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DUNK, Arthur William (1871-1942)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/446

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: DUNK, Arthur William (1871-1942)

Date(s): 1899-1932

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 5 production units.

Name of creator(s): Dunk | Arthur William | 1871-1942 | Boer War soldier

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Arthur William Dunk (c 1871-1942) served in the City Imperial Volunteers during the Boer War 1899-1900.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Records of Arthur William Dunk, Boer War soldier in the City Imperial Volunteers, comprising official papers; letters and postcards written home during his service; notebooks providing itinerary of travels in South Africa; and menu cards and programmes for dinners of the City Imperial Volunteers Old Comrades Association.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.

Conditions governing access:

Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.

Finding aids:

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

These records were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1980 and were catalogued by a member of Guildhall Library staff in the same year. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

For records of the City Imperial Volunteers, and a history, see CLA/051 and CLC/528.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note:

Rules or conventions: Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: Records prepared May to September 2011.


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Boer War (1899-1902) | Wars (events)
Family correspondence | Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Personal archives | Archives
Veterans' associations | Veterans | Armed forces | State security
War diaries | Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Military organizations

Personal names

Corporate names
City of London Imperial Volunteers | Corporation of London

Places
City of London | London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
South Africa | Southern Africa