Storrs, Ronald Henry Amherst, Sir, 1881-1955 (colonial governor and Middle Eastern specialist)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1881-11-19 - 1955-11-01
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Series
Letter from Sir Ronald Storrs, 24 Nov. 1929
Series
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8990/492
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Letters to Owen Seaman, many accepting or declining invitations to a dinner of the Royal Literary Fund in 1912.
Dates:
24 Nov. 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
File
Letter from Sir Ronald Storrs, (1881-1955), diplomat, (London) to Siegfried Sassoon re glad Siegfried Sassoon liked ''my talk'', appreciation of ''The Tasking'', 7 Feb. 1955
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8889/3/259
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
The collection largely comprises letters addressed to Sassoon although there are few other recipients such as Glen Byam Shaw and Georgiana Theresa Thornycroft, Siegfried Sassoon's mother. There are also some postcards; draft and unpublished copies of poems; bills; and other related papers.
Dates:
7 Feb. 1955
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Sub-Series
Ralph Andrew Harari (1893-1969), 1969
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/1058/COL/11/8/Harari
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Material relating to those with a surname beginning 'H'.
Dates:
1969
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
The collection is currently being catalogued. For access please contact the Archivist in the first instance.
Fonds
Storrs: the papers of Ronald Henry Amherst Storrs
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/1058/STR
Scope and Contents
The papers cover Storrs's early life as well as his civil service career in Egypt, Jerusalem, Cyprus and Nothern Rhodesia. There is extensive correspondence with leading political figures as well as reports and government papers. There is also an extensive series of diaries covering the period 1934-1955 which detail daily activities and significant events.A series of records were lost when Government House in Cyprus was destroyed in riots in 1931. The losses included copies of...
Dates:
1514; 1856 - 2023
Conditions Governing Access:
The Storrs papers are open for consultation.
Found in:
Pembroke College Library and Archive
Additional filters:
- ARCHON code (for CUL materials)
- Archives and MSS Dept. (GBR/0012) 2
- Type
- Archival Object 3
- Collection 1
- Subject
- Cyprus (nation) 1
- Egypt (nation) 1
- Israel 1
- London, England 1
- Rhodesia 1