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Churchill College Archives: Historical Reference Records

This collection brings together publications, historical articles and reminiscences, drawings and artefacts about the College or events or people connected with it, including:

• Records relating to special events, including records of Sir Winston Churchill's only visit to the College, made on October 17th 1959 to plant an oak tree and a mulberry tree on the College site.
• A substantial collection of press cuttings. These cover the origins of the College in particular and include many articles from the architectural press of the 1960s on the College buildings and on the architects, Richard Sheppard, Robson and Partners.
• Several unpublished articles on the history and origins of the College, chiefly written by individual Trustees.
• The College's Oral History Project.

Cartoon from the Birmingham Mail 15 May 1958 (ref. CCRF 120/1/6).