Diary
Reference Code:
ACAD 1/12
Date:
1943 (creation)
Description:
Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with Churchill, the War Cabinet, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's role as an intermediary between Churchill and statesmen including Anthony Eden and Charles De Gaulle; Cadogan's involvement in overseas diplomatic visits; Turkey's relationship with the Allied powers and strained relations with the Soviet Union, including discussions with Ismet Inönü at the Adana Conference; the increasingly hostile relations between the Soviet Union and Poland and the discovery of the Katyn Massacre; discussions surrounding the Allied invasions of Italy and Sicily, including Operation Husky and interventions in Italian East Africa [later Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia]; Cadogan's involvement in the Quebec Conference, Cairo Conference, and Tehran Conference; initial preparations for Operation Overlord; Cadogan's view of the Churchill family's visit to Harvard to collect Churchill's honorary degree; Cadogan's opinion of Harold Laski's "Reflections on the Revolution of Our Time"; and comments on wartime affairs and events, including the increasingly heavy aerial bombardment of German cities and German bombing raids on London.
Collection:
The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan


Diary
Reference Code:
ACAD 1/14
Date:
1944-08-05-1944-09-29, 5 August-29 September 1944 (creation)
Description:
Diary of Cadogan's involvement in the Dumbarton Oaks and Second Quebec Conferences in the autumn of 1944. Subjects covered include: discussions surrounding the formation of the United Nations Security Council, including negotiations over voting procedure and rights of veto for member states; interaction with the press and photographers; Cadogan's reaction to hearing his own voice on a Paramount film of the Dumbarton Oaks Conference; and comments on travel, dinners, and books read.
Collection:
The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan


Diary
Reference Code:
ACAD 1/36
Date:
1965 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan


Egypt diary
Reference Code:
HNKY 1/9
Date:
1939-01-11-1939-02-02 (creation)
Description:
Diary during visit to Suez Canal. Covers every aspect of the Company's organisation and work. Also describes all the leading personalities he met during the trip.
Collection:
The Papers of Maurice Hankey


Audio recording of oral history interview with Simon Fishel
Reference Code:
FSHL 9/1
Date:
2025-06-11 (creation)
Description:
Focusing on Simon Fishel's life and work from being a PhD student at Churchill College in the early 1980s onwards. The interview was conducted at Churchill Archives Centre by Madelin Evans (archivist). Subjects include Churchill College, Bob Edwards, Bourn Hall IVF clinic, Ruth Fowler Edwards, Patrick Steptoe, equipment and facilities for early IVF work, the ethics of IVF and reproductive medicine, Jean Purdy's role in the development of IVF, resignation from Bourn Hall and what led to that decision including Peter Jackson's visit to Bourn Hall, Simon Fishel's work in Rome for Dr Severino Antinori, work at the Park Hospital in Nottingham, moving to Nottingham University of set up NURTURE IVF clinic, 'In Vitro Fertilisation: Past, Present, Future' publication, and Nottingham University bringing a legal case against Simon Fishel (including the background to the case and the impact on Fishel's life).
Collection:
The Papers of Simon Fishel


Cecil Jacob's diary
Reference Code:
JACB 1/28
Date:
1954-04-24-1955-08-28, 1954-5 (creation)
Description:
Comprising a trip to Canda and the United States for the wedding of Ian and Cecil Jacob's son, William, to Rhona McComas in New York City, 24 April-22 May 1954, and a motoring holiday with their friend, Jim Hindley-Smith, to Sauveterre-de-Comminges, in the French Pyrénées, 12-28 August 1955. With black-and-white postcards of France. Also with colour photographs of a later family trip to the Hostellerie des Sept Molles in Sauveterre-de-Comminges in 1988, including a photograph of the entry in the hotel register written by Ian Jacob, 24 August 1955.
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Cecil Jacob's diary
Reference Code:
JACB 1/35
Date:
1960-10-28-1961-06-01, 1960-1 (creation)
Description:
Comprising business trips with her husband, Ian Jacob, to the European Broadcasting Union Conference in Geneva, and a holiday afterwards at Lake Lugano and Lake Como, 28 October-8 November 1960, to the European Broadcasting Union Conference in Madrid, 24-28 November 1960, and to Copenhagen, 1-5 June 1961. With black-and-white and colour postcards. Also with a black-and-white photograph of Ian Jacob bowling at the bowling alley at CERN [European Organization for Nuclear Research] during their trip to Switzerland, [1960].
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Diary covering Operation "Archer", a visit to the USA and Canada with Clement Attlee
Reference Code:
JACB 1/23
Date:
1945-11-09-1945-11-20 (creation)
Description:
Typescript copy.
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Ian Jacob's notebook
Reference Code:
JACB 1/1
Date:
1917-1931, 1917-31 (creation)
Description:
Including lists of personal possesions, 1919; accounts of insurance, 1920-6; accounts of investments, 1919-27; a list of significant dates in his life, 1917-31; accounts of income and expenditure, 1920, 1927; accounts of the running costs of a car, 1923-5; and a list of wedding presents, [1924]
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Ian Jacob's diary
Reference Code:
JACB II 5/9
Date:
1988-01-01-1988-11-29, 1988 (creation)
Description:
Comprising a 1988 dataday diary used for intermittent brief daily entries.
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Illustrated personal diary
Reference Code:
JACB 1/9
Date:
1941-08 (creation)
Description:
Original typescript record of Operation "Riviera", the Atlantic meeting
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Diary
Reference Code:
TUCK 1/6
Date:
1907-1946 (creation)
Description:
Written from HMS Goliath, including Singapore, Vietnam, Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea, Russia and China.
Mainly comprising diary entries for 1946.
With a business card.
Collection:
The Papers of Oswald Tuck


