Second World War (1939-1945)
Found in 14 Collections and/or Records:
Arthur Campbell Beevor: Correspondence and Papers
Charles Bernard Denston: Papers
Autobiography, short stories, poems, personal recollections of working at the Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology and Duckworth Laboratory of Physical Anthropology in Cambridge, press cuttings and printed material on the experiences of former prisoners of war held by the Japanese.
Christopher Hassall: Letters to George Benson and related papers
Correspondence written by Christopher Hassall to his friend George Benson, together with related items including a diary volume with entries by Hassall, literary texts by Hassall, notes by Benson, letters between other correspondents, and printed items.
For Intellectual Liberty: Correspondence and papers
Honor Earl: Pastel portraits ('Warriors of the Empire') and papers
Jean Kilgour Hart: diaries
Two diaries of a student of Queen Mary College, University of London, evacuated to King's College, Cambridge, during the Second World War.
Lady Isabel Marian Schonland: papers, photographs and printed material relating to South African affairs
Mers-el-Kébir, 3 juillet 1940: Exposé chronologique du combat de Mers-el-Kébir, d'après les documents photographiques
Monte San Martino Trust Archive
The archive consists of unpublished personal accounts of prisoners of war held in Italy at the time of the Italian Armistice in 1943. The accounts variously detail the individuals' war service, capture and captivity, escape from captivity, and attempts to evade recapture with the assistance of members of the Italian civilian population.
Papers of Margareta (Greta) Burkill
Papers concerning Margareta Burkill’s work with German and Austrian refugee children before, during and after the Second World War. The collection includes Burkill’s memoir and some correspondence. There are also notes on the children, including details of their accommodation during the war and their later careers. Also included is material relating to the Cambridge Refugee Committee.
Peter Scott: Papers
The Papers of Charles Hamson
The collection principally consists of draft texts, offprints and correspondence relating to articles, lectures and broadcasts delivered by Hamson. Some correspondence, most of which concerns various honours and offices held, is also included, together with a small number of items relating to Hamson’s school and university education.
The Papers of the Fairbank family
The papers consist principally of letters, journals and photographs relating to the service of Harold Arthur Thomas Fairbank in the South African War and First World War, and of Thomas John Fairbank in the Second World War.
William Batters: 'Harry Tate's Navy
Memoir of Batter's time in the Royal Naval Patrol Service.