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PAPERS OF SIDNEY KIMBER (1873-1949)

Catalogue reference: SC/K

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This record is about the PAPERS OF SIDNEY KIMBER (1873-1949) dating from 1902-1943.

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Reference
SC/K
Title
PAPERS OF SIDNEY KIMBER (1873-1949)
Date
1902-1943
Description

Papers of Sidney Kimber: town councillor, Mayor and Alderman

Related material

<p>See also his personal papers in D/K and his autobiography Thirty-Eight Years of Public Life in Southampton 1910-1948 (1949)</p>

Held by
Southampton Archives Office
Language
English
Creator(s)
<corpname>Kimber, Sidney, 1873-1949, Mayor of Southampton</corpname>
Physical description
4 series
Administrative / biographical background

Alderman Sidney Kimber (1873-1949) was a prominent figure in Southampton municipal life in the first half of the twentieth century. He became a town councillor in 1910 and was Mayor 1918-20. He pioneered the building of the Civic Centre and the Sports Centre and Golf Course and these are his working papers as Chairman of those Committees. He became an Alderman, Freeman of the Borough and was knighted in 1935.

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https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/c8bfc956-abaf-484e-96ba-268151ab8bb4/

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PAPERS OF SIDNEY KIMBER (1873-1949)