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Yorkshire Association of Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, correspondence together with some related documents, 1914-1915

Archive Sub-collection: MS 439

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Type of record: Archive

Title: Yorkshire Association of Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, correspondence together with some related documents, 1914-1915

Level: Sub-collection

Classmark: MS 439

Creator(s): Bodger, John Eric Sturton

Date(s): 1914-1915

Language: English

Size and medium: 319 items in 10 envelopes

Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5298

Description

This manuscript collection comprises official correspondence to and from John Eric Sturton Bodger whilst honorary secretary of the Yorkshire Association of Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers, together with some related documents, 1914-1915. The items were discovered in 1975 amongst the deposited papers of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society, upon whose premises the Association used to hold lecture meetings. The officers of the Association in 1911-1915 were as follows:- President G F Charnock, MICE, Bradford Technical College Vice-presidents W F Beardshaw, Baltic Steelworks, Sheffield H J Rudgard, NE Railway, York G A Hart, Sewage Engineer's Office, Leeds J T Pullon, Roundhay, Leeds J Gilchrist, University of Leeds Honorary Secretary J E S Bodger, GN Railway, Leeds Honorary Treasurer C W Shaw, AMICE, Dewsbury. The secretary of the Institution in London was J H Tudsbery.

Biography or history

The Yorkshire Association of Students of the Institution of Civil Engineers used to hold lecture meetings on premises belonging to the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society. This collection was found amongst the LPLS papers deposited in the Library in 1975.

System of arrangement

The MS 439 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1979. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is item level.

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