Zona de identificação
Código de referência
Título
Data(s)
- 1880-1922 (Produção)
Nível de descrição
Dimensão e suporte
4 boxes
Zona do contexto
Nome do produtor
História 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, he… read more
Entidade detentora
História do arquivo
A box list was created in 1977. This is accompanied by an undated box list for the material that arrived in 1981.
Fonte imediata de aquisição ou transferência
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 gift… read more
Zona do conteúdo e estrutura
Âmbito e conteúdo
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 by… read more
Zona de condições de acesso e utilização
Condições de acesso
The collection has not yet been catalogued, and items may be arranged in a different order in future.
Zona de documentação associada
Unidades de descrição 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, Trinity… read more
Zona das notas
Nota
Cite as: Trinity College Library Cambridge, Papers of Robert Erskine Childers, CHIL.
Pontos de acesso
Nota do arquivista
Collection level description created by Diana Smith in June 2019, using the preliminary box lists.