Eric Southall papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection CO 090
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1916-1983
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 file; manuscript and typescript

Scope and Content

48 manuscript letters to his mother (9 Aug. 1916-27 Mar. 1919); 3 manuscript letters to his sister, Olive (29 Oct. 1917, 11 July 1918, 24 Oct. 1918, 13 Mar. 1919); Manuscript Tribunal statement (19 Oct. 1916); Typescript recollections "The Wakefield Experiment" (21 May 1983); Typescript "Digest of Prison Letters, 1916-1919" (Jan. 1983).

Administrative / Biographical History

Eric Pritchard Southall (b. 1894 at Ross-on Wye, Herefordshire), an Absolutist, was imprisoned at Wormwood Scrubs, Wandsworth, Dorchester, Wakefield, Halifax, and Walton (Liverpool), 16 June 1916-9 Apr. 1919. Later he became a doctor.

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

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