I. Vivienne Duchenne collection

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 042
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1904-1997
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript, typescript, postcards, and a photograph

Scope and Content

Typescript notes relating to C. E. E. Duchenne (husband) during the First and Second World Wars (n.d.); Manuscript recollections of the First and Second World Wars (1 May 1997, n.d.); 3 diaries (1939, 1940, 1945); c. 400 postcards, mostly relating to royal families of Europe (1904-1913); Portrait photograph (n.d.); Manuscript letter (5 May 1940).

Administrative / Biographical History

I. Vivienne Duchenne, a schoolgirl during the First World War, was twelve years of age at the Armistice

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs I. V. Duchenne

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

See FR 12: Duchenne, CEE (husband). See also GS 0042: Argent, R (uncle).