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(2) Title: Dilks Papers: Conferences Scope: Docume University of Sheffield Library. Special Collections and Archives Ref: MS 418 (2) Title: Dilks Papers: Conferences Scope: Documents relating to conferences organised by or attended by David Dilks between 1962 and 1998 Dates: 1962-1998 Level: Sub-fonds Extent: 27 boxes Name of creator: David Dilks Administrative / biographical history: The collection consists of documents relating to conferences organised by or attended by David Dilks between 1962 and 1998. The documents include papers presented, correspondence as well as administrative and organisational records. In most cases the documents are accompanied by introductory notes by Professor Dilks. David Dilks is a historian, the official biographer of Neville Chamberlain and author of the two-volume Curzon in India and The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900- 1954. He was for many years Professor of International History at the University of Leeds and subsequently Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull between 1991 and 1999. Source: Donated by Professor Dilks in 2011 System of arrangement: Chronologically Subjects: History, Modern--20th century. Europe--History--20th century. Conferences. Names: Dilks, David, 1938- Conditions of access: Available to all researchers, by appointment Restrictions: None Copyright: According to document Finding aids: Listed Dilks Papers - Conferences 1. 1962 British and European Resistance Conference (St Anthony’s College Oxford) Set 1: 1/2 Introductory Documents: 1. List of Conference Attendees 2. List of Papers presented, ordered by day of the Conference 3. Introduction to the Conference, unknown author 1/3 December 10: 1. “Britain and France” by M.R.D. Foot. Professor of Modern History at University of Manchester. Served with the SAS and the French Resistance during WWII. Became the official historian of SOE. 2. “France and Britain” by M. Baudot. Chief of the French Forces of the Interior from 1944. Historian of the French Resistance during WWII. Paper presented in French, no translation available. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring M.R.D. Foot, M. Baudot, H. Michel, General C. Gubbins, General Barry, C. Pyromaglou, G. Bonnin, Dr. Beck. 1/4 December 11: 1. “Britain and Holland” by L. De Jong. Historian of the Netherlands during WWII and the Dutch Resistance. 2. Discussion of the paper presented, featuring L. De Jong, F.W. Deakin, C. Pyromaglou, H. Michel, General Barry. 3. “Belgium and Britain” by G. Lovinfosse. Historian of the Belgian Resistance during WWII. Paper presented in French, no translation available. 4. Discussion of the paper presented, featuring H.T. Willetts, G. Lovinfosse, J. de Launay, M. Baudot, M. Matthews, L. de Jong, C. Pyromaglou, B. Sijes, Chairman A. Buchan. 1/5 December 12: 1. “Britain and Denmark” by Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins. Commanded the Independent Companies during the Norwegian Campaign. Seconded to SOE in November 1940, was appointed leader in September 1943. 2. “Denmark and Britain” by J Haestrup. Actively involved in the Danish Resistance movement during WWII, became a historian of the movement post-war. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring General C. Gubbins, J Haestrup, Mr. Bennett, Commander R. Hollingworth, G. Cohen, M. Skodvin, C. Pyromaglou, F.W. Deakin, D.J. Footman, Chairman L. Schapiro, W. Pforzheimer, P. Kluke, E. Raczynski. 4. “Britain and Norway” by Colonel C.S. Hampton. Historian of SOE activities in Norway during WWII and the Norwegian Resistance. 5. “Norway and Britain” by M. Skodvin. Professor of History at the University of Oslo. Historian of the Norwegian Resistance and Anglo-Norwegian relations during WWII. 6. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring Colonel C.S. Hampton, M. Skodvin, T.K. Derry, J. de Launay, N. Kogan, C. Pyromaglou. 1/6 December 13: 1. “Britain and Poland” by H.T. Willetts. Professor of Russian History at the University of Oxford. Prolific translator of Russian literature. Writes here on the Polish Resistance and British relations with Poland during WWII. 2. “Poland and Britain” by Count E.B. Raczynski and General S. Kopanski. Racynski served as the ambassador of the Polish Government in Exile during WWII. He also served as Polish Minister for Foreign Affairs from 1941-1943 under the leadership of Prime Minister Władysław Sikorski. He remained in London after the war, becoming Polish President in Exile in 1979. Kopanski served as Chief of Staff of the Commander-in-Chief of the Polish Armed Forces in the West from 1943-1946. He was denied Polish citizenship by its post-war Communist government, subsequently remaining in London. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring H.T. Willetts, E. Raczynski, S. Kopanski, E. Boltin, General C. Gubbins, L. de Jong, N. Kogan, General T. Pelczynski. 4. “Britain and Czechoslovakia” by F.E. Keary seemingly absent. 