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Baroness Shirley Williams on 90 years of Women having the Vote, Women's Library Lecture 2008
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/3
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Date : - 2008 (creation)
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Description : - From the 'Documentaries' section
Ann Treneman parliamentary sketch writer reads from her diaries
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Reference Code : - SOBA 6/3/5
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Description : - From the 'Documentaries' section
List of all podcasts in book
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Reference Code : - SOBA 3/3/4
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Date : - 2019-3-18 (creation)
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Description : - As included in the book prior, not including those in the afterword, but with dates for each given
Transcript of interview: George Fergusson
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Reference Code : - DOHP 236
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Date : - 2024 (creation)
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/10
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Date : - 1941 (creation)
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Description : - Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships within the Foreign Office, in particular with Anthony Eden; Cadogan's insight into the Axis campaigns in the Balkans; diplomatic concerns regarding Britain's activities in North Africa and Persia [now Iran]; reception of intelligence in advance of Hitler’s planned attack on Russia; Cadogan's opinions and influence upon Churchill's communications with Roosevelt, the voyage to the USA aboard the H.M.S. Prince of Wales and the drafting of the Joint Declaration/Atlantic Charter; voyage to Soviet Union with Eden to conduct talks with Stalin and Molotov, including discussion on future Soviet frontiers; description of a journey on the Metropolitan line from Marylebone to Wendover, with comments on urban sprawl; and Cadogan's first-hand accounts of wartime affairs and events, including damage caused by the Blitz in Westminster, news reports on shipping, and exasperated comments on the quality of B.B.C. news reportage.
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/4
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Date : - 1936-01-01-1936-09-09 (creation)
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Description : - Diary of the final few months of Cadogan's time in China and his new role as Joint Deputy Under-Secretary at the Foreign Office in 1936. Subjects covered include: his relationship with important figures within the Foreign Office when in China, such as Frederick Leith-Ross and in London; the relationship between China and Japan and meetings with Chiang Kai-Shek; the death of King George V; a meeting with King Edward VIII; problems within the Foreign Office; his trip to the Montreaux Conference and the spectre of Hitler in Europe as well as social and family events.
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/7
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Date : - 1938 (creation)
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Description : - Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships inside the Foreign Office and diplomatic service; the Abyssinian crisis and relations with Italy as differing to those with Germany; the Anglo-American and Anglo-French relationships; Anthony Eden's resignation in February; the Czechoslovakian crisis and the Munich Agreement; the policies of rearmament and appeasement and the League of Nations as well as social and family events.
Draft chapters for Cadogan's autobiography, up until the outbreak of WW2
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Reference Code : - ACAD 7/1
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Date : - 1960 (creation)
Draft chapters for Cadogan's autobiography from WW2 onwards
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Reference Code : - ACAD 7/2
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Date : - 1960 (creation)
Diary covering Operation "Symbol", Casablanca
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Reference Code : - JACB 1/21
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Date : - 1943-01-1943-02 (creation)
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Description : - With annotations for publication by Charles Richardson.
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Collection : - The Papers of Ian and Cecil Jacob
Transcript of interview: Sir Alan Campbell
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Reference Code : - DOHP 2
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Date : - 1996 (creation)
- 1982 (creation)
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Description : - Also includes a later paper by Sir Alan Campbell, "Embassy to France - an account of Anglo-French relations, 1968-72" (1982). See also GBR/0014/SOAM 10/6.
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Recording 3
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Reference Code : - CCRF/141/23/3
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Date : - 2015-01 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College
"Dangerous Diplomacy"
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Reference Code : - DOHP 244
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Date : - 2024-2025 (creation)
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Description : - Memoir by Sir Allan Ramsay.
