Baines family of Leeds and other families, 19th and 20th centuries miscellaneous papers
Details
Type of record: Archive
Title: Baines family of Leeds and other families, 19th and 20th centuries miscellaneous papers
Classmark: MS 713
Creator(s): Baines Family(); Baines, John Manwaring (1910-2002)()
Date(s): 1801-1982
Language: English
Size and medium: 56 items, stored in 4 boxes
Persistent link: https://explore.library.leeds.ac.uk/special-collections-explore/5795
Description
These papers principally illuminate the experiences of the donor John Manwaring Baines, his parents and children. There is material on pre-war holidays, contemporary accounts by J M Baines of his service on the Second World War when he rose to the rank of major in the Royal Artillery, his draft autobiography, 'Curator Unmasked' and various series of letters especially to and from his parents and from his son, the artist R J M Baines, from the 1930s-1950s.
There is some material relating to other families connected with the Baines by marriage, but one particularly cohesive collection of letters relating to John Lloyd Williams and his service in the First World War which arrived with this Collection, has been treated as a separate manuscript (Special Collections MS 719,. handlist 70).
The relationship to Mr J M Baines of those principally referred to in the papers is set out in an appendix. The relationship is also mentioned in some of the entries in the catalogue.
Biography or history
Mr Baines graduated B Sc. in the University of Leeds in 1931 and his father, Frederick Talbot Baines, was for many years clerk to the Senate of the University. The Baines' family played a prominent part in local affairs in Leeds in the late 18th and 19th centuries, and at one time were the owners of the 'Leeds Mercury'.
Provenance
Gift of Mr J. M. Baines formerly curator of the Hastings Museum in February 1985.
System of arrangement
The MS 713 catalogue is based on an historic inventory, created in 1985. The arrangement of material does not necessarily represent the original order of the archive and it is considered partly processed by an archivist. When making requests to consult, please be aware that there may be discrepancies between description and physical arrangement. The retrievable unit for this collection is file level.
Access and usage
Access
Access to this material is unrestricted.