Size: 1.0 linear feet

Literary rights:
Literary rights were not granted to Wichita State University. When permission is granted to examine the manuscripts, it is not an authorization to publish them. Manuscripts cannot be used for publication without regard for common law literary rights, copyright laws and the laws of libel. It is the responsibility of the researcher and his/her publisher to obtain permission to publish. Scholars and students who eventually plan to have their work published are urged to make inquiry regarding overall restrictions on publication before initial research.

Restrictions: None

Content note:
The collection consists of the Diary of Thomas Erskine Wardle, calendar year 1918; folded inside it are a carbon copy of a letter to his mother and a three-page summary of Captain Wardle's biography and his action against the German raider Greif on February 29, 1916; 20 large linen sheets of secret plans for warships and submarines; and a five-page printed memorandum of Operation ZZ, dated 20 November 1918, regarding the surrender of the German fleet.

