Travel diaries of Ethel Mary Harding (later Fiedler) and her daughter, Herma Fiedler
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].
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.
Geographic
- Austria -- Description and travel
- Denmark -- Description and travel
- Egypt -- Description and travel
- England -- Description and travel
- Germany -- Description and travel
- Ireland -- Description and travel
- Italy -- Description and travel
- Morocco -- Description and travel
- Norway -- Description and travel
- Paris (France)
- Portugal -- Description and travel
- Sweden -- Description and travel
- Turkey -- Description and travel
- Yugoslavia -- Description and travel
Topical
Subject
- Fiedler | Ethel Mary | 1870/1871-1933 | nee Harding (Person)
- Fiedler | Herma | b. 1902 (Person)
- 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
Weston Library
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Oxford OX1 3BG United Kingdom
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