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Oral History: Michael Hoskin
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/28
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Date : - 2016-01-05 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Natalie Adams
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/61
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Date : - 2021-11 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: coming to Churchill; first impressions; interacting with Archives Centre and more widely in College; working on the Churchill Papers; working in the Reading Room and diversity of collections; working on the College Archive; finding the Andrew Sinclair film about the building of the College; microfilming the Churchill Papers; Churchill Archive for Schools; colleagues and personalities; early Sir Winston Churchill Archive Trust meetings; development of role; gaining Archives Accreditation; digitisation; Natasha Squire interviews.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Michael Westmore
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/47
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Date : - 2016-12-12 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: arrival at Churchill and first impressions; training and appointment as Garden Supervisor; Madingley Road hedge 2011; Cowan court landscaping 2016; Moller Centre extension 2015; Orchid House 2015; Staff; thoughts about the site.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Margaret Williams
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/66
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Date : - 2022-11-22 (creation)
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Description : - Interview includes: Coming to Churchill College and interview; office set-up, staff and equipment in the 1980s; working with Correlli Barnett; Lady Soames; leaving the College and former Archives Centre staff; World War II and Ambassador Phipps and Sir Philip Christison; the Churchill Papers; Roskill lectures.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: George Dark
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/2
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Date : - 1985 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with George Dark, one of the first porters, made as part of oral history project undertaken by Patricia Ackerman in 1985 for the Churchill Archives Centre. 1 copy tape (plus 1 master), with written summary of interview
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Mary Broers
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/45
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Date : - 2017-03-18 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: First impressions and Master's Lodge; first dog to live in Churchill College and dogs generally; Master's Garden; Visitors to the Master's Lodge; Hanging Committee, Maisonneuve Collection and Duncan Grant painting; Joseph Carberry and Evelyn Walker; Thanksgiving; Women at Trinity and Churchill; Security in the Master's Lodge; Moller Centre
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: John Moore
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/29/1
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Date : - 2016-02-24 (creation)
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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
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Marcial Echenique
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/52
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Date : - 2018-06-08 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: First impressions; attraction of buildings to architecture students; College policy on buying houses along Storey’s Way; Projects designed by Marcial Echenique; Buttery Extension; Appointment of College Architect; Extension to Fellows’ Corridor; Study Centre/Music Rooms Extension; Moller Centre, first Development Director and Moller designs; Henning Larsen; Archives Centre Extension; Postgraduate Village; Cowan Court; Changes and the Buildings/Estates Committee; Dick Tizard; Bill Mullins, Richard Sheppard; growing importance of Service Road and plans for future; Maintaining integrity of design and adapting to new requirements
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Dr Kenneth McQuillen
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/1
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Date : - 1985 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Dr Kenneth McQuillen, made as part of oral history project undertaken by Patricia Ackerman in 1985 for the Churchill Archives Centre. 6 copy tapes (and 6 masters, with written summary of interview).
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Michael Allen
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/37
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Date : - 2016-08-16 (creation)
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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
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Harold Pettit
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/3
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Date : - 1985 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Harold Pettit, 1st chief clerk, made as part of oral history project undertaken by Patricia Ackerman in 1985 for the Churchill Archives Centre. 1 copy tape (plus 1 master), with written summary of interview
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Alison Walker
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/4
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Date : - 1985 (creation)
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Description : - Interview with Alison Walker, 1st secretary to the Tutors for Advanced Students, made as part of oral history project undertaken by Patricia Ackerman in 1985 for the Churchill Archives Centre. 1 copy tape (plus 1 master), with written summary of interview
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Alison Finch
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/46
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Date : - 2017-03-03-2017-06-15 (creation)
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Description : - First interview includes early experiences as a woman Fellow; Sexism in Churchill; Assessment of Research carried out by Women; Move to Oxford and Sexism; Return to Churchill; Discrimination and the Pension Scheme; First impression of buildings, gardens and grounds; Sir William Hawthorne; Moller Centre; 25th Anniversary of the Admission of Women 1997; Appointment as Vice-Master; Editor of the Review; College Council and doing work for the College; Tension between academic role and College duties; Admission of Women and Egalitarianism Second interview includes admission of women and sexism.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Sir John Boyd
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/53
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Date : - 2018-06-22 (creation)
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Description : - Appointment to Mastership; Mastership interviewing process; The Fellowship, inc. Frank Hahn, Dick Tizard, and Boping Yuan; former Masters - Hawthorne, Bondi and Broers; Comparison with Embassy in Japan; Music, the ‘Hill’ colleges and the Colleges’ Committee; Modern Languages; Oriental Garden; the Master’s Lodge; Students; Relocation of office to Admin Corridor; Objectives as Master; Appointment of Director of the Moller Centre; Appointment of Vice-Chancellor; Visit of Speaker of the House of Commons (Betty Boothroyd); Workload; Student Disciplinary Appeals and Behaviour; Henry Moore; ‘Chaka’ and Akin Euba; Master’s Portrait; Vertical contact, integration and internationalism; Julia Boyd and her book ‘Travellers in the Third Reich’ (2017). Includes some references to staff members.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral history: Piers Brendon
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/69
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Date : - 2023-04-10 (creation)
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Description : - Piers Brendon was Keeper of the Churchill Archives from 1995-2001. Includes: appointment and handover from previous Keeper; acquisition of the Churchill Papers, the expansion of the Centre and the appointment of new staff; the culture of the College; seeking new collections; relationship between the Archives Centre and the College; acquisition of the Thatcher Papers; funding and design of the new Thatcher wing; departure and proposals for development of role; future of the Archives Centre and fundraising.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Victor Brown, Conservator at Churchill Archives Centre
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/22
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Date : - 2014-03-19 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Peter Hunt
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/41
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Date : - 2016-11-09 (creation)
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Description : - Includes: coming to Churchill and first impressions; Master's Garden and swimming pool; Derek Gautrey; Sheppard and Wolfson Flats; Moller Centre; Hedge along Madingley Road; Anne Hammerton; Hywel George equipment and health & safety
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Doug Ashman
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/20/2
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Date : - 2017-07 (creation)
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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
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
Oral History: Correlli Barnett/Josephine Sykes
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/26
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Date : - 2015-09-21 (creation)
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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
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College