Colonialism
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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 1176 Collections and/or Records:
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BEPO [British Empire Producers Organisation], 1945-11 - 1952-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/36
Scope and Contents
Includes: news-letter and issue of the BEPO journal, the Empire Producer; correspondence with Reginald Winter, Secretary of BEPO, and Charles Ponsonby, Chairman; reports from the preparatory committee of the United Nations Trade and Employment Conference at Geneva [Switzerland]; memorandum on BEPO's post-war programme; memorandum by BEPO and the Tobacco Federation of the British Empire on the importance of preferences in the Dominion and colonial sugar, wines and spirits, canned and dried...
Dates:
1945-11 - 1952-12
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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Broadcasts, 1931-11 - 1952-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/17
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Texts of broadcasts by LSA on subjects including: Fairbridge Farm Schools in Australia; Empire defence; the economics of Empire; the 1935 Peace Ballot; the Empire and world peace; the politician versus the businessman; the Jewish settlement in Palestine; the Empire Producers Organisation; the way of peace; Germany's debt to European civilisation; tributes to Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; why Italy should not...
Dates:
1931-11 - 1952-07
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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Broadcasts, 1968-02 - 1979-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 4/1/28
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Annotated transcripts of television and radio interviews and broadcasts by JEP on subjects including: Britain and the Common Market, regulation of capitalism and immigration (included in a Politics in the 70's radio debate with Roy Jenkins); the Labour Party and Conservative Party (in Politics in the 70's radio debates with Roy Jenkins, Reginald Maudling and Michael Foot); legislation on equal rights for women; the Commonwealth; the relation between immigration and Christian duty (in a...
Dates:
1968-02 - 1979-02
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please see individual files for details.
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Burma-India separation, 1933-02 - 1935-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/29
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Papers and correspondence on the separation of Burma [later Myanmar] from India, particularly on LSA's work as chairman of the financial settlement tribunal. Correspondents include: Sir Samuel Hoare [Secretary of State for India, later 1st Lord Templewood] (11); David Monteath [Assistant Secretary, India Office]; Sir [Samuel] Findlater Stewart [Permanent Under-Secretary of State for India]; William Croft [Private Secretary to Hoare].
Also includes: report of the Financial...
Dates:
1933-02 - 1935-09
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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Cabinet memoranda and other undated memoranda, 1916-10 - 1923-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/3/36
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Cabinet papers, including: note by LSA on the Government's agreement to the campaign plan for 1918; memorandum by Lord Robert Cecil [Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Foreign Affairs, later 1st Lord Cecil of Chelwood] on preventing future wars by international agreements, with comments by Sir Eyre Crowe [Assistant Under-Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs]; interim report of the committee on the League of Nations; notes by [?] LSA on the prevention of war and a League of Nations;...
Dates:
1916-10 - 1923-07
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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Capricorn Africa Society, 1952-01 - 1954-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/60
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Correspondence with [Archibald] David Stirling [President of the society] with accompanying papers, including an address by Leo Amery in tribute to Cecil Rhodes, a copy of the Capricorn Declarations on principles and aims for East and Central Africa and papers on the declarations and resolutions of the Salisbury Convention on the future of Africa.
Dates:
1952-01 - 1954-03
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Cartoons, 1905-04-22 - 1906-11-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Press 4
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Cartoons on WSC as Liberal and Under-Secretary of State for Colonies; General Election and issues of Chinese Labour and Female suffrage; photos of WSC.
Dates:
1905-04-22 - 1906-11-28
Conditions Governing Access:
Available as digital surrogates only, to protect the fragile original.
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Colonial Administration: at home and abroad, 1906-08
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/2
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Annotated memorandum by [?] Sir Frederick Lugard [High Commissioner and Commander-in-Chief of Northern Nigeria] on reform of colonial policy in the Tropics, including decentralising business from the Colonial Office and improving communications with the colonies.
Dates:
1906-08
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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Colonial and Imperial Conferences, 1905-11 - 1912-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/2/16
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and papers on the conferences of 1907 and 1911, with correspondents including: George Buckle [Editor of the Times] on the impracticality of King George V opening South Africa's first Parliament; Philip Kerr [later 11th Lord Lothian] on people for LSA to meet on his visit to Canada, including Sir Wilfrid Laurier [Premier of Canada], before the 1911 conference, bringing the Dominions more into imperial affairs, subjects for the conference, LSA's memorandum on the conference,...
