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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:

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Food and Health, 1941 - 1968

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 5/17
Scope and Contents Working papers on food consumption and health issues in Britain and the USA, covering subjects such as food and drink retailing and diets; consumption habits of housewives; health education in secondary schools; government and consumer spending on healthcare; research into occupational and mental health; and old age pensions. Consists of press cuttings, articles, and survey data, with Mark Abrams's notes, largely for papers delivered to food manufacturers. Includes copies of raw social...
Dates: 1941 - 1968
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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Fragments of books, 1970

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 1/4
Scope and Contents

Comprising draft synopses of books titled "Cycles of Life in London", 1970, and "Education - a Semi-Fantasy Book", undated, and an introductory chapter to a book titled "Isolation of the Immediate Family", undated.

Dates: 1970
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General articles, 1905-01 - 1908-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/4
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Cuttings, prints, proofs and manuscripts of articles written by LSA, mainly for the Times and National Review, on subjects including: mountaineering; north-western Canada; the Imperial Conference (1907); the East African empire; the Education Bill (1906); British trade figures; the military geography of the empire; reorganizing the Conservative Party; policy on tariff reform, defence, Ireland and social issues.

Dates: 1905-01 - 1908-05
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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General correspondence, 1979-10 - 1980-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 1/3/1
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly on education, with correspondents including: Tessa Blackstone, Professor of Educational Administration, University of London; Paul Foot, Daily Mirror; William Deedes, Editor of the Daily Telegraph; Frank Field, including a copy of his letter to the Guardian on Labour’s education policy; Frank Hooley; Norman Lamont (2); Kenneth Lewis; Robert Worcester, Director of Market and Opinion Research International (MORI) asking NK to take part in a survey of MPs; Fritz Spiegl;...
Dates: 1979-10 - 1980-12
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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General correspondence, 1981-01 - 1983-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 1/3/3
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly on education, with correspondents including: Alan Protheroe, Assistant Director General of the BBC; Kingman Brewster, American Ambassador to Britain; Robin Cook; Michael Molloy, Editor of the Daily Mirror on interpreting a speech by NK as an attack on Tony Benn; Sir Philip Moore, Private Secretary to the Queen, on NK’s suggestions for the university education of Prince Edward [later the Earl of Wessex]; Alexander Lyon; Jeffrey Thomas. Also includes: copies of...
Dates: 1981-01 - 1983-02
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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"Harrow", 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/11
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of WSC in school uniform.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"Harrow", 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/12
Scope and Contents

Portrait photograph of WSC as a schoolboy wearing a top hat and tailcoat and carrying a walking cane.

Dates: 1889
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"Harrow: Bill taken by Mr Griffiths", 1890

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/10
Scope and Contents

Photograph shows Harrow schoolboys wearing straw boaters filing past a school master wearing a gown and mortar board. Note that caption originally read "Roll call taken by" and has been corrected.

Dates: 1890
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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Immigrant children in schools and in care, 1969-06 - 1974-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 8/2/3
Scope and Contents Papers and correspondence on statistics for immigrant schoolchildren. Correspondents include: Denis Grayson, Director of Education, Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] (10); Margaret Thatcher, Secretary of State for Education and Science (5); John Wilkinson, MP for Bradford West [Yorkshire] (2); Louise Eickhoff, Consultant Child Psychiatrist, Selly Oak Hospital, Birmingham [Warwickshire] (3); 2nd Lord Belstead, Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Education and Science [earlier John...
Dates: 1969-06 - 1974-01
Conditions Governing Access: Some folios closed until 2057, as they contain sensitive personal information on a possibly living individual.
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Irish College in Paris: Rules and Constitutions

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.4023
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'Rules and constitutions for the continuantion [sic] of spirituall exercises and conferences of the Irish Priests and Schollers dwelling wotether or separatly in the Citty and Suburbs of Paris'

Dates: 1675 (Circa.)
Conditions Governing Access: 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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John Desmond Bernal: Scientific and Personal Papers

