The papers are mostly owned by the Margaret Thatcher Archive Trust, an educational charity established in 1997 to administer and care for the papers of Baroness Thatcher on behalf of the nation. The remainder of the collection was Accepted In Lieu in 2015.

The Trust is committed to allow appropriate access to this important historical resource to all researchers and sponsored the costs of a professional archivist to prepare an electronic catalogue of the archive.

The majority of the papers in the collection from Margaret Thatcher’s earliest years to the end of her Premiership are open and available to all researchers. A small number of items from her time as Prime Minister are currently closed on official advice but these closures are regularly reviewed.

The Trust and Churchill Archives Centre are committed to respecting the fair and lawful processing of personal data, as required by the Data Protection Act (2018), relating to parties mentioned directly and indirectly in the Papers. This may necessitate the closure of certain series of papers, or of items within series. In these instances all closure periods and dates of review or opening will be clearly indicated or made available on application to the Archivist.

Contact

For further information about the Thatcher Papers, please contact:

Andrew Riley
Archivist/Thatcher Papers
Churchill Archives Centre
Churchill College
Cambridge CB3 0DS

[email protected]