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22 Feb 2024: Guide by Janine Barchas, University of Texas at Austin, on Winston Churchill's set of Jane Austen's books from his personal library

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

9 Apr 2024: To mark International Women’s Day, we’re thrilled to share our latest research guide on women’s suffrage.

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

22 Feb 2024: A list of the top 10 key Foreign Office ministers and diplomats whose papers are held at the Archives Centre

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

22 Feb 2024: Women’s role in international affairs can often be ‘hidden’ but records of women’s own international relations survive in our archives.

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

22 Feb 2024: The papers of female non-fiction writers, actresses, playwrights, and photographers can be found at the Archives Centre.

22 Feb 2024: A list of the top 10 collections featuring architecture and town planning held at the Archives Centre, including Churchill College itself

3 Nov 2023: Research guide by Dr Vicki Thoms on dance at Churchill Archives Centre, particularly in the papers of Sir Alexander Cadogan and Duff Cooper.

22 Feb 2024: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Race and migration. Race and migration. The social scientist Mark Abrams was born Mark Abramowitz in 1906, to Jewish parents who had emigrated to London from the Baltic

22 Feb 2024: In 1972, following news of talks between members of the government and the Provisional IRA, Chichester-Clark considered resigning, only to be dissuaded by Whitelaw.

22 Feb 2024: Examples of the life writing materials held at the Archives Centre, from autobiographies, diaries, and letters to more unusual sources.