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The Churchill Archives Centre is a world-leading collection of 20th Century history.

“Where the modern history of Britain is open to all”


The Archives Centre began by collecting the papers of Winston Churchill and other contemporaries and has grown to become an important resource for the study of modern history from the late nineteenth century to the present day. Our collections encompass the personal papers of individuals who made and remade British domestic politics and international relations, advanced scientific knowledge, and who observed or transformed society, economics and culture. These materials record key events and trends in the history of Britain and beyond. The Centre continues to collect.

The Archives Centre has been awarded Accreditation by The National Archives and the Churchill Papers have been entered on the UNESCO International Register of the Memory of the World.

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Scrapbooking on Winston Churchill’s death in rural England

Scrapbooking on Winston Churchill’s death in rural England

Feb 24, 2025

Sixty years ago, on January 24, Britons gathered around their radios to listen to the sombre BBC announcement that Sir Winston Churchill had died at the age of 90. Others learned about […]

Anne Seagrim in New York, in the early 1950s.

Discovering Dieppe: Exploring Anne Seagrim’s childhood years

Feb 18, 2025

In the second of a two-part blog, Churchill College By-Fellow Sharon Mather shares Anne Seagrim’s memories of growing up in Dieppe during the First World War. Cyril and Kathleen Seagrim […]

Sickert, Walter Richard, 1860-1942; Dieppe

Discovering Dieppe: the famous figures who called it home

Feb 17, 2025

One of the many revelations found among the papers of Anne Seagrim is a first-hand account of life for British ex-pats in Dieppe during the early twentieth century. In the […]