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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,

22 Feb 2024: Research guide to our collections, listing some of those which relate to Irish history before 1921.

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,

22 Feb 2024: Papers of women who assisted their husbands’ and fathers’ work, or were secretaries, can shed new light on science, politics, and culture.

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

3 May 2024: Guide to the main Churchill and Churchill family-related collections held at Churchill Archives Centre

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

22 Feb 2024: Other than Winston Churchill’s own archive, we have nearly 40 collections which relate in one way or another to the Empire and Commonwealth.

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).