A small collection of 85 letters from contemporaries including Sir Austen Chamberlain and Neville Chamberlain to Edith Barling and her father Gilbert Barling.
Edith Barling Collection
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- ReferenceGB 150 EB
- Dates of Creation[188-]-[191-]
- Name of Creator
- Language of MaterialEnglish
- Physical Description85 letters
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Administrative/Biographical History
Edith Madge Barling (b c 1888), one of two daughter of Sir (Harry) Gilbert Barling (1855-1940) and Katharine Jaffray (nee Edmunds, d 1920). Sir Gilbert Barling was surgeon at the General Hospital, Birmingham, 1891-1915, Professor of Surgery, University of Birmingham 1893-1912 and then vice-chancellor and then pro-chancellor, 1913-33
Reference: University of Birmingham archives and Dictionary of National Biography 1931-1940 ( Oxford University Press, 1949 ).
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Acquisition Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
This collection was deposited by Miss E.M. Barling in 1957.
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Further deposits are not expected.