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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Nicholas Wentworth Roskill (6 December 1931 – 20 January 2025)
Nicholas Roskill was the eldest son of Captain Stephen Roskill, a former Senior Research Fellow at Churchill College, for whom both the Roskill Library and the Roskill Memorial Lecture are […]
Not just your average politician: Sir Gerald Kaufman
One of our more recent political collections is the archive of the late Labour MP Sir Gerald Kaufman. Kaufman was a colourful character in more ways than one (never one […]
Scrapbooking on Winston Churchill’s death in rural England
Sixty years ago, on January 24, Britons gathered around their radios to listen to the sombre BBC announcement that Sir Winston Churchill had died at the age of 90. Others learned about […]