Churchill Archives Centre
@chuarchives.bsky.social
Where the modern history of Britain is open to all. Home to the personal papers of 600 political, military, and scientific figures.
https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/
https://archives.chu.cam.ac.uk/
We also participated in the Queer History and Heritage Trail at #histday25. We highlighted some LGBTQ+ historical figures in our archives, using facsimile documents.
The original documents can be requested in the reading room.
The original documents can be requested in the reading room.
December 4, 2025 at 10:01 AM
We also participated in the Queer History and Heritage Trail at #histday25. We highlighted some LGBTQ+ historical figures in our archives, using facsimile documents.
The original documents can be requested in the reading room.
The original documents can be requested in the reading room.
Our Archive Assistants always love curating an annual Christmas exhibition for the display cases by the College Dining Hall here at Churchill College.
If you haven't seen them yet, here's a sneak peek...
If you haven't seen them yet, here's a sneak peek...
December 1, 2025 at 12:27 PM
Our Archive Assistants always love curating an annual Christmas exhibition for the display cases by the College Dining Hall here at Churchill College.
If you haven't seen them yet, here's a sneak peek...
If you haven't seen them yet, here's a sneak peek...
🎃 In 1930, the solicitor George Bull received a Halloween invitation from Isla and Edward Mitchell.
👻📜Guests were advised to wear old clothes as 'cats and ghosts get rough'...
George's father William, preserved this invite in a volume which forms a part of a new accession to the Bull papers.
👻📜Guests were advised to wear old clothes as 'cats and ghosts get rough'...
George's father William, preserved this invite in a volume which forms a part of a new accession to the Bull papers.
October 31, 2025 at 9:27 AM
🎃 In 1930, the solicitor George Bull received a Halloween invitation from Isla and Edward Mitchell.
👻📜Guests were advised to wear old clothes as 'cats and ghosts get rough'...
George's father William, preserved this invite in a volume which forms a part of a new accession to the Bull papers.
👻📜Guests were advised to wear old clothes as 'cats and ghosts get rough'...
George's father William, preserved this invite in a volume which forms a part of a new accession to the Bull papers.
📢 NEW exhibition: Snapshots & Scraps: The Evolution of 20th Century Photo & Scrap Albums
🚼 On this day 103 years ago, Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington was born. Our new exhibition uses her collection to explore how photograph & scrap albums evolved.
buff.ly/JHHrzPO
🚼 On this day 103 years ago, Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington was born. Our new exhibition uses her collection to explore how photograph & scrap albums evolved.
buff.ly/JHHrzPO
October 23, 2025 at 2:07 PM
📢 NEW exhibition: Snapshots & Scraps: The Evolution of 20th Century Photo & Scrap Albums
🚼 On this day 103 years ago, Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington was born. Our new exhibition uses her collection to explore how photograph & scrap albums evolved.
buff.ly/JHHrzPO
🚼 On this day 103 years ago, Jean Barker, Baroness Trumpington was born. Our new exhibition uses her collection to explore how photograph & scrap albums evolved.
buff.ly/JHHrzPO
It's really important to us here at the Archives Centre that our researchers find our reading room an inclusive, friendly space.
Join our Archive Assistants as they show you around...
Music by Bensound, AKU3OS8UCYHVBSU8.
Join our Archive Assistants as they show you around...
Music by Bensound, AKU3OS8UCYHVBSU8.
October 22, 2025 at 8:03 AM
It's really important to us here at the Archives Centre that our researchers find our reading room an inclusive, friendly space.
Join our Archive Assistants as they show you around...
Music by Bensound, AKU3OS8UCYHVBSU8.
Join our Archive Assistants as they show you around...
Music by Bensound, AKU3OS8UCYHVBSU8.