MS 930

Reference code

MS 930

Title

World War II Collection

Level

Sub-fonds

Date

1939-1945

Extent & medium

9 boxes and 1 roll

Content description

This is an artificial collection containing various individually acquired items (principally ephemera) or small collections, which relate to World War II.

Arrangement

The collection has been arranged in the following series:
- British official publications and maps
- British and German government documentation and photographs
- Papers relating to Allied Commanders
- Documents relating to military personnel
- Prisoners of War
- Concentration camps
- Printed publications and ephemera
- Audiovisual material
- Post-war material

Associated material

This collection is part of a larger collection of World War II papers held by Eton College Library. The other collections are:

MS 436: Second World War papers of John Henderson, principally relating to Field Marshal B.L Montgomery
MS 927: Second World War papers of Sergeant Annie Gouk
MS 928: Second World War papers of J.C. Ogle, principally relating to ‘Operation Overlord’
MS 929: Second World War papers of Henry Gerson relating to Saint-Denis British Internment Camp

A collection of primary and secondary printed materials have been catalogued separately in the books module.