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/259
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise" [provisionally entitled "The U Boat mastered"] annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes some source material including: notes from Wood and Allen; notes on the escape of the Scharnhorst and Gneisenau from Brest [France]; and tables of losses of...
Dates:
Sep 1949 - Mar 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 11 "The shipping stranglehold"., 1941 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/263
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 11 "The shipping stranglehold" annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, 1st Lord Ismay, [George] Gordon Allen, Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall and Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz].Also includes source material: sections of Chapter 7 "The U Boat Paradise"; a...
Dates:
1941 - Nov 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys"., Jan 1947 - Nov 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/267
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Includes typescript and galley proofs of Chapter 15 "The Arctic Convoys" (provisionally entitled "Convoys to the Soviet Union") annotated with suggested amendments and corrections by various people including Denis Kelly, William Deakin, WSC, Charles Wood, Sir Edward Marsh, Emery Reves [earlier Imre Revesz], Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet], 1st Lord Ismay, and Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall.Also includes source material including: correspondence...
Dates:
Jan 1947 - Nov 1950
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Miscellanea., Jun 1942 - Jan 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/300A-D
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Includes notes and correspondence from individuals including: Charles Wood (5); Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall on various subjects including the Japanese assault on the Philippines and on tanks (20); Renee Harmer of Time Life International (3); Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook], Secretary to the Cabinet on the publication of official documents and suggesting amendments to the text (7); William Deakin (23); 1st Lord Ismay with notes on the text (8); George Mallaby, Under...
Dates:
Jun 1942 - Jan 1952
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Literary: The Second World War, Volume 4 "The Hinge of Fate", Various material., Feb 1942 - Oct 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/298
Scope and Contents
Includes correspondence on corrections to be made to Volume 4 of "The Second World War" from individuals including: Denis Kelly (5); Charles Wood; WSC on a reference to [?Reginald] Dorman Smith; Sir Norman Brook [later 1st Lord Normanbrook, Secretary to the Cabinet]; 1st Lord Ismay on the need to amend a reference to Gandhi taking glucose during his fast; the Visconde de Meirelles on the use of 'neutral' planes during the war; [George] Gordon Allen; Lieutenant-General Sir Henry Pownall (2);...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Oct 1953
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Literary: various articles by WSC., c 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/641
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Includes annotated proofs, galley proofs and cuttings for: an interview with WSC for the New Statesman and Nation, in which he defends western democracies against totalitarianism, discusses the possible effect of war on the democratic system and civil liberties, and his views on the inadequacies of ARP, conscription, and how to prevent war; the introduction to a catalogue of the artist Paul Maze, in which WSC recalls Maze during World War I (with a copy of a catalogue for a French exhibition...
Dates:
c 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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MAPLIN, 1974
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLFF 3/2/60
Scope and Contents
Airport enquiry.
Dates:
1974
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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Merchant Shipping: background papers, 1982 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLKN 1/4/6
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From the Fonds:
The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre cover Silkin's Parliamentary and Ministerial career, and his other public interests, including the Channel Tunnel, the E.E.C. and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest on Silkin's difficulties with his Constituency Party in Deptford, and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections in 1980 and 1983.
Dates:
1982 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures of individual files are noted in the paper catalogue, please ask staff for further details.
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Merchant Shipping: correspondence, 1982 - 1983
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SLKN 1/4/5
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From the Fonds:
The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre cover Silkin's Parliamentary and Ministerial career, and his other public interests, including the Channel Tunnel, the E.E.C. and the dairy industry. There is material of particular interest on Silkin's difficulties with his Constituency Party in Deptford, and on the Labour Party Leadership and Deputy Leadership elections in 1980 and 1983.
Dates:
1982 - 1983
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures of individual files are noted in the paper catalogue, please ask staff for further details.
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Ministry of Transport, 1934 - 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HOBE 4
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From the Fonds:
The collection, though small, is interesting as no other papers appear to have been left by Hore-Belisha. It comprises letters, diaries, some photographs and documents (mainly copies) covering most of Hore-Belisha's career but concentrating on his most important position as War Minister from 1937-1939 and particularly the events surrounding his dismissal by Neville Chamberlain.
Dates:
1934 - 1938
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From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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North/South Divide, 1985 - 1990
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/28
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Working papers on the North/South divide in Britain. Consists largely of press cuttings, with Mark Abrams's notes and draft papers.
Dates:
1985 - 1990
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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Official: Admiralty, 1939 - 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19
Scope and Contents
The Admiralty papers contain correspondence, minutes, and War Cabinet papers created or accumulated as a result of WSC's activities as First Lord of the Admiralty, a position held from 3 September 1939 to 10 May 1940 when he became Prime Minister.The material contains correspondence with senior Admiralty figures, politicians including Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain, public and foreign figures including Edward, Duke of Windsor [earlier Edward, Prince of Wales and Edward VIII], and WSC's...
Dates:
1939 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers.
