| Title |
Research notebooks and journals |
| Reference |
STJN 1/1 |
| Covering Dates |
1953–1987 ([1953]-1987) |
| Extent and Medium |
32 volumes |
|
| Content and context |
The volumes are a mixture of research notes, notes of meetings, journal entries, draft letters and lists of actions. The volumes covering the 1950s and 1960s contain technical research notes whereas the volumes covering the 1970s and 1980s contain corporate information, including notes on governance, finance and sales of products. |
| Churchill/STJN 1/1 contains: |
|
1
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Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on Blue Jay, a short range air-to-air missile (later known as Fire Streak), and the SR 53 and SR 177 (also known as the P 177) delta wing supersonic aircraft. With a loose list of questions for a projected visit to the Royal Aircraft Establishment, Farnborough, 6 February 1953.
1 volume. |
1953 |
|
2
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR 53 and the SR 177 (also known as the P 177) delta wing supersonic aircraft. With loose notes, a press cutting, and an invitation to the Conference on High Speed Aeronautics at the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn, 20-22 January 1955.
1 volume. |
1954–1955 |
|
3
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR 177 (also known as the P 177) delta wing supersonic aircraft and the Black Knight rocket, designed to test a re-entry head for the Blue Streak missile. Including detailed journal entries about the cancellation of the SR 177 project, 30 December 1957-10 February 1958. The final part of the volume contains notes on nuclear engineering lectures, undated. With a loose memorandum from Saunders-Roe about the SR 177, 27 December 1956.
1 volume. |
1957–1958 |
|
4
|
Research notebook and journal. Comprising miscellaneous notes, including some notes on the SR 53 delta wing supersonic aircraft and the Black Knight rocket.
1 volume. |
1957–1958 |
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5
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on aerodynamics research.
1 volume. |
1958 |
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6
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N1 hovercraft, including a report of its first Channel crossing, 29 July 1959.
1 volume. |
1959 |
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7
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Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the Black Knight rocket and on a trip to the United States.
1 volume. |
1959 |
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8
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N1 hovercraft, the Black Knight rocket and on a trip to the United States.
1 volume. |
19 October 1959–16 November 1959 |
|
9
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N1 and SR N2 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme. Also including notes of a discussion with Sir Christopher Cockerell, undated.
1 volume. |
November 1959-March 1960 |
|
10
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N2 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme.
1 volume. |
March 1960-September 1960 |
|
11
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N2 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme.
1 volume. |
September 1960-May 1961 |
|
12
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N2 and SR N3 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme.
1 volume. |
May 1961-February 1962 |
|
13
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N2 and SR N3 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme.
1 volume. |
February 1962-December 1962 |
|
14
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N2 and SR N3 hovercraft and the Black Knight rocket, including its use in a satellite programme. This volume contains lists of actions and notes of meetings rather than research notes.
1 volume. |
January 1963-September 1963 |
|
15
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N3, SR N4 and SR N5 hovercraft. This volume contains lists of actions and notes of meetings rather than research notes.
1 volume. |
September 1963-February 1964 |
|
16
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N3, SR N4, SR N5 and SR N6 hovercraft.
1 volume. |
July 1964-June 1965 |
|
17
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N3, SR N4, SR N5 and SR N6 hovercraft.
1 volume. |
August 1965-September 1966 |
|
18
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the SR N4 and SR N6 hovercraft.
1 volume. |
September 1966-October 1967 |
|
19
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the BH 7 hovercraft, on negotiations with Bell Aerospace (Textron), United States, and on trips to or negotiations with Saudi Arabia, Italy and Egypt.
1 volume. |
4 April 1973–4 July 1973 |
|
20
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on the BH 7 hovercraft, on negotiations with Bell Aerospace (Textron), United States, and on trips to or negotiations with Germany and Saudi Arabia. Also including some notes on Black Arrow, a satellite launch vehicle based on the Black Knight rocket.
1 volume. |
5 October 1973-February 1974 |
|
21
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising notes on negotiations with Bell Aerospace (Textron), United States, and on trips to or negotiations with Bahrain, Egypt, Kuwait, Germany and Saudi Arabia.
1 volume. |
February 1974-April 1974 |
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22
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising lists of actions and notes of meetings. Including notes of trips to Saudi Arabia and Kuwait. The volume is mainly blank.
1 volume. |
July 1975-March 1976 |
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23
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Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising lists of actions and notes of meetings. Including notes of trips to or negotiations with Abu Dhabi and Saudi Arabia. With loose notes and two black-and-white photographs of hovercraft. The latter half of the volume is blank.
1 volume. |
September 1977-June 1981 |
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24
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Research notebook and journal. Titled "Saudi Notes", containing details of a visit to Saudi Arabia, 28 November-4 December 1981.
1 volume. |
November 1981-February 1982 |
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25
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Research notebook and journal. Containing details of visits to Saudi Arabia, February, March, April, June, August and October 1982; Iraq, March 1982; United States, April 1982; and Greece, July 1982. Including some notes passed on from a visit to Saudi Arabia by John Nott, Secretary of State for Defence, 12-13 September 1982.
1 volume. |
February 1982-October 1982 |
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26
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Research notebook and journal. Titled "Saudi Notes", containing details of visits to Saudi Arabia, October and December 1982, January, February, March, April, May, November and December 1983, and January and February 1984; Indonesia, February 1983; Singapore, February 1983; Kuwait, December 1983; and Qatar, February 1984. With loose notes.
1 volume. |
September 1982-February 1984 |
|
27
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Research notebook and journal. Comprising details of a meeting with Iranian military representatives. The volume is mainly blank.
1 volume. |
29 July 1984 |
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28
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising lists of actions and notes of meetings.
1 volume. |
25 December 1984–22 February 1985 |
|
29
|
Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising lists of actions and notes of meetings.
1 volume. |
25 March 1985–24 July 1985 |
|
30
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Research notebook and journal. Mainly comprising lists of actions, notes of meetings and draft letters.
1 volume. |
28 July 1985–3 December 1985 |
|
31
|
Research notebook and journal. Including some draft letters giving details of visits to Saudi Arabia. With a list of projects designed or directed by Richard Stanton-Jones during his career, May 1986, and a summary of his sales experience to date in the Middle East, including Saudi Arabia, Iran and Iraq, July-August 1986.
1 volume. |
January 1986-March 1987 |
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32
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Research notebook and journal. Containing research notes on hydrodynamic and aerodynamic drag and some draft letters. The latter half of the volume is blank.
1 volume. |
1986 |
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