Churchill College

The Churchill College archive contains material from and about every aspect of life at Churchill College, including administrative, student life, photographic and some artefacts. Highlights here include video from long-running series held by the College, and Oral History interviews from various people associated with the College.

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Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (ascending) Year (descending) Reference Code (A-Z) Reference Code (Z-A)
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Miniature of Sir John Cockcroft: radio documentary
Sir John Cockcroft: radio documentary
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/12
Date:
1969-2005 (creation)
Description:
Audio tape of, plus explanatory letter from Mark Goldie about the tape's content, a radio documentary (?BBC) about Sir John which includes the voices of Cockcroft, Sir Robert Cockburn, Kenneth McQuillen, and Richard Tizard.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 5
Recording 5
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/23/5
Date:
2016-09 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Tom Hitchens, Head Gardener 1963/68, and Albert Hayward, Gardener 1963/72. Audio recording and transcript.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 4
Recording 4
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/23/4
Date:
2016-05 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Prof John Killen; Prof Anthony Kelly, his views on religion, later years and final days; Lord Todd; Sir John Colville; Dr Richard Hey; Captain Stephen Roskill, the College’s wine cellar, and setting up Churchill College; Paris Exhibition April-July 2015; Tree Planting ceremony 17 October 1959; Major-General and Mrs Hamilton. Audio recording and transcript.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 4
Recording 4
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/27/4
Date:
2017-03-30 (creation)
Description:
Covers grounds and gardens: early impressions of site; siting of the College and proposed inner relief road; changes to the front of the College and planting of trees along Storey's Way; Storey's Way houses; admission of women and prickly hedges; private road, tennis courts and Dutch elm disease; changes to Sheila Haywood landscape masterplan; George Orr; William Mullins; unsuitability of site; extremes of weather; new buildings and memorials; daffodils in copse; Sir William Hawthorne's Golf Course; proposed swimming pool and lake; rabbits on mound and Victor Baffa; cricket square; Doug Ashman; Albert Richmond; Daphne Osborne; Edward Craig; Andrew Phillipson
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 3
Recording 3
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/23/3
Date:
2015-01 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Secrecy and confidentiality; wartime childhood in Paris; Liberation of Paris, radio during the Occupation; Learning English and London; Russian Lessons and appointment to JSLC; Meeting Peter and Peter’s first wife; Teaching for the JSLC; Michael Frayn; Sir Rodric Braithwaite; Getting married to Peter; interpreting and Pugwash Conference; Early days at Churchill; first members of staff inc. Pamela Tennant; Churchill and sense of belonging. Audio recording and transcript.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 3
Recording 3
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/27/3
Date:
2015-11-19 (creation)
Description:
Mastership elections; the Chapel and the Chaplains; origins of the 'Churchill Prayer'; the Moller Centre, Carlsberg Foundation and first contact with Mr Moller.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 2
Recording 2
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/27/2
Date:
2015-10-01 (creation)
Description:
Harold Pettitt and first staff; College accounts; other College staff; development of conference business; student discos; bomb scare; Sergei Kapitza; Hugh Lubbock; Tamas Liptak; Bernard Walker; Maha Yamani
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 2
Recording 2
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/59/2
Date:
2021-04-06 (creation)
Description:
Interview includes: Dramatics at Churchill College; 'Pablo Naruda' (1973); Henry IV Part I (1975); 'The Resistable rise of Arturo Ui' (1974); performing 'The Trials of Brother Jero' in Nigeria (1976-7); Akin Euba's 'Chaka' (2000); Centre for Intercultural Musicology and 'Musical Mosaic' (2021); Visiting Fellowship scheme; undergraduate tutor (1994-2001); Tutor for Advanced Students [postgraduates] (2001-6); Churchill Fair (1973); draft Heritage Appraisal and Landscape (2000).
