'Reminiscences' by Alfred Wagg

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 3277 HW/WF/1
  • Dates of Creation
      c 1958
  • Language of Material
      English
  • Physical Description
      202 leaves and 1 leaf with note attached

Scope and Content

Photocopy ts, with some photocopy ms passages, of Alfred Wagg's 'Reminiscences'. The memoirs cover inter alia: Alfred Wagg's childhood; education at Eton; involvement with the Eton Manor Club for boys in Hackney Wick; work at the family firm of Helbert, Wagg & Co.; anecdotes about Wagg family history and other members of the Jewish community, including the Rothschilds. They also include transcripts of items from Alfred Wagg's scrapbook. The work is indexed.

There is also a photocopy ts letter from John Murray to Alfred Wagg (5 March 1958) explaining why his firm does not wish to publish the work.

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Family Names