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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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: 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
Miniature of Joan Bullock-Anderson memories
Joan Bullock-Anderson memories
Reference Code:
CCRF/151/58
Date:
2023-07 (creation)
Description:
The memories of Joan Bullock-Anderson, the first College Archivist at Churchill College. Memories include her work, colleagues in College and the Archives Centre, Directorship interviews, and work in other Cambridge archives.
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 Give Me Inspiration - Professor Hannah Fry
Give Me Inspiration - Professor Hannah Fry
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/16
Date:
2022-02-02 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Professor Hannah Fry
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Margaret Williams
Oral history: Margaret Williams
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/66
Date:
2022-11-22 (creation)
Description:
Interview includes: Coming to Churchill College and interview; office set-up, staff and equipment in the 1980s; working with Correlli Barnett; Lady Soames; leaving the College and former Archives Centre staff; World War II and Ambassador Phipps and Sir Philip Christison; the Churchill Papers; Roskill lectures.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of 19th Roskill Memorial Lecture
19th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/20
Date:
2022-06-20 (creation)
Description:
The papers of the 19th Roskill Lecture, given by Professor Njabulo Ndebele. Includes an audio-visual recording of the lecture as well as thank you letters.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Audrey Canning
Oral history: Audrey Canning
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/65
Date:
2022-11-02 (creation)
Description:
Recollections of being one of the first few women at Churchill; background and coming to Churchill; living in College; first impressions; involvement in College activities; geographical position of College; contemporaries; student activities; career.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Colin Myerscough
Oral history: Colin Myerscough
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/63
Date:
2022-04-05-2022-08-03 (creation)
Description:
Recording 1 (April 2022) includes admissions interview; Sir Winston Churchill's 90th birthday; student events and Earl Haig Fund; University societies and journals; JCR committee membership and food survey; Kapitza House; Sir William Hawthorne; Dick Tizard, the Chapel and impact on admissions; visit of the US Ambassador, David Bruce, in 1967; admission of women; JCR meetings and incidents; Entertainment Consortium and sherry parties; Amalgamated Clubs and Boat Club accounts; Canon Duckworth; Novels (J M Collin). Recording 2 (August 2022) includes discussions of characters in his books and the inspiration drawn from people at Churchill College in the 1970s.
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 Give Me Inspiration - Lucie Green
Give Me Inspiration - Lucie Green
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/12
Date:
2021-05-13 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Lucie Green
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of "Cambridge Women Who Lead"
"Cambridge Women Who Lead"
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/31/3
Date:
2021-03-18 (creation)
Description:
An interview or discussion between Dame Athene Donald, Ms Sonita Alleyne OBE (Master, Jesus College) and Ms Alison Rose (Principal, Newnham College). The discussion covered the following areas: 1. Their experiences as women and generational changes in feminisim they have witnessed across their careers, including Dame Athene's experiences as a woman in STEM, as Master of Churchill College, various positions on other committees, her role as Gender Equality Champion, and female representation in Physics. 2. Women in Cambridge, discussing Churchill College's increase in female students and thoughts Dame Athene has on how to encourage more female students into STEM subjects. 3. How to find one's voice as a woman - sharing advice with the audience on finding one's voice.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Professor Sheila Rowan
Give Me Inspiration - Professor Sheila Rowan
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/14
Date:
2021-11-03 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Professor Sheila Rowan
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Diane Coyle
Give Me Inspiration - Diane Coyle
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/11
Date:
2021-03-11 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Diane Coyle
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 Give Me Inspiration - Chi Onwurah
Give Me Inspiration - Chi Onwurah
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/13
Date:
2021-05-26 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Chi Onwurah
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 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: Natalie Adams
Oral history: Natalie Adams
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/61
Date:
2021-11 (creation)
Description:
Includes: coming to Churchill; first impressions; interacting with Archives Centre and more widely in College; working on the Churchill Papers; working in the Reading Room and diversity of collections; working on the College Archive; finding the Andrew Sinclair film about the building of the College; microfilming the Churchill Papers; Churchill Archive for Schools; colleagues and personalities; early Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust meetings; development of role; gaining Archives Accreditation; digitisation; Natasha Squire interviews.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Nancy Rothwell
Give Me Inspiration - Nancy Rothwell
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/9
Date:
2020-01-10 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Nancy Rothwell
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of BBC Radio Cambridgeshire "Mann in the morning"
BBC Radio Cambridgeshire "Mann in the morning"
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/31/1
Date:
2020-03-05 (creation)
Description:
Professor Dame Athene Donald joined Chris Mann at BBC Radio Cambridgeshire for the "Big Interview" to talk about gender equality ahead of her Cambridge Science Festival event "50 years is not long enough"
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Professor Dame Janet Thornton
Give Me Inspiration - Professor Dame Janet Thornton
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/10
Date:
2020-11-25 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Professor Dame Janet Thornton
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Angela Saini
Give Me Inspiration - Angela Saini
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/15
Date:
2020-02-13 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Angela Saini
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Cambridge 105 Radio, "Roundabout with Tony Barnfield"
Cambridge 105 Radio, "Roundabout with Tony Barnfield"
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/31/2
Date:
2020-03-08 (creation)
Description:
'In this On International Women’s Day edition of "Roundabout with Tony Barnfield", two female contributors to the Cambridge Science Festival this week. Professor Dame Athene Donald (pictured), Master of Churchill College, discusses the acceptance of women in Cambridge Colleges since she graduated in 1971…'
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 Give Me Inspiration
Give Me Inspiration
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/7
Date:
2019-03-08 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Professor Melanie Welham
Give Me Inspiration - Professor Melanie Welham
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/8
