Papers of Vera Brittain, consisting of:
- Notebooks concerning her participation in the World Pacifist Conference and her lecture tour in India, 1949-1950
- Volume of photographs of Cape Comorin, India, n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1949-1950
Extent
0.15 Linear metres (3 boxes)
Language of Materials
- English
Preferred Citation
Oxford, Bodleian Libraries [followed by shelfmark and folio or page reference, e.g. MSS. Eng. hist. d. 343, fols. 1-2].
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MSS. Eng. hist. d. 343, e. 304, f. 24
Collection ID (for staff)
CMD ID 13593
Abstract
Archive of Vera Brittain, 1949-1950
Biographical / Historical
Vera Mary Brittain (1893-1970), afterwards Catlin, was an author, feminist and pacifist.
Other Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 40214-16.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were given to the Library by Vera Brittain's daughter, Shirley Williams, in 1972.
Subject
- Title
- Catalogue of the archive of Vera Brittain
- Status
- Published
- Author
- Collection Level Description by Emily Tarrant; EAD version 2019 by Alice Whichelow
- Date
- EAD version 2019
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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