This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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Official: Air Ministry: correspondence and papers., 15 Feb 1921 - 09 Jul 1921
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 16/79
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Correspondents include: Under-Secretary of State for Air, 7th Lord Londonderry [earlier Lord Castlereagh] (4); Francis Bertram, Secretary to the Cross-Channel Subsidies Committee; George Holt-Thoams; John Moore-Brabazon [later 1st Lord Brabazon].Also includes copies of letters, telegrams and minutes from WSC to some of those mentioned above and to Jack Scott [Air Secretary and Private Secretary to WSC], Austen Chamberlain [Chancellor of the Exchequer], Chief of the Air Staff [Air-Marshal Sir...
Dates:
15 Feb 1921 - 09 Jul 1921
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Official: Board of Trade: Baghdad Railway, Mesopotamia and Persian Gulf: notes and printed papers., 06 Jun 1905 - 24 Mar 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/36
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Includes: a Board of Trade memorandum and an annotated Foreign Office memorandum by Ailwyn Parker on the Baghdad [Mesopotamia, later Iraq] Railway; the report of the Inter-Departmental Baghdad Railway Committee; the report of the Board of Trade Commercial Intelligence Committee on the conditions and prospects of British trade in Mesopotamia; the Board of Trade report on the proposed establishment of sample rooms in the Persian Gulf; a note by WSC on Sir William Willcock's proposals for the...
Dates:
06 Jun 1905 - 24 Mar 1910
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Official: Board of Trade: Canals and Waterways: Royal Commission Report: correspondence., 25 Dec 1909 - 31 Dec 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/28
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Correspondents include: 1st Lord Shuttleworth [Chairman of the Royal Commission on Canals] on the Royal Commission Report, and honours for his Assistant Commissioner, William Lindley.
Dates:
25 Dec 1909 - 31 Dec 1909
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 15 Jan 1908 - 30 Jul 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/2
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Correspondents include: William Tattersall, cotton trade expert and statistician, on the deadlock between employers and men over a strike in 2 Oldham [Lancashire] cotton mills; Sir William Collins [MP for St Pancras West, London]; Sir Charles King-Harman [High Commissioner of Cyprus]; Sir Sydney Parry, Deputy Chairman of the Board of Customs; 1st Lord Knollys [Private Secretary to Edward VII] passing on the King's approval at the end of a shipbuilding strike, and his hope for the...
Dates:
15 Jan 1908 - 30 Jul 1908
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 01 Nov 1908 - 01 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/4
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Correspondents include: [? Ernest Steinkamp] Managing Editor of Curtis Brown international publishing bureau, on having an interview about the new Industrial Arbitration Court (4); Edward Marsh [Private Secretary to WSC] (4); George Cave, MP for Kingston [Surrey] on the Port of London Bill and its effect on Richmond [Surrey]; William Brace; Arthur Wilson Fox [Comptroller-General of the Commercial, Labour and Statistical Departments of the Board of Trade] on Board of Trade recruitment; 4th...
Dates:
01 Nov 1908 - 01 Dec 1908
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., Apr 1901 - 30 Dec 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/5
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Correspondents include: George Marks [Liberal MP for Launceston, Cornwall] and Sir John Barker [Liberal MP for Penryn and Falmouth, Cornwall] on the appointment of a Conservative to the post of Official Receiver in Cornwall; Ailwyn Fellowes [Deputy Chairman, Great Eastern Railway, later 1st Lord Ailwyn]; William Ridgeway, President of the Royal Anthropological Institute, on the importance of colonial officials learning anthropology; Joseph Pease [Patronage Secretary to the Treasury, later...
Dates:
Apr 1901 - 30 Dec 1908
Conditions Governing Access:
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 04 Jan 1909 - 30 Nov 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/19
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Correspondents include: Sidney Webb [later 1st Lord Passfield] on Beatrice Webb [later Beatrice, Lady Passfield]'s Minority Report for the Poor Law Commission; Herbert Asquith [the Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith] on the need to press on with the Board of Trade's unemployment proposals (2); Gilbert Upcott (Treasury) on trade cycles; Sir Hubert Llewellyn Smith [Permanent Secretary to the Board of Trade] on current Board of Trade proposals, internal promotion and press leaks...
Dates:
04 Jan 1909 - 30 Nov 1909
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Official: Board of Trade: correspondence., 14 Feb 1910 - 24 Sep 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 11/37
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Correspondents include: Richard Haldane [Secretary of State for War] on Labour Exchanges and the army; Thomas Pelham [Assistant Secretary, Harbour Department, Board of Trade] on the good relations between the staff and WSC; James Inglis, General Manager, Great Western Railway; Sir Charles Owens, General Manager, London and South Western Railway; Frank Ree, General Manager, London and North Western Railway; Oliver Bury, [General Manager, Great Northern Railway]; Sir Guy Granet, General...
Dates:
14 Feb 1910 - 24 Sep 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
Open