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Coronation of Elizabeth II (1953)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

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Articles, 1953 - 1959

Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/1/2
Scope and Contents Comprising: with Ed Shils, "The Meaning of the Coronation", 1953; "The Planners and the Planned. The Family", 1954; "The Role of the Extended Family in a Disaster", 1954; "Kinship and Family in East London", 1954; with Peter Willmott, "Seven Million Bathrooms", 1955; "Challenge to Labour" or "Secret Social Services", 1955; with Ed Shils, "What is Living and What is Dead in Socialism", 1956; with Peter Willmott, "Mothers and Daughters: a discussion of some family research in London", 1959;...
Dates: 1953 - 1959
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Articles collected for an anthology, 1938-70

Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 2/2/1
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Manpower in War", 1938; "Social Services in the Blitz" also known as "London Under Bombing", 1941; with Henry Bunbury, "Financial Mysticism", 1943; "Distribution of Income within the Family", 1952; with Ed Shils, "The Meaning of the Coronation", 1953; "The Role of the Extended Family in a Disaster", 1954; with Peter Willmott, "Social Grading by Manual Workers", undated; with John Gibson, "In Search of Explanation of Social Mobility", 1963; with Bernard Benjamin and Chris Wallis,...
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Diary, 1952

Reference Code: GBR/0014/ACAD 1/23
Scope and Contents Diary. Subjects covered include: United Nations Association meetings; Suez Canal Company business; National Provincial Bank business; the death and funeral of King George VI; Cadogan's refusal of the Secretary-Generalship of NATO; Cadogan's appointment as Chairman of the Board of Governors of the BBC; Cadogan's reaction to the installation of his television set, at the BBC's request; meetings at Broadcasting House; comments on BBC departments, staff, and the printing of an issue of "Radio...
Dates: 1952
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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The Coronation, 1952 - 1953

Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 2/4/1
Scope and Contents

Information papers, press and television correspondence on the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, including: details of recording sent to Canada; commemorative and information publications; programme of events; minutes of press liaison meetings and the Earl Marshal's conference.

Dates: 1952 - 1953
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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The Coronation, 1953

Reference Code: GBR/0014/FICA 2/4/2
Scope and Contents

Souvenir issues of magazines for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II.

Dates: 1953
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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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1953-06-02

Reference Code: GBR/0014/COWL C
Scope and Contents

Includes one earlier undated print of Princess Elizabeth with King George VI and Queen Elizabeth.

Dates: 1953-06-02
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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The Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II, 1951 - 1953-06-02

Reference Code: GBR/0014/COWL D
Scope and Contents

Includes photograph of Churchill in carriage in procession at Hyde Park Corner and photograph of the Festival of Britain Thanksgiving and Dedication Service at St Paul’s (1951).

Dates: 1951 - 1953-06-02
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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"The Magnificence of Coronations", 1953

Reference Code: GBR/0014/CGLA 3/7
Scope and Contents

Text of a broadcast by Lord David Cecil given the night before Queen Elizabeth II’s coronation.

Dates: 1953
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.