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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A Historian Let Loose in Churchill Archives Centre
PhD student Matthew Hurst reflects on his month spent behind the scenes at Churchill Archives Centre. Visit any archive in the UK and you will have a broadly similar experience […]
Winston Churchill’s Forgotten Olympics Speech
In a little-known speech made a century ago, Winston Churchill gave his strong support for raising funds that would enable British athletes to participate in the Olympics regardless of their […]
Harriet Harman delivers twentieth Roskill Lecture
Harriet Harman giving the 20th Roskill Lecture in the Wolfson Theatre in Churchill College on 26 June 2024. On Wednesday 26th June, over 250 people watched The Rt. Hon. Harriet […]
The ‘Member for Africa’, Fenner Brockway
Not that many people these days have heard of Fenner Brockway, but in his time (and it was a long time, as he lived to the age of 99), Brockway […]
The Story of 50 Stories
In late 2022 and early 2023, the Archives Centre team began to think about how we would mark our 50th Anniversary. We felt this was an important moment to not […]