Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2729 Collections and/or Records:
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Ti-Ty., 10 May 1941 - 06 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/97
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (11); F J Tucker (7); L R Prescott [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Health] (5).Subjects include: RAF ground trades promotion system; cinema film rental; de-requisitioning of houses; local refuse collection; age limits for Far Eastern service; war damage claims and repair; call up of doctors; famine relief for Europe (particularly Greece).Also...
Dates:
10 May 1941 - 06 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency, Epping [Essex]: correspondence Wh-Wi., 09 Jan 1940 - 27 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 7/102A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir James Hawkey [Vice-Chairman of Epping Division Conservative Association and Mayor of Wanstead and Woodford] (13); E A Baker [secretary at the Ministry of Food] (4); I C Wilson (4).Subjects include: rehousing bomb victims; compassionate leave requests; defence bonds; war damage repair claims; tax allowances; pension enquiries; poultry feed rationing.Also includes: an extract from a House of Commons report on war damage to property; "The Surplus Women", a booklet by...
Dates:
09 Jan 1940 - 27 Jul 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex]: correspondence with or on behalf of constituents, L-R., Jun 1945 - May 1946
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 3/26A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Claud] Wright, [Principal] (3) and M L Elder (8) of the War Office; J H Hughes of the Air Ministry (9); constituent R W McOwen (5); Sir James Hawkey [Chairman of Woodford Conservative Association] (8); Leslie Rowan [Principal Private Secretary to Prime Minister Clement Attlee]; [Hugh] Farmar [Assistant Private Secretary to the Secretary of State for Air] (2); Sir George Harvie Watt; Archie Moore, Surgeon to the London Hospital, on a constituent's health; Joyce Gordon...
Dates:
Jun 1945 - May 1946
Conditions Governing Access:
Open, (folios 173-9 and 207-9 opened in 2022)
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“Political letters to Mr Garvin, the Times, Sir John Simon, in which MAR foretold the war of 1939-45”, 1925 - 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/RBTN 5/16
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Collection includes a copy of Robertson's autobiography, ca. 1945; correspondence with his mother and wife, 1900-1946; papers relating to Robertson's Foreign Office career; speeches and articles; and papers relating to later aspects of Robertson's career.
Dates:
1925 - 1935
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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Postcards sent by Higgins as a Prisoner of War, 1941-11-30 - 1942-06-19
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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/8/Higgins/1
Scope and Contents
3 manuscript postcards signed from Higgins to Bryan Earle King [matriculated at Pembroke in 1924, latterly a Fellow in Law] sent whilst Higgins was a prisoner of war regarding his career after the war.
Dates:
1941-11-30 - 1942-06-19
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Potsdam Conference, 1938 - 2001
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/LEGT 1
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From the Fonds:
The collection comprises George Leggett's diary of the Potsdam conference, souvenirs and papers connected with his time in Potsdam, and electronic transcripts of the diary.
Dates:
1938 - 2001
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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Press cuttings, 1939-06 - 1940-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 9/20
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include: correspondence; domestic and personal papers; early family correspondence, particularly among ELS's mother's relatives; diaries, including ELS's journals as a liaison officer with the French from the First World War and as Head of the British Mission to de Gaulle during the Second World War; some political papers and military maps; speeches and articles; manuscripts of books and short stories, with literary correspondence and original and copied source material from...
Dates:
1939-06 - 1940-01
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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Press cuttings, 1940-01 - 1940-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 9/21
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include: correspondence; domestic and personal papers; early family correspondence, particularly among ELS's mother's relatives; diaries, including ELS's journals as a liaison officer with the French from the First World War and as Head of the British Mission to de Gaulle during the Second World War; some political papers and military maps; speeches and articles; manuscripts of books and short stories, with literary correspondence and original and copied source material from...
Dates:
1940-01 - 1940-03
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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Press cuttings, 1943-11 - 1946-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 9/24
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include: correspondence; domestic and personal papers; early family correspondence, particularly among ELS's mother's relatives; diaries, including ELS's journals as a liaison officer with the French from the First World War and as Head of the British Mission to de Gaulle during the Second World War; some political papers and military maps; speeches and articles; manuscripts of books and short stories, with literary correspondence and original and copied source material from...
Dates:
1943-11 - 1946-05
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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Press cuttings: war, 1939-05 - 1945-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 9/23
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The papers include: correspondence; domestic and personal papers; early family correspondence, particularly among ELS's mother's relatives; diaries, including ELS's journals as a liaison officer with the French from the First World War and as Head of the British Mission to de Gaulle during the Second World War; some political papers and military maps; speeches and articles; manuscripts of books and short stories, with literary correspondence and original and copied source material from...
Dates:
1939-05 - 1945-09
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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Private letters from LSA to the Governor of Burma and source material for memoirs, 1941-01 - 1955-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/20
Scope and Contents
Copies of letters from LSA to Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith on subjects including: reasons for Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union; Chinese immigration into Burma [later Myanmar]; British parliamentary business; the future Burmese constitution; the war situation, particularly relating to Japan; Burmese relations with India over immigration; the visit of U Saw, Premier of Burma, to Britain, with letter from Lord Halifax [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Edward Wood and Lord...
Dates:
1941-01 - 1955-07
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1940-05 - 1940-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/22
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: the war situation; aircraft and munitions production; the constitutional problem; Indian defence; talks with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and Mohandas Gandhi; dealings with the Indian Congress; the imprisonment of Jawaharlal Nehru; the appointment of General Sir Claude Auchinleck [as Commander-in-Chief, India].
