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TODD, Charles John (fl 1878-1936)


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0074 CLC/508

Held at: London Metropolitan Archives

Title: TODD, Charles John (fl 1878-1936)

Date(s): 1878-1892

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 4 production units.

Name of creator(s): Todd | Reverend | Charles John | fl 1878-1936 | clergyman and Navy chaplain

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Reverend Charles John Todd was a Naval Chaplain, 1881-99, and Master of the Wax Chandlers' Company, 1888-91, 1916-18 and 1934-36.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Personal papers of Reverend Charles John Todd, navy chaplain, comprising certificates of ordination as a deacon and priest, 1878-79; commission as a Navy chaplain, 1881; letters written home from Navy ships from Zanzibar, Suez, Sudan, India, Ceylon [Sri Lanka], and Japan; diaries and notebooks describing hunting expeditions in Ceylon and East Africa; diary of a diplomatic mission to King John of Abyssinia [Ethiopia], 1884; newspaper cuttings; photographs of Todd; and a description of Todd's Navy service, 1976.

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 personal papers were deposited in Guildhall Library in 1977, and were catalogued in the same year by a member of Guildhall Library staff. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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
Big game hunting | Hunting | Customs and traditions | Cultural heritage
Chaplains | Clergy | Religious groups
Diaries | Nonfiction | Prose | Literary forms and genres | Literature
Diplomacy | Foreign relations | International relations
Navy | Armed forces | State security
Personal archives | Archives
Personal papers | Primary documents | Documents | Information sources
Travel abroad | Travel
Military organizations

Personal names
Todd | Reverend | Charles John | fl 1878-1936 | clergyman and Navy chaplain

Corporate names
RN | Royal Navy x Royal Navy

Places
Ethiopia | East Africa
India | South Asia
Japan | East Asia
Sri Lanka | South Asia
Sudan | East Africa
Suez | Urban | Egypt | North Africa
Zanzibar | Tanzania UR | East Africa