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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 1056 Collections and/or Records:

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Audio podcasts for Women’s Parliamentary Radio, conducted by Boni Sones with contributions by Jackie Ashley, Deborah McGurran and Linda Fairbrother

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0014/SOBA
Scope and Contents The first set of 76 interviews contributed toward Sones’ fourth book which coincided with Vote 100 Year 2018, entitled ‘When There’s a Woman in the Room’ covers a range of issues from the centenary of women’s suffrage to Brexit debates. These interviews also cover issues which have a profound effect of women’s lives and give MPs a chance to discuss openly issues that impact their constituents. The second set of interviews cover May - November 2019 and address a turbulent time in British...
Dates: 2017-11-15 - 2019-11-14
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Australia, 1927-01 - 1929-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/4/3
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with 1st Lord Stonehaven, Governor General [earlier John Baird] and also with Stanley Bruce, Prime Minister, on subjects including: Australian Elections; the British General Election in 1929 and LSA's blame of Winston Churchill [Chancellor of the Exchequer] for the Conservative Party's defeat; the work of [William] Bankes Amery [Representative of the British Government in Australia under the Empire Settlement Act]; the state of the Australian Parliament; the British...
Dates: 1927-01 - 1929-10
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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BBC Newsnight: Fulham, 1986-04-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/68
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Report on the Fulham by-election, London.

Dates: 1986-04-07
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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BBC Radio 2, Jimmy Young Programme: interview with NK, 1992-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/194
Scope and Contents

Interview on Labour's economic policy.

Dates: 1992-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Radio 4, Call Nick Ross and Langbaurgh by-election, 1991-10-29, 1991-11-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/179
Scope and Contents Side 1: an interview on the Call Nick Ross programme with questions from callers to Virginia Bottomley, Minister for Health, on the state of the National Health Service; NK speaking to the press while visiting South Cleveland hospital, during the Langbaurgh by-election campaign [Yorkshire], particularly on health policy and the economy; press interview following Labour's victory at Langbaurgh.Side 2: press interviews with NK following the victory at Langbaurgh, on subjects...
Dates: 1991-10-29; 1991-11-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Radio 4, Today programme, 1992-03-26

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/203
Scope and Contents Subjects include (side 1): defence spending (from about 8 minutes into the recording and secondly 30 minutes into the recording), including an interview with Tom King, Secretary of State for Defence and Gerald Kaufman, Shadow Foreign Secretary; costs of the European Social Chapter to business (in an interview with Sir John Banham, Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry, CBI).Side 2: the Labour election party political broadcast on a child waiting for an ear...
Dates: 1992-03-26
Conditions Governing Access: Access copy available.
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BBC Radio 4, Today Programme: Bryan Gould and David Mellor, 1987-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/41
Scope and Contents

Interview with Bryan Gould, Labour Party campaigns spokesman and David Mellor, Minister of State, Home Office, on the launch of the 'real' Conservative manifesto by the Labour Party.

Dates: 1987-04-28
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC Radio Nottingham, Afternoon Special: interview between Dennis McCarthy and NK, 1992-03-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/198
Scope and Contents Subjects include: Michael Foot and Denis Healey stepping down as MPs and NK's view of Foot; the job of being Prime Minister and the frustrations of being in Opposition; co-operation between the Government and Opposition; the strength of the current Labour front bench and comparisons with Labour in 1945; policies on unemployment and taxation; Labour's relations with the business community; housing policy; funding for the National Health Service.Side 2 consists of a Nottinghamshire...
Dates: 1992-03-31
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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BBC, "Wogan", 1992

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/267
Scope and Contents

[?] Election special with a panel from the Conservative Party, including Michael Heseltine [Secretary of State for the Environment], Angela Rumbold [Minister of State, Home Office], Tom King [Secretary of State for Defence], and William Waldegrave [Secretary of State for Health] on subjects including education policy, devolution and the Citizen’s Charter.

Dates: 1992
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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Beckenham constituency correspondence, 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/HAIS 1/16
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on Conservative policy and speeches to electorate of Beckenham prior to General Election.

Dates: 1951
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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"Behind the Vote", Labour’s Chesterfield By-Election Campaign, 1984

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/1/16
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Includes: recordings of television interviews with NK and other members of the Shadow Cabinet; recordings of news bulletins featuring NK and Labour; recordings of speeches from Conference; party political broadcasts and election broadcasts; political documentaries; recordings of Prime Minister’s Questions, from the House of Commons.

Dates: 1984
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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Borough of Hythe by-election, 1939-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/THRS II/66/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection held at Churchill Archives Centre includes correspondence (including general, official, political, constituency, parliamentary and family correspondence); speeches; Liberal Organisation and Scottish Liberal organisation and Federation material; press cuttings; business papers; and Scottish Office, Scottish Board of Health and Secretary of State for Scotland material. For the most part, the collection is made up of constituency, parliamentary and Liberal party...
Dates: 1939-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of the fire-damaged material in section VI, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Individual closures of files are indicated in the catalogue.
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Briefing papers, 1991-12 - 1992-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/187
Scope and Contents Briefs for meetings and subjects including: a meeting with officers of a miners’ group on the Hemsworth by-election [Yorkshire]; calling a General Election; reselections of various Parliamentary candidates; draft notes for a [?] speech by NK on Labour’s policy on the recession; a meeting with the MEP Glyn Ford on the European election manifesto; a meeting with Raymond Plant on electoral reform; a meeting with John Evans on the election of the next party Treasurer and party finances in...
Dates: 1991-12 - 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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Brighton Conservative Association, 1984-01 - 1989-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 9/2/142
Scope and Contents

Papers and general correspondence, with correspondents including John Spiers, Chairman of the Brighton Business Group. Includes material from the 1987 General Election.

