Second World War (1939-1945)
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 2742 Collections and/or Records:
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Papers, correspondence and pamphlets on National Service, reserved occupations, air raid precautions and evacuation plans, 1939
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS 2/2
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The bulk of the collection consists of the papers of Lord Hailes as Governor-General and Commander-in-Chief of the Federation of the West Indies, 1958-1962, showing, in fascinating detail, the working out of this experiment in federation. There are numerous papers relating to Lord Hailes's long tenure of office as Assistant, Deputy Chief, and finally Chief, Whip and these include many letters from his fellow Conservatives showing the high esteem in which they held him.Amongst the...
Dates:
1939
Conditions Governing Access:
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.
Fonds
Papers of Admiral Sir Algernon U. Willis
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/WLLS
Scope and Contents
Includes material relating to Willis' naval career, including material relating to World War Two
Dates:
1905 - 1976
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Papers of Douglas E Ritchie and Noel Newsome
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NERI
Scope and Contents
Papers relating to their work in European Service of the BBC during World War II.
Dates:
1939 - 1962
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Papers of Margareta (Greta) Burkill
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8433
Scope and Contents
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.
Dates:
1938 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access:
Readers must complete a data release form prior to consulting this collection.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Papers relating to Duff Cooper's political career, 1939-43, 1939 - 1943
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 3
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Includes: correspondence; political papers; literary papers; diaries.
Dates:
1939 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Papers relating to Lewin's books on 'Ultra' and 'Magic', 1924 - 1983
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RLEW 5
Scope and Contents
Includes notes from interviews, correspondence, copies of a number of 'Ultra' signals and reviews.
Dates:
1924 - 1983
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Ronald Lewin
Series
Papers relating to the Lyttelton family, 1836 - 1972
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Political and personal correspondence and other papers.
CHAN 1, contains mainly papers of Hon Alfred Lyttelton and Dame Edith Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of material of Oliver Lyttelton
CHAN II, consist mainly of papers of Oliver Lyttelton, with a smaller quantity of papers of Alfred and Edith Lyttelton
Dates:
1836 - 1972
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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Paris [France] diary, 1944-09 - 1944-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/DUFC 15/1/32
Scope and Contents
Annotated typescript.
Dates:
1944-09 - 1944-12
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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Partisan activities, 1943-05 - 1943-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOAM 11/3
Scope and Contents
Diary notes, telegrams and reports on CS's activities with the partisans while serving with the Advance N Section of the 15th Army Group in Italy.
Dates:
1943-05 - 1943-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Fonds
Partridge: The Papers of Frances Catherine Partridge
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0272/FCP
Scope and Contents
This collection contains typescript and manuscript diaries, lectures, philosophy notes, correspondence, photographs, printed copies of book reviews, articles and obituaries. Many of the diaries exist only in typescript form, but in later years the only copies are in manuscript. Letters to her husband, Ralph Partridge, are included in this collection. In addition to her own photograph albums, there are two albums which belonged to Dora Carrington and two which belonged to Lytton Strachey,...
Dates:
1905 - 2004
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Personal, 1932 - 2003
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/STKH 1
Scope and Contents
Including notes, scrapbooks, letters, documents and diary entries.
Dates:
1932 - 2003
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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Personal: Clementine S Churchill: Correspondence., Dec 1915 - 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A-B
Scope and Contents
Includes letters from CSC to WSC written while he served on the Western Front. Part A comprises original letters: part B comprises typescript transcripts prepared circa 1945.
Dates:
Dec 1915 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal correspondence, 1989-03-01 - 1992-01-06
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Professor Edward Kenney; Peter Ball, Bishop of Lewes; John Browne (3); Vernon Bogdanor [Reader in Government, Brasenose College, Oxford] on the selection of Alexander Douglas-Home [later Lord Home of the Hirsel] as Prime Minister (3); Julian Amery (2); Colonel Patrick Robinson, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers (3); [Leslie] Michael Saunders Watson; Patrick Cormack on subjects including the portrait of JEP by Graham Jones (9); Graham Jones (3); James Ramsden; Andrew...
Dates:
1989-03-01 - 1992-01-06
Conditions Governing Access:
Folios 158-180 closed as they contain personal and confidential information on a living individual. Review 2013.
Series
Personal: David Lloyd, 1921 - 1964
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 5
Scope and Contents
Chiefly correspondence with Lord and Lady Lloyd.
Dates:
1921 - 1964
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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Personal: Family etc.: correspondence A - L., 16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 1/41
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: George Spencer-Churchill, on subjects including WSC's writing and the political situation (3); Lady Caroline Spencer-Churchill; Lord Charles Spencer-Churchill; CSC on subjects including WSC's holiday at Lake Como [Italy], his painting, Chartwell [Kent], Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames], and the Council of Foreign Ministers (18); Horatia Seymour; Mary Churchill on her posting to Britain; John S Churchill (3); Pamela Digby [earlier Pamela Churchill, later Pamela...
