Manuscript poem "To Germany" by Henry Andrews (21 July 1917); Group photograph (n.d.); Ruhleben Exhibition catalogue (1919); Hand-painted Alma Mater insignia on card [1917]; Extract "An Alabaster Image of St. Christopher", with reference to C. D. Jones who was at Ruhleben, from Country Life magazine (31 Dec. 1921); Letter from Vincent (29 Jan. 1938); Typescript recollections of M. S. Prichard by W. Rawson, with manuscript notes (n.d.); Notes for a Ruhleben quiz (30 Oct. 1976); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (Feb. 1977).
Wyatt Rawson papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection RUH 43
- Dates of Creation
- 1917-1977
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photograph, and printed material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Wyatt T. R. Rawson (b. 1894 in London) was educated at Westminster School and Trinity College, Cambridge. He was at Weimar studying music and philosophy at the outbreak of War, when he was held as a British Civil Prisoner of War, and interned at Ruhleben, 1914-1918, living in Barrack No. 3.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by W. T. R. Rawson in Jan. 1977. See Ruhleben Correspondence File.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
Ruhleben catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed