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.
Archives Centre post-Covid re-opening tour: What the Papers say
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/36/1/58
Date:
2020-11-24 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Archives Centre Open Day
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/36/1/40
Date:
2018-10 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Anthony Walters (U73)
Reference Code:
CCPH/5/45/11
Date:
1974 (creation)
Description:
Photos taken by Anthony Walters in 1974. Includes cars at front of College; sculptures; sports fields.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


An Intimate Portrait of Robert Edwards
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/36/1/59/2
Date:
2021-09-30 (creation)
Description:
A recording of a Churchill History Lecture Series event, "An Intimate Portrait of Robert Edwards"
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alumni event, Washington DC
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/38/3
Date:
2004-05 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alumni Garden Party
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/38/12
Date:
2017-07-02 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alumni Association Weekend
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/5/3
Date:
2016-09 (creation)
Description:
Panels on Dick Tizard, engineering and industry and Tim Cribb
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alison Finch's retirement
Reference Code:
CCPH/1/35/2
Date:
2016-09-26 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alex Hopkins
Reference Code:
CCRF/116/56
Date:
2006-06-09 (creation)
Description:
A recording of the memorial service held for Alex Hopkins at Churchill College Chapel at 5.30 pm on Friday 9th June, 2006.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Album: 'Who's Who in the Senior Common Room'
Reference Code:
CCPH/1/30
Date:
1995 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Album of black and white photographs
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/1/2
Date:
1958-1988 (creation)
Description:
Including photographs of Sir Winston Churchill and Lord Tedder at the initial appeal launch at 28 Hyde Park Gate, London, 1958; the Appeal Committee; the winning architectural design by Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners and those of the three other finalists in the competition (Chamberlin, Powell and Bon; Howell, Killick and Partridge; and James Stirling and James Gowan); Sir Winston and Sir John Cockcroft at the tree planting ceremony in Oct 1959; the first postgraduate students matriculating at the Senate House in 1960 with Dr Richard Hey, Praelector; early stages of the building work, early 1960s; and advanced students 1966.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Alan Lampard: photographs
Reference Code:
CCRF/151/44
Date:
2014 (creation)
Description:
Colour photocopies and CD of digital copies made of Alan Lampard's photographs from his time at Churchill College, plus a spreadsheet describing the images compiled by Paula Halson which includes some additional information and memories from Alan Lampard. Images of the College including: refurbishment of kitchens (2001-2002); boilers, chimney, continuation chamber and maintenance work; construction of the Møller Centre; maintenance staff; main college site and properties including Wolfson and Sheppard Flats; 36 A and B, 44, 48, 64, 70, 72, 76 Storey's Way, 25 Rock Road, 84 Thornton Road, 34 Woodlark Road, 49 Oxford Street, 13 Priory Street, 11 Halifax Road, 7 Clare Street, 8 and 10 Brownlow Road, 16 Roseford Road, 22 Arbury Road.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Admissions video
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/8/3
Date:
2022 (creation)
Description:
Interview with Katie Heggs (History and Politics Undergraduate) about why she chose to apply to Churchill College and what she likes about the College.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


Accommodation video
Reference Code:
CCPH/5/53
Date:
2023-09 (creation)
Description:
A film of the various types of accommodation offered by Churchill College combined with interviews of students living in those areas and still photographs of everyday life.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


A hard day's night: celebrating 50 years of Churchill College: Churchill Springball 2010
Reference Code:
CCAC/123/6/14
Date:
2010-02-12 (creation)
Description:
Includes poster and ticket application forms.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


A Year in the Life
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/1/12
Date:
2024 (creation)
Description:
A montage of recordings of student events during the 2023-24 academic year.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


9th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/10
Date:
2001 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Peter Hennessy.
Including correspondence with Peter Hennessy and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 3 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; an invitation; a ticket; a press release; a poster; a guest list; a table plan; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


8th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/9
Date:
1999 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Colin McColl.
Including correspondence with Sir Colin McColl and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 1 audio tape of the lecture; a menu; an invitation; a ticket; a press release; a press cutting; a poster; a guest list; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


7th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/8
Date:
1997 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Paul Kennedy.
Including correspondence with Paul Kennedy and with some guests; 2 transcripts of the lecture; 3 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; a ticket; a poster; a guest list; and contact sheets of photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