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 2
Recording 2
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/23/2
Date:
2014-06 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Mary Soames; Peter’s role at Churchill; Tutor for Advanced students; Assassination of President Kennedy; difficult moments with Students; Dick Tizard; Noel Duckworth; John Rawlinson; Francis Crick and the Chapel Controversy; Kenneth McQuillen; Sir John Cockcroft; Lady Cockcroft; Sir William Hawthorne; Sir Hermann Bondi; Lord Broers; Sir John Boyd; Sir David Wallace; Traditions and Hospitality of Churchill. Audio recording and transcript.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 1
Recording 1
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/23/1
Date:
2014-05 (creation)
Description:
Includes: tree planting ceremony; Peter’s early career; Joint Services Language Courses and teaching in Paris; Coming to Churchill; Sheppard Flats and early days; Women at Churchill; Official opening of College and Menu and the Dessert, First Course, Main Course. Audio recording and transcript.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 1
Recording 1
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/27/1
Date:
2015-09-22 (creation)
Description:
Appointment as Bursar; early challenges inc. secretarial assistance for committees; appointment of Conference Manager; admission of women; financial pressures; opening of Archives Centre; centenary of the birth of Churchill; student representation; minuting of meetings.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Recording 1
Recording 1
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/59/1
Date:
2021-03-23 (creation)
Description:
Interview includes coming to Churchill College; early GODS; first directing role, teaching in English, and 'Pablo Naruda' (1973) play
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Radio documentary: Working at Churchill College
Radio documentary: Working at Churchill College
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/13
Date:
1985-12-11 (creation)
Description:
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire documentary presented by Charles Andrew including interviews with Peter Bullock, Head Porter; Hywel George, Bursar; Marion Stewart, Archivist; Victor Brown, Conservationist; undergraduates using computers; Bruce Saunders, Catering Manager and Ivy in the Fellows Dining Room; Albert Richmond, Head Gardener and Doug Ashman, Head Groundsman; Vic Brown, Maintenance; Marie Champion, Housekeeper, and Grace Marshall (a bedmaker employed in 1961 and still working post-retirement age). All interviewees speak about their responsibilities and life at the College.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: interviews by Tamsin Palmer
Oral history: interviews by Tamsin Palmer
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/9
Date:
1996 (creation)
Description:
Cambridge Audio Tapes: Churchill College, Cambridge: one of a series of tapes produced by the American Friends of Cambridge University, consisting of interviews recorded and presented by Tamsin Palmer. Includes interviews with George Steiner, Frank Hahn, Archie Howie, Dick Tizard, Tony Hewish, Mike Gregory, Mark Tester, Alec Broers (Master), Michael Allen (Bursar), Colin Fraser (Senior Tutor), Piers Brendon (Keeper of the Archives), Bethan Chatters (UG), Charles Gubser (PG), Joanna Lewis (JRF) and Lynsey Marsh (alumna).
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: alumni
Oral history: alumni
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/6
Date:
1996 (creation)
Description:
"The Earliest Alumni Reminisce." Recorded on 6 July 1996 at the Reunion Dinner, in the Cockcroft Room, Churchill College. A collection of about two dozen alumni from the earliest years, 1960-64. Interviewed by Mark Goldie. Designed to evoke their recollections of student life. Two 45 minute tapes, recorded on one side only, the first tape full, the second nearly full. Sound quality not very good: a single microphone picking up talk from a large body of people in a large room, with a good deal of coming and going. Also written summary (7pp)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: admission of women
Oral history: admission of women
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/8
Date:
1997 (creation)
Description:
25th Anniversary of the Admission of Women: tape recording of discussion session held with former women students before the celebration dinner. 13 Dec 1997. 3 tapes, together with 2 CDs of the same, produced by Belinda Brooks-Gordon, a brief summary of the main themes of discussion, and a full transcript of all 3 tapes
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Sir John Boyd
Oral history: Sir John Boyd
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/53
Date:
2018-06-22 (creation)
Description:
