Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1866-1871 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 box or 0.01 cubic metres.
Scope and content
Papers of Edwin Child, 1866-1871, notably relating to his experiences during the Siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, Sep 1870-Jan 1871, comprising diaries, 1866-1871, containing daily entries recording events and often weather, part of which is written on copies of Lettre-Journal de Paris: Gazette des Absents , 1870; letters (as balloon post) to his family and 'Mary-Ann', describing conditions under the siege, 1870-1871; papers relating to his service in the Garde Nationale de la Seine, 1870-1871, including record of service, testimonial, passes for safe-conduct, identity papers and bread ration coupons; photographs of Child and of scenes of the Franco-Prussian War; printed journals and books comprising French publications largely relating to the siege, 1870-1871.
System of arrangement
The papers are arranged as follows: manuscripts, letters, miscellaneous papers and documents, photographs, printed journals and books.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born in London, 1846; worked in the family business, Nottinghamshire, as a seed merchant; trapped in the city during the siege of Paris, Franco-Prussian War, and volunteered for the Garde Nationale de la Seine, Nov 1870-Feb 1871; returned to England after the lifting of the siege in 1871.
Repository
Custodial history
The papers were presented to King's College by Miss Edwina Child, the daughter of Edwin Child, in 1964 via Professor Sir Michael Howard.
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
- French
Script of material
Finding aids
Collection level description available in hard copy in the reading room of King's College London Archives.
Alternative identifier(s)
Subjects
- Diaries
- Documents
- European history
- French history
- History
- Information sources
- International conflicts
- Literary forms and genres
- Literature
- National history
- Newspapers
- Nonfiction
- Periodicals
- Photographs
- Primary documents
- Prose
- Publications
- Visual materials
- War diaries
- Communications media
- Information sciences
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Garde Nationale de la Seine (Subject)
Genre access points
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Script(s)
Archivist's note
Sources: King's College London, Manuscripts and Private Papers, A Select Guide. Compiled by Julie Tancell as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.