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8287
Scope and Contents Note: This is an interim catalogue description. Further series will be expanded upon completion of catalogue. A. Scientific Writings (24 boxes) 1.1-1.2. Books; 2.1-2.10. Contributions to books; 3.1-3.225. Periodicals; 4.1-4.60. Unpublished writings. B. Non-scientific Writings (33 boxes) 1.1-1.12. Books; 2.1-2.21. Contributions to books; 3.1-3.392. Periodicals; 4.1-4.115. Unpublished writings; 5.1-5.69. Broadcasts. C. Birkbeck College (1 box and 2 folders)...
Dates: 1950 (Circa)
Conditions Governing Access: Section R (previously restricted) was opened to readers in 2021.
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Labour Party relations with the Jewish Community and Israel, 1991-04 - 1992-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/192
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Includes: text of speech by NK to the Board of Deputies of British Jews; European Parliamentary Labour Party papers on a European financial protocol with Israel; brief by Jack Straw [education spokesman] on Labour’s treatment of voluntary-aided schools and educational charities.

Dates: 1991-04 - 1992-03
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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Leader’s Reception: Doncaster [Yorkshire], 1988-09-20

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/67
Scope and Contents Questions answered by NK on subjects including: Black Sections and racism in the Labour Party; taking Labour voters for granted and the need for party discipline to win power; the concentration of resources on target seats; non-payment of the Poll Tax; a greater role for the membership in Party Conferences; education policy; the trades unions and the employment training scheme; the shooting of IRA terrorists in Gibraltar, counter-terrorism in Northern Ireland and Labour's policy on the...
Dates: 1988-09-20
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Leader’s Steering Committee, minutes and copies of papers circulated, April 1975-March 1979, 1975-04 - 1979-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THCR 2/6/1/245
Scope and Contents Includes MT's handwritten annotations Also includes correspondence with Christopher Patten (Director General, Conservative Research Department), 1975-78, including note for MT on "Supply days", 11 June 1975; Lord (Peter) Thorneycroft, May 1976; and Sir Keith Joseph MP, November 1976; letter from Sir Geoffrey Howe MP to Sir Keith Joseph MP, October 1976; papers relating to "Stepping Stones and Conservative Party strategy", December 1977-February 1978; and paper...
Dates: 1975-04 - 1979-03
Conditions Governing Access: Opened in November 2003 It may be possible to access a digital version of the file in PDF format at Churchill Archives Centre. Advance notice is essential so please contact us to make a request.
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Lectures, 1954 - 1979

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/1
Scope and Contents Comprising: "The Labour Party and the Middle Class Mind", given at the Fabian Society's Easter School, 1954; "Family and Kinship", given at the Annual Conference of the Family Welfare Association, 4 November 1955; "Studying Kinship in East London", given at Professor [Max] Gluckman's seminar in Manchester, 24 June 1957; a talk on "The Human Group" by Professor [George] Homans, given at the Family Seminar, September 1957; "The Responsibility of the Parent and the School", given at the Annual...
Dates: 1954 - 1979
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Lectures, 1980 - 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/2
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Small Politics Is Not Always Beautiful", given at a seminar at Hasselby Castle, 22 August 1980; "Decentralising Education", given to the Green Alliance, 19 May 1982; "The SDP's Roots in History", given to the Manchester Tawney Society, 21 May 1982; "The Round of Time. A Sociologists's View", the Barnett Shine Foundation Lecture at Queen Mary College, London, 1983; "Democratic Socialism: what's left?", given at the Fabian Centennial Weekend, 8 January 1984; "Progressive Education...
Dates: 1980 - 1985
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Lectures, 1990

