A patriarch of Empire

This material is held atRoyal Commonwealth Society Library

  • Reference
    • GB 115 RCS/RCMS 55
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1933-1938
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English .
  • Physical Description
    • .013 cubic metre(s) 1 archive box and 3 folders paper

Scope and Content

A memoir of Sir Frederick Young with related papers.

Administrative / Biographical History

Ethel M. Young was the granddaughter of Sir Frederick Young (1817-1913), traveller and writer on imperial affairs.

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

Presented by Miss Gladys Salmon, 1955. Miss Salmon found the memoir among the papers of her father Edward Salmon, who received it from Ethel Young on 26 May 1939, when Salmon was editor of 'United empire'.

Note

Includes index.

Other Finding Aids

MSS 11c99

Donald H. Simpson, ed., 'The manuscript catalogue of the library of the Royal Commonwealth Society' (London, 1975), p. 49.

A catalogue of the collection can be found on ArchiveSearch.

Related Material

The R.C.S. Manuscripts Collection includes letters and papers of Sir Frederick Young, RCMS 54.

Additional Information

This collection level description was created by RAS with reference to Donald Simpson's R.C.S. catalogue.

Young, Ethel M, fl 1937-1938