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Travel diaries of Ethel Mary Harding (later Fiedler) and her daughter, Herma Fiedler

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Travel diaries of Ethel Mary Harding, 1889-1899, and Herma Fiedler, 1921-1967, relating to Germany, Norway, Egypt, Italy, Turkey, Sweden, Denmark, Austria, Paris, England, Portugal, Yugoslavia, Ireland and Morocco. The collection also contains three printed pamphlets relating to German art and music, 1954.

Dates

  • Creation: 1889-1967

Extent

0.90 Linear metres (13 boxes)

Language of Materials

  • English
  • German

Preferred Citation

Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MS. Eng. misc. c. 652, fols. 12-13].

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Full range of shelfmarks:

MSS. Eng. misc. c. 652, fols. 12-68, d. 989-993, e. 951-956, f. 559-560

Collection ID (for staff)

CMD ID 13720

Abstract

Travel diaries of Ethel Mary Harding (later Fiedler) and her daughter, Herma Fiedler

Biographical / Historical

Ethel Mary Harding (1870/1871-1933) was the daughter of Charles Harding, a lawyer and governor of Birmingham University. She married the German scholar Hermann Georg Fiedler (1862-1945) in Birmingham in 1899 and they had two daughters, Herma (b. 1902) and Beryl (1913-1920). For further information on Hermann Fiedler and his family see his entry in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Given by Joan M. Scrutton, 1977.

Title
Travel diaries of Ethel Mary Harding (later Fiedler) and her daughter, Herma Fiedler
Status
Published
Author
Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2021 by Catherine McIlwaine
Date
EAD version 2021
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Bodleian Libraries Repository

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