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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 385 Collections and/or Records:

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(Untitled), [Feb 1893]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/51
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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to Lady Randolph Churchill, on outbreak of scarlet fever at Harrow, Jack's birthday, and WSC's visit to Harrow.

Dates: [Feb 1893]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [Nov 1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/3/4
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Letter from WSC [letter signed "De Profundis"] to "The Harrovian" on the inadequacy of certain classrooms at Harrow School, recommending that new classrooms be built [copy].

Dates: [Nov 1891]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [17] [Oct] 1935

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/237/141-143
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Description of the work of the Dockland Settlements charity, for the workers and children from the London, Dagenham [Essex], Southampton and Bristol Docklands. Covering letter CHAR 2/237/140.

Dates: [17] [Oct] 1935
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), c 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/170/121
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Leaflet on the attitude of the Conservative Party to the raising of the school leaving age.

Dates: c 1930
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 07 May 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/9/34
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Letter from Joseph Pease [President of the Board of Education, later 1st Lord Gainford], (Board of Education, Whitehall, London) to WSC, on the education of boys for the Royal Navy and the Mercantile Marine in training ships and training schools.

Dates: 07 May 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Jan 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/7-8
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Letter from Leslie Scott [MP for Liverpool Exchange] (Goldsmith Building, Temple [London]), to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on sea training for boys, particularly reasons for giving Exchequer grants to training institutions on shore, such as the Lancashire Home on the Mersey.

Dates: 30 Jan 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 18 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/21
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Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the scheme of entry to the Navy by public school cadets.

Dates: 18 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 21 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/23-24
Scope and Contents Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], reporting a meeting between himself, the 2nd Sea Lord [Vice-Admiral Sir John Jellicoe] and the Chairman of the Headmasters' Conference, on public school entry to the Navy. Greene also comments on a meeting with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand], Prince Louis of Battenberg [1st Sea Lord, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and [?] Sir Henry Jackson [Chief of Staff, Admiralty] on...
Dates: 21 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 25 Feb 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/27
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Letter from Sir William Graham Greene [Secretary of the Admiralty] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on subjects including the Public School Entry Scheme.

Dates: 25 Feb 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 30 Mar 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/19/52-59
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Letter from Rear-Admiral David Beatty [Commander, 1st Battle Cruiser Squadron] to WSC, First Lord of the Admiralty, on the Royal Naval College, Osborne [Isle of Wight] with a 14-point list of "things wrong at Osborne".

Dates: 30 Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [1929]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/163/7-10
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Statements on Conservative policy on the school leaving age before, during and after the general election.

Dates: [1929]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 10 May 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/166/28-30
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Circular letter from John Davidson [later Lord Davidson] (Conservative and Unionist Central Office, Palace Chambers, Westminster, [London]) explaining Government policy towards church schools.

Dates: 10 May 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/166/46
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Suggested reply for Conservative candidates to a question on the inspection of private schools.

Dates: 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/167/86
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Circular letter from Dorothy, Lady Lawrence, chairman of the executive committee of the National Society of Day Nurseries (117 Piccadilly, [London]) asking whether the recipients will bring the work of the Society to the attention of electors in their constituencies.

Dates: Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 16 Apr 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/167/87
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Letter from WSC to 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg] hoping that the Prime Minister is considering Hailsham's memorandum [on the care or children between the ages of one and five] [see CHAR 2/167/89-96]. Carbon typescript copy.

Dates: 16 Apr 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [Apr] [1929]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/167/89-96
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Memorandum from 1st Lord Hailsham [earlier Sir Douglas Hogg] to WSC on the care of children between the ages of one and five. Sent with CHAR 2/167/88.

Dates: [Apr] [1929]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 20 Nov 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/168/27-28
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Letter from Lord Bledisloe (52 Sloane Street, [London]) to WSC asking him to stress the important role played by Bristol University in agricultural education in his speech at his installation as chancellor. Summary of this letter at CHAR 2/168/29.

