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Correspondence of the Imperial Federation League, 1885 - 1893

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 22/3

Scope and Contents

Thirty-eight letters and memoranda dealing with a variety of subjects. The correspondence includes the original letter to members, 15 October 1886, urging renewed support, signed by Lord Rosebery, Chairman. There are sixteen items of correspondence with Lord Knutsford regarding the avoidance of party politics in the League and its journal, with particular reference to the correspondence between Cecil Rhodes and Charles Stewart Parnell on Irish politics, 1888. There are also eighteen items of correspondence, 1891-1892, between Lord Rosebery, the President, and A.H. Loring, the Secretary, regarding Rosebery's resignation as President and his views on the future of the League and on a possible change of name. There are three further miscellaneous items.

Dates

  • Creation: 1885 - 1893

Creator

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).

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

MSS 11

Other Finding Aids

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 32.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Presented by the Royal African Society, 1972.

General

This collection level description was created by RAS using information from Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.

Originator(s)

Imperial Federation League

Finding aid date

2003-12-17 14:48:22+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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