The Sir Winston Churchill papers
Subtitle: from the Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge
Contributors: Great Britain. Prime Minister; Primary Source Microfilm (Firm); Churchill College. Archives Centre
Publisher: Primary Source Microfilm
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Woodbridge, Conn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 456
Subjects: Archives; Prime ministers; Sources; History; World War, 1939-1945
Notes: Accompanied by printed guides.

"Series" and "parts" on printed guides correspond to "series" and "parts" on reels.

Includes indexes.

The papers have been divided into 2 groups. Papers dating from before 27 July 1945, when Churchill's first term as Prime Minister ended are known as the Chartwell Papers (catalog reference CHAR) and were originally owned by the Chartwell Trust. Papers dating from after 27 July 1945 (catalog reference CHUR) are known as the Churchill Papers and were given to Churchill College by Lady Churchill. Cf. Churchill College website.
Table of contents: title: Series 1. Speeches of resonance and power. pt. 1. Speeches, 1897-1945 (class CHAR 9). pt. 2. Speeches, 1945-1959 (class CHUR 5) (107 reels); title: Series 2. Official papers of government departments. pt. 1. Colonial Office, 1905-1908 : Board of Trade, 1908-1910 : Home Office, 1910-1911 : Admiralty, 1911-1915 : Duchy of Lancaster, 1915 (classes CHAR 10-14). pt. 2. Munitions, 1917-1919 (class CHAR 15). pt. 3. War and Air, 1918-1921 (class CHAR 16), Colonial Office, 1921-1922 (class CHAR 17), Treasury, 1924-1929 (class CHAR 18), Admiraliity, 1939-1940 (class CHAR 19). pt. 4. Prime Minister, 1940-1945 (class CHAR 20) : Prime Minister, 1951-1955 (class CHUR 6) (159 reels); title: Series 3. Official papers : cabinets and committees. pt. 1. Cabinet Office, 1908-1915 (class CHAR 21) : Committee of Imperial Defence, 1909-1915 (class CHAR 24) : War Council, 1914-1915 (class CHAR 26) : War Cabinet, 1917-1919 (class CHAR 27). pt. 2. Cabinet Office, 1920-1922 and 1924-1929 (class CHAR 22) : Committee of Imperial Defence, 1920-1922 and 1935-1939 (class CHAR 25) : War Cabinet, 1939-1945 (class CHAR 23); title: Series 4. Personal papers : a family in war and peace. pt. 1-2. 1884-1945 (class CHAR 1). pt. 3-4. 1945-1965 (class CHUR 1) (70 reels); title: Series 4. Personal papers : a family in war and peace. pt. 1-2. 1884-1945 (class CHAR 1). pt. 3-4. 1945-1965 (class CHUR 1) (120 reels)