Papers of Professor Alexander C. Aitken

The Papers of Professor Alexander C. Aitken (GB 237 Coll-1068) consist of:

• autobiographical, biographical, memoir, and obituary material
• First World War souvenirs and maps
• correspondence relating to Aitken's memoir From Gallipoli to the Somme
• reviews of From Gallipoli to the Somme
• circa 20 photographs, both portrait and group
• 3 commonplace (scrap-)books containing cuttings and newspaper articles on a variety of subjects, some relating to New Zealand
• ca. 60 musical scores, with letters and printed matter that had been contained within the musical material
• photographs of an area near Nelson, New Zealand
• material relating to Aitken from Professor N. Kemmer
• papers and correspondence relating to his work at Edinburgh University; letters and copies of letters from Aitken to Dr. Robert Schlapp, 1933-1970
• letters to Robin Schlapp transcribed from diaries, 1923-1958
• letters to and from family and friends.

There is a folder of material with legal documents and personal material: relating to Aitken's estate; commission by the curators of Edinburgh University in favour of Professor Aitken; birth certificate of his wife, 11 May 1894; letters of testimonial, 1923; letter from Royal Society of Literature; and, material relating to his illness in 1926. The Papers also include some off-prints and publications by Aitken. They are located at shelfmark E2005.24.

External Links

• Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue