Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1878-1892 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
4 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
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.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/508 1878-1892 Collection 4 production units. Todd , Reverend , Charles John , fl 1878-1936 , clergyman and Navy chaplain
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.
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.
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.
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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.
Records prepared May to September 2011. RN , Royal Navy x Royal Navy Todd , Reverend , Charles John , fl 1878-1936 , clergyman and Navy chaplain State security Armed forces Navy Literature Literary forms and genres Prose Nonfiction Diaries Documents Information sources Primary documents Personal papers India Archives Personal archives Cultural heritage Customs and traditions Big game hunting Hunting International relations Foreign relations Diplomacy Travel Travel abroad Religious groups Clergy Chaplains Organizations Military organizations South Asia Sudan East Africa Suez Urban Egypt North Africa Japan East Asia Ethiopia Sri Lanka Zanzibar Tanzania UR
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
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.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
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.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Records arranged by MS number, assigned during cataloguing at the Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section.
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Access by appointment only. Please contact staff.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to this collection rests with the depositor.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
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English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
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- State security
- State security » Armed forces
- Literature
- Literary forms and genres
- Literary forms and genres » Prose
- Documents
- Information sources
- Documents » Primary documents
- Archives
- Cultural heritage
- Intangible cultural heritage » Customs and traditions
- Intangible cultural heritage » Customs and traditions » Hunting
- International relations
- International relations » Foreign relations
- International relations » Foreign relations » Diplomacy
- Travel
- Travel » Travel abroad
- Religious groups
- Religious groups » Clergy
- Organizations
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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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Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English