Dates:
16 Oct 1943 - 16 Sep 1947
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Personal letters from LSA to AFA, 1938-01 - 1946-10
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/53
Scope and Contents
Subjects include: LSA's visit to Rome [Italy], April 1938, particularly his meetings with Count Cortellazzo Ciano, Italian Foreign Minister; LSA's own prospects, and those of John Amery and Julian Amery, during the war; a broadcast by LSA in German, December 1939; LSA's visit to Paris [France] in 1940, meeting John Amery and the bad start for the new government of Paul Reynaud; bombing raids near Chester [Cheshire]; difficulties with Winston Churchill [Prime Minister] interfering in Indian...
Dates:
1938-01 - 1946-10
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Personal Papers and Correspondence, 1944 - 1984
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/RLEW 7
Scope and Contents
Includes photographs and documents relating to Lewin's own career in World War Two, including his own diary of November-December 1944; and his correspondence with various military and academic figures.
Dates:
1944 - 1984
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is mostly open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
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The Papers of Ronald Lewin
Fonds
Personal Papers of Joan Blacklocks, 1939 - 1945
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Blacklocks
Scope and Contents
These papers are a miscellany of personal items kept by Joan Blacklocks, including photographs of her time in Cambridge, a King's College Chapel service sheet, correspondence, an invoice and a poem.
Dates:
1939 - 1945
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Personal Papers
Fonds
Personal Papers of Lieutenant-General Sir Alexander Galloway
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLWY
Scope and Contents
This collection consists of correspondence with colleagues from the Eighth Army, historians and key figures from World War II.
Dates:
1958 - 1975
Conditions Governing Access:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Found in:
Churchill Archives Centre
Fonds
Personal Papers of Lucy Joan Slater, 1990 - 1991
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Slater
Scope and Contents
The papers comprise the typescript of her unpublished autobiography and her curriculum vitae and list of publications.
Dates:
1990 - 1991
Found in:
Girton College Archive
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Personal Papers
Fonds
Peter Scott: Papers
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Scott (Peter)
Scope and Contents
The collection of Scott's paper is extensive. It includes a large number of biographical materials, material related to Scott's time in the Royal Navy during World War II, items covering Scott's involvement in nature conservation and research (including papers about the possible existence of the Loch Ness Monster), material related to Scott's extensive travels (mainly for professional purposes), drafts of Scott's books and other material related to his publications, documentation of Scott's...
Dates:
1916-1993
Conditions Governing Access:
Some items are restricted at the discretion of the Keeper of Manuscripts.
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photograph album of MS and the Churchill family, book 3, 1941-11 - 1948-12
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/MCHL 6/2/3
Scope and Contents
The album may have been compiled at the same time as MS's memoir "A Daughter’s Tale", and includes original black-and-white and colour prints, with photocopies and copy prints collected from elsewhere. Subjects include: the Churchill family during the war; MS and Winston Churchill aboard HMS Renown on their way home from the Quebec Conference, Sept 1943 (and also a similar shot from HMS Duke of York in Dec 1941); the Churchills and Franklin Roosevelt [President of the United...
Dates:
1941-11 - 1948-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
Series
Photograph Albums of Visits and Special Occasions, 1918 - 1959
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CSCT 6
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection includes: papers and correspondence, photographs and press cuttings plus material on household and domestic administration.
It contains the letters exchanged between Sir Winston (WSC) and Lady Churchill (CSC) from 1908, the time of their engagement, until 1963, shortly before Sir Winston's death (1965). This collection was used by Lady Soames in the writing of her mother's biography and it provides a splendid, detailed and often very moving record of a remarkable...
Dates:
1918 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
With the exception of the staff wages books in CSCT 9/1, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Photographs: Chronometer Department and staff at Bradford on Avon, 1939 - 1948
File
Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 71/1/4/5
Scope and Contents
A set of black and white photographs passed to the RGO archives by 'Joan' in 1978. Includes images of George Rickett, C. Ryall, A Shortland and others at work in the Chronometer offices and workshop. Some were taken during the Second World War as evidenced by posters in the background. Many are captioned on the back.
Dates:
1939 - 1948
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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Photographs during the Second World War, with the 5th Army in Italy, and as Minister of Production, 1944 - 1945
File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAN II/4/21/1
Scope and Contents
Comprising 23 photographs.
Including a photograph of Winston Churchill, Clementine Churchill, Oliver Lyttelton and Clement Attlee, undated.
Dates:
1944 - 1945
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.