Family
Subject
Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus
Found in 660 Collections and/or Records:
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Interview with Dominic Abrams, 1984
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/ABMS 7/1/2
Scope and Contents
Recorded interview between Mark Abrams and his grandson Dominic Abrams at 48 St. Martin's Lane, London, 19 September 1984.
Dates:
1984
Conditions Governing Access:
Available online.
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Lectures, 1954 - 1979
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/1
Scope and Contents
Comprising: "The Labour Party and the Middle Class Mind", given at the Fabian Society's Easter School, 1954; "Family and Kinship", given at the Annual Conference of the Family Welfare Association, 4 November 1955; "Studying Kinship in East London", given at Professor [Max] Gluckman's seminar in Manchester, 24 June 1957; a talk on "The Human Group" by Professor [George] Homans, given at the Family Seminar, September 1957; "The Responsibility of the Parent and the School", given at the Annual...
Dates:
1954 - 1979
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Lectures, 1990
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/3
Scope and Contents
Comprising: "Death and Modern Culture", given at the University of California, Santa Barbara, 25 February 1990; "The Future of Education", Dartington Annual Lecture, 22 June 1990; "Buddhist Attitude to Death", a response to a talk given by Stephen Batchelor to the Buddhist Hospice Trust, 15 July 1990; "Liberating the Old and the Young: the case for an ageless society", Presidential Address to the British Association, 23 August 1990; and "The Future of the Family", ESRC Annual Lecture, 6...
Dates:
1990
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Lectures, 1991 - 1996
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/YUNG 3/1/4
Scope and Contents
Comprising: a talk given at the Natural Death Centre, 4 December 1991; "Change, British Society and the Family", given at a seminar of the National Education Commission, 4 April 1992; "The Relevance of Community", given at the Funerals Conference, Oxford, 18 April 1993; "An International Perspective", given at the Conference on Materials Production, Pietermaritzburg, 9 September 1993; "The Prospects for Open Learning", given to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Open University, 15 April...
Dates:
1991 - 1996
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Letters from parents, 1944-08-11 - 1946-01-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/9
Scope and Contents
Letters written to JEP in India from his parents, on subjects including: the progress of the war and peace negotiations; JEP's life in India; his promotions; his friends, including Ted Curtis, A W J Thomas and Paul Maas; JEP's finances; his future as a writer; the publication of JEP's book of poems, Dancer's End; JEP's resignation from Durham University [as Professor of Greek and Classical Literature].
Also includes copies of letters from James Duff, Vice-Chancellor of Durham...
Dates:
1944-08-11 - 1946-01-05
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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Letters to parents, 1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/POLL 1/1/10
Scope and Contents
Letters from JEP to his parents, mostly from India. Subjects include: JEP's affection for A W J Thomas; hunting and learning to ride; broadcasts; Wolverhampton [Staffordshire] affairs; speaking engagements, including trying to make his maiden speech in Parliament; JEP's return to Cambridge; the writing and publication of JEP's poems in Dancer's End; the illness of Ellen Powell; JEP's return from India; taking an examination in Urdu; [Henry] James Wickenden; JEP's report on the post-war...
Dates:
1940-05-26 - 1951-06-24
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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Literary: Articles., 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/282A-B
Scope and Contents
Proofs for various articles by WSC for the Strand Magazine: "[Georges] Clemenceau: the man and the tiger" including his relationship with [Field Marshal Ferdinand] Foch, French politics and World War I; "If I lived my life over again" on various decisions taken by WSC, gambling, his experiences during the Boer War and at the Admiralty and his attitude towards the Conservative Party; "People who have influenced or impressed me" on Lord Randolph Churchill, William Bourke Cockran, Sir Francis...
Dates:
1930
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: correspondence relating to film rights in WSC's book "My Early Life". This file primarily consists of business and legal correspondence relating to a proposed film treatment by Paramount, which was abandoned in 1963. Much of WSC's correspondence is handled by his Private Secretary, Anthony Montague Browne., 17 Jan 1961 - 06 Jul 1964
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/450A-B
Scope and Contents
Correspondents include: Hugh French (54), Richard Gehman, Anthony Moir [lawyer acting for WSC] (13), John Colville on the possibility of using Alymer Haldane as an "antagonist" to WSC in the film, Robert Graff (Sextant Inc) (2), C K Jones (Deputy General Manager, Odhams Press Ltd), Brian Forbes [scriptwriter] (20), Martin Rackin, Carl Foreman, Jacob Karp (Vice-President, Paramount). Also includes a letter of 18 Jan 1963 by Brian Forbes describing a visit to Randolph Churchill at Stour [East...
Dates:
17 Jan 1961 - 06 Jul 1964
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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Literary: correspondence with representatives of Odhams Press Limited including book department manager C L Shard, [William] Surrey Dane [Vice-Chairman and Managerial Consultant], and Chairmen 1st Lord Southwood [earlier Julius Elias] and Arthur Cousins., Jun 1944 - Dec 1951
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHUR 4/32
Scope and Contents
Other correspondents include: representatives of Nicholl, Manisty, Few and Company, solicitors (10); [Geoffrey] Mason of Lloyds Bank (2). Also includes notes and copies of correspondence from secretaries Jo Sturdee ("N S") [later Lady Onslow], Lettice Marston [later Lettice Shillingford], Chips Gemmell, Elizabeth Gilliatt, Anne Hipwell and Jane Portal [later Lady Williams of Elvel].Subjects covered by the file include: the sale of copyright in various of WSC's works to Odhams; matters...