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/3
Scope and Contents Comprising: "Death and Modern Culture", given at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 25 February 1990; "The Future of Education", Dartington Annual Lecture, 22 June 1990; "Buddhist Attitude to Death", a response to a talk given by Stephen Batchelor to the Buddhist Hospice Trust, 15 July 1990; "Liberating the Old and the Young: the case for an ageless society", Presidential Address to the British Association, 23 August 1990; and "The Future of the Family", ESRC Annual Lecture, 6...
Dates: 1990
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Lectures, 1991 - 1996

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/4
Scope and Contents Comprising: a talk given at the Natural Death Centre, 4 December 1991; "Change, British Society and the Family", given at a seminar of the National Education Commission, 4 April 1992; "The Relevance of Community", given at the Funerals Conference, Oxford, 18 April 1993; "An International Perspective", given at the Conference on Materials Production, Pietermaritzburg, 9 September 1993; "The Prospects for Open Learning", given to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Open University, 15 April...
Dates: 1991 - 1996
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Letters from Sarah Churchill to Eleanor Sotheron-Estcourt, 1931-10 - 1983-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/MISC 108
Scope and Contents

Sarah Churchill and Eleanor Sotheron-Estcourt became friends at the Ozanne sisters' finishing school at 4 Avenue Octave Gréard, Paris.
With letters from other authors, including Alice Ozanne; poems; and a letter from Mary Soames, enclosing a 1983 Tatler article about Eleanor and Sarah's friendship.

Dates: 1931-10 - 1983-04
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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Literary: Articles by WSC for the Daily Mail., 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/300
Scope and Contents Includes proofs and cuttings of various articles: "Run down by a motor" on WSC's accident in New York [United States]; "The dole" on unemployment and Labour Party policy; "Nothing but humbug" on political affairs and the likelihood of a General Election; "India insistent" a review of a book by Sir Harcourt Butler on British policy and problems in India; "The two issues now before the nation" on the position of the British empire, fiscal policy and a meeting between Ramsay MacDonald and David...
Dates: 1931
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 5., 21 Jun 1942 - 12 Jul 1942

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/706
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Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "H G Wells" on WSC's views of the author (also on the same page is an article by Wells on educational plans); "Don Quixote and Sancho Panza" [WSC's version of Cervantes' story]; "Montagu Norman - man of mystery" on WSC's views of the Governor of the Bank of England; "Miner's grandson became Lord Chancellor" on the career and WSC's memories of F E Smith [1st Lord Birkenhead].

Dates: 21 Jun 1942 - 12 Jul 1942
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 8., 17 Nov 1940 - 29 Dec 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/672
Scope and Contents Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Neville Chamberlain" on British Prime Ministers since [William] Gladstone, Chamberlain's career, including during World War I, and as Chancellor of the Exchequer, and WSC's views on his personality; "The Grimmest Task in the Government" on WSC's experiences as Home Secretary, capital punishment, and prison reform; "Maiden and Other Speeches" on speeches by F E Smith [later 1st Lord Birkenhead], Timothy Healy, WSC, Lord Hugh Cecil [later Lord...
Dates: 17 Nov 1940 - 29 Dec 1940
Conditions Governing Access: Open.
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Meetings, 1989-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 19/2/80
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Briefing for and rough notes of a meeting with George Vassilou, President of Cyprus on attempts to reach a settlement in Cyprus. Also includes a briefing for and notes of a meeting with representatives of the Educational Institute of Scotland on the Self Governing Schools etc (Scotland) Bill.

Dates: 1989-03
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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Minister of Education, 1951-11-08 - 1954-11-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HSBR 1/5
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12 letters to Florence Horsbrugh and various speech notes on education.

Dates: 1951-11-08 - 1954-11-25
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Minutes of meetings of the Committee on Grant to Women's Colleges, 1924 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Min.VII.16
Scope and Contents From the Management Group:

The category - Corporate management records - embraces records of the central decision-making bodies, University officers such as the Vice-Chancellor and the Registrary, and their administrative support. It includes constitutional records.

Dates: 1924 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Management Group: The minutes of some Committees are closed to scholars for periods of years; see each catalogue entry for further detail.