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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1941-01 - 1941-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/25
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi, Sir Tej Bahadur Sapru and the Indian Congress; the war situation; Sir Alexander Roger and his Ministry of Supply mission to India; the Bombay Conference; Linlithgow's Executive Council, particularly expansion; filling governorships; inventions by Chaim Weizmann in yeast and molasses-based food and fuel...
Dates: 1941-01 - 1941-12
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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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1942-01 - 1942-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/27
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Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the visit of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek to India; the evacuation of Burma [later Myanmar]; Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps's mission to Congress; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress; the visit of Henry, Duke of Gloucester; the expansion of Linlithgow's Council; rioting throughout the provinces.

Dates: 1942-01 - 1942-12
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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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-01 - 1943-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/29
Scope and Contents Printed copies of letters from 2nd Lord Linlithgow [earlier Lord Hopetoun] to LSA on subjects including: the future of Burma [later Myanmar]; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], Mohandas Gandhi and the Indian Congress, particularly Gandhi's fast; the reconstitution of Linlithgow's Council; General Sir Claude Auchinleck's return as Commander-in-Chief, India and 1st Lord Wavell's appointment as the next Viceroy; the deteriorating situation in Bengal [parts of...
Dates: 1943-01 - 1943-10
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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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1943-10 - 1944-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/30
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Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell to LSA, with minutes of the Governors' Conference, on subjects including: conditions in Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation; post-war reconstruction; Wavell's Council, particularly the Finance Membership; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League], the Indian Congress and Mohandas Gandhi, particularly on Gandhi's health and talks between him and Jinnah; a trade dispute with South Africa.

Dates: 1943-10 - 1944-12
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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Private letters from the Viceroy of India to LSA, 1945-01 - 1945-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 2/3/32
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Printed copies of letters from 1st Lord Wavell (and Sir [David] John Colville, Acting Viceroy [later 1st Lord Clydesmuir]) to LSA on subjects including: the trade dispute between India and South Africa; progress on the constitution; negotiations with Mahomed Jinnah [Leader of the Muslim League] and the Indian Congress; Bengal [parts of Bangladesh and India]; the food situation.

Dates: 1945-01 - 1945-08
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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Private letters to India, 1846-1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS JM/C9
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Fair copies of letters from Jardine Matheson, Hong Kong. C9/1-3 include indexes of recipients. C9/9 and C9/10 contain letters signed for by members of the firm.

Dates: 1846-1885
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Access to the collection is subject to special conditions and is at the discretion of Matheson and Co. Ltd, part of the Jardine Matheson Group. A statement of the conditions and an application form are available in the Manuscripts Reading Room. Printed copies of the form are available by post (please contact the University Library). An electronic version can also be found at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. Records described in the catalogue as being in a bad condition are in a fragile state that precludes them being made available to readers. Access is generally available to documents dated up to 1969. Access to some earlier records may be restricted under the terms of the Data Protection Act, 1998.
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Public and political: Later subject files, 1921 - 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/GLLD 17
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Files on Africa and Asia, Egypt, India and general topics.

Dates: 1921 - 1940
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge. Please cite as Churchill Archives Centre, The Papers of George Lloyd, 1st Baron Lloyd of Dolobran, GLLD
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'Reflections of Adelisa', vol.I, 1908-08 - 1952-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/136
Scope and Contents Notes and writing by AFA, including: AFA's opinion of Winston Churchill and an account of her conversation with him during the war, on John Amery, India, Sir [Richard] Stafford Cripps, the importance of understanding other countries, particularly relating to Stanley Baldwin's lack of knowledge of foreign affairs, the Chamberlain family, particularly [Arthur] Neville Chamberlain's failure to include LSA in his Cabinet and [Joseph] Austen Chamberlain's problem with Sir Leslie Wilson as Chief...
Dates: 1908-08 - 1952-05
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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'Reflections of Adelisa', vol.II, 1908-01 - 1910-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEL 6/3/137
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Notes and writings by AFA, including: her diary for 1908; [?] speech notes on tariff reform; text of an article on "A true picture from Canadian small town life"; text of an article on David Lloyd George; memoir of AFA's first arrival in Britain and presentation at court; account of the state opening of Parliament, 1908; texts of articles on political house parties and on a reception held by Mary Lowther [later Mary, Lady Ullswater].

Dates: 1908-01 - 1910-02
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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Reports on the WRNS in India, 1943 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SMVL 8/6
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Papers comprising diaries, correspondence, official papers, lectures, articles, broadcasts and photographs
Also including papers of Commander John Somerville about his father, 1950-91

Dates: 1943 - 1944
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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Results sent from Hyderabad to H. Spencer Jones at the Royal Observatory Greenwich, 1930 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 81/22
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Results of the observations of Eros, 1930-1931, made with the 13" Astrographic Refractor, Hyderabad. Sent in two sets; each includes a cover letter from W. Bhaskaran (dated Apr. 1940. and 11 Mar. 1941).

Dates: 1930 - 1941
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Review by Butler of Mark Bence-Jones's 'Palaces of the Raj', 1973

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Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/2/ButlerR/3
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Review by Butler for an unknown publication.

Dates: Publication: 1973
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RO and RGO Solar Plates Contact Prints, 1873-06-02 - 1972-08-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0180/RGO 51
Scope and Contents The 1873-1917 prints in this class were made from glass plate negatives which are no longer extant. The plates were the product of a solar observation programme begun in 1873 at the Royal Observatory, Greenwich but are thought to have been destroyed in the First World War. The sequence of images is a continuation of RGO 67: Kew Observatory solar photographs (1858-72) and is itself continued by RGO 50: Royal Observatory Greenwich and Royal Greenwich Observatory, Herstmonceux Solar Plates...
Dates: 1873-06-02 - 1972-08-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Management Group: 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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Russia (BBC Television Byline): correspondence with BBC, 1988-07 - 1989-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 3/2/5/7
Scope and Contents Correspondence, mainly with representatives of the BBC on JEP's appearance on the Byline programme ('Embracing the Bear'), on the Soviet Union, with other correspondents including: [Richard] Geoffrey Howe, Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs. Also includes: photographs of filming in the Soviet Union, with JEP interviewing Russians; details of JEP's expenses and payment; reprints of articles on the Soviet Union; outline of the programme structure, treatment and...
Dates: 1988-07 - 1989-09
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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"Salter-Ethel Bullard Correspondence, 1929-1931": relating to Salter’s visits to India, China and Japan., 1929 - 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SALT 1/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Personal and political papers; with notes and correspondence collected by Professor Sidney Aster in the course of writing the official biography of Salter.

Dates: 1929 - 1931
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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'Southern India', sheet 45, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BGND D.105
Scope and Contents From the Sub-sub-class:

These maps were compiled by the War Office. Printed on linen-backed paper.

Dates: 1926
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.