Dates: 1984-01 - 1989-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Series: The majority of this series is closed under data protection law as it contains sensitive personal information.
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Bristol, 1988-04-14 - 1988-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/57
Scope and Contents

Press conference [? for launch of the national district elections campaign].

Dates: 1988-04-14 - 1988-04-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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Bristol, 1988-04-14 - 1988-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 26/2/58
Scope and Contents

Press conference [? for launch of the national district elections campaign].

Dates: 1988-04-14 - 1988-04-15
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: Access copies available.
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By-election, 23 Jan 1986, 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 12/3/23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

Mainly cuttings on specific events.

Dates: 1986
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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Cambridge University Poll Book

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.5934
Scope and Contents

Poll book for the election of Cambridge University members to Parliament, 22 August 1727, 26 folios. The list is arranged by colleges.

Dates: 1727
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).
 Sub-Series

Cambridge University poll books, bound together for reference, 1780 - 1877

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0265/UA/Misc.Collect.62-3
Scope and Contents From the Series:

This series - University Registry miscellanea - chiefly consists of compilations of practical use within the administration.

Dates: 1780 - 1877
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: The University Archives are generally freely available to the holder of a reader's ticket for the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library, West Road, Cambridge CB3 9DR. Restrictions on access are imposed on certain categories of sensitive record: financial, governmental and personal, by order of the originating body or under data protection legislation. Access information, including opening hours and how to obtain a reader's ticket, appears as part of the Library's web site (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Campaign Directorate, 1984-07 - 1986-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/66
Scope and Contents Memoranda and minutes on strategy for campaigns, mainly by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, and also Patricia Hewitt [Press and Broadcasting Secretary] and Philip Gould, including: communications; women’s seminars; the Defence Campaign; the Caring Community and Personal Freedom campaign; the Jobs and Industry Campaign. Also includes: minutes of the Campaign Strategy Committee; correspondence including a letter from Robin Cook, Campaigns Co-ordinator, on his...
Dates: 1984-07 - 1986-02
Conditions Governing Access: Applications for the position of Director of Campaigns and Communications have been closed for data protection reasons.
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Campaign Directorate and Campaign Strategy Committee Committee, 1986-01 - 1986-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/73
Scope and Contents

Minutes and memoranda, mainly by Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and also Robert Worcester, Market and Opinion Research International Limited (MORI), on strategy for campaigns, including: general strategy for 1987; the Jobs and Industry Campaign; the Freedom and Fairness Campaign; local elections and by-elections, including the West Derbyshire by-election; Labour and young people; international and defence policies; the Social Policy Campaign.

Dates: 1986-01 - 1986-12
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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Campaign Planning, 1989-05 - 1991-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/134
Scope and Contents File kept by Neil Stewart [Political and Campaigns Secretary], including: target list for 1991 local elections; notes of problem areas in the party; notes for general planning meetings, Campaign Strategy Committee meetings and election planning meetings; planning timetables, 1989-91; notes by contributors including Jack Cunningham [Campaigns Co-ordinator], Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications and Colin Byrne [Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer], on specific campaigns...
Dates: 1989-05 - 1991-03
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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Campaign strategy, 1988-89, 1988-11 - 1989-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/123
Scope and Contents

Summary of campaigning, including: lists of articles in regional press and regional television and media to be targeted; minutes of a meeting of the Organisation Sub-Committee; a membership campaign pack; notes on the Vale of Glamorgan pre-election campaign; reports on Pontypridd and Richmond by-elections.

Dates: 1988-11 - 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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Campaign Strategy Committee, 1985-01 - 1985-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/67
Scope and Contents Memoranda and minutes on strategy for campaigns, including: the Social Policy Campaign; the Defence Campaign; the Caring Community and Personal Freedom campaign; Freedom and Fairness; housing and the local elections; the Jobs and Industry Campaign. Also includes a memorandum on proposed public relations activities by Lynne Franks Limited, a report on the Brecon and Radnor by-election, a paper on the decline of class politics and a paper on the presentation of Labour’s approach to suburban...
Dates: 1985-01 - 1985-11
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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Campaign Strategy Committee, 1989-07 - 1990-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/KNNK 2/1/135
Scope and Contents Briefing notes, papers and minutes by individuals including Peter Mandelson, Director of Campaigns and Communications, Jack Cunningham [Campaigns Co-ordinator] and Colin Byrne, Chief Press and Broadcasting Officer, on subjects including: the 1991 local elections; preparations for the next General Election; the summer campaign; the London campaign; analysis of the 1990 local elections; environmental policies; Labour’s National Health Service campaign; the Poll Tax campaign; by-election...
Dates: 1989-07 - 1990-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.