A letter from the National Heritage Memorial Fund dated May 2, 1995, confirming a £1,750,000 payment to The Sir Winston Churchill Archives Trust for purchasing archives. The letter is signed by Christopher Jeal.

1995

A boost for the Archives Centre

  • National Heritage Lottery Fund awards £13.25m to acquire Sir Winston’s personal papers through childhood to 1945
  • A further £1.75 million was given by the National Heritage Memorial Fund for cataloguing, conservation and endowment
  • First student to be elected President of the Cambridge Union: Roberta [Bobbie] Penn (U92)