IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0100 KCLCA K/PP22
Held at: King's College London College Archives
Title: HOLMES, Maj Oliver Wright- (b 1909)
Date(s): Created 1931-1934, 1951
Level of description: Collection (fonds)
Extent: 4 boxes or 0.04m3
Name of creator(s): Holmes | Oliver Wright- | b 1909 | Major
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
Born 1909; Administrative Officer, Mental Hospitals Department, London County Council, 1928-1932; Administrative Officer, Department of the Clerk of the Council, 1932-1942; studied history at King's College London, 1931-1934; Ambulance Control Officer, London Ambulance Services, 1939-1942; served with 51 Training Regt, Royal Armoured Corps, UK, 1942, and with Royal Army Ordnance Corps in UK, 1942-1943, India, 1942-1945, and Burma, 1945-1946; Commander, No 52 Ordnance Field Depot, Myngaladon, Burma, 1945; Commander, No 62 Ordnance Field Depot, Rangoon, 1945-1946; served on Public Control Committee, London County Council, 1946, and Parks Committee, 1947-1954; Postgraduate student, Theology Faculty, King's College London, 1949-1952; Council Clerk, London County Council, 1954-1970; retired in 1970.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Lecture, course and revision notes written by Wright-Holmes whilst studying History at King's College London, 1931-1934; typescript copy of his PhD thesis entitled 'Tertullian on prayer', 1951.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
20 volumes.
Conditions governing access:
Open, subject to signature of reader's undertaking form.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be provided for research use only. Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Director of Archive Services, King's College London.
Physical characteristics:
Finding aids:
Collection level description.
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
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Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Presented by Maj Wright-Holmes in two accessions, 1984 and 1986.
ALLIED MATERIALS
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Related material:
The Liddell Hart Centre for Military Archives, King's College London, holds copies of extracts from 'One man's war', a memoir of Wright-Holmes' service with the Royal Armoured Corps and the Royal Army Ordnance Corps, 1942-1946, written in 1981-1983.
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DESCRIPTION NOTES
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Date(s) of descriptions: Feb 2000