Haig Collection

Name

Haig Collection

Description

The collection comprises 65 volumes of books, pamphlets and maps from the library of Douglas Haig, 1st Earl Haig (1861-1928), field-marshal, and, from 1915 onwards, commander-in-chief of the British army during the First World War. It contains works on military strategy, memoirs, and accounts of 19th-century military campaigns in Europe and North America. There are also narratives of the First World War, many of them annotated by Haig.

Organisation

The books have been catalogued individually and have the shelfmark 'Haig.'.

Acquisition

The collection was purchased by the Library in 1978.

Related collections

The Earl's papers, including his diary, which had been on deposit since 1961, were purchased in 1982. The manuscripts are held at Acc.3155.

Shelfmark

Haig.

Subjects

Military history