6th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/7
Date:
1995-02-22 (creation)
Description:
Given by Mark Tully, BBC Chief of Bureau in New Delhi.
Including correspondence with Mark Tully and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 2 audio tapes of the lecture; 1 video tape of the lecture; a ticket; a poster; a guest list; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


5th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/6
Date:
1993-02-03 (creation)
Description:
Given by Admiral Sir Julian Oswald, First Sea Lord.
Including correspondence with Admiral Sir Julian Oswald and with guests; an audio tape and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; press releases; a guest list; a table plan; thank you letters; and photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


50th anniversary of first High Table in the Dining Hall
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/8/4
Date:
2014-03-26 (creation)
Description:
Includes colour and black and white posed images of guests plus seating plan and photographs of Professor Anthony Kelly and Sir David Wallace speaking.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


50th anniversary closing celebrations in the presence of HRH The Duke of Edinburgh: 25 Jun 2014
Reference Code:
CCRF/112/6/12
Date:
2014-06 (creation)
Description:
Includes prints of photographs of the visit of the Duke of Edinburgh; poster and pamphlet for "Remembering our genesis" exhibition from the college archive; correspondence; website news item and comments cards by visitors to exhibition.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


50th anniversary - end of celebrations dinner
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/8/5
Date:
2014-06-21 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


50th Anniversary of Chapel opening
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/35
Date:
2017-10-29 (creation)
Description:
Photographs and audio-visual recording of the 50th anniversary of the opening of the chapel at Churchill
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


4th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/5
Date:
1991 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Brian Urquhart.
Including correspondence with Sir Brian Urquhart and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; press releases; a guest list; a table plan; thank you letters; and contact sheets of photographs.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


3rd Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/4
Date:
1989-02-16 (creation)
Description:
Given by Field Marshal Lord Carver.
Including correspondence with Field Marshal Lord Carver and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; a ticket; a press release; a guest list; menu; thank you letters; and a table plan.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


2nd Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/3
Date:
1987-02-18 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Michael Howard.
Including correspondence with Sir Michael Howard and with guests; an audio recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; a menu; a ticket; a press release; a guest list; press cuttings; thank you letters and a table plan.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


25th anniversary celebrations photographs
Reference Code:
CCPH/2/18/2
Date:
2023-11-13 (creation)
Description:
Photos taken of celebrations to mark the 25th anniversary of the Christina Kelly Fund. Photographs taken by Paula Laycock include Alec Broers, Lady Lucy Adrian, Archie Howie, Carole Fraser, Colin Fraser, David Newbery, Gillian Craig, Jane Walker (former College Nurse), John Rawlinson, Maria Louisa Echenique, Mary Broers, Mike Gregory, Marcial Echenique, Pat Williams, Phil Gaskell, Rosanne Gough, Douglas Gough, Rose Tristram, Sally Rawlinson, Adrian Crisp, and Shireen Anderson.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


20th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/21
Date:
2024-06-26 (creation)
Description:
A recording of the 20th Roskill Memorial Lecture, delivered by Harriet Harman KC on "The Changing Culture in British Politics" on 26 June 2024 and letters of thanks.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


2018 MPhil in Modern British History visit
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/36/1/42/1
Date:
2018-11 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


1st Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/2
Date:
1985-01-31 (creation)
Description:
Given by Lord Carrington.
Including correspondence with Lord Carrington and with guests; a recording and transcript of the lecture; an invitation; a poster; press releases; press cuttings; thank you letters and a guest list.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


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


1972 Cambridge: Churchill, Clare, King's, Lucy Cavendish: a celebration of the admission of female undergraduates
Reference Code:
CCRF/112/5/11
Date:
2012-11-17-2013-04-20 (creation)
Description:
Includes: official programme; invitation; booklet of display slides exhibited on the occasion of the 40th anniversary celebration dinner held at Churchill prepared by Michael Smyth; and website prints including account by Alison Finch. Also includes digital recording of speeches after dinner including Professor Ken Siddle [Vice Master] (on his recollections of being a student in Cambridge in the 1960's and on the admission of women) and contributions from Jordan [Ramsay] MCR President, Tina Ball (UG 1972), Margaret Bray (UG 1972) and Belinda Brooks-Gordon.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