Dates:
Jun 1944 - Dec 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World: copy., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/522A-B
Scope and Contents
Carbon copies of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World": press cuttings., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/524
Scope and Contents
Cuttings of the following articles by WSC from "My Life": "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord Randolph Churchill's autobiography and the Free Trade issue; "Changing the Political Camp" on going over to the Liberals, South Africa and the Board of Trade; Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst.
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: "My Life", News of the World": proofs., Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/523A-B
Scope and Contents
Galley proofs of the following articles by WSC: "My Life" [in 12 parts]: "Looking Back on Sixty Years" on WSC's childhood, education and time at Sandhurst; "Frontier Days in India" on WSC's expedition to India with the 4th Hussars, and the frontier risings of 1897; "Charge of the 21st Lancers" on the battle of Omdurman and the Sudan Campaign; "Taken Prisoner by the Boers" on WSC as a war correspondent in South Africa; "My Escape from Pretoria"; "My Entry into Politics" on writing Lord...
Dates:
Jan 1935 - Mar 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 1., 07 Jan 1940 - 25 Feb 1940
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/665
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "My Secret Tank Plans were Missing" on WSC's experiences at "Plugstreet" (Ploegsteert [Belgium]) during World War I, being shelled and thinking he had lost some secret tank plans; "My 17 Fateful Hours with Clemenceau" on being sent by [David] Lloyd George to see [Georges] Clemenceau on the Western Front, and his opinions of [Field Marshal Ferdinand] Foch and [General Lord] Rawlinson; "I Compel Lawrence of Arabia [T E Lawrence, later T E Shaw]...
Dates:
07 Jan 1940 - 25 Feb 1940
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 2., Nov 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/648
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "First Political Triumph, A Ban by the Duchess, Trouble with My Party Chiefs, Free Trade War Starts" on his return from the Boer War, victory at Oldham [Lancashire] in the 1900 General Election, obtaining his father's papers for the biography of Lord Randolph Churchill, and the opening of the Free Trade versus Protection debate; "I Was Warned that I Should be Called a Turncoat" on his dispute with Joseph Chamberlain and the Conservative Party,...
Dates:
Nov 1939
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 5., 13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/694
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "Sea raiders" on the German ships "Scharnhorst" and "Gneisenau" and their eventual destruction during World War I; "A speech that prevented war" on [David] Lloyd George's speech at the Mansion House [London] on the Agadir [Morocco] Crisis in 1911; "Why I believe in government for the people" on totalitarianism in Germany, ranking the citizen higher than the state, and comparing the constitutions of Britain and the United States; "A People...
Dates:
13 Jul 1941 - 29 Aug 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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Literary: Sunday Dispatch articles by WSC: 8., 23 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 8/697
Scope and Contents
Includes cuttings from the Sunday Dispatch for: "My adventures with the guerrilla fighters" on WSC's experiences during the rebellion against the Spanish in Cuba; "First things I remember" on his earliest memories of Ireland, Elizabeth Everest, his mother [Lady Randolph Churchill], Ventnor [Isle of Wight], [William] Gladstone's election victory in 1880, and his schooling at Brighton [Sussex]; "The man who gave me my first cabinet post" on WSC's memories of Herbert Asquith [later 1st Lord...
Dates:
23 Nov 1941 - 28 Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open.
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"Mary: Bride", 1947-02-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/277
Scope and Contents
Photo [at St Margaret's Church, Westminister] shows Mary Churchill [later Mary Soames] wearing a wedding dress and veil holding WSC's arm. WSC is wearing a morning suit and both are smiling.
Dates:
1947-02-11
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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"Mrs Churchill with Diana [Churchill, later Diana Sandys]", 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BRDW I Photo 1/34
Scope and Contents
Photo shows CSC in profile bending to help Diana, as a toddler, walk towards the sea on a stony beach.
Dates:
1911
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
Digital copies are available, to protect the fragile original.
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Official: Prime Minister: Churchill family correspondence., 02 Apr 1945 - 12 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/203
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
02 Apr 1945 - 12 Jul 1945
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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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence and papers on various matters, including the Churchill Family and Chartwell [Kent]., Jan 1941 - Nov 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/32
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
Jan 1941 - Nov 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: correspondence with or concerning Randolph Churchill., Feb 1941 - Dec 1941
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/33
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
Feb 1941 - Dec 1941
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
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Official: Prime Minister: Personal Correspondence relating to Randolph Churchill., 22 Jan 1945 - 20 Jul 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/205
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
22 Jan 1945 - 20 Jul 1945
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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Official: Prime Minister: Personal Correspondence relating to Randolph Churchill., 1944
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/150
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
1944
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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Official: Prime Minister: Randolph Churchill file., Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
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Reference Code: GBR/0014/CHAR 20/65
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
This class comprises correspondence and papers relating to Churchill's wartime premiership. It includes: private office correspondence; personal telegrams; printed copies of personal minutes, telegrams and reports; correspondence relating to appointments and patronage; some family correspondence (for which see also CHAR 1); and some engagements cards and diaries. No distinction has been attempted between the offices of Prime Minister and Minister of Defence. The former title has been deemed...
Dates:
Feb 1942 - Dec 1942
Conditions Governing Access:
Open
Series
Papers of Lady Randolph Churchill, mainly letters to her son, John S Churchill [known as "Jack"], 1893 - 1927
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/PCHL 1
Scope and Contents
The letters included in this section of the collection shed light on the closeness of Lady Randolph and her sons, especially the letters in PCHL 1/5 which touch on her plans to marry George Cornwallis West, and she freely and frequently confides details of her financial worries. She reflects also on Winston Churchill's career plans and encourages Jack to further his own career and to think carefully about the options which are available to him. The letters also provide evidence of the highly...
Dates:
1893 - 1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.