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30 Jan 2024: Links to some useful educational resources for schools and history students, on a wide range of subjects including Winston Churchill.

24 Aug 2023: The answers to frequently asked questions about visiting the Archives Centre, searching our collections and obtaining copies.

18 Jun 2024: Due to the Archives Centre's continuing cataloguing programme, we are making more material available to researchers all the time. 

31 Jul 2023: The Archives Centre offers volunteer placements for those aged 18+ and interested in a career in archives, records management or conservation.

7 Nov 2023: Policy for the provision of services to university, school and other educational groups, and to establish requirements and standards.

24 Jun 2024: Marples Must Go!”: the controversial life and career of Ernest Marples: Alfred Ernest Marples (1907-78) is the figure behind our latest collection to be catalogued and opened to researchers.

18 Jul 2023: It has been constructed to an extremely high specification, designed to meet the relevant British Standard and to accord with the latest guidelines from the Historical Manuscripts Commission.

12 Jun 2024: In the meantime, watch some of our latest stories below – and if there’s a story you’d like to tell about one of our collections, then get in touch.

3 May 2024: The Churchill papers are a collection of Winston Churchill's writings throughout his lifetime, comprising more than a million documents.

7 Nov 2023: A summary of the strategy of Churchill Archives Centre including our core objectives and strategic priorities.

12 Oct 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Recent events: video. Recent events: video. A selection of recent events which were recorded and are now available online. All these videos and more are available on

18 Jul 2023: The opening was performed by the United States Ambassador, Walter Annenberg, on 26 July 1973 in the presence of the Duke of Edinburgh and Lady Spencer-Churchill. As Michael Hoskin recalls, “It was a memorable day, not least because Mr Annenber

11 Dec 2023: A short black and white film used to promote the opening of Churchill Archives Centre in July 1973.

5 Mar 2024: Guide to the papers of John Burns Hynd, and how new additions to the collection were packaged by our conservators

7 Nov 2023: This policy states and communicates the principles that guide collection description and the creation and publication of finding aids.

18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Microfilming of the Churchill papers begins. 2000. Microfilming of the Churchill papers begins. Share your memories of this year. Add your own stories and photo. Your

29 Feb 2024: An introduction to Julian Amery, politician, and his archive. Written on completion of cataloguing the c.700 box collection.

7 Nov 2023: This policy aims to establish consistent principles for the management of all material held in digital formats at Churchill Archives Centre.

18 Jul 2023: The Churchill Archive supports teaching, study and research, providing an invaluable resource for a wide range of courses. It includes more than 800,000 pages of original documents, produced between 1874 and 1965. Documents range from Churchill’s

8 Feb 2024: Recorded videos of talks from Churchill Archives Centre's 50th anniversary conference, September 2023, Celebrating Preservation and Access