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Second World War (1939-1945)

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 2737 Collections and/or Records:

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Transcripts of interviews with Resistance agents, 1973-08 - 1974-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HARD 3
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Interviews conducted by Russell Hardy with Resistance agents from Norway, Denmark, France and the Netherlands, including Barbara Yeo-Thomas, widow of Wing-Commander Forest Yeo-Thomas, "The White Rabbit".

Dates: 1973-08 - 1974-08
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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Treasury History of Second World War, 1939 - 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HTRY 2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The papers held at Churchill Archives Centre range from Hawtrey's early days in the Treasury to his death in 1974, and include Treasury Papers, Chatham House papers, correspondence, articles, reviews and unpublished manuscript material. It is an extremely full and valuable collection and contains extensive correspondence with Keynes and other leading contemporary economists. There are also some letters from Bertrand Russell written in 1908. It should be noted that in Sections 10...
Dates: 1939 - 1945
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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"Two men who saved France": texts, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SPRS 8/38
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Texts of "General Petain in 1917" [incomplete] and "General de Gaulle in 1940".

Dates: 1966
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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Typescript copy, 1939-01-10 - 1940-04-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/INKP 2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

These extracts from the Caldecote diaries relate only to the Munich crisis in 1938, the outbreak of the Second World War and its first few months. Certain omissions have been made in this copy and these are usually indicated by a line of dots.

Dates: 1939-01-10 - 1940-04-20
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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Typescript diary of the bombing of West London kept by Dr Michael Hoskin at the age of 13-14, 1944 - 1994

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 71/1
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The collection comprises a wide variety of material from a number of different sources which have been deemed too small to be considered individual collections in their own right and have been grouped together under the heading "miscellaneous". Subjects covered include First and Second World Wars, the Falklands Campaign, and recollections of Sir Winston Churchill.

Dates: 1944 - 1994
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Some material within the collection is closed to researchers.
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Typescript draft of a biographical account of LSA's part in the Second World War, 1945-08 - 1955-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 8/163
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series includes notes, texts and correspondence on literary works by LSA, including: a work by LSA on economics, "The Awakening"; LSA's memoirs, "My Political Life", including the unpublished fourth volume (which LSA died before he could complete); "A Balanced Economy"; a collection of addresses and lectures by LSA, "Loose Leaves"; "The Life of Joseph Chamberlain"; articles, books and pamphlets, many by LSA or with contributions and annotations by him.

Dates: 1945-08 - 1955-08
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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United States $100 Bond and accompanying letter signed by Churchill., 1943-09 - 1943-10-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/WCHL 6/82
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The first $100 Bond of the US Third War Loan, handed to Churchill at the White House by Henry Morgenthau Jr, Secretary of the US Treasury, Sept 1943, and made out to Mrs Churchill's Russian Relief fund as a co-owner. With accompanying letter of provenance signed by Churchill, 22 October 1943.

Dates: 1943-09 - 1943-10-22
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Closures are noted in the catalogue.
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(Untitled), 12 Mar 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/94-95
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Letter from Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC] to Maryott Whyte, on an estimate from Hammond and Hussey Limited, for a long ladder for use at Chartwell [Kent] in case of incendiary bombs.

Dates: 12 Mar 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Dec 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/105
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Letter from C R Bailey, District Technical Officer, Kent War Agricultural Executive Committee to WSC, with a report on Chartwell [Kent] that the ploughing of part of WSC's park for food production was not a success, recommending that the land should be cultivated in the spring, and then sown to permanent pasture, which could then be leased to a neighbouring farmer for grazing. [Copy].

Dates: 04 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 07 Jan 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/114
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Letter from Maryott Whyte to CSC, on ploughing of pasture at Chartwell [Kent] for cultivation, particularly the unfavourable reaction of A E Hill, the Head Gardener, also on arrangements for accommodation of WSC's secretaries during weekends at Chartwell.