Dates:
1940-05 - 1940-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1941-01 - 1941-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/24
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir Alexander Roger and his Ministry of Supply mission to India; inventions by Chaim Weizmann in yeast and molasses-based food and fuel production; the Indian Seamen's Union; Pakistan; the enlargement of Linlithgow's Council, particularly...
Dates:
1941-01 - 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from LSA to the Viceroy of India, 1942-01 - 1942-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/26
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from LSA to 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] on subjects including: finding a successor to General Sir Archibald Wavell as Commander-in-Chief, India; the transfer of control of Iraq and Iran from India to the Middle Eastern command; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; recommendations of the...
Dates:
1942-01 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Governor of Burma to LSA, 1941-05 - 1945-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/21
Scope and Contents
Letters from Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith to LSA on subjects including: his impressions of Burma [later Myanmar] and his meetings with officials from the Government of India; the political situation in Burma, including Chinese immigration; local hostility towards Indians; setting up a Government in exile following the Japanese invasion; poor relations between Dorman-Smith's staff and the Army; the future of post-war Burma; meetings with General Sir Archibald Wavell [Commander-in-Chief, India]...
Dates:
1941-05 - 1945-08
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1940-05 - 1940-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/23
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: Linlithgow's dealings with the previous Secretary of State for India, 2nd Lord Zetland [earlier Lawrence Dundas]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the war situation; aircraft and munitions production; appointing a Defence Minister; governorships; the composition of Linlithgow's council; feeling among the Sikh...
Dates:
1940-05 - 1940-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1941-01 - 1941-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/25
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir Alexander Roger and his Ministry of Supply mission to India; the Bombay Conference; Linlithgow's Executive Council, particularly expansion; filling governorships; inventions by Chaim Weizmann in yeast and molasses-based food and fuel...
Dates:
1941-01 - 1941-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1942-01 - 1942-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/27
Scope and Contents
Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the visit of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to India; the evacuation of Burma [later Myanmar]; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the visit of Henry, Duke of Gloucester; the expansion of Linlithgow's Council; rioting throughout the provinces.
Dates:
1942-01 - 1942-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Private telegrams between LSA and the Governor of Burma, 1940-06 - 1944-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/12
Scope and Contents
Copies of telegrams from LSA to Sir Archibald Cochrane [Governor, 1936-41], then Sir Reginald Dorman-Smith [Governor, 1941-46] concerning senior army staff in Burma [later Myanmar], including: Lieutenant-General Sir [Donald] Kenneth McLeod [General Officer Commanding Army in Burma]; Major-General [Charles] Frederick Pearce, Chief Civil Affairs Officer (Burma); Lieutenant-General Thomas Hutton [General Officer Commanding, Burma].
Dates:
1940-06 - 1944-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Sub-Series
Prof. Vinicio Barocas (1914-2016), 1940 - 2017
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 94/2
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs of Vinicio Barocas during and after WW2, two prisoner identity discs from his time in a Canadian internment camp, telegrams to secure his release, photographs of Abinger, an autobiography by Barocas, and a biography of Barocas by his friend Ian Cuerden.
Dates:
1940 - 2017
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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Proof copies of maps of naval engagements, 1941-4
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CRES 6/11
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Papers comprising manuscripts of books, lectures, research notes and correspondence.
With Ralph Hudleston's notes on the defence of seabourne trade, 1911.
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Public and political: Colonial Office, 1939 - 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 21
Scope and Contents
Subject files and correspondence, with some royal correspondence and a file on Lloyd's last illness and death.
Dates:
1939 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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Public and Political: General: Air Defence: Wing-Commander Anderson., 01 Mar 1939 - 13 Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/372
Scope and Contents
Notes, memoranda and correspondence by and from Wing-Commander Charles Anderson [Commander No 1 Armament Training, Catfoss, Yorkshire], including: copy of Air Ministry Orders on short service commissions; notes on the strength of various squadrons; report by Air Commodore Hugh Champion de Crespigny, Air Officer Commanding No 25 (Armament) Group, on the armament training of No 144 (Bomber) Squadron, in bombing, gunnery and equipment; account of aircraft conditions for a bombing raid over...
Dates:
01 Mar 1939 - 13 Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: copies of the House of Commons Official Report [Hansard] for the debate on the conduct of the war., 07 May 1940 - 08 May 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/407
Scope and Contents
Includes speeches by Prime Minister [Neville] Chamberlain, [David] Lloyd George, [Leo] Amery, and WSC on the withdrawal from Norway, the operations at Trondheim and Narvik [Norway], and general criticism of the government. [features cover annotations by WSC].
Dates:
07 May 1940 - 08 May 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Public and Political: General: Correspondence, A-B., Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Edward Marsh on an expression used by WSC; Cyril Alington, Headmaster of Eton College, on the education of Randolph Churchill (2); [1st] Lord Beatty on subjects including criticism of an obituary of Admiral Franz Hipper (5); Julian Amery; Nancy, Lady Astor on a disagreement with WSC; John Astor; Wilfrid Bailey; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on subjects including WSC's "Marlborough: His Life and Times", WSC's health, Free Trade, India and political affairs (14);...
Dates:
Jan 1929 - Oct 1934
Conditions Governing Access:
Open