Churchill Archives Centre
Where the modern history of Britain is open to all
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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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Recovering the Useful Past: Naval Historians at the Fore
It is often overlooked that naval historians have been at the forefront of developing not just sub-fields to the discipline of the study of history (such as military history) but also supporting the critical […]
Rare find in the O’Conor Papers
Whilst re-packaging the O’Conor collection recently we discovered an ambrotype photograph of Sir Nicholas O’Conor (ref: OCON 16/1/7). This image, likely dating from the 1860s, is a wet plate collodion […]
Churchill College and South Africa’s University of Fort Hare combine forces for heritage and research
After another challenging academic year against the backdrop of the Covid-19 pandemic, the academic results awarded to our entrants this year are – impressively – the strongest we have ever seen.
The missing months of a modest man: Colonel Ralph Bagnold – October 1941 to March 1942
What happens when a historical figure you admire goes missing for six months? This is what happened to me with Colonel Ralph Bagnold. Many people know about his desert explorations […]
Archive By-Fellow’s report: Looking at the American presidency from abroad
By Russell L. Riley I arrived in the reading room of the Churchill Archives Centre in April 2022 not with a project, but with a premise. For the last two […]