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22 Feb 2024: Also includes copies of Powell’s speeches, and a standard letter sent by Quintin Hogg to members of the public who contacted him about immigration. ... HLSM 2/41/137: Correspondence with James Callaghan about polygamous marriages, visa extensions and

11 Feb 2022: Extract from the Westminster Gazette, 18 May 1908. It discusses the state of opinion in Germany and Britain about naval expansion. ... The British government in 1908-09 needed to know about German attitudes and German policy.

14 Feb 2022: In 1934 a branch of the League of Nations Union in Ilford in Essex got together with the local newspaper and organised a local referendum asking people’s views about the ... League, about the Locarno treaties, about disarmament and about the arms trade

22 Feb 2022: An exhibition, on display 2018-2019, to mark the centenary of the 1918 Parliament (Qualification of Women) Act.

5 Mar 2024: Abrams, who spoke to the Gas Council about the importance of housewives in 1957 (see ABMS 6/2/2) – to promote gas to younger and prospective homeowners as a clean, comfortable,

19 Jul 2022: Recordings of talks from the Keeping and Making Diaries conference, held over 3 days at Churchill College in March-April 2022.

28 Oct 2022: Each part of this exercise includes questions about what the next section of the document might contain. ... What would you expect he had to say about the impact of Churchill’s words on German attitudes?

22 Feb 2024: play written by Gilchrist in 1992 to educate a British audience about the Troubles and ‘An Imaginary Conversation at No. ... speech Hailsham gave about Northern Ireland at the Conservative Party Conference in Brighton on 8th October 1969.

18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Appointment of Elizabeth Bennett, archivist (1987-1990). 1987. Appointment of Elizabeth Bennett, archivist (1987-1990). Share your memories of this year. Add your own

11 Feb 2022: Naval Attaché. A naval expert, usually a serving or a former naval officer, appointed to an ambassador’s staff, who can advise the ambassador about naval matters and policy in the

21 Dec 2022: Speaking on the news, Allen Packwood, Director of the Churchill Archives Centre said:. ... Many asides and scribbled annotations on documents showing her reservations about the European Community, from the very start of her premiership.

8 Feb 2022: humorous correspondence with the Prime Minister’s Office about a member of the public claiming to be Victor Rothschild. ... s Speech), and correspondence with the London Museum (later Museum of London) about donating the evening gown she wore to

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

11 Feb 2022: Take a look at Churchill's own judgement on Haig's handling of the 1918 crisis. What judgement do you reach on Haig's generalship?

14 Feb 2022: When he first started to raise the alarm about German rearmament he made little impact, partly because it was not a topic most MPs wanted to hear about but mainly because ... There is certainly an element of Cassandra about Churchill in the 1930s.

5 Mar 2024: An introduction to the papers of the Eurosceptic Labour MP Nigel Spearing

18 Jul 2023: Quick Links. Back. Back. Back. Back. Back. Search our website. You are here:. Strongroom and archivist office added to the library. Strongroom and archivist office added to the library. Share your memories of this year. Add your own stories and

22 Feb 2024: Roskill, Adeline and Robin were frequently in correspondence about the 3-part biography. ... Source: Spears Papers, SPRS 10/1/16, Churchill Archives Centre. Find out more about:.

2 Nov 2023: Past By-Fellowship reports can be found by searching this site for ‘By-Fellowship report’, where they will appear in our news archives. ... Speaking on the new Fund, Jennie Churchill commented:. “I am deeply honoured to have my name associated with

5 Mar 2024: A cartoon by Roskill’s close naval contemporary, Captain Jack Broome, illustrates Roskill’s perennial dilemma in trying to balance his conflicting loyalties: an obligation to write the truth about the

11 Feb 2022: As the twentieth century dawned, for the first time Britain's naval power was challenged, by the strong new empire of Germany.

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.

29 Mar 2022: Publications about, or involving, the College, including books, newspapers, memoirs and artworks.

1 Mar 2023: KGB files from the famous Mitrokhin Archive are now open for consultation at the Churchill Archives Centre.

11 Feb 2022: That is all I have to say about the Dardanelles.”. NB: sections in square brackets are phrases that appear in Churchill’s draft notes but not in the final speech as

18 Jul 2023: In June 2019, the archive of Professor Sir Robert Edwards (IVF pioneer) was opened for research following an 18 month project to catalogue and conserve the papers. The project was generously funded by the Wellcome Trust. The Edwards papers were

14 Feb 2022: Also interview with Lord Attlee and material about special subject taught by Barnett. ... Typescript of two conversations about his experiences in the Russian Section of the Foreign Office 1945-7 and of Anglo-Soviet relations in 1945 and senior Foreign

7 Nov 2023: It is possible that sensitive personal information about potentially living individuals is not always closed in our collections. ... would encourage you to seek further details about information which is closed for the reasons outlined above.

5 Mar 2024: 2nd Subaltern Churchill watches a demonstration of the latest methods of infantry training, Dec 1942. ... This is where you will find some of the most invaluable parts of the archive, as Mary collected everything she could find about the family as part

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

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

7 Nov 2023: We regularly work with external partners to make sure that information about the Centre and its holdings is disseminated through collaborative websites, exhibitions and conferences (see section 6 for further details). ... The Centre has its own social

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.

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

29 Feb 2024: scene (and wrote about it in highly entertaining detail in her letters and diaries) from her heyday in “The Coterie” before the First World War, until well beyond the death of ... Then about 30 years later another 100 boxes of mixed Duff and Diana

7 Nov 2023: and Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust (as specified below), though they will routinely be consulted about the allocation of their funds, and where funds have been accepted for a specific purpose the

14 Feb 2022: Moreover, the letters themselves only reflect the views of those who feel strongly enough about an issue, and have enough self-confidence, to write to the paper in the first place.

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: However, before we turn the pages of Horsbrugh’s wartime scrapbook, it’s important to know a bit about the scrapbook form in and of itself. ... Yet directly underneath this is a shorter article from the Evening News in May 1918.

8 Mar 2022: Decisions about acquisition are made by the Director of the Archives Centre, in consultation with members of the management team and relevant subject specialists on the staff. ... Decisions about large new collections may be informed by a significance

5 Mar 2024: Rabel writes about her decision to preserve the diaries and publish them in draft introductions to ‘My Life: Failures and Follies’ (RABL 2/34). ... The general public does not know much about it.”. Cheveley, 21 Aug 1958.

11 Feb 2022: What points does Esher claim that Balfour has overlooked? What points about Haig’s strategy does Esher overlook? ... What does this extract reveal about:. (a) relations between politicians and soldiers by the autumn of 1916?

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

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

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

18 Jul 2023: Learn more about Michael’s life in his obituary. ... Listen to Michael’s recollections about the opening of Churchill Archives Centre in 1973.

14 Feb 2022: The Prime Minister (principal Minister of Government), Lloyd George, inclined to the “easterner” point of view; he was also increasingly concerned about the huge losses that Haig’s strategy seemed to ... The German Army, however, had suffered an

5 Mar 2024: These interviews present a unique opportunity to hear from MPs outside of the House of Commons as they discuss about issues that concern themselves personally or those that affect their constituents ... The recording hears from two women about the march

3 Oct 2023: After about an hour there was an announcement, “Ladies and Gentlemen, the President of the United States”. ... On-line information about collections also fed into the digitisation of the archives themselves.