18th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/19
Date:
2020 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor David Reynolds, 'Yalta at 75: The Summit and its legacies 1945-2020'. Includes invitiation list and seating plan and audio-visual recording.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


16th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/17
Date:
2016-03-01 (creation)
Description:
Given by Sir Roderic Lyne on the subject of "Overcoming Enmity: The Evolution of British-Irish Relations in the 1990s". Includes text of lecture, audio recording, press release, seating plan for dinner, an invitation, copy of the before-dinner-speech, thank you letters, and details of the archive display.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


15th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/16
Date:
2014-02-20 (creation)
Description:
Given by Mr Jonathan Fenby on the subject of "China's Unfinished Revolution - Why the People's Republic Will Not Rule the World". Includes text of lecture, audio recording, guest list, seating plan for dinner, a copy of the invitation, and thank you letters..
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


14th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/15
Date:
2012 (creation)
Description:
Given by Robert B Zoellick, President of the World Bank Group, and entitled "Modernizing multilateralism: learning from military history. Includes text of lecture delivered by Zoellick plus speaking notes for after dinner speech by Nicholas Roskill.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


13th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/14
Date:
2010 (creation)
Description:
Given by Ken Livingstone.
Includes poster, invitation and menu
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


12th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/13
Date:
2007 (creation)
Description:
Given by Professor Lord May of Oxford.
Includes papers; photographs; correspondence with Lord May; lists of guests and seating plan for dinner; press release; poster; invitation and ticket; correspondence with Cambridge Printing re invitations; thank you letters.
Also includes partial recording of the lecture.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


11th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/12
Date:
2005 (creation)
Description:
Given by Prince El Hassan bin Talal, Crown Prince of Jordan.
Includes text of lecture; photographs [prints and CD-ROM]; correspondence with Prince Hassan and Nicholas Roskill; lists of guests and seating plan for dinner; press release; poster; invitation.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


10th Roskill Memorial Lecture
Reference Code:
CCRF/118/1/11
Date:
2003-02-25 (creation)
Description:
Given by Bridget Kendall, BBC Diplomatic Correspondent.
Including correspondence with Bridget Kendall and with guests; a transcript of the lecture; 2 audio tapes of the lecture; a menu; a press release; a poster; a guest list; a table plan; a programme; and photographs (including a CD of photographs).
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


'What is War today?' symposium
Reference Code:
CCAR/911/40
Date:
2016-11-22-2016-11-23 (creation)
Description:
Includes a digital recording of the introduction to the two-day event and discussions held by the panellists as well as thank you letters, licences, programme and fliers.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


'Meet the Students' interviews
Reference Code:
CCPH/6/8/4
Date:
2023 (creation)
Description:
Interviews with Andreas Stavrou (Pure Mathematics PhD) and Katrina Li (Linguistics PhD) about why they chose to apply to Churchill College and their experiences.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


'Churchill and Nuclear Weapons: From the A-Bomb to the H-Bomb'
Reference Code:
CCAR/911/41
Date:
2016-11-15 (creation)
Description:
Digital recording of a talk given by Graham Farmelo and Kevin Ruane relating to Churchill's role in developing nuclear weapons and in authorising the use of the atomic bomb.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


'Churchill College: Origins and Contexts'
Reference Code:
CCRF/140/11
Date:
2000-10-17 (creation)
Description:
Text of an illustrated talk given by Mark Goldie, Fellow in history, in celebration of the 40th anniversary of the admission of the first students to the College [also 41 years to the day since the planting of trees by Sir Winston Churchill]; also audio recordings of the talk.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


"Welcome to Wonderland"
Reference Code:
CCAC/123/6/17
Date:
2013-02-15 (creation)
Description:
Poster advertising 2013 Spring Ball.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


"We must save the children" event
Reference Code:
CCPH/4/36/1/28
Date:
2016-01 (creation)
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


"Vault"
Reference Code:
CCAC/123/6/20
Date:
2016 (creation)
Description:
A poster and flyer advertising the 2016 Churchill Spring Ball
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College


"Tokyo: The Neon Sunrise": Spring Ball 2009
Reference Code:
CCAC/123/6/12
Date:
2009-02-13 (creation)
Description:
Poster, fliers and programme
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College