Diary
Reference Code:
TUCK 1/11
Date:
1946-03-1946-11 (creation)
Description:
Written from Greenwich, detailing daily events and programme of work of the Japanese translation party.
Collection:
The Papers of Oswald Tuck


Diary of Operation "Bracelet", the Middle East & Moscow
Reference Code:
JACB 1/17
Date:
1942-08 (creation)
Description:
With annotations for publication by Charles Richardson.
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Diary
Reference Code:
HNKY 1/5
Date:
1918-07-20-1922-12-03 (creation)
Description:
Diary Vol. 3
Collection:
The Papers of Maurice Hankey


Diary
Reference Code:
HNKY 1/4
Date:
1917-1918 (creation)
Description:
Loose diary pages for 31 Oct-17 Nov, 26 Nov-2 Dec 1917; 21 Jan-4 Feb, 22 Mar-3 Apr, 31 May-4 June, 1-5 July 1918.
Collection:
The Papers of Maurice Hankey


Diary
Reference Code:
ACAD 1/27
Date:
1956 (creation)
Description:
Diary. Subjects covered include: private meetings with Ian Jacob at the BBC; National Provincial Bank business; private meetings with Foreign Office officials including Ivone Kirkpatrick; United Nations Association meetings; Suez Canal Company business, including news of crisis and responses to nationalisation by Gamal Abdel Nassar; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on the BBC's relationship with the government, competition with commercial television, and audience research and viewing figures; Cadogan's response to the production of new talk show "Is This Your Problem?"; negotiations over BBC editorial responsibility in the case of Kathleen Bliss's "Fundamental Debate" project on the philosophy of religion; and Cadogan's sittings for his portrait by Duncan Grant. Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as watching television and gardening; the progress of Cadogan's lessons in painting; visits to art galleries, concerts, and the cinema, and various social engagements.
Collection:
The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan


Diary
Reference Code:
ACAD 1/38
Date:
1967 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan


Washington Conference
Reference Code:
JACB 1/14
Date:
1942-06 (creation)
Description:
Although titled "Most Secret" Diary of Operation "Argonaut" this diary does not relate to the Yalta Conference of 1945. The typescript contents include Combined Chiefs of Staff Minutes, correspondence and memoranda
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Diary of a visit to Moscow with the Foreign Secretary Ernest Bevin
Reference Code:
JACB 1/25
Date:
1945-12-14-1945-12-28 (creation)
Description:
Contents include correspondence with members of the Jacob family.
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Egypt Diary
Reference Code:
HNKY 1/11
Date:
1947-1948 (creation)
Description:
Diary during number of visits to Suez Canal. 4 Jan-25 Feb 1947 and 11 Dec 1947-1942 Feb 1948. Notes of a visit to West Sussex by [Lady Hankey], 14-17 Apr 1936.
Collection:
The Papers of Maurice Hankey


Illustrated personal diary
Reference Code:
JACB 1/5
Date:
1928-10-26-1930-07-08 (creation)
Description:
Of both Ian and Cecil Bisset Jacob (written by Ian Jacob)
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Illustrated personal diary
Reference Code:
JACB 1/6
Date:
1930-07-09-1932-03-23 (creation)
Description:
Of both Ian and Cecil Bisset Jacob (written by Ian Jacob)
Collection:
The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob


Engagement diaries
Reference Code:
HNKY 1/13A
Date:
1941-1943 (creation)
Collection:
The Papers of Maurice Hankey


Diary
Reference Code:
TUCK 1/3
Date:
1903 (creation)
Description:
Written from HMS Goliath, including Hong Kong, Singapore, China, South Korea and Japan, the voyage home via Sri Lanka and the Suez Canal, and Sicily.
Collection:
The Papers of Oswald Tuck