Boxes 1-2 (Items 1-36) contain mainly individual items and documents (or copies of either) for which complete records have not been created. Boxes 3-4 contain miscellaneous papers relating to entertainment, including theatre and concert programmes, music sheets, scripts, verse, advertisements, poems, Christmas cards and whist programmes. Box 5 contains ca. 30 maps and sketches. Box 6 contains editions of the Salonika Reunion Association journal "The Mosquito", Nos. 115, 120, 135-164 (September 1956-December 1968), and "Salonika Memories, 1915-1919", a souvenir compilation from past issues of "The Mosquito" (May 1969). Box 7 contains photocopied papers from the Public Record Office, including material relating to the organisation of the Salonika force, Salonika harbour, Army hospitals, prisons, intelligence, cookery, rest camps, POW (Prisoner of War) camps, the postal department, pay, malaria, sanitation, dentistry, canteens, graves, training schools, workshops, medical stores and field ambulances.
Miscellaneous papers relating to Salonika, compiled probably by Peter Liddle
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection SAL 066
- Dates of Creation
- 1915-1969
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 7 boxes; manuscript, typescript, and printed material. Includes Christmas cards and maps.
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The final compiler of this collection was probably Peter Liddle.
Arrangement
'Salonika Miscellaneous' can be found at the end of the alphabetical sequence of the Salonika Section.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted.
Acquisition Information
Donors are identified in the Salonika catalogue (hard copy) where applicable.
Note
In English.
Other Finding Aids
Salonika catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm
Alternative Form Available
Microfilmed.