Augustus Theodore Bartholomew: Letters to W.H. Haslam

Scope and Content

The letters to his slightly younger contemporary William Heywood ('Michael') Haslam (1889-1981), an undergraduate at King's from 1908 to 1911, give news of mutual friends, plays that Bartholomew has seen, his holiday travels, his health, and his uncertainty as to whether he should volunteer for military service.

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Acquisition Information

Presented in 1978 by Alan Bell, who had received them from Charles Ballantyne.

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Related Material

Cambridge University Library also holds papers relating to A.T. Bartholomew, MSS.Add.8371, 8483, 8487 and 8494.