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Poland

Reference Code:: KNNY 1/5

Date:: 1918-12-20-1919-01-26 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a diary of the Paris Peace Conference written in Paris, Berne and Warsaw and concerning negotiations over Poland written when Rowland Kenney was Assistant Commissioner in the British Mission to Poland.

Collection:: The Papers of Rowland Kenney and Kit Kenney

Memoir

Reference Code:: KBRM 2

Date:: 2019-08 (creation)

Description:: Memoir of Katharine Broome's work with the Churchills, including working at Chartwell [Kent] and various important dinners and events, particularly Churchill's 80th birthday, the presentation of Graham Sutherland's portrait of him as a gift from Parliament, his retirement as Prime Minister the following year and the 1955 General Election.

Collection:: The Papers of Katharine Broome

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

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/1

Date:: 1933 (creation)

Description:: Diary covering Cadogan's final year as British representative to the League of Nations. Subjects covered include: the defence of the Great Wall in January [precursor of the Second Sino-Japanese War in 1937]; repercussions within the League of the Lytton Report and the Anglo-Persian Oil Agreement; the Geneva Disarmament Conference [1932-1934]; strong opinions on the position of the British cabinet and his colleagues; growing concern at the menace of Germany and treatment of Jewish citizens; and social and family events including preparations for moving to China. Ends with a moving entry about hope for a different kind of story in 1934.

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/20

Date:: 1949 (creation)

Description:: Diary. Subjects covered include: relations with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, especially with Barbara Castle, and the Foreign Office; Cadogan's inspection of building plans and models for the new United Nations Council Chamber; notes on progress with the United Nations Atomic Energy commission, the Commission for India and Pakistan, and the Commission for Conventional Armaments; discussions relating to United Nations Security Council resolutions on Indonesia, Palestine, and trusteeship of strategic areas; notes regarding Cadogan's visit to California and Nevada, including visits to the Huntington Library, Universal Filmstudios, and the Grand Canyon; the admission of Israel to the United Nations; reactions to the Communist Revolution in China; discussions surrounding relief for refugees and human rights; rearmament in West Germany [later part of Germany]; comments on social engagements, golf, and other leisure activities, especially Canasta.

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: ACAD 1/26

Date:: 1955 (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; BBC Board of Governors meetings and policy discussions, including remarks on audience research and the BBC's relationship with the government and the Independent Television Authority; religious programming; arrangements for the installation of television transmitters at Crystal Palace; the BBC's role during the newspaper maintenance workers' strike; an account of Cadogan's conversation with Lord Reith about the decline of deference on the BBC; the preservation of BBC impartiality, and the negotiation of the "closed fortnight" or "fourteen-day-rule". Also includes comments on leisure pursuits such as gardening and the introduction of Scrabble; visits to art galleries, concerts, and theatre in London; and various social engagements, including a meeting and invitation from Margot Fonteyn.

Collection:: The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan

Diary

Reference Code:: HNKY 1/6

Date:: 1918-1922 (creation)

Description:: Loose diary pages for 3-10 Oct, 25 Oct-27 Nov 1918; 20 July-17 Sept 1920; 26 Feb-4 Mar, 6-9 Mar 1921; 12-21 Dec 1922.

Collection:: The Papers of Maurice Hankey

Ian Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/36

Date:: 1962-08-29-1964-07-09, 1962, 1964 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a motoring holiday to Sauveterre-de-Comminges, in the French Pyrénées, 29 August-25 September 1962, and a sailing holiday in the Netherlands, 2-9 July1964. With black-and-white and colour postcards and other printed ephemera.

Collection:: The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob

Cecil Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/32

Date:: 1958-11-19-1959-02-28, 1958-9 (creation)

Description:: Comprising business trips with her husband, Ian Jacob, to Munich, 19-25 November 1958, and to India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Canada, 24 January-28 Februry 1959. With black-and-white and colour postcards, an opera programme, and other printed ephemera from Munich. Also with black-and-white photographs, black-and-white and colour postcards, pressed flowers, and other printed ephemera from India, Sri Lanka, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan, and Canada. Including black-and-white photographs of Ian and Cecil Jacob in Singapore, February 1959 (2).

Collection:: The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob

Ian Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/37

Date:: 1964-08-19-1969-04-08, 1964, 1969 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a motoring holiday with their friends, Charity and Bob Powell, to Geneva, 19 August-9 September 1964, and a holiday in Florence, 1-8 April 1969. With colour postcards.

Collection:: The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob

Ian Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/38

Date:: 1966-02-15-1973-05-24, 1966, 1973 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a business trip on behalf of EMI [Electric and Musical Industries] to New Zealand travelling out via Los Angeles, Honolulu, and Fiji, and back via Australia and Canada, 15 February-21 March 1966, and a holiday on Sark, in the Channel Islands, 14-24 May 1973. With colour postcards, a press cutting, and other printed ephemera.

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 1/22

Date:: 1945-11-09-1945-11-20 (creation)

Description:: Manuscript diary.

Collection:: The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob

Ian Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/40

Date:: 1976-01-04-1982-10-16, 1976, 1978, 1982 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a holiday at Lyndhurst, in the New Forest, 4-11 January 1976, a motoring holiday to Cornwall, Devon, Gloucestershire, and Wiltshire, 28 June-12 July 1978, a holiday in Gibraltar, 1-6 September 1982, and a motoring holiday to Dorset and Somerset, 8-16 October 1982. With colour postcards and other printed ephemera.

Collection:: The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob

Ian Jacob's diary

Reference Code:: JACB 1/39

Date:: 1970-02-21-1975-06-03, 1970, 1971, 1975 (creation)

Description:: Comprising a holiday in Majorca, 21 February-15 March 1970, a trip to Canada to give a lecture to the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Edmonton, 10 May-1 June 1971, and a holiday in Porto Santo Stefano, travelling via Geneva, 25 May-3 June 1975. With colour postcards.