Join us on Thursday 4th May for an exclusive visit to the Churchill Archive Centre!
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| Photo courtesy of Churchill Archives Centre |
Located in Churchill
College, this purpose built centre houses Sir Winston Churchill's papers—some 3000 boxes of letters and documents
ranging from his childhood letters, great war-time speeches, to the writings
which earned him the Nobel Prize for Literature.
In addition the Centre holds the papers of almost 600
important figures and the number is still growing. Contemporaries of Winston
Churchill, including friends and family, sit alongside major political,
military and scientific figures like Margaret Thatcher, Ernest Bevin, John
Major, Neil Kinnock, Admiral Ramsay, Field Marshal Slim, Frank Whittle and
Rosalind Franklin. As well as papers the collections includes artefacts such as
Lady Thatcher’s handbag and Churchill’s cigars.
Numbers are strictly limited to 20.
Please contact Jo Milton directly –jm908@medschl.cam.ac.uk if you are interested in attending.
Arrangements:
Refreshments will be served in the Jock Colville Hall
5:30 – 6:00, followed by a tour at 6pm which should take half an hour.
Directions to Churchill College : - https://www.chu.cam.ac.uk/media/uploads/files/Churchill_Map.pdf
Parking :- The Archives Centre is signposted from the
Porter's Lodge. There is a large visitor's car park at the top of Churchill
Road, but you can also park in any of the spaces along the right-hand side of
the road (if you can get one of these it's a lot less walking!)
