Harry Rhodes papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 079
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1978
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, and a press cutting

Scope and Content

8 manuscript letters to his mother and father (11 June-21 July 1916, 11 Jan.-13 Mar. 1917, 29 Mar. 1919, n.d.); Loose leaf manuscript diary (16 May-14 Aug. 1916); Manuscript account "My Stay in Wakefield Detention Barracks" (n.d.); Manuscript account "A Retrospect of the Outstanding Events & Impressions of My Life at Wormwood Scrubs and Wandsworth" (25 June 1917); Manuscript notes for a talk given to a young people's group "A C.O. in the 1914-1918 War" (n.d.); Typescript recollections "A Peculiar Meeting" [4 June 1916]; Press cutting "A Trio of Pacifists" [10 Mar. 1916]; Discharge certificate (8 May 1919); Hand-made birthday card, from "O.C." in Armley, with dried heather and paper cut-out "United We Stand, Divided We Fall" (2 Nov. 1918); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (June 1978).

Administrative / Biographical History

Harry R. Rhodes (b. 1896 in Doncaster, Yorkshire), an Absolutist, was imprisoned at Pontefract, Wormwood Scrubs, Wandsworth, Wakefield, and Hull

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

Tape 549: interview recorded with Peter Liddle in June 1978.