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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Ongoing work with 5.25″ floppy disks
Earlier this month I spend another day working with Leontien Talboom, Technical Analyst at Cambridge University Library, working on getting data from our 5.25″ floppy disks, following up on our […]
Clementine Churchill and the Red Cross Aid to Russia Fund
Part of our job here at the Archives Centre is to answer all the weird and wonderful enquiries we receive about our collections. Very often this leads to us finding […]
Walter, Winston & Eddie: a story of Painting, Friendship & Patronage
Winston Churchill and his Private Secretary, Edward (Eddie) Marsh, were the best of friends. Churchill wrote to him: ‘Few people have been so lucky as me to find in the […]
Averil Claire Condren (1944-2023): A tribute
It was with great sadness that the Churchill Archives Centre learned of the death of Averil Condren, our longest serving and most loyal volunteer and the extra member of our […]
Treasure Hunting Part 3: The Unexplored Unconscious of the Churchill era
The theatre work The Miracle haunts the first half of the 20th century. Restaged or re-envisioned with popular and critical success three consecutive decades, its impact on the era remains […]