Audio recordings

Including interviews, oral histories and radio programmes. Highlights here include an interview between Mark Abrams (social scientist and businessman) and his grandson, and interviews conducted throughout 2019 with Female MPs, Rebel MPs and Academics.

Showing 51 - 75 of 452 Records

Title (A-Z) Title (Z-A) Year (ascending) Year (descending) Reference Code (A-Z) Reference Code (Z-A)
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Miniature of Oral History: Doug Ashman
Oral History: Doug Ashman
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/20/2
Date:
2017-07 (creation)
Description:
Includes: previous employment: The Leys School, Cambridge University Rugby & Football Ground, Newnham College; Churchill in 1961; cricket square; Groundsmen’s Association; training; drainage; It’s a Knock Out!; Librarian; Staff Social Club; buttery pool; first computers in College; lime trees and Møller Centre; equipment; hostel gardens, oak and mulberry trees; Mentions: M Postgate; B Shorthouse; Major-General Hamilton; George Orr; Ralph Thoday; Lord Butler; Tom Hitchens; Graham Pledger; Albert Hayward; Tim the Gardener; Duke of Edinburgh; Hywel George; Peter Hunt; Mary Broers and dog; Albert Richmond; Anne Hammerton; Les Smith; Sid Brown
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of "Bill and Pat"
"Bill and Pat"
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/21
Date:
1985-10-19 (creation)
Description:
A recorded conversation between Correlli "Bill" Barnett and Pat (Ackerman?), discussing the requirements for an oral history project, including paperwork, external accessions, and copyright release.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Victor Brown, Conservator at Churchill Archives Centre
Oral History: Victor Brown, Conservator at Churchill Archives Centre
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/22
Date:
2014-03-19 (creation)
Description:
Recording and transcript of interview by Lesley Ackeroyd (former member of staff at Churchill Archives Centre) with Victor Brown. Includes: description of work at the Archives Centre and Victor's role; the Churchill papers and other collections; Edwin Welch, Michael Hoskin, Angela Raspin, Correlli Barnett; construction of the Archives Centre; the reading room; and VIP visits.
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 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 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 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 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 Oral History: Christine Bondi
Oral History: Christine Bondi
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/24
Date:
2014-10-06 (creation)
Description:
Includes: reaction to Mastership invitation from College; impact on her teaching; first visit to College and first impressions; living in College; entertaining students; swimming pool and grandchildren.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Correlli Barnett
Oral History: Correlli Barnett
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/25
Date:
2015-07-20 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Role of Keeper of the Archives; appointment of secretary and first administrative tasks; Archives Fellow Commonership; acquisition of Churchill Papers; Churchill family; Thatcher Papers and Ron Gerard; post-retirement role
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Correlli Barnett/Josephine Sykes
Oral History: Correlli Barnett/Josephine Sykes
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/26
Date:
2015-09-21 (creation)
Description:
Includes: First Colloquium (28/30 March 1994); Archives Fellow Commoners; Archivists; Conservator (Vic Brown); amusing anecdotes; Thatcher visit; Churchill Papers; Hailsham Papers; daily life in Archives Centre
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 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 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 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 Oral History: Michael Hoskin
Oral History: Michael Hoskin
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/28
Date:
2016-01-05 (creation)
Description:
Includes: Churchill Papers; Edwin Welch; other collections; Planning the building; opening of the Archives Centre; funding; handing over to successor; College life - postprandial talks & special menus; Stephen Roskill; Briji Gupta and William Mullins.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: John Moore
Oral History: John Moore
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/29/1
Date:
2016-02-24 (creation)
Description:
Includes: arrival in Cambridge; Master's Garden (Boyd); initial tasks; Moller Centre planting; swimming pool; private road planting; courtyards; Sheppard Flats; Wolfson Flats; Graduate Houses; raised planted on main lawn; Madingley Road hedge and bank; office courtyard; Study Centre; Moller Centre extension; Donations - Dan Leighton; Michael Lewis; Frank Maine; Cowan Court; first landscape design; Master's garden (Wallace and Donald); tree planting ceremonies
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: John Moore
Oral History: John Moore
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/29/2
Date:
2016-03-24 (creation)
Description:
Churchill Border and named plants
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 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: Martin Hayden
Oral History: Martin Hayden
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/33
Date:
2012-11-26 (creation)
Description:
Includes: early days; first kitchen at top of College; pastry department; staff; events; health & safety; Masters; Major-General Hamilton; Hywel George, Michael Allen; Professor Matthew Kramer; Buckingham Palace Garden Party.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Les Smith
Oral History: Les Smith
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/34
Date:
2014-05-29 (creation)
Description:
Includes: how he got the job; first colleagues; early tasks; briefly refers to Cockcroft funeral; Sir William Hawthorne and Major-General Hamilton; also Tom Hitchens and Albert Richmond; working hours.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Meredith Lloyd-Evans
Oral History: Meredith Lloyd-Evans
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/35
Date:
2016-05-18 (creation)
Description:
Discussion about Lloyd-Evans landscape plan and planting (1970); interest in plants; first impressions of College; Mulberry tree; Buttery pond.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: William Mullins
Oral History: William Mullins
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/36
Date:
2016-06-06 (creation)
Description:
Discussion about Landscape Architect, Sheila Haywood; Planting of Oak and Mulberry Tree in 1959; impressions of the College in 2016; trees at the front of the College; Sir John Cockcroft planting Sumachs; Imperial College Hostels; Sheppard Robson team; working with the College on the design; Opening of the College in 1964; Jury Service 1964.
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College
Miniature of Oral History: Michael Allen
Oral History: Michael Allen
Reference Code:
CCRF/141/37
Date:
2016-08-16 (creation)
Description:
This interview focuses on the grounds and gardens. Includes: first impressions; the College's brief; Jamie Buchanan and the Moller Centre; landscaping at the front of the College; appointment of Consultant Landscape Architect; Gordon Patterson; Master's Lodge Garden; challenges; Albert Richmond; Doug Ashman; John Moore; Mulberry tree; managing the grounds and gardens department; women working in the department; new Masters and changes to the Master's Lodge garden; Sir John and Lady Boyd; Lord Broers; Recording the history of the gardens
Collection:
Official Archive of Churchill College