Bolitho, Henry Hector

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0096 SL V 49
Held at	: Senate House Library, University of London   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.senatehouselibrary.ac.uk/our-collections ›
Full title	: Bolitho, Henry Hector
Date(s)	: c 1930-1937
Level of description	: Collection (fonds)
Extent	: 1 volume
Name of creator(s)	: Bolitho | Henry Hector | 1898-1974 | author
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Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Henry Hector Bolitho was born in Auckland, New Zealand, in 1897. In 1915 he became a reporter for a newspaper in New Zealand. In 1922 Bolitho came to England, where he published his first novel. Bolitho wrote widely on historical subjects, most notably on the Royal Family. Before the Second World War he travelled throughout Europe, Africa, North America and Australia. Between 1939-1945 he became a Squadron Leader with the RAF and was the editor of the RAF journal. After the war, Bolitho conducted lecture tours of the United States of America between 1947-1949. He died in England on 12 September 1974.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

A typescript of King George VI and correspondence written by Henry Hector Bolitho.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

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Conditions governing access:

Access to the items in the collection is unrestricted for the purpose of private study and personal research within the controlled environment and restrictions of the Library's Palaeography Room. Access to archive collections may be restricted under the Freedom of Information Act. Please contact the University Archivist for details.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be made, subject to the condition of the original. Copying must be undertaken by the Palaeography Room staff, who will need a minimum of 24 hours to process requests.

Finding aids:

University of London Library, The Sterling Library: a catalogue of the printed books and literary manuscripts collected by Sir Louis Sterling and presented by him to the University of London, Cambridge, (1954)

Archival Information

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Allied Materials

Related material:

The Metropolitan Toronto Reference Library, Canada, holds extracts from diaries and letters, 1926-1927; the Royal Society of Literature, London, holds letters to the Society, 1941-1968.

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Date(s) of descriptions:
1999-07-22 Simon McKeon, 2000-05-22 Sarah Smith