Date:
2019-08-16 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Professor Melanie Welham
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Anny King
Oral history: Anny King
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/57
Date:
2019-06-18 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Becoming a Fellow; first impressions (people, architecture, gardens); interaction with committees and staff; role of staff in pastoral care of students; Higher Education Role Analysis (HERA); Moller Institute; Editorship of 'Churchill Review'; resignation from College Council; students and alcohol; College support during illness; nurturing students, the Tutorial Committee and mental health; language projects in College; French Government Fellowship; women in the Fellowship and in the University; conduct of Governing Body meetings.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Andy Celsus
CHUTalks - Andy Celsus
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/55
Date:
2019-05-15 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Andy Celsus
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Archie Howie
Oral history: Archie Howie
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/56
Date:
2019-06-26 (creation)
Description:
Includes: (At end) Prof Howie reading two of his poems: ‘The Biological Journeys of Richard Keynes’ and ‘Fine Cooking and Gluttony’. Also included: Appointment to Churchill and Junior Research Fellowships; Governing Body meetings, Admission to Fellowship and Founder Fellows; Sir John Cockcroft, Building and Visiting Fellowships; Death of the Founder; John Morrison; Appointment of Fellows; Major-General Hamilton; Chapel Controversy and John Killen; College Council; Committees set up to consider the Admission of Women; Appointment as Dean; Women at High Table; Ladies’ Evenings; Events for wives of Fellows; Sir Edward Bullard and Mastership Elections; Sir Hermann Bondi; Lord Broers; President of the SCR and the participation of Fellows; Special Events and ‘Howie’ Poems; Richard Hey;
Visiting Fellowship Scheme and First French Government Fellow; Denys Armstrong and the Building of the College.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Judith Rolfe
Oral history: Judith Rolfe
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/58
Date:
2019-06-07 (creation)
Description:
Judith Rolfe (nee Harland), a newly-qualified architect, took up a position at Sheppard Robson and in c. 1962 worked on some of the detailed design drawings for the College. This is a recording of a walk around the College with Judith Rolfe and Professor Mark Goldie in 2019 and includes Mark's detailed commentary on the buildings and changes over the years. There are some references to Richard Sheppard and Bill Mullins under whose direction Judith worked.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Michael Walker
CHUTalks - Michael Walker
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/52
Date:
2019-02-20 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Michael Walker
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Vikram Sundar
CHUTalks - Vikram Sundar
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/54
Date:
2019-05-29 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Vikram Sundar
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Louise Luo
CHUTalks - Louise Luo
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/59
Date:
2019-12-04 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Louise Luo
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Irene Lee
CHUTalks - Irene Lee
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/57
Date:
2019-11-06 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Irene Lee
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Malavika Nair
CHUTalks - Malavika Nair
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/50
Date:
2019-10-24 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Malavika Nair
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Sean Solis
CHUTalks - Sean Solis
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/58
Date:
2019-05-22 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Sean Solis
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Ramit Debnath
CHUTalks - Ramit Debnath
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/53
Date:
2019-02-13 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Ramit Debnath
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Holly Preece
CHUTalks - Holly Preece
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/56
Date:
2019-06-05 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Holly Preece
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Martha Lane Fox
Give Me Inspiration - Martha Lane Fox
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/5
Date:
2018-05-09 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Martha Lane Fox
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Norman Villis
Oral history: Norman Villis
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/54
Date:
2018-08-09 (creation)
Description:
Includes: The Churchill Oak; Apple Trees in front of Master’s Lodge; Churchill Mulberry; Metasequoia glyptostroboides; Student Gardeners; John Gilmour and the development of the University Botanic Garden; Bob Younger and the Rock Garden (Cambridge Botanics); Early Career; Change in Churchill landscape; Search for Geranium ‘Winston Churchill’.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Oskar Syahbana
CHUTalks - Oskar Syahbana
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/38
Date:
2018-02-07 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Oskar Syahbana
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Ben Ashbridge
CHUTalks - Ben Ashbridge
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/49
Date:
2018-10-31 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Ben Ashbridge
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Edwin Rose
CHUTalks - Edwin Rose
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/39
Date:
2018-02-21 (other)
Description:
CHUTalks
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Give Me Inspiration - Helen Czerski
Give Me Inspiration - Helen Czerski
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/7/4
Date:
2018-01-24 (other)
Description:
An interview between Professor Dame Athene Donald and Helen Czerski
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Angela Harper
CHUTalks - Angela Harper
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/48
Date:
2018-11-21 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Angela Harper
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Female Engineers
CHUTalks - Female Engineers
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/42
Date:
2018-04-11 (other)
Description:
CHUTalk by Churchill female engineers
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral history: Marcial Echenique
Oral history: Marcial Echenique
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/52
Date:
2018-06-08 (creation)
Description:
Includes: First impressions; attraction of buildings to architecture students; College policy on buying houses along Storey’s Way; Projects designed by Marcial Echenique; Buttery Extension; Appointment of College Architect; Extension to Fellows’ Corridor; Study Centre/Music Rooms Extension; Moller Centre, first Development Director and Moller designs; Henning Larsen; Archives Centre Extension; Postgraduate Village; Cowan Court; Changes and the Buildings/Estates Committee; Dick Tizard; Bill Mullins, Richard Sheppard; growing importance of Service Road and plans for future; Maintaining integrity of design and adapting to new requirements
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of CHUTalks - Anantha Kumar
CHUTalks - Anantha Kumar
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/6/45
Date:
2018-06-06 (other)
Description:
CHUTalks
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College