Dates: 20 Nov 1929
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 21 Mar 1943

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 9/193A/85-116
Scope and Contents Draft copy of speech notes for WSC's broadcast on post war plans including: his illness; India; the difficulty of forecasting post war expenditure; anticipation of victory against Germany and Japan; the need for a 4 year plan; the Beveridge report; WSC's conviction of the need for social reform; agriculture; public health; education; unemployment. Extracts from the draft [unused] notes include criticism of Gandhi's fast and of the Beveridge report. Carbon typescript with annotations by...
Dates: 21 Mar 1943
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), 27 Aug 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/12/88
Scope and Contents Minute from WSC to the 2nd Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven], expressing enthusiasm for the Sea Scout movement: WSC asks what the Admiralty could do to help, and what the Boy Scouts could do to help the Admiralty. He suggests that Battenberg should meet Sir Robert Baden-Powell [founder of the Boy Scouts], and tell him of WSC's interest, adding that a summer camp could be arranged in a very old ship at different points along the coast, which would be an...
Dates: 27 Aug 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
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(Untitled), [18] [Dec] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/1
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Letter from James Welldon ([Harrow School, Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he discusses arrangements concerning WSC and an appointment with [Bernard] Minssen. He observes that WSC must work while he is staying with [Bernard] Minssen to improve his French, and urges that he should only be allowed to see limited numbers of English-speaking people and says that he is determined that WSC should be accepted by Sandhurst.

Dates: [18] [Dec] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [13] [Jul] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/2
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Letter from James Welldon (Harrow School [Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] in which he suggests that WSC should spend part of his holiday in France.

Dates: [13] [Jul] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), [24] [Nov] [1891]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/53/3
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Letter from James Welldon (Harrow School [Middlesex]) to Lady Randolph [Churchill] suggesting that WSC should be sent to spend part of his holiday with Madame Elmering in Rouen, France and recommending that he should be urged to work hard to increase his chances of being accepted into Sandhurst.

Dates: [24] [Nov] [1891]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198A/19
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Letter by Harold Laski [Professor of political science at the University of London and a member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Party] (Devon Lodge, Addison Bridge Place, W14 [London]) commenting on the death of President Roosevelt, its impact on himself and WSC, and suggesting the establishment of 3 Franklin Roosevelt Professorships of American History and Institutions at Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester.

Dates: 13 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), 13 Apr 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/198A/20-21
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Letter by Harold Laski [Professor of political science at the University of London and a member of the Executive Committee of the Labour Party] (Devon Lodge, Addison Bridge Place, W14 [London]) commenting on the death of President Roosevelt, its impact on himself and WSC, and suggesting the establishment of 3 Franklin Roosevelt Professorships of American History and Institutions at Cambridge, Bristol and Manchester. [typescript copy].

Dates: 13 Apr 1945
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open, with the exception of folios 63 and 202 which have been closed on the instructions of the Cabinet Office under S23 of the Freedom of Information Act but are available in 'sanitised' form. Review 2021.
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(Untitled), 06 Feb [1885]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 28/99/12-14
Scope and Contents Letter from [Lady Randolph Churchill](London) to [Lord Randolph Churchill] including: the effect of bad news about the Nile Expedition on the position of the Government; a dinner at which the guests included [Lord] Curzon [later 4th Lord Howe], [William] Fellowes [later 2nd Lord De Ramsey]; an invitation from Mrs [Henry] Bischoffsheim; the possibility that [George, 8th Duke of Marlborough, earlier Lord] Blandford might marry; discussion of the money which [Edith, Lady] Aylesford has...
Dates: 06 Feb [1885]
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The Churchill Papers are made available to researchers using Churchill Archives Centre and worldwide in digital format. The digital edition of the Churchill Papers is published by Bloomsbury Academic and is available online to subscribing institutions at churchillarchive.com. The Churchill archive is freely available in our reading rooms and onsite at Churchill College (via the Churchill College wireless network). Researchers can download images of documents directly from churchillarchive.com and so are encouraged to consider bringing a laptop or other device for this purpose. For conservation reasons, the fragile originals are no longer issued to researchers. This digital edition is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue. Some material has been closed by the Cabinet Office or by Churchill Archives Centre in accordance with data protection legislation.