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18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Appointment of Margaret Tong, first archives assistant (1974 – 1978). Appointment of Margaret Tong, first archives assistant (1974 – 1978). Share your memories of this

18 Jul 2023: Accredited Archive Services ensure the long-term collection, preservation and accessibility of our archive heritage. Accreditation is the UK quality standard and achieving accredited status demonstrates that Churchill Archives Centre has met clearly

18 Jul 2023: Michael Hoskin came to the College in 1969 on his appointment as Librarian (with responsibility for the Archives). Prior to coming to Churchill he read mathematics at London University and took a PhD in algebraic geometry at Peterhouse before

18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Work begins on College Archive by Lesley James, Archives Assistant. Work begins on College Archive by Lesley James, Archives Assistant. Share your memories of this year.

18 Jul 2023: In April 1995, grants from the National Heritage Lottery Fund and the John Paul Getty Foundation enabled the Chartwell Papers to be bought from the Chartwell Trust and consolidated the ownership of all the Papers in a charitable trust, the Sir

18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Appointment of Joan Bullock-Anderson, first dedicated College Archivist (1992-2003). Appointment of Joan Bullock-Anderson, first dedicated College Archivist (1992-2003).

19 Jul 2023: In a recent episode of our podcast, our Senior Conservator, Sarah Lewery, reflects on how she has been preserving the collections for more than 20 years. Sarah talks about how she started her career in conservation, what are the challenges of today,

17 Jul 2023: The post of Keeper was formally separated from that of Librarian, and the first holder of the new office was the military and industrial historian Correlli Barnett. He took up his responsibilities on New Year’s Day 1977, little knowing that he

18 Jul 2023: The daughter of a headmaster, Helen Cam graduated from Royal Holloway College, University of London, with a BA in 1902. After a period as a schoolmistress, she returned to Royal Holloway as a lecturer in History. She moved to Girton College,

18 Jul 2023: Lise Meitner was born in Austria on 7 November 1878, the daughter of the Viennese lawyer, Phillip Meitner. In 1901 she entered the University of Vienna, becoming Doctor of Philosophy in 1906. In the following year Meitner left Austria and went to

18 Jul 2023: Winston Churchill’s archive was added to UNESCO’s International Memory of the World Register. The United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) established the Memory of the World Project in 1992 as an international

18 Jul 2023: The papers consist of original documents accumulated by Sir Winston Churchill throughout his life (1874-1965). They have been divided into two sections: the Chartwell Papers (CHAR) and the Churchill Papers (CHUR).

18 Jul 2023: Florence Horsbrugh was elected MP for Dundee in 1931 and became one of the most successful Conservative women parliamentarians before Margaret Thatcher. She served in the Health and Food Ministries during the Second World War, where she coordinated

18 Jul 2023: Reginald McKenna was a Liberal politician and Churchill’s predecessor as First Lord of the Admiralty from 1908 – 1911. McKenna did most of the preparatory work as First Lord of the Admiralty for the naval estimates presented by Churchill in

24 Jul 2023: As a Senior Research Fellow and historian, Roskill worked tirelessly alongside Sir John (“Jock”) Colville and the Master, Sir John Cockcroft, to seek deposits and collections to complement the Churchill papers. His extensive network of senior

18 Jul 2023: The archives of Admiral Sir John de Robeck were deposited at Churchill Archives Centre by his great nephew, the 7th Baron de Robeck, in July 1965. By the terms of the Admiral’s will they had been kept in the family’s possession, first in London

18 Jul 2023: A.V.Hill was born in Bristol in September 1886 and educated at Blundell’s School and Cambridge University. During World War One he was appointed Captain in charge of the Anti-Aircraft Experimental Section of the Ministry of Munitions Inventions