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Dilks Papers

 Fonds
Reference code: 418

Scope and Contents

Research papers, correspondence and transcripts of Professor David Dilks relating to his research project on former Special Operations Executive(SOE) operatives during the Second World War. The collection consists of full transcripts of interviews with 15 former members of SOE recorded between 2002 and 2004, along with supporting correspondence, press cuttings, obituaries and reports. Also includes documents relating to conferences organised or attended by David Dilks between 1962 and 1998.

For further details of this collection please see the finding aid lists in the External Documents section below.

Dates

  • Creation: 1923 - 2010

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Available by appointment. Certain material may be restricted.

Copyright

Various

Biographical / Historical

David Dilks is a historian, the official biographer of Neville Chamberlain and author of the two-volume 'Curzon in India' and 'The Great Dominion: Winston Churchill in Canada 1900-1954'. He was for many years Professor of International History at the University of Leeds and subsequently Vice Chancellor of the University of Hull between 1991 and 1999.

Extent

33 Box(es)

Language of Materials

English

Custodial History

Donated by Professor Dilks in 2011

Description rules
International Standard for Archival Description - General
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

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