Appointment to Mastership; Mastership interviewing process; The Fellowship, inc. Frank Hahn, Dick Tizard, and Boping Yuan; former Masters - Hawthorne, Bondi and Broers; Comparison with Embassy in Japan; Music, the ‘Hill’ colleges and the Colleges’ Committee; Modern Languages; Oriental Garden; the Master’s Lodge; Students; Relocation of office to Admin Corridor; Objectives as Master; Appointment of Director of the Moller Centre; Appointment of Vice-Chancellor; Visit of Speaker of the House of Commons (Betty Boothroyd); Workload; Student Disciplinary Appeals and Behaviour; Henry Moore; ‘Chaka’ and Akin Euba; Master’s Portrait; Vertical contact, integration and internationalism; Julia Boyd and her book ‘Travellers in the Third Reich’ (2017). Includes some references to staff members.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Sir David Wallace
Oral history: Sir David Wallace
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/55
Date:
2019-03-18 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Appointment to Mastership; Entertaining Scottish-based Alumni; Master’s Lodge: privacy, Dining Room, Visitors’ Book, Lodge Kitchen & fire safety; First Term (MT06); Mary Soames, Tony Kelly and smoking ban; Master’s Private Garden; College Feasts, Dining in College, hospitality; Hanging Committee; Wine Committee; Daughter’s Wedding; Sheppard Flats; Chairing Meetings; Charity Status; Officers; Role of the Master; Interest in Gardening; Sir Winston Churchill Border; Frank Maine’s Orchid House; Metasequoia; Xiaotian Fu Garden; The Churchill Rose; Wildlife Corridor and Mushrooms
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Sid Brown, Chief Maintenance Engineer
Oral history: Sid Brown, Chief Maintenance Engineer
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/17
Date:
2012 (creation)
Description:
Transcript and digital recording of interview with Sid Brown, Chief Maintenance Engineer 1962-1989. Includes: early days of the College; recruitment of maintenance staff; family atmosphere; recollections of Denys Armstrong; his job interview; Sir William Hawthorne; early staff; George Steiner; advised Robinson College when setting up College; introduction of bonus changed atmosphere; Major-General Hamilton; Sir John Cockcroft’s funeral; opening of Wolfson Hall. Includes some comments from Alan Lampard.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Shelley Surtees
Oral history: Shelley Surtees
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/60
Date:
2021-06-02 (creation)
Description:
Includes: interview and first impressions; challenges faced and implementing change; establishing a commercial operation; getting the engagement of staff and Fellows; improving service standards; working with the Moller Institute; setting up academic programmes in College; environmental initiatives; Moving Mountains [conference]; SCR Committee; Spring Ball; personalities and Professor Tony Kelly; legacy.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Rosemary Saunders
Oral history: Rosemary Saunders
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/64
Date:
2022-09-23 (creation)
Description:
Appointment as Master's PA; working with Sir John Boyd and Sir David Wallace; becoming Domestic Manager; working through the Coronavirus pandemic (2020-2022); commitment to current and former staff.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Richard Partington
Oral history: Richard Partington
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/62
Date:
2021-07-06 (creation)
Description:
Richard Partington was Senior Tutor, 2007-2021. The interview includes coming to Churchill College and interview process; first impressions; tutorial structure; conferences; master plan; widening participation; Baxter Tables and measuring success; greatest challenges; legacy; College's mission; and Dick Tizard.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Reverend Dr John Rawlinson
Oral history: Reverend Dr John Rawlinson
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/68
Date:
2023-03-06 (creation)
Description:
Coming to Churchill and first impressions; music in the Chapel and the Inter Alios Choir; Sally Rawlinson; Sir John Boyd, Sir David Wallace, and Sir William Hawthorne; 50th anniversary of teh Chapel; Iona pilgrimages; special friends; the Chapel, its function, role and mission.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Professor David Newbery
Oral history: Professor David Newbery
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/70
Date:
2023-06-08 (creation)
Description:
Coming to Churchill College; committee membership; Mastership elections; admission of women; conferences and en suite accommodation; student participation on Council and changes to Governing Body; former Masters and Fellows; President of the SCR; staying in Cambridge.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Piers Brendon
Oral history: Piers Brendon
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/69
Date:
2023-04-10 (creation)
Description:
Piers Brendon was Keeper of the Churchill Archives from 1995-2001. Includes: appointment and handover from previous Keeper; acquisition of the Churchill Papers, the expansion of the Centre and the appointment of new staff; the culture of the College; seeking new collections; relationship between the Archives Centre and the College; acquisition of the Thatcher Papers; funding and design of the new Thatcher wing; departure and proposals for development of role; future of the Archives Centre and fundraising.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College