Dates:
1905-11 - 1912-11
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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Colonial League Bulletins, 1939-02 - 1940-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/53
Scope and Contents
Prints of the Colonial League weekly news bulletin, mainly on Germany's claim to her former colonies in Africa and colonial affairs in general, particularly relating to Africa.
Also includes: notes by LSA on publishing colonial propaganda through the weekly bulletins, and on the League's purpose.
Dates:
1939-02 - 1940-03
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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Colonial League correspondence, 1938-10 - 1946-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/5/54
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Abe Bailey; [Ferdinand] Stephen Joelson, Director of East Africa Limited, on founding the League with LSA; 4th Lord Harlech [earlier William Ormsby-Gore] on the implications of German colonies in Africa, and the importance of retaining Tanganyika [later Tanzania]; Sir Henry Page Croft, on his hopes for agreement with Germany; 1st Lord Trenchard on publicizing the risks of giving back Germany's former colonies and his reasons for keeping out of the League (2); 1st...
Dates:
1938-10 - 1946-05
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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Colonial memoranda, 1936-05 - 1950-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/76
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Memoranda produced by the Information Department of the Colonial Office, and articles written by Sir William McLean, Colonial Office on subjects including: the political, economic and social development of the British colonies; advanced colonial constitutions (Barbados, Jamaica, Malta, Nigeria, Northern Rhodesia [later Zambia], Singapore and Trinidad); international colonial co-operation; colonial constitutional changes, 1940-50; development of food resources in the British colonies;...
Dates:
1936-05 - 1950-03
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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Colonial Office: lists of documents and miscellaneous colonies, 1954-02 - 1954-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/106
Scope and Contents
Memoranda on colonial social development and education sent to JA by Sir William McLean, Colonial Office information department.
Dates:
1954-02 - 1954-05
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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'Colonialism: before and after'
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 392
Scope and Contents
This unpublished manuscript was probably written by Burns sometime after 6 January 1973 and was transcribed by his grandson Andrew FitzGerald between 2013 and 2016. The formatting and content of each page have been reproduced as faithfully as possible to the original manuscript, and every effort was made to retain its style of presentation. The illustrated cover, however, was not part of the original manuscript. The scope of Burn’s history is set out in the table of contents:I....
Dates:
1973 - 1980
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Commonwealth and Empire, 1949-02 - 1954-01
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/103
Scope and Contents
Papers and correspondence on Commonwealth affairs, including: Colonial Office memoranda from Sir William McLean on subjects including colonial constitutional changes and development, Imperial Preference, labour relations and local government; draft memorandum from [Arthur] Douglas Dodds-Parker on Commonwealth and colonial policy; text of a speech by Oliver Lyttelton, Secretary of State for Colonial Affairs [later 1st Lord Chandos] at the 1952 Party Conference on migration policy and Imperial...
Dates:
1949-02 - 1954-01
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Commonwealth and Empire", 28 Oct 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 5/21B/338-441
Scope and Contents
Speech notes for WSC's speech (House of Commons) in the debate following the speech made by King George VI including: the use of the term "Commonwealth" and the Labour government's avoidance of the terms "Empire", "Dominion" and "British"; his opinions regarding Ireland and the situation there; unrest in Burma [later Myanmar] and India; European affairs including the progress of integration and the treatment of war criminals; and criticism of the Labour government's policy on issues...
Dates:
28 Oct 1948
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, 1949-11 - 1953-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/26
Scope and Contents
Includes: agendas and minutes of meetings; commentaries on foreign affairs; correspondence with individuals including Sir Howard d'Egville, Secretary General of the Association; general council and executive committee reports; information on payments and privileges of Commonwealth members of Parliament.
Dates:
1949-11 - 1953-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Commonwealth relations, 1948-02 - 1950-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 1/7/75
Scope and Contents
Correspondence, papers and cuttings on the 1948 and 1951 Conferences of Commonwealth Prime Ministers and particularly the position of India, with correspondents including: Sir Clive Baillieu on LSA's role in promoting Commonwealth unity; Clement Attlee, Prime Minister, on keeping India in the Commonwealth (2); Winston Churchill [Leader of the Opposition] on not being embittered by the past [on India] and the need to save what they could from the wreck (2); Sir Alan Lascelles [Private...
