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- 1905, 1909 and 1919 (Creation)
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Wilfred Goddard Bryant was born in September 1872, the son of John (a schoolmaster) and Hope Bryant. In 1901 they were residing in St Marks Buildings Polytechnic Annexe School. Hope died in June 1901. Wilfred had two brothers and two sisters, and married in 1910 to a lady whom he met on a trip to Switzerland. In the 1891 census he is shown as a bankers clerk and in 1901 as a Clerk-Bank of England. Subsequent enquiries at the Bank of England confirmed that Wilfred Goddard Bryant was employed at the Bank's Branch Office from November 1890 until August 1937, reaching the position of cashier.
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GB 1753 PTA 4 BRY 1905, 1909 and 1919 Collection level 2 items Bryant , Wilfred Goddard , 1872-1952 , bank cashier
Wilfred Goddard Bryant was born in September 1872, the son of John (a schoolmaster) and Hope Bryant. In 1901 they were residing in St Marks Buildings Polytechnic Annexe School. Hope died in June 1901. Wilfred had two brothers and two sisters, and married in 1910 to a lady whom he met on a trip to Switzerland. In the 1891 census he is shown as a bankers clerk and in 1901 as a Clerk-Bank of England. Subsequent enquiries at the Bank of England confirmed that Wilfred Goddard Bryant was employed at the Bank's Branch Office from November 1890 until August 1937, reaching the position of cashier.
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Papers of Wilfred Goddard Bryant, 1905, 1909 and 1919, two travel diaries, with many postcards and a few photographs attached to pages; Journey to Switzerland, 20 May -10 June 1905, and a Week in Lucerne in July 1909, during which Bryant stayed in the Polytechnic Chalets at Seeburg; Journey to Northumberland, June 1919.
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Typescript handlist.
Sources:The biographical information in 3.2.2 was included in the description researched by the dealer selling these and other items; 'This is No. 2 of four travel journals written by Wilfred E Bryant upon whom I have done some very basic research'.
Compiled by Samantha Velumyl, AIM25 cataloguer. 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. May 2008 Bryant , Wilfred Goddard , 1872-1952 , bank cashier England Europe Literary forms and genres Literature Lucerne Nonfiction Northumberland Prose Switzerland Travel writing UK Western Europe London
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Papers of Wilfred Goddard Bryant, 1905, 1909 and 1919, two travel diaries, with many postcards and a few photographs attached to pages; Journey to Switzerland, 20 May -10 June 1905, and a Week in Lucerne in July 1909, during which Bryant stayed in the Polytechnic Chalets at Seeburg; Journey to Northumberland, June 1919.
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Open, subject to signing the Regulations for Access form.
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Copies may be supplied, for reference use only, unless copyright restrictions apply or the item is too fragile to be copied. Requests to publish original material should be addressed to the University Archivist.
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- English
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- Latin
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Typescript handlist.
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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.
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