Identity area
Reference code
TBB/1/1/2/2/9
Title
Letter from Archibald Douglas Mason to his cousins
Date(s)
- 1916 (Creation)
Level of description
Item
Extent and medium
1 item, paper.
Context area
Name of creator
(b 1896)
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Consists of a letter from Archibald Douglas Mason to his cousins Thomas and George Brown from France. He describes the shells 'bashing all around' and the tear gas in the air as he writes his letter. He also describes searching for 'souvenirs' in an old German trench and the new artillery the German side are using.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open.