Manuscript statement (n.d.); Press cutting from The Labour Leader, with photocopy (n.d.); Issue of The Tribunal, No. 15 (29 June 1916); Manuscript copy of diary, 1919 (n.d.); Manuscript recollections (n.d.); Typed transcript of an interview recorded with Peter Liddle (July 1976).
Jack Foister collection
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 032
- Dates of Creation
- 1916-1976
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, a press cutting, and printed material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Jack Foister (b. 1893 in Cambridge) was educated there at St Catherine's College. A conscientious objector, he was sent to Harwich Redoubt and France, sentenced to death, which was commuted, and later rejected the Home Office Work Scheme.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by Jack Foister. See CO/FAU Correspondence File.
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
CO/FAU catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed