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,E D U C A T I O NJames Muller's past experience with the Archives was aided by the endless assistance and courtesy offered byArchives Director Allen Packwood and his staff. Mr. Packwood was truly the lynchpin in our teachers’research experience. After their training and their work in the files, teachers earned an Archives Centre ------Reader’s Card, entitling them to return for further research in the future. Joining Muller and Packwood werelecturers including Kevin Theakston, University of Leeds; Richard Overy, University of Exeter; and author, journalistand broadcaster Max Hastings. Addressing the wartime relationship between Churchill and FranklinRoosevelt were David Woolner of the Franklin D. Roosevelt Institute; Piers Brendon, Churchill biographer andformer Keeper of the Churchill Archives Centre; and Celia Sandys, Sir Winston Churchill’s granddaughter and aChurchill Centre Trustee. The vast array of site visits included Bletchley Park Cryptology Museum, Sir Winston’sbirthplace Blenheim Palace, his country home Chartwell, and his boyhood school Harrow. In London we visitedthe Houses of Parliament, Westminster Hall, the Cabinet War Rooms and Churchill Museum.Left: Director Allen Packwood began by offering teachers a personal tour of the massive Churchill Archives Centre, the heart of Churchill researchworldwide. Right: Eileen Bach, who teaches in Shanghai, China, developed a PowerPoint presentation on the Churchill Archives Centre, and shared itwith participants and organizers on our Google Group site, which began operating in April and will continue indefinitely.Above: Our first outing was to the Cambridge American Cemetery and Memorial in Madingley, outside Cambridge, sited on 30.5 acres donated by CambridgeUniversity. The Cemetery contains the remains of 3812 World War II American military dead; 5127 additional names are recorded on the Tabletsof the Missing, where rosettes mark names of those personnel since recovered and identified. Most of them died in the Battle of the Atlantic or in thestrategic bombardment of Germany. Right: Bob Faubel and Genie Burke assist our outstanding guide, Arthur Brooks, in lowering the flag at Taps.FINEST HOUR 149 / 46
Above: Well-preparedwith advance materials,teachers lookedforward to each of the90-minute seminarsessions. Left: Somuch fun to hold asession in the Old HarrovianRoom at HarrowSchool. Right:Following his presentationand questionsand answers, MaxHastings, author of thehighly regarded 2009book Finest Years:Churchill as Warlord,1940-45,signs acopy for Joe Gianetto.Below left: Leanne Dumais and Joe Gianetto chat with guest lecturer Professor Kevin Theakston, who led sessions on “The British Political Systemand Churchill” and “Was Churchill a Good Prime Minister?” Theakston, who teaches British Government at the University of Leeds, is the author ofsix books, including Winston Churchill and the British Constitution, and an expert on the assessment of prime ministers. Below right: Outside theArchives Centre with Celia Sandys (center front in sweater) after presentation and Q&A on “The Lighter Side of Churchill.”Teachers anonymously evaluated their three-week experience on the NEH website, and the following commentwas representative: “The Archives sessions were superlative....Allen Packwood’s enthusiasm and knowledgewere exceptional. His ability to assist each of us in an incredibly welcoming, engaging and helpful mannerallowed participants to navigate through what seemed like a massively overwhelming task: conducting research inthe Churchill papers. A fine host as well as a vital part of this program, he made everyone feel useful and gave usthe help and encouragement we needed to get started on our research. I loved his initial presentation as well as hiscolleague’s talk about preserving archives documents. I hope to return and make further use of the archives.” >>FINEST HOUR 149 / 47
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