Cambridge University Free Trade Association other correspondence

The provenance of the collection is uncertain, but it was possibly gathered by a member of the family of Dr. Walter Gardiner (9787/2), who can be linked to the other principal recipients of letters. He was a botanist, as were A.C. Seward (9787/1) and Sir W.T. Thiselton-Dyer (9787/5); a fellow of Clare, as was J.R. Wardale (9787/4); and bursar of Clare contemporaneously with the bursarships of R.T. Glazebrook and H.M. Innes at Trinity (9787/3). In addition, at least two letters in the miscellaneous series were addressed to successive Masters of Clare (9787/9/4, 7); and one to E.S. Shuckburgh, Librarian of Emmanuel (9787/9/1), of which Seward was a fellow from 1900 to 1906, and G.H. Watts (9787/8) a member of the library staff (as well as being Sewards clerk at the University Free Trade Association).

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).

This collection was purchased from Mayfly Ephemera in February 2008. It is contained in a box file on the spine of which is stamped Autographs 1. The whereabouts of the second and any subsequent box is unknown.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.