Dates: 07 Jan 1941
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/115-118
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Circular letter from Kent War Agricultural Committee to every farmer in Kent, on conversion of grassland to arable for food production, enclosing Ministry of Agriculture leaflet "Making More of Less Grass Land". [Printed]. Annotated and initialled by WSC, asking CSC what could be done about the land at Chartwell.

Dates: 31 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 02 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/6
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Letter from Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security] to Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC], confirming that a second Anderson Shelter had been sent to Chartwell [Kent].

Dates: 02 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/9
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Letter from Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security], to Kathleen Hill [Secretary to WSC], confirming that an Anderson Shelter big enough to accommodate 10 people had been despatched to Chartwell [Kent], at a cost of 11l 15s.

Dates: 04 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 31 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/10
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Letter from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to Philip Allen [Assistant Private Secretary to the Minister of Home Security], requesting an Anderson Shelter to fit 10 people to be delivered to Chartwell [Kent]. [Carbon].

Dates: 31 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/11
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Note from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to WSC, confirming that although construction of Anderson Shelters had ceased, there were a few available, at 10 pounds for a six seater, and 15 pounds for one accommodating up to 10 people [annotated by WSC, asking her to buy a large shelter for Chartwell, Kent].

Dates: 30 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 28 Aug 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/13
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Note from Mary Shearburn [Secretary to WSC, later Mary Thompson] to WSC, on air raid precautions at Chartwell [Kent], noting that there were adequate shelters for the staff and the cottages, that for anyone sleeping in the "big house" there was a cellar which would make a splendid shelter, leading out of the day nursery, and that if an Anderson Shelter were required for CSC when staying in the new cottage, a good place for it would be opposite the door to the muniment room.

Dates: 28 Aug 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 03 May 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/18
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Minute from Leslie Rowan [Private Secretary to WSC] to WSC, on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell [Kent].

Dates: 03 May 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Apr] [1943]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/19
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Note by A E Hill, Head Gardener, Chartwell [Kent], on the ration of sugar for the bees at Chartwell.

Dates: [Apr] [1943]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 22 Apr [1943]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/20-21
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Minute from Robert Hudson [Minister of Agriculture and Fisheries], and 1st Lord Woolton [Minister of Food, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the provision of a sugar ration for bees.

Dates: 22 Apr [1943]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 19 Apr 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/22
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Minute from WSC to the Minister of Agriculture [Robert Hudson] and the Minister of Food [1st Lord Woolton, earlier Frederick Marquis] on the discontinuance of the sugar ration to domestic bee keepers, demanding to know the saving in "starving the bees of private owners". [Carbon].

Dates: 19 Apr 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 20 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/394/39
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Letter from the Private Secretary to CSC [Grace Hamblin] to Benham and Sons Limited, Heating Engineers, London, requesting an estimate for regulating all of the radiators at Chartwell [Kent], as it was not possible to turn off individual radiators, and with fuel rationing this would be necessary. [Carbon].

Dates: 20 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 16 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/26-28
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Letter from CSC to WSC, further account of her lunch with the Prime Minister [see letter of 9 Jan 1916, CHAR 1/118A/19], also on the illness of Lady Airlie and CSC's YMCA work on a canteen for a munitions factory at Ponders End. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/30-32.

Dates: 16 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Jan 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/41-42
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Letter from CSC to WSC, on preparations for the opening of "her" munitions canteen at Ponders End [Middlesex] by Lloyd George. Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/44-45.

Dates: 27 Jan 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 04 Feb 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/52-58
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Letter from CSC to WSC, account of opening of "her" munitions factory at Ponders End [Middlesex], including speech by Lloyd George Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/55-58.

Dates: 04 Feb 1916
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Feb [1916]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/118A/83-85
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Letter from CSC to WSC, account of dinner party for the Prime Minister (Herbert Asquith) and account of meeting with the Minister of Munitions (Christopher Addison) on canteens and hostels for munitions workers Typescript transcript at CHAR 1/118B/86-88.

Dates: 27 Feb [1916]
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open