Griffith Institute Archive

Description of material

This description is based on the General International Standard Archival Description ISAD(G)

1. Identity statement

Reference code n/a

Title Hawker MSS.

Dates of creation of the material 1850-2.

Extent 3 albums.

2. Context

Name of creator Hawker, Edward James (fl. 1850-2).

Administrative and biographical history
Not known.

Custodial history All three albums initially in the possession of Miss Florence Hawker, the daughter of E. J. Hawker. The small and medium albums were given by her sister Mrs Margaret Evans.

Immediate source of acquisition The small and medium albums were presented by Mrs Margaret Evans in 1939, in response to Mr E. T. Leeds letter in The Times. The large album was presented by Miss Florence Hawker later in 1939.

3. Content and structure

Scope and content Three albums containing drawings and watercolours.

System of arrangement Kept as received.

4. Access and use

Legal status Property of the Griffith Institute.

Access conditions No restrictions.

Copyright conditions Copyright Griffith Institute, Oxford.

Language of material English.

Physical characteristics No problems.

Finding aids Catalogue.

5. Allied materials area

Location of originals These are originals.

Existence of copies None.

Related units of description None.

Associated material Not known.

Publications Not published.

Notes Possibly Edward James Hawker (1818-1892), see Cambridge Alumni p. 291.

(July 29, 2003)