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Collection : - British Diplomatic Oral History Programme
Audio tape of Phyllis Willmott's oral history interviews with Michael Young about his early life, 1915-29
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Reference Code : - YUNG 10/6/3
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Date : - 2000 (creation)
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Description : -
Side 1: Michael Young's mother, Edith Young, an actress and teacher, and his father, Gibson Young, a violinist; doubts about whether his father was actually a Russian Communist refugee, who lodged with the family in Hale, Greater Manchester; the family's move to Melbourne, Australia, and their life there; his experience of parental neglect; his father's return to England; the possibility of adoption; his move to live at his grandparents' home in Melbourne, with weekly visits to his mother; his return to England with his mother to live in London; and the gradual breakdown of his parents' relationship. Duration: 35;06 minutes. Recorded on 10 November 2000.
Side 2: happier memories of childhood in Australia, swimming in the lagoon, a tram trip to the zoo, hiking in the hills, and his mother's literary circle of friends; living with his parents in one room in Chelsea in London on their return to England; elementary school near the Fulham Road and boarding preparatory schools in Bristol and in Cockfosters; and moving at the instigation of an aunt, who was involved in progressive education, to Dartington Hall School. Duration: 28:29 minutes. Recorded on 19 November 2000.
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Collection : - The Papers of Michael Young
Naval
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Description : - Churchill Archives Centre looks after many archives of naval personnel covering all ranks including Admirals. Highlights here include the memoirs of Admiral Sir Manley Power (in the Navy 1917-1961), and Admiral Somerville’s diary and reports on the Spanish Civil War.
Album of photographs and other mementoes
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Reference Code : - CSCT 5/4
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Date : - 1940-1942 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of Clementine Ogilvy Spencer-Churchill, Baroness Spencer-Churchill of Chartwell
Letters
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Description : - Nearly all of Churchill Archives Centre’s collections contain the key historical resource of letters. Highlighted here are letters from Clementine and Sarah Churchill, and letters from William and Margaret Malkin (a lawyer and his wife who was active in social welfare work)
Diary
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Reference Code : - HNKY 1/8
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Date : - 1923-1944 (creation)
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Description : - Loose diary pages for 3 Feb. 1923; 12 Dec. 1927-13 Jan. 1928; 3-17 Dec. 1928; 26 Jan., 30 May, 4-28 Aug. 1929; 26 Sept.-3 Oct. 1931; 12-14 Jan. 1935; 19 & 20 Jan. 1936; 2 Oct. 1938; 7 & 25 May, 2 June 1944
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Collection : - The Papers of Maurice Hankey
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/17
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Date : - 1946-01-22-1946-11-21, 22 January-21 November 1946 (creation)
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Description : - Diary. Subjects covered include: Cadogan's appointment as Permanent Representative of the UK Government to the United Nations; relationships with United Nations delegates and the Foreign Office; United Nations resolutions; Security Council negotiations on subjects including uses of the veto and withdrawal of troops from Syria, Lebanon, and Iran; discussions relating to the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission and reaction to proposals of Bernard Baruch; and comments on leisure activities, such as shopping, golf, and the theatre, and various social engagements in New York.
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Collection : - The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/18
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Date : - 1946-11-21-1947-12-31, 21 November 1946-31 December 1947 (creation)
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Description : - Diary. Subjects covered include: relationships with United Nations committees, the British Delegation, and the Foreign Office; notes on the development of United Nations procedures and elections; the admission of new member states Yemen and Pakistan; discussions relating to United Nations Security Council resolutions and the Partition Plan for Palestine; Cadogan's attendance at working committee meetings regarding atomic energy and the United Nations Atomic Energy Commission; comments on golf, concerts, and other leisure activities and social engagements in New York.
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Collection : - The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/12
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Date : - 1943 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/14
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Date : - 1944-08-05-1944-09-29, 5 August-29 September 1944 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan
Diary
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Reference Code : - ACAD 1/36
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Date : - 1965 (creation)
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Collection : - The Papers of Alexander and Theodosia Cadogan
Egypt diary
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Reference Code : - HNKY 1/9
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Date : - 1939-01-11-1939-02-02 (creation)
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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.
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Collection : - The Papers of Maurice Hankey
French Government Fellowship at Churchill College
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Reference Code : - CCAC/114
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Date : - 2004-2014 (creation)
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Collection : - Official Archive of Churchill College