Sydney Tracey papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 095
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1920
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript, typescript, a press cutting, and printed material

Scope and Content

Charge sheet (7 Apr. 1917); Manuscript Court Martial statement (16 Apr. 1917); Transfer certificate (10 July 1917); Classification certificate (20 June 1916); Press cutting (n.d.); Letter to his wife (20 Apr. 1917); manuscript letter to his wife, Doris (11 June 1917); Home Office Work Scheme certificate (n.d.); 8 concert programmes (28 July 1917-26 Sep. 1917, n.d.); Letter to Mrs Tracey from the Governor of Wormwood Scrubs (25 June 1917); Manuscript letter from his wife, Doris (13 June 1917); Certificate of exemption (18 Jan. 1917); National registration certificate (n.d.); Discharge certificate (31 Mar. 1920); Typescript minutes of Westminster & Longford monthly meeting (17 May 1917).

Administrative / Biographical History

Sydney Thornhill Tracey (b. 1894), a conscientious objector, was imprisoned at Wormwood Scrubs and later employed on the Home Office Work Scheme at Dartmoor (Princetown).

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs M. Filbee (daughter). 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