| Title |
Visits |
| Reference |
CKFT 11 |
| Covering Dates |
1931–1968 |
| Extent and Medium |
24 files |
|
| Content and context |
This series comprises notes, reports, cuttings and correspondence in relation to visits made by Sir John Cockcroft in Europe and the rest of the world. |
| Churchill/CKFT 11 contains: |
|
1
|
USSR. Including a typescript report of his visit and letters written from Sir John Cockcroft to his mother, 1931 (5).
0.5 file. |
Aug 1931 |
|
2
|
Poland. Comprising correspondence with Ludwik Wertenstein from the Radium institute in Warsaw, 1933 (4).
0.5 file. |
May 1933 |
|
3
|
USA. Including correspondence from John Cockcroft to his mother, Annie Maude Cockcroft 1933 (8).
1 file. |
Jun 1933-Aug 1933 |
|
4
|
USSR. Comprising a report about the trip and letters from John Cockcroft to his mother, Annie Maude Cockcroft, 1936 (2).
0.3 file. |
Sept 1936 |
|
5
|
USA. Comprising letters from John Cockcroft to his mother, Annie Maude Cockcroft, 1937 (6).
0.5 file. |
1937 |
|
6
|
Intended visit to USSR. Material relating to the Jubilee celebrations of the academy of sciences of the USSR, 1945.
0.5 file. |
Jun 1945 |
|
7
|
USA and Canada. Including detailed travel itinerary of John Cockcroft, 1946-1959. Also including a note from Cockcroft saying that he would take his wife and children on his next trip,.
1 file. |
1946–1955 |
|
8
|
New Zealand. Comprising newspaper cuttings.
1 file. |
Sep 1952 |
|
9
|
Poland. Comprising a letter from Sir John Cockcroft to his wife, 1953.
0.25 file. |
May 1953 |
|
10
|
USSR. Comprising a copy of an article 'Impressions of a visit to the U.S.S.R', 1959.
0.25 file. |
Nov 1959 |
|
11
|
Correspondence. Including correspondence about lectures and opening ceremonies.
0.25 file. |
1960 |
|
12
|
Correspondence. Comprising letters about conferences and an account of a trip from Dubrovnik to Split visiting a number of scientific establishments, 1961.
0.25 file. |
1961 |
|
13
|
England. Ceremonies and conferment of honorary degree, Manchester, 1962.
0.25 file. |
1962 |
|
14
|
Various. Including details of visits to New York and Mexico city.
0.25 file. |
1964 |
|
15
|
India, Australia and USSR. Including some correspondence with the Academy of sciences in the USSR, 1965 (2); and a letter to Piotr Kapitza, 1965.
0.25 file. |
Mar 1965-Apr 1965 |
|
16
|
USA and Canada. Details of travel arrangements and a letter about the visit in Chalk River.
0.25 file. |
Sep 1965-Oct 1965 |
|
17
|
Italy. Including material relating to the Third international congress of radiation research held at Cortina D'ampezzo in Italy, 1966.
1 file. |
Jul 1966 |
|
18
|
Vienna. Including correspondence with Dr Sigvard Arne Eklund, director general of the International Atomic Energy Agency, 1966 (12).
1 file. |
Sep 1966-Sept 1966 |
|
19
|
Correspondence about visits and meetings. Including programme and order of proceedings for the visit or HRH Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother to Cambridge, July 1966.
1 file. |
1966 |
|
20
|
USA. Including photographs and newspaper cuttings of a visit to the Aerospace Corporation in Los Angeles, March 1967.
1 file. |
Mar 1967-Apr 1967 |
|
21
|
Correspondence about visits and meetings. Including details about talk on Homi Bhabba, (10); speech at Mansion house for the Pattenmakers company dinner, (3); and Corby training centre opening speech (4).
1 file. |
1967 |
|
22
|
Proposed visit to Poland. Including correspondence and notes about intended visits to Poland including Warsaw, with details of a symposium, 1967.
1 file. |
May 1967-Oct 1967 |
|
23
|
Proposed visit to Australia. Including details of possible lectures and correspondence with Sir Leonard Huxley [Vice chancellor Australian National University] 1967, (9); and Sir Ernest Marsden, 1965 (4).
1 file. |
1965-Apr 1968 |
|
24
|
Proposed visit to Trieste. Mostly comprising correspondence with Professor Abdus Salam, 1967 (12).
1 file. |
Jun 1968 |
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