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Robert Fitzgibbon Young Archive

Catalogue reference: GB 336 RFY

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This record is about the Robert Fitzgibbon Young Archive dating from 1917-1957.

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Reference
GB 336 RFY
Title
Robert Fitzgibbon Young Archive
Date
1917-1957
Description

6 press cutting albums containing press cuttings from 1917 - 1957 relating to the career of Robert Fitzgibbon Young. Topics relate to Czech Republic including correspondence with 2 presidents of Czechoslovakia (Benes and Masaryk). Contains press cuttings, photos (some signed), correspondence, items relating to Education and Comenius. Also publications and papers written by Young.

Arrangement

Publications

Publication reviews

Papers

Press cuttings 6 volumes

Held by
Lancaster University Library Special Collections
Former department reference
88.J9.Y7
Language
English | Czech | French
Creator(s)
Young Robert Fitzgibbon 1879-1960
Physical description
A4 and A3 albums 6 press cutting albums 1 file publications photos correspondence. Press cuttings; Photographs; Letters; Publications
Access conditions

By appointment. Usually available weekdays between 10am-2pm but to contact Special Collections at Lancaster University Library to organise access. There is no listing of this collection. The collection has not been digitised or available online.

Physical condition
Many of the items are arranged in albums, however some of the pages of the albums are loose and some items are loose within the albums. There are photographs and letters that are attached in amongst the press cuttings. They do not always run chronologically so may be difficult to locate certain items.
Unpublished finding aids
The collection has been added to the library system, however the contents have not been listed, so only a crude overview of the collection provided and only certain publications catalogued in full.
Administrative / biographical background

It is believed this collection came to the University when we had a Eastern European Department and there were studies on Comenius. We no longer have this department here at the University.

Publication note(s)
  • Comenius in England, 1933
  • Comenius and the Indians of New England, 1929
  • A Czech humanist in London in the 17th Century, Jan Sictor Rokycansky, 1926
  • A Bohemian philosopher at Oxford in the 17th Century, George Ritschel, 1924
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/a91265aa-d2ab-4cc6-bdad-98702a6fc39f/

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