Notebook, 1910s - 1920s
Item — Box: Biggs Box 10
Reference code: 435/11/4/1
Scope and Contents
Handwritten notebook, thought to be written by Henry Bright Ashford (1851-1926), Howard Bigg’s maternal grandfather. Includes six enclosures of newspaper cuttings and notes. The text roughly covers the decade 1910 to 1920. Includes: - Copy of marriage licence for Edgar Arnold Biggs and Ida Bright Ashford (Howard Biggs’ parents), 1914 (p.38); - Some notes on Edgar Arnold Biggs’ grandfather, William Biggs, copied from press reports of his death in 1881 (p.78); - Some notes on Edgar Biggs’s father, Sir Arthur Worthington Biggs, p.79.
Dates
- Creation: 1910s - 1920s
Creator
- From the Fonds: Biggs, Howard (Thomas Howard Ashford), 1917 - 1994 (Person)
Conditions Governing Access
Available by appointment
Extent
1 Item(s)
Language of Materials
From the Fonds: English
Repository Details
Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository
Contact:
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk
Western Bank Library
University of Sheffield
Western Bank
Sheffield South Yorkshire S10 2TN United Kingdom
+44 (0) 114 222 7299
lib-special@sheffield.ac.uk