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The Churchill Archives Centre (CAC) Is one of the largest repositories of modern personal papers in Britain. Best known for housing the archive of Winston Churchill, it also holds the private papers of Margaret Thatcher. Directly relevant to the Northern Ireland conflict and peace process are the Chichester-Clark Papers (CCLK), the Kinnock Papers (KNNK), the Powell Papers (POLL) and the Thatcher Papers (THCR). These papers are only open to 1981 for now and are fully searchable on the online database. A visit to the Archive is required to access the papers. John Major’s papers will be available in due course. Also available online are various interviews from the British Diplomatic Oral History Programme (BDOHP). The programme constitues a valuable new body of research material for the study of British diplomatic history and there are six available interviews that are directly relevant to Northern Ireland and the peace process.
Detailed description of available papers on the Janus database.
Churchill Archives Centre is open from Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm. Readers intending to use the Archives Centre should make contact in advance, giving details of their research subject and listing the collections they will wish to consult. New readers should also provide two forms of identification, one with a photograph, and one showing the same address as will be given on their reader application form.
Katharine Thomsonarchives@chu.cam.ac.uk