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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1176 Collections and/or Records:

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'The Raj: India, 1890-1920: a story in photographs': typescript by Norah Burke with photographs

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 71
Scope and Contents A collection of 126 family photographs, with an undated linking narrative illustrating personal matters and giving an account of the Raj. The typescript describes the association of the author's family with India from the 1890s, when her grandparents, the Wrenches, were in the country, up to her father's retirement. The final chapter, 'The end of 300 years in India' reflects on Indian independence.The photographs were taken by Redmond, Aileen and Hubert Burke, and others. Some are...
Dates: 1890 - 1971
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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Thomas Walpole: Correspondence

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8708-8712
Scope and Contents Five volumes comprising: papers relating to Thomas Walpole joining the firm of George Clifford and Sons in Amsterdam; marriage contract with Elizabeth Vanneck, 1749; correspondence on political matters including the Duke of Newcastle's administration, the breakdown of relations between Britian and America, the Falkland Islands, the American Declaration of Independence, trade and affairs in the West Indies and the situation in France prior to the Revolution; family correspondence with his...
Dates: 1744-1796
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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Transcript of interview: John Buist, 2008

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 118
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2008
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: John Sankey, 2010

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 134
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The programme comprises transcripts of interviews with senior diplomats.

Dates: 2010
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Material in this collection is open to researchers unless otherwise marked in the catalogue.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Transcript of interview: Sir Brian Barder, 1997 - 2009

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/DOHP 22
Scope and Contents Also includes recordings of the 45-minute BBC Radio 4 programme 'The Reunion', broadcast on 30 August 2009, and also of the longer discussion from which the programme was taken, where five people who were closely involved in the international Ethiopia famine relief programme in the mid-1980s were reunited to discuss their memories of those events. The participants were: Sir Brian Barder; International Red Cross nurse Claire Bertschinger; the BBC reporter Michael Buerk; Dawit Wolde Giorgis,...
Dates: 1997 - 2009
Conditions Governing Access: Access copies of the cds are available: please contact Churchill Archives Centre if you wish to listen to them.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
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Uganda, 1952-08 - 1952-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/59
Scope and Contents

Memoranda on the Uganda Development Corporation Limited.

Dates: 1952-08 - 1952-12
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.
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Julian Amery / Public and political / General political
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(Untitled), 14 Apr 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/12/13-18
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Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty], to Herbert Asquith [Prime Minister, later 1st Lord Oxford and Asquith], on the naval policy for the Dominions, proposing the establishment of a joint Imperial Squadron, consisting of three battle cruisers, and three light cruisers, provided by Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa and India. [Typescript copy].

Dates: 14 Apr 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes.
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(Untitled), 03 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/10/71-73
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Letter from Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] (Ottawa) to WSC on Canada's contribution to the naval strength of the Empire.

Dates: 03 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 19 Oct 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/10/89
Scope and Contents Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies] (14 Berkeley Square [London]) to WSC, reporting his meeting with George Foster [Canadian Minister of Trade and Commerce], who stated that the position of the Government of Canada would be much easier if they made their emergency contribution [to the defence of the Empire] in Dreadnoughts rather than cash, so that Canadians could see what was being done with their money; Foster had also asked if it would be possible for Britain...
Dates: 19 Oct 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 27 Sep 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/10/101
Scope and Contents

Cutting from the [Canadian] Standard on Canada's policy towards naval defence, including reports of speeches by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] and WSC.

Dates: 27 Sep 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and Memoranda.
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(Untitled), 08 Feb 1912 - 12 Feb 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/33/34-52
Scope and Contents Diary of a visit by 1st Lord Haldane [Secretary of State for War] to Berlin [Germany], 8-9 Feb 1912. Includes accounts of Haldane's conversations with: the Chancellor of Germany [Theobald von Bethmann Hollweg], on the balance of power in Europe, the increase in the British and German fleets and territorial questions in Africa; the Emperor [Kaiser Wilhelm II] and Grand-Admiral Alfred von Tirpitz [Head of the German Admiralty] on German naval increases; and with J Cambon [? French Ambassador...
Dates: 08 Feb 1912 - 12 Feb 1912
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: German Naval Law: Prints and papers.
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(Untitled), 31 Jul 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/6
Scope and Contents

Letter from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand] on New Zealand's naval policy. [Printed].

Dates: 31 Jul 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 19 Jan 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/18/7
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Extract from speech by Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] to the Canadian House of Commons on the Canadian Naval Aid Bill. [Printed].

Dates: 19 Jan 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Canadian and New Zealand Contribution [to the Royal Navy]: Prints.
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(Untitled), 14 Oct 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/230-231
Scope and Contents

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the Secretary, Admiralty [Sir (William) Graham Greene] suggesting a general Naval Conference with Dominion representatives in the summer of 1914. [Carbon copy].

