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The Papers of Sir Winston Churchill
The Churchill Archive comprises material in almost 2500 boxes, consisting of a variety of formats including paper, photographs and artefacts.
The catalogue was written by, and is maintained by, the Churchill Archives Centre at Churchill College, Cambridge. It divides the Archive into two groups, or 'series'. The papers dating from before 27 July 1945, when Churchill's first term as Prime Minister ended, are known as the Chartwell Papers (catalogue reference CHAR) and were originally owned by the Chartwell Trust. The papers dating from after 27 July 1945 (catalogue reference CHUR) are known as the Churchill Papers and were given to Churchill College by Lady Churchill in 1969.
Within these two series the catalogue offers more detailed classifications relating to the type of material, and in many (though not all) cases describes individual documents.
Area | Series | Description | Date range | |
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Personal | CHAR 1 | Personal | 1884 - 1945 | select this |
Personal | CHUR 1 | Personal | 1945 - 1965 | select this |
Public and political: general | CHAR 2 | Public and political: general | 1898 - 1945 | select this |
Public and Political: General | CHUR 2 | Public and Political: General | 1945 - 1965 | select this |
Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]. | CHAR 3 | Political: Constituency: Oldham [Lancashire]. | 1900 - 1905 | select this |
Political: Constituency: North West Manchester. | CHAR 4 | Political: Constituency: North West Manchester. | 1904 - 1908 | select this |
Constituency: Dundee | CHAR 5 | Constituency: Dundee | 1908 - 1922 | select this |
Political: Constituency, out of office | CHAR 6 | Political: Constituency, out of office | 1923 - 1924 | select this |
Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex] | CHAR 7 | Political: Constituency: Epping [Essex] | 1924 - 1945 | select this |
Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex] | CHUR 3 | Political: Constituency: Woodford [Essex] | 1943 - 1965 | select this |
Literary | CHAR 8 | Literary | 1890 - 1945 | select this |
Literary | CHUR 4 | Literary | 1924 - 1965 | select this |
Speeches | CHAR 9 | Speeches | 1897 - 1945 | select this |
Speeches | CHUR 5 | Speeches | 1942 - 1960 | select this |
Official: Colonial Office | CHAR 10 | Official: Colonial Office | 1902 - 1908 | select this |
Official: Board of Trade | CHAR 11 | Official: Board of Trade | 1906 - 1911 | select this |
Home Office | CHAR 12 | Home Office | 1910 - 1911 | select this |
Official: Admiralty | CHAR 13 | Official: Admiralty | 1911 - 1915 | select this |
Official: Duchy of Lancaster | CHAR 14 | Official: Duchy of Lancaster | 1915 | select this |
Official: Ministry of Munitions | CHAR 15 | Official: Ministry of Munitions | 1917 - 1919 | select this |
Official: War and Air | CHAR 16 | Official: War and Air | 1918 - 1921 | select this |
Official: Colonial Office | CHAR 17 | Official: Colonial Office | 1920 - 1922 | select this |
Official: Treasury | CHAR 18 | Official: Treasury | 1924 - 1929 | select this |
Official: Admiralty | CHAR 19 | Official: Admiralty | 1939 - 1940 | select this |
Official: Prime Minister | CHAR 20 | Official: Prime Minister | 1940 - 1945 | select this |
Official: Cabinet | CHAR 21 | Official: Cabinet | 1908 - 1915 | select this |
Official: Cabinet | CHAR 22 | Official: Cabinet | 1920 - 1929 | select this |
Official: War Cabinet | CHAR 23 | Official: War Cabinet | 1939 - 1945 | select this |
Official: Committee of Imperial Defence | CHAR 24 | Official: Committee of Imperial Defence | 1909 - 1914 | select this |
Official: Committee of Imperial Defence | CHAR 25 | Official: Committee of Imperial Defence | 1920 - 1939 | select this |
Official: War Council | CHAR 26 | Official: War Council | 1914-1915 | select this |
Official: War Cabinet | CHAR 27 | Official: War Cabinet | 1917 - 1919 | select this |
Official: Prime Minister | CHUR 6 | Official: Prime Minister | 1951 - 1955 | select this |
Acquired Papers | CHAR 28 | Acquired Papers | 1690 - 1960 | select this |
Miscellanea | CHAR 29 | Miscellanea | 1906 - 1924 | select this |
Obsolete Lists | CHAR 30 | Obsolete Lists | 1921 - 1952 | select this |