Norman Robson papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection RUH 46
Dates of Creation
- 1915-1977
Name of Creator
- Robson, Norman L.
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material

Scope and Content

Off-print list of local civilian prisoners of war from the Sunderland Daily Echo (24 Dec. 1915); Receipt (19 Apr. 1916); Ruhleben dental surgery appointment card (n.d.); Prospectus of work for Summer Term at Ruhleben Camp School (1916); 2 price lists of duty free tobacco and cigarettes (1 July 1916, n.d.); 2 typescript copies of letters from John Hatfield relating to the exchange of Ruhleben prisoners (28 Oct. 1916, 4 Nov. 1916); Letter from the Bread Fund for Prisoners of War (4 Sep. 1916); 2 Bread Fund for Prisoners of War receipts (15 May 1916, 5 Sep. 1916); 2 Bread Fund for Prisoners of War acknowledgement cards (31 July 1916, 3 Aug. 1916); 2 letters from A. Leideman & Co (14 Nov. 1916, 17 Nov. 1916); Open letter from the Durham Light Infantry Prisoners of War Fund (1917); Letter from Ruhleben Prisoners Release Committee (5 Apr. 1917); Tickets and vouchers (n.d.); 3 pamphlets The Ruhleben Prisoners: The Case for their Release (n.d.), The Ruhleben Prisoners: A Reasoned Plea for Immediate Release, Pamphlet No. 2 (n.d.) and The Ruhleben Prisoners: The Government Attitude, Pamphlet No. 3 (1917); Issue of The Ruhleben Camp Magazine (June 1917); 27 photographs (n.d.); Leaflet relating to food parcels (n.d.); Miscellaneous press cuttings (1916-1918); Manuscript notes "On Our Own Responsibility!" relating to revolution in Germany (n.d.); German pamphlet Die Deutsche Revolution (Nov. 1918); Parcel Office card (4 Nov. 1918); Miscellaneous photocopied papers (n.d.); Booklet Summary of the Allies' Peace Terms to Germany (1919); Booklet relating to the Treaty of Versailles (1919); Letter from The Civilian War Claimants Association (7 Jan. 1931); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (Apr. 1977).

Administrative / Biographical History

Norman L. Robson (b. 1894 in Sunderland) was working in a shipping office in Lubeck at the outbreak of War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914-1918. There he became Captain of Barrack No. 9.