Jeffrey Messent papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection RUH 35
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1915-1936
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, and photographs Includes various drawings and a Pearwood screwdriver

Scope and Content

3 photographs (n.d.); 2 manuscript pencil plans of accommodation at Ruhleben (n.d.); 4 pencil drawings of Ruhleben views (31 July 1915, 21 Aug. 1915, n.d.); 3 pen&ink drawings by R. Walker (n.d.); Typescript copy of recollections "The German Revolution of November 1918" (Nov. 1936); Pearwood screwdriver.

Administrative / Biographical History

Jeffrey Sutton Messent, a British Civil Prisoner of War, was interned at Ruhleben, 1914-1918, living in Barrack No. 10.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The screwdriver was placed in the Collection by W. E. Swale. The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs J. M. Messent (widow). 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