The Churchill Archives Centre is now closed due to the Covid-19 outbreak. We are still able to offer a limited remote enquiry service and can be reached by email at archives@chu.cam.ac.uk. Do also check out our existing online resources here. We look forward to welcoming you back as soon as is possible and wish you and your families all the very best.
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Frequently asked questions on visiting the Archives Centre, our collections, and obtaining and using copies from the archives.
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Discover a wide range of documents by more than 570 political, military & scientific luminary figures from the Churchill era and beyond.
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Where to find general contact details for the Archives Centre as well as for individual members of staff. .
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Details of our upcoming public programme of events, exhibition loans and group visits.
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Stay up to date with the latest news from the Archives Centre and explore our collections through our blog posts.
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A range of our collections are available to view on the Churchill Archives Centre Flickr account.
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The Churchill Archives Centre relies on the support and generosity of trusts and individuals.
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The Centre exists to preserve and make available the raw material of our recent past.
DetailsPurpose-built in 1973 to house Sir Winston Churchill's Papers, the Churchill Archives Centre is now home to the papers of almost 600 important political, military and scientific figures from the Churchill era and after. Contemporaries of Winston Churchill sit alongside major political, military and scientific figures such as: Margaret Thatcher, Ernest Bevin, John Major, Neil Kinnock, Admiral Ramsay, Field Marshal Slim, Frank Whittle and Rosalind Franklin.
Situated within the grounds of Churchill College, itself the national and Commonwealth memorial to Sir Winston, the Archives Centre is a valuable academic and cultural research hub. Its collections form one of the country’s most important sources for twentieth-century British history. The Archives Centre's mission is to preserve and make available to the public the unique materials in its care.
The scrapbook of Mary Agnes Hamilton: the conservator's view
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A report from a recent Archives Centre by-fellow on an overlooked section of the Amery archive: the papers of Leo Amery's mother Elisabeth.
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Another chance to see Professor David Reynolds FBA and his band of willing volunteers (aka Churchill, Stalin and Roosevelt) recreating part of the Yalta Conference.
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Another in our series of guides to the archives.
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Our Archives by-fellow for the 2019 Easter Term, on her work with our wartime code-breaking collections.
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A stamp, a cigarette case and a matchbox: a few more challenges for our conservation team!
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