I am pleased to announce that Oxford researchers now have access to the Churchill Archive. This resource, published by Bloomsbury Publishing in collaboration with the Churchill Archives Centre (Cambridge), is a signification collection providing access to more than 800,000 pages of original documents of Winston S. Churchill’s private papers, produced between 1874 and 1965. They include speeches, private letters, telegrams, manuscripts and government transcripts.
This resource is relevant for students and researchers of modern history, politics and international affairs. It is accessible via SOLO and Databases A-Z.
CHUR 5/8/145-162 – 19 Sep 1946
Winston Churchill: “The Tragedy of Europe”
Speech notes for WSC’s speech (19 September, University of Zurich)
Accompanying the resource are specially-commissioned articles, as well as reading lists and bibliographies.
Readers can search the collection by topic, by person, by place or by period.
Also useful:
- Biography of Winston S. Churchill from Oxford Dictionary of National Biography [subscription resource]
- Cabinet Papers 1915-1982 [subscription resource]
- Documents on British Policy Overseas [subscription resource]
