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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

Audio tape of Phyllis Willmott's interviews with Michael Young about his early life, 1933-53

Reference Code:: YUNG 10/6/6

Date:: 2001 (creation)

Description:: Side 1: Michael Young moving to London and living at Toynbee Hall in the East End; working at McKenna and Co, Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst's firm of solicitors in the City, presided over by Fred Gwatkin; moving on his own to a rented flat in Bloomsbury; membership of the Holborn branch of the Labour Party and standing as a candidate for the Council in Holborn and St Pancras; moving in with his mother, Edith Young, in Bloomsbury; studying for the Bar at Gray's Inn; taking an evening course at the LSE and then switching to study Economics, Politics, Social History and Law full-time there; being elected Secretary of the LSE Students' Union; going to anti-Fascist demonstrations in London with his mother, Edith, during the Spanish Civil War; his first girlfriends; travelling around on his motorbike and visiting Dartington; his continuing relationship with Dorothy and Leonard Elmhirst; qualifying as a barrister; working on a plan for wartime manpower policy for Max Nicholson at PEP (Political and Economic Planning); recruitment by Lord Perth to a Civil Service unit making preparations for wartime and the withdrawal of the offer because he had been identified by MI5 as a student Communist; joining PEP as a research officer instead; the post-war reconstruction group set up by Max Nicholson and their discussions of future plans for Europe. Duration; 47:04 minutes. Recorded on 29 May 2001.
Side 2: working at PEP on post-war reconstruction on the domestic front and how to pay for the war (pamphlet titled "Financial Mysticism"); meeting John Maynard Keynes to talk about the latter; his report on preparation for the emergency response to the bombing of London (pamphlet titled "London Under Bombing"); leaving PEP to work in a marine munitions factory in Swindon; joining the Home Guard and training with Tom Winteringham at Osterley Park; becoming the labour manager for the munitions factory, recruiting women workers, liaising with the trade unions, distributing the petrol ration, and progress chasing orders supplied to shipyards around the country; boarding with the Palphramand family in Swindon; meeting Joan Lawson, who later became his first wife; returning to PEP as director; moving to head the Labour Party Research Department at Transport House; the 1945 General Election campaign; Peter Willmott's letter about "Small Man, Big World", meeting each other, and recruiting him to the Research Department; the 1950 and 1951 General Elections; Michael Young's idea for a consumer advice service; his world tour to India, Australia, New Zealand and Canada, and a narrow escape from a plane crash; his lifelong friendship and working relationship with Peter and Phyllis Willmott; leaving the Research Department and spending time at the Tavistock Institute; starting a PhD on the extended family in Bethnal Green supervised by Richard Titmuss and based at Oxford House. Duration: 36:34 minutes. Recorded on 10 July 2001?

Collection:: The Papers of Michael Young

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/19

Date:: 1948 (creation)

Description:: Diary. Subjects covered include: relations with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, and the Foreign Office; notes on the development of United Nations procedures and the admission of new member states; discussions relating to United Nations Security council resolutions on Palestine and the India-Pakistan conflict over Kashmir [region in China, India and Pakistan]; ongoing discussions surrounding Eastern Europe; the Berlin Blockade; the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission; notes regarding visits to London, Paris, and Stockholm; and comments on family health, social engagements, and leisure activities, including Cadogan's thoughts on "A Streetcar Named Desire".

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/22

Date:: 1951 (creation)

Description:: Diary. Subjects covered include: Cadogan's relationship with Anthony Eden; meetings of the London Regional Council of the United Nations Association, with discussions on the rearmament of Germany and NATO, and comments on attendees, including Barbara Castle; Chatham House meetings on Anglo-American relations; Suez Canal Company business; English Speaking Union meetings; National Provincial Bank business; Cadogan receiving the Order of Merit; and trips to Portugal and Switzerland. Also includes comments on leisure pursuits and household management; shopping and rationing; Cadogan's trip to the Festival of Britain; visits to art galleries, concerts, and theatre in London; notes on reading, including Cadogan's reaction to a biography of Churchill; and various social engagements, especially involving Canasta.

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/25

Date:: 1954 (creation)

Description:: Diary. Subjects covered include: private meetings with Ian Jacob at the BBC; National Provincial Bank business; United Nations Association meetings; Suez Canal Company business; Chatham House meetings on Anglo-American relations; discussions regarding Drogheda Report; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on the BBC's relationship with the government, secret intelligence, and the Independent Television Authority, the BBC's responses to the government White Paper on commercial television and the Television Bill, the introduction of colour television and "News in Vision", and the "closed fortnight" or "fourteen-day rule"; and Cadogan's viewing of the filming of programmes at Lime Grove Studios such as "Panorama". Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as watching television and listening to the radiogram at home; shopping; visits to art galleries, concerts, and theatre in London; and various social engagements.

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: HNKY 1/2

Date:: 1916-1917 (creation)

Description:: Loose diary pages for 26 Mar-5 Apr 1916; 2-9 Jan 1917.

Collection:: The Papers of Maurice Hankey

Diary

Reference Code:: PEAK 1/2

Date:: 1956-12-02-1957-04-05 (creation)

Description:: Diary covering Charles Peake’s time from 2nd December 1956 to 5th April 1957 when he worked as British Ambassador to Athens. Subjects covered include: work on departmental papers for the Colonial Policy Committee (CPC); discussions with colleagues on Cyprus constitutional affairs; Anthony Eden’s difficulties in re-establishing relationships with the White House [in the post-Suez era]; meeting of the CPC; addressing CPC at Downing Street; meeting colleagues at Brooks’s Club; dislike for self-righteousness of the Labour party; travelling to Hatfield for a meeting and touring grounds of Hatfield House; attending Cabinet meetings; meeting with the Minister of State at the Foreign Office; and discussions in the House of Commons and Cabinet about [Lord] Radcliffe’s proposals [concerning the Constitution for Cyprus]. Also includes a newspaper clipping reporting on Peake’s leave.

Collection:: The Papers of Sir Charles Peake

JCR manifestos for 2019-2020

Reference Code:: CCAC/123/1/6/10

Date:: 2019 (creation)

Description:: Born-digital manifestos for the JCR Committee for 2019-20

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

JCR Pantomime

Reference Code:: CCAC/123/1/7

Date:: 2006-2016 (creation)

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

"Mirage"

Reference Code:: CCAC/123/6/21

Date:: 2017 (creation)

Description:: Posters advertising the 2017 Churchill Spring Ball, as well as an event banner.

Collection:: Official Archive of Churchill College

"Back in the Day"

Reference Code:: CCAC/123/6/7

Date:: 2007-02-09 (creation)

Description:: Posters advertising 2007 Spring Ball at Churchill College and programmes for the event. Also includes: copies of letters seeking sponsorship; information about selling tickets; proposal for the event put to College Council; and photo of the Ball Committee.