Sydney Smith papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection IND 35
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1979
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material (partly photocopy or photostat).

Scope and Content

Typescript recollections 'My Voyage to India' (June 1916); Press cuttings (November 1915, May 1918, May 1919, December 1932, January 1968); 45 photostat photographs (1916-1919); Manuscript recollections (October 1979); Photocopied recollections 'The Peoples of India, their way of life, as experienced during my travels all over India and the Border States during the years 1916-1920' (nd).

Administrative / Biographical History

Sydney C. Smith was born at Faversham, Kent, in 1894. As a Private, 1st Battalion, Kent Cyclists, from Christmas 1912, he served at Bangalore and on the North-West Frontier of India from 1916 to 1920.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted.

Note

In English.

Other Finding Aids

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

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed.

Personal Names

Smith Sydney C.