Comprises: (1) Family correspondence; (2) Diaries; (3) Notes on the history of Hastings; (4) Multiple copies of an abstract of title of an estate belonging to Joseph Jowitt in Sheepscar (Leeds), 1837
Papers of John Manwaring Baines
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS 1516
- Dates of Creation
- ca.1837-1985
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
John Manwaring Baines graduated from the University of Leeds in 1931 and later became Curator of the Borough Museum in Hastings. He was a member of the Baines family who had once owned the Leeds Mercury, and his father Frederic Talbot Baines was clerk to the Senate of Leeds University
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The gift of the John Manwaring Baines, 1985-1989
Note
In English