MS 449 03

Reference code

MS 449 03

Title

Eric Williams: Autograph letters and documents relating to Eric Williams, belonging to his mother-in-law Mrs G. Roberts

Level

Series

Date

1940-1961

Extent & medium

2 envelopes

Content description

Containing autograph letters from Eric Williams to his mother-in-law and other documents relating to Williams including photographs and press cuttings.

Also included with the papers are papers relating to provenance of the letters and documents.

Provenance

The letters were collected by Mrs G. Roberts, Eric Williams’s mother-in-law. They were passed down the family to her grandson John Harrison who passed the letters to Eton College Library.

Arrangement

The original order of the documents, at the time of acquisitions has been maintained. The letters sent during, and immediately after Williams’s imprisonment in Stalag Luft 3, were held in a separate envelope, as were the press cuttings relating to his book ‘The Three Wonders’.

This arrangement is represented by the following files:

MS 449 03 01: Eric Williams: Autograph letters from Eric Williams to his mother-in-law, sent while a prisoner of war
MS 449 03 02: Eric Williams: Photographs and documents relating to Eric Williams, collected by Mrs G. Roberts