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Add MS 48205
- Record Id:
- 040-001957710
- Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
- 032-001957705
- MDARK:
- ark:/81055/vdc_100000000671.0x000353
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- Add MS 48205
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SHAW SPARROW PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 284).
(1) Typewritten copies of letters from an unidentified soldier in France, probably a Canadian, to his mother; 22 Feb.-18 Apr. 1915. ff. 1-8.
(2) Materials, some fragmentary, relating to operations in March, April 1918, consisting mostly of reports, etc., partly typewritten, of the various formations. Viz.:-(a) Fifth Army; two versions of a report by Gough, the second (ff. 27-62) in the hand of Shaw Sparrow, followed (ff. 63-75b) by copies of correspondence, mostly of Gough, and (ff. 76-82) official correspondence. ff. 9-82;-(b) VII Corps; official correspondence (for f.85 see The Fifth Arm), in March 1918, p. 194). ff. 83-85;-(c) XVIII Corps (in the hand of Shaw Sparrow's wife). ff. 86-103;-(d) lst, 2nd and 3rd Cavalry Divisions. ff. 104-124, 125-144, 145-148b;-(e) 20th Division. ff. 149-159.,-(f) A detachment of 61st Division (ibid., p. 284). ff. 150-163;-(g) 66th Division. ff. 164-241;-(h) 35th Division. ff. 242- 250;-(i) The South African Brigade. ff. 251-254b. At the end (ff. 255- 258) are some notes in Shaw Sparrow's hand for the published work.
(3) Notes, mainly, in Shaw Sparrow's hand, on artistic matters and mostly in preparation for his John Lavery and his Work, [1911], and George Stubbs and Ben Marshall (The Sport of our Fathers, vol. ii), 1929. ff. 259-284.
includes:
- ff. 86-103 Ada Ferrar Shaw Sparrow, widow of Walter Shaw Sparrow: Copy by, of a military report: 1918.
- ff. 164-241 Major-General Sir Neill Malcolm, KCB: Letters, etc., to W. Shaw Sparrow: 1918-1919.
- ff. 242-250 Major-General Sir George McKenzie Franks, KCB: Letters, etc., to W. Shaw Sparrow: 1920-1921.
- ff. 251-254b Lieutenant-Colonel Frederick Stewart Dawson, S African Infantry: Report on operations of S. African Brigade: 1919.: Typewritten.
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Project / Collection:
- Additional Manuscripts
- Hierarchy Record Ids:
- 032-001957705
040-001957710 - Is part of:
- Add MS 48203-48208 : SHAW SPARROW PAPERS. Correspondence and papers of Walter Shaw Sparrow (b. 1862, d. 1940), author and art critic, mainly…
Add MS 48205 : SHAW SPARROW PAPERS. Vol. III (ff. 284). (1) Typewritten copies of letters from an unidentified soldier in France, probably a… - Hierarchy:
- 032-001957705[0003]/040-001957710
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- View / search within Archive / Collection: Add MS 48203-48208
- Record Type (Level):
- File
- Extent:
- 1 item
- Digitised Content:
- Languages:
- English
- Scripts:
- Latin
- Start Date:
- 1915
- End Date:
- 1915
- Date Range:
- 22 Feb 1915-18 Apr 1915
- Era:
- CE
- Access:
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- Legal Status:
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- Names:
- Dawson, Frederick Stewart, army officer, d 1920
Franks, George McKenzie, Major-General; KCB
Malcolm, Neill, Major-General KCB
Shaw Sparrow, Ada Ferrar, widow of Walter Shaw Sparrow