5. “Czechoslovakia and Britain” by J. Korbel. Fled to London upon the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1939 and served as an advisor to the exiled President Edvard Beneš. Subsequently taught International Politics at the University of Denver, fleeing Czechoslovakia after the Communist coup in 1948. 6. Discussion of the paper presented, featuring J. Korbel, F.E. Keary, E. Boltin, E. Raczynski, N. Kogan, L. de Jong. 1/7 December 14: 1. “Britain and Albania” by Rt. Hon. J. Amery. Served in the British Army during WWII, becoming Liason Officer to the Albanian Resistance Movement in 1943. After the war he became a Conservative politician, serving in the cabinets of Harold Macmillan and Alec Douglas-Home. 2. Discussion of the paper presented, with reason for lack of Albanian paper given. Discussion features Colonel P. Kemp, Colonel A. Palmer, E. Raczynski, C. Pyromaglou, J. Marjanovic, F.W. Deakin, N. Kogan, J. Amery. 3. “Britain and Yugoslavia” by F.W. Deakin. Seconded to Special Operations in 1941 and parachuted into Montenegro in 1943 to offer British support to the Yugoslav Partisans led by Josip Broz Tito. His reporting on the Yugoslav situation was considered to have a decisive impact on British policy towards Yugoslav resistance movements. Post-war worked as Churchill’s literary assistant before becoming Warden of St Anthony’s College, Oxford. 4. “Yugoslavia and Britain” by J. Marjanovic. Fought as a Yugoslav Partisan during WWII. Became a member of the Yugoslav Communist Party in 1941, playing a key post-war role in the Central Committee of the Serbian branch of the Party. Professor of History at the University of Belgrade. 5. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring F.W. Deakin, J. Marjanovic, Colonel D.T. Hudson, V. Dedijer, M. Howard, M. Beloff, C. Pyromaglou, E. Boltin. 1/8 December 15: 1. “Britain and Italy” by Colonel J. Stevens. Served in the British Army during WWII, co-ordinating resistance movements in Northern Italy. 2. “Italy and Britain” by G. Vaccarino and F. Venturi. Vaccarino served as the director of the Resistance Institute in Turin. Venturi was active within the Italian Resistance as a member of the Action Party and was captured and confined from 1941-1943. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring Colonel J. Stevens, G. Vaccarino, F. Venturi, N. Kogan, J. Marjanovic, S. Watson, V. Dedijer, Colonel A.D. Dodds- Parker, Chairman M. Howard, F.W. Deakin. 1/9 December 16: 1. “Britain and Greece” by Hon. C.M. Woodhouse. Sent as a member of SOE to Crete in 1941 to organise resistance. Later worked on mainland Greece. Worked at the British Embassy in Athens immediately after the conclusion of the war, later becoming a Conservative politician. 2. “Greece and Britain” by C. Pyromaglou. One of the driving forces behind the National Republican Greek League, the second-largest Greek Resistance organisation during WWII. Elected to the Hellenic Parliament in 1958 as a member of United Democratic Left. Paper presented in French with some English segments. No translation of the French segments available. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring C.M. Woodhouse, Colonel B. Sweet- Escott, A. Andrews, E. Boltin, G. Vaccarino, M. Skodvin, L. de Jong, C. Pyromaglou. 4. Discussion of the Conference as a whole, featuring F.W. Deakin, G. Cohen, E. Boltin, S. Watson, F. Venturi, W. Pforzheimer, G. Bonnin, B. Sijes, M. Beloff, P. Kluke, N. Kogan, L. de Jong, J. Marjanovic. 2. 1962 British and European Resistance Conference (St Anthony’s College Oxford) Set 2: 2/3 December 10: 1. “Britain and France” by M.R.D. Foot. Professor of Modern History at University of Manchester. Served with the SAS and the French Resistance during WWII. Became the official historian of SOE. 2. “France and Britain” by M. Baudot. Chief of the French Forces of the Interior from 1944. Historian of the French Resistance during WWII. Paper presented in French, no translation available. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring M.R.D. Foot, M. Baudot, H. Michel, General C. Gubbins, General Barry, C. Pyromaglou, G. Bonnin, Dr. Beck. 2/4 December 11: 1. “Britain and Holland” by L. De Jong. Historian of the Netherlands during WWII and the Dutch Resistance. 2. Discussion of the paper presented, featuring L. De Jong, F.W. Deakin, C. Pyromaglou, H. Michel, General Barry. 3. “Belgium and Britain” by G. Lovinfosse. Historian of the Belgian Resistance during WWII. Paper presented in French, no translation available. 4. Discussion of the paper presented, featuring H.T. Willetts, G. Lovinfosse, J. de Launay, M. Baudot, M. Matthews, L. de Jong, C. Pyromaglou, B. Sijes, Chairman A. Buchan. 2/5 December 12: 1. “Britain and Denmark” by Major-General Sir Colin Gubbins. Commanded the Independent Companies during the Norwegian Campaign. Seconded to SOE in November 1940, was appointed leader in September 1943. 2. “Denmark and Britain” by J Haestrup. Actively involved in the Danish Resistance movement during WWII, became a historian of the movement post-war. 3. Discussion of the papers presented, featuring General C. Gubbins, J Haestrup, Mr. Bennett, Commander R.
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