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18 Jul 2023: You can read an article by Edwin Welch, written for the archives journal Archivaria, in which he reflects on the new Archives Centre building.

27 Jan 2022: A list of recent national and international exhibitions to which Churchill Archives Centre loaned items from our collections for display.

29 Feb 2024: An introduction to the papers of Mark Abrams, pioneer of market research and opinion polling.

2 Feb 2022: How serious was the German naval threat to Great Britain before 1914? Look at the data given in the tables to answer this question.

18 Jul 2023: Allen Packwood BA, MPhil (Cantab), FRHistS, OBE, is a Fellow of Churchill College, Cambridge, and the Director of the Churchill Archives Centre. He is a qualified archivist and has worked at the Centre since September 1995, succeeding Dr Piers

5 Mar 2024: 2nd Subaltern Churchill watches a demonstration of the latest methods of infantry training, Dec 1942.

29 Mar 2022: Collecting Policy for the archive of Churchill College itself, expanding on the main Churchill Archives Centre collecting policy.

14 Feb 2022: Appeasement and public opinion. This part of unit two looks at how historians can work out what people in Britain thought of appeasement.

29 Feb 2024: Some time ago we had a very exciting addition to the papers of Lady Diana Cooper, the beautiful (and rather eccentric) socialite, writer, actress and political hostess.

7 Nov 2023: The aim of this policy is to produce an integrated policy for the governance and management of the Churchill Archives Centre.

18 Jul 2023: Vic Brown, known as the Conservationist at the time, took up his position in a large second floor room which is still today the Conservation studio. Vic’s career illustrates the route of many people (almost exclusively men) at that time into the

5 Mar 2024: Yet directly underneath this is a shorter article from the Evening News in May 1918.

14 Feb 2022: How fairly was Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig judged by contemporaries? Take a look through key First World War events.

3 Oct 2023: Dr Brendon and the Archives Centre were suddenly front page news:. ... 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

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

5 Mar 2024: Research guide about the diaries of Gabriele Rabel, as preparation for the conference ‘Keeping and Making Diaries’, March 2022

11 Feb 2022: What does this extract from the journals of Lord Esher reveal about General Haig and the Battle of the Somme?

21 Dec 2022: The aim of this policy is to state and communicate the principles that guide the preservation activities of the Archives Centre.

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

29 Feb 2024: An introduction to the papers of Lord Duncan-Sandys and his work with the Civic Trust, combating 'national eyesores'