Fondo CHIL - Papers of Erskine Childers

Área de identidad

Código de referencia

CHIL

Título

Papers of Erskine Childers

Fecha(s)

  • 1880-1922 (Creación)

Nivel de descripción

Fondo

Volumen y soporte

4 boxes

Área de contexto

Nombre del productor

(1870-1922)

Historia biográfica

Robert Erskine Childers was born in 1870, the son of Robert Caesar Childers, a Pali scholar, and was educated at Haileybury and Trinity College, whence he graduated BA in 1893. From 1895 to 1910, with a period absent to serve in the South African War, heread more

Institución archivística

Historia archivística

A box list was created in 1977. This is accompanied by an undated box list for the material that arrived in 1981.

Origen del ingreso o transferencia

Gift of Col. Robert Alden Childers, June 1977. The reviews of 'The Times History of the War in South Africa', 'The HAC in South Africa', 'War and the Arme Blanche', and 'German Influence on British Cavalry' which had been intended to be part of the giftread more

Área de contenido y estructura

Alcance y contenido

The papers consist of correspondence, printed material, writings, personal papers, and photographs documenting the English life of Erskine Childers. The correspondence includes incoming letters to Erskine and to Molly Childers, copies of letters sent byread more

Área de condiciones de acceso y uso

Condiciones de acceso

The collection has not yet been catalogued, and items may be arranged in a different order in future.

Área de materiales relacionados

Unidades de descripción relacionadas

Letter from Robert Erskine Childers to Ivor Lloyd-Jones, with provenance letter, ADD.Ms.a.599, Trinity College Library, Cambridge.
The Papers of Robert Erskine Childers (1870-1922) and of his wife Mary Alden Childers (née Osgood), MSS 7781-7931, Trinityread more

Área de notas

Notas

Cite as: Trinity College Library Cambridge, Papers of Robert Erskine Childers, CHIL.

Puntos de acceso

Puntos de acceso por autoridad

Nota del archivista

Collection level description created by Diana Smith in June 2019, using the preliminary box lists.