Dates:
1948-02 - 1950-11
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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Copy of a letter from WSC to Lord Irwin, Jan 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572/88-91
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax, Viceroy of India] expressing unhappiness about Irwin's declaration [relating to Dominion status for India] and it being endorsed by Stanley Baldwin. WSC expresses his conviction of growing resistance to Indian nationalism in Great Britain and in the need for the Conservative Party to oppose the Labour Party on the issue. WSC argues that India is a different case to Egypt and Ireland and urges Irwin to have...
Dates:
Jan 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Copy of a letter from WSC to Stanley Baldwin, 24 Sep 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 2/572/84-85
Scope and Contents
Copy of a letter from WSC to "S.B." [Stanley Baldwin] on various subjects including: thanks for Baldwin's comments on the proofs of WSC's memoirs [The World Crisis]; hope that the book will do well; his concerns about India and the support he has received for his views in response to his speeches; and a plea that Baldwin will not allow his friendship with Lord Irwin [earlier Edward Wood, later Lord Halifax] to affect his judgement or the action of the Conservative Party on the issue. WSC...
Dates:
24 Sep 1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Correspondence, 1908-05 - 1914-07
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/1
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Alfred Deakin [Leader of the Opposition, Australia] on LSA's case against Home Rule; Frederick Oliver on the intention of David Lloyd George [? Chancellor of the Exchequer] to visit Canada [part of letter missing]; General Sir Ian Hamilton [Adjutant-General to Forces] on the hostility between China and Japan, and which side Britain should back.
Also includes copies of letters from LSA to: Andrew Bonar Law [Leader of the Conservative Party] on the state of...
Dates:
1908-05 - 1914-07
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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Correspondence, 1923-01 - 1929-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/6
Scope and Contents
Correspondents, mainly on colonial affairs, particularly Imperial Preference, include: George Lloyd [Governor of Bombay, India] on [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain's resignation from the Conservatives and the steadying effect of the new Government; [William] Mackenzie King, Prime Minister of Canada, looking ahead to the Imperial Conferences; William Gritten; 1st Lord Long of Wraxall; J L Garvin [Editor of the Observer], urging a quick General Election (November 1923) (2); Sir John Chancellor...
Dates:
1923-01 - 1929-11
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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Correspondence, 1940-09 - 1955-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/11
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Samuel Hammersley [former Ministry of Supply expert on tanks] recalling his work on tank production for LSA's memoirs; Ernest Bevin [Minister of Labour and National Service] on subjects including the Indian Trades Union movement, recruiting troops from the Empire, family allowances, industrial conscription, establishing Dominion status for India (5); John Ehrman on LSA's help with his [? Official Military Histories of the Second World War]; General Sir Claude...
Dates:
1940-09 - 1955-02
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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Correspondence A - J, 1930-10 - 1932-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/20
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: [Samuel] Vyvyan Adams on LSA's "Empire and Prosperity"; 1st Lord Athlone [Governor-General of South Africa] on working with LSA; 1st Lord Passfield [Secretary of State for the Colonies, earlier Sidney Webb]; Edmund Boyd [Principal Private Secretary to Lord Passfield]; Stanley Baldwin [Leader of the Conservative Party, and Lord President of the Council] on subjects including the new Cabinet and his failure to find a place for LSA (4); Lucy Baldwin on how...
Dates:
1930-10 - 1932-03
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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Correspondence A - K, 1927-12 - 1928-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/1/15
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Sir Herbert Baker on his plans for a new memorial area in Westminster Abbey [London]; Stanley Baldwin, Prime Minister, on LSA's return from his Empire Tour and on his impressions of Canada; Sir Otto Beit; Admiral of the Fleet Sir Charles Madden, 1st Sea Lord; Alfred Beit; Richard Bennett, Leader of the Conservative Party in Canada, on the possibility of a uniform currency throughout the Empire; Field Marshal Sir William Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief of the Army in...
Dates:
1927-12 - 1928-12
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.