Papers of Prof. Stanley Bertram Chrimes (1907-1984), historian

This material is held atCardiff University Archives / Prifysgol Caerdydd

Scope and Content

The collection includes:

- 20 notebooks on John of Bedford
- 13 notebooks of materials for English Constitutional Ideas in the Fifteenth Century (1936)
- 2 notebooks containing the Latin text and English translation of Sir John Fortescue 'De laudibus legum Angliae'
- Notes and transcripts from the Gregor papers
- Notes entitled 'Ecclesiae Angliae and Stephen's charter of 1136'
- Notes for the revised edition of Sir William Holdsworth, A History of English Law, vol. 1 (1956)
- Notes for 'Richard II's questions to the judges, 1387'.
- Notes for King Edward I's Policy for Wales (1969).
- Notes and manuscript draft of Henry VII (1972).
- Notes on medieval administrative history.
- A typescript version of University College Cardiff: a centenary history, 1883-1983.
- A number of additions deaccessioned from the University of Glasgow in 2013, relating to his years there as Lecturer and Reader in Constitutional History, 1936-1953.

The collection also contains files of papers relating to various College committees as well as papers of the Glamorgan (Local) History Society; the Executive Committee of the Glamorgan County History Trust Limited; miscellaneous photocopies of typescripts and articles from various journals.

Administrative / Biographical History

Stanley Bertram Chrimes (1907-1984) was Professor of History 1953-74, and was editor of the College's official centenary history.

Files 418/43-418/52 were deaccessioned by the University of Glasgow in 2013, and accessioned to the existing archive at Cardiff University. Prior to his post at Cardiff, Chrimes had been Lecturer and Reader in Constitutional History at the University of Glasgow, 1936-1953.

Access Information

Access is available by prior appointment.

Note

Shelves 501, 582-585.

Conditions Governing Use

This archive contains personal data regarding living individuals. This data is subject to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and Data Protection Act 2018. Access to original documents is permitted upon completion of a Data Protection Declaration. Photography of original documents is not permitted.