Personal papers of Arthur Gardiner, notable conscientious objector during the First World War and later Mayor of Huddersfield
Papers include letters and diary, photographs, Conscientious Objection Tribunal and newspaper cuttings.
Library of works (by other authors) chiefly on socialism, politics, local and national history, science, social history.
Original available for consultation by appointment
New accession is CB19-21
Library purchased at Bramley's autioneers by ?Cyril Pearce and probably deposited at the University during the first half of 2010. Some of the collection had previously been sold in 1982 to Toll House books.
In 2016 Arthur Gardiner's son (Donald Gardiner) found more of his father's books and wanted them to be deposited with the rest of his father's library, along with some personal papers.
