Harting, James Edmund, 1841-1928

Content Description This collection includes research created by James Edmund Harting about the history of sports and recreation in England. It includes one copy of the 1834 edition of Joseph Strutt's The Sports and Pastimes of the People of England owned by Harting. Harting extensively annotated Strutt's book with notes, clippings, and other research. The volume originally contained hundreds of tipped and inserted clippings and other material that have mostly been relocated to folders....