Albert Frederick Pollard papers
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- Pollard, Albert Frederick (1869-1948) constitutional historian
TitleAlbert Frederick Pollard papers
Reference codeMS860
Date1884-1948
Scope and ContentThe collection contains personal correspondence from Alfred Pollard, primarily to his parents and his secretary, E. J. Davis (1884-1925, 9 boxes). There are also letters from Pollard's father, Henry, primarily to his son (1885-1924, 4 boxes). These letters give a valuable insight into the development of Alfred's historical and political opinions as well as providing an account of domestic circumstances in the Pollard family. The remainder of the papers relate to Alfred's academic and University of London activities. These papers contain correspondence and printed items, and span the length of his academic life. Key phases and activities recorded in the papers include: Alfred's achievements during his own university education; contributions to the Dictionary of National Biography; involvement with the Committee of the League of Nations, the Historical Association, the Institute of Historical Research, the University of London's Academic Council, the Anglo-American Conference of Historians, University College London, the London History School, Victoria County History, Committee of the History of Parliament; and his candidature for the London Liberal Federation for the University of London constituency. There are also boxes of lecture-notes, newspaper cuttings, scrapbooks, and pocket diaries.
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Extent44 boxes
Finding aidsCollection level description. A box list also available in the Library's Special Collections Reading Room in the Unbound Archive Handlists folder.
Related files
University College, London, holds notebooks, [1887-1913] (Ref: MS ADD 80); the British Library, London, has correspondence with Macmillans, 1916-1922 (Ref: Add MS 55071); the Bodleian Library, Oxford University, contains mark books, 1904-1905 (Ref: MSS Eng misc d885-86), correspondence, 1916-1947 (Ref: MS Eng lett c462), undergraduate notes (Ref: MS Eng hist d224), and manuscript and corrected proof of a DNB article on Lord John Russell, 1897 (Ref: MS Eng misc c652).
Level of descriptionfonds