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Sir Adolphus William Ward: Correspondence

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.8406

Scope and Contents

Correspondence, mainly concerning the Cambridge Modern History series of volumes. Letters are addressed to Ward unless otherwise stated.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896-1911

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

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

104 item(s) (104 letters paper) : paper

Language of Materials

English

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The letters catalogued below were presented to the University Library in 1984 by Ward's grandson, Sir John Barnes.

Related Materials

Ward's own letters to Acton are among the Acton papers in the University Library (MS Add.8119/I/60-160) A large collection of Ward's correspondence, notebooks and papers are at Peterhouse College, Cambridge (MS 953).

Bibliography

See Sir John Barnes' article, 'Acton, Ward and the Cambridge Modern History' (Cambridge Review, 26 February 1982)
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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