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Papers of Lord Hailsham
Photograph by Jane Bown. Reference: HLSM 12
In April 2008, Churchill Archives Centre released the first papers from the archive of Lord Hailsham.
This is the culmination of a three and a half year project: a year was spent sorting the entire archive of approximately 1000 boxes and two and a half years cataloguing the diaries and political correspondence prior to release. A total of 450 boxes of papers are being made available to researchers for the first time and highlights of the collection include:
- Political diaries, 1970-1979, including notes of Cabinet meetings, 1970-1974, and many entries in Lord Hailsham's distinctive Speedwriting "code".
- Wartime diary, 1941-1942.
- Correspondence with MPs and Peers, 1942-1977.
- Correspondence about the Oxford By-election, 1938.
Digitised extracts from Lord Hailsham's political diaries, 1970-73, are available here. An introduction to the diaries by Christopher Collins and digitised extracts from the later volumes, 1974-79, are available on the Margaret Thatcher Foundation website.
More images from the Hailsham Papers covering the Oxford By-election of 1938 can also be seen on our education website, the Churchill Era.
For further information about the collection, please contact:
Sophie Bridges
Archivist
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge CB3 0DS
Telephone: (01223) 336166
Fax: (01223) 336135
Email: Sophie Bridges
Lord Hailsham's "Q" signature, 1987. Reference: HLSM 1/1/30