Dates: 14 Oct 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), [Dec] [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/277-284
Scope and Contents

Minute by WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on the naval defence of New Zealand and Australia, including the British attitude to Japan. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [Dec] [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), [1913]

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/22B/285
Scope and Contents

Minute from WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] to the 1st Sea Lord [Prince Louis of Battenberg, later 1st Lord Milford Haven] and the Chief of Staff, Admiralty [Admiral Sir Henry Jackson], on the naval defence of New Zealand and the necessity of keeping in touch with James Allen [Minister of Defence, New Zealand]. [Carbon copy].

Dates: [1913]
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and First Lord's Minutes. [Carbon copies].
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(Untitled), 19 Mar 1913 - 23 Mar 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/23/24
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] and Robert Borden [Prime Minister of Canada] on Imperial naval defence, proposing the formation of an Imperial Squadron of five ships: three Canadian ships with the capital ships New Zealand and Malaya [later part of Malaysia]. [Printed for circulation to the Cabinet].

Dates: 19 Mar 1913 - 23 Mar 1913
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Cabinet and other prints.
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(Untitled), 07 Mar 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/26/57-61
Scope and Contents Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, General Officer Commanding-in-Chief, Mediterranean, to WSC [First Lord of the Admiralty] on naval aviation in the Mediterranean, supporting WSC's proposal to establish air stations at Malta and Gibraltar. Hamilton comments on the possibility of the Navy assuming full responsibility for the defence of places like Malta and Gibraltar, and also mentions his current visit to Australia, reporting a discussion with Senator Millen, the Defence Minister, on...
Dates: 07 Mar 1914
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence and memoranda.
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(Untitled), 20 Jan 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/34/5-14
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Letter from General Sir Ian Hamilton, Pretoria, South Africa, to WSC, on South Africa. Stating "if we could incorporate these Boers into the Empire, we should be doing a vast deal more for the future of our race and language, than by assimilating a million Johannesburg Jews. They have first class natural ability, and their brains, having lain fallow for about 200 years, will, like virgin soil produce magnificent crops".

Dates: 20 Jan 1902
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Personal / Personal: South Africa: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 02 Mar 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/26/7-8
Scope and Contents Letter from Joseph Chamberlain [Secretary of State for the Colonies], (40 Princes Gardens [London]), congratulating WSC on his work, his escape from the Boers, on his letters to the press from South Africa and also on British success in South Africa in general. He adds that he had enjoyed WSC's "River War", and looked forward to his account of events in South Africa. Chamberlain then comments on the lessons of the Boer War, praising the bravery and endurance of the "rank and file" but...
Dates: 02 Mar 1900
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Personal / Personal: South Africa: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 27 Jun 1891

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 1/2/58-59
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Letter from Lord Randolph Churchill, Johannesburg, South Africa, to WSC, on his visit to South Africa. Predicting that "when you are my age you will see S Africa to be the most populous & wealthy of all our colonies. Stating that he had been examining, and investing money in gold mines "for I expect you and Jack will be a couple of expensive articles to keep as you grow older". Regretting that he would not be able to bring home a tame antelope.

Dates: 27 Jun 1891
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Personal / Personal: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 19 Oct 1914 - 10 Feb 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 13/47/34-35
Scope and Contents

Letter from Lewis Harcourt [Secretary of State for the Colonies], to WSC, on Admiralty allegations of laxity regarding the supervision of enemy subjects in Ceylon [later Sri Lanka]. Includes copy of a minute from Sir [William] Graham Greene [Secretary to the Admiralty] to the Colonial Office on the original allegations (1914).

Dates: 19 Oct 1914 - 10 Feb 1915
Conditions Governing Access: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: Correspondence.
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(Untitled), 24 Feb 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/8/12
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Printed note by WSC for the War Cabinet repeating a telegram from the Chief Secretary to Government of United Provices [?Francis Mudie] to Secretary of State for India [2nd Lord Zetland, earlier Lord Ronaldshay] on a riot at Nawabganj, India.

Dates: 24 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: War Cabinet papers by WSC.
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(Untitled), 25 Dec 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 19/4/38
Scope and Contents

Printed memorandum from WSC on "The American Zionist Organisation and His Majesty's Government's Policy in Palestine".

Dates: 25 Dec 1939
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Admiralty / Official: Admiralty: War Cabinet papers by WSC.
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(Untitled), 24 Sep 1940 - 26 Sep 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/9B/186-189
Scope and Contents Letter from John Balfour [Foreign Office] to Harold Beckett [Colonial Office], with telegram from 11th Lord Lothian [British Ambassador to the United States, earlier Philip Kerr] on the reaction by President Franklin Roosevelt to a visit by the Duke of Windsor [Governor and Commander-in-Chief of the Bahamas, earlier King Edward VIII and Edward, Prince of Wales] to the United States "in no circumstances ... before the election" however the President intended to visit Eleuthera Island...
Dates: 24 Sep 1940 - 26 Sep 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: Open
Found in: Churchill Archives Centre / The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill / Chartwell Papers / Official: Prime Minister / Official: Prime Minister: HRH the Duke of Windsor.

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