This collection comprises Rolf Gardiners (RG) work on the youth movements of Britain and Europe, His travels with dance and folk groups, his furtherance of the restoration and conservation of his estate and his writings on conservation, agriculture and landscape husbandry. There is also a fair amount of personal material ranging from his birth, schooling, later life and death, correspondence with friends and visits to other countries. Some material pertains to his friendships in Germany, and there a few indications of the problems he had with his association with the National Socialist movement in Germany, this collection containing a letter to Dr Goebbels, praising the 'national renewal' that the party had begun.
Papers of H. Rolf Gardiner
This material is held atCambridge University Library
- Reference
- GB 12 MS Gardiner
- Dates of Creation
- 1902-1971
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English .
- Physical Description
- 60 archive box(es) 60 archival boxes, 59 files (box and lever-arch) and 9 microfilm59 file(s) 60 archival boxes, 59 files (box and lever-arch) and 9 microfilm9 item(s) 60 archival boxes, 59 files (box and lever-arch) and 9 microfilm
Scope and Content
Access Information
Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
Acquisition Information
Purchased by Cambridge University Library in 1991 from his daughter Mrs Rosalind Richards.
Other Finding Aids
A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.
Conditions Governing Use
The copyright in Rolf Gardeners papers rests with his daughter, Mrs Rosalind Richards, to whom enquires should be directed. She also retains some family papers. Address: Mrs Rosalind Richards, c/o Springhead, Fontmell Magna, Dorset, SP7ONU
Bibliography
See Water Springing from the ground, an anthology of Gardener's writings, with a biographical introduction, edited by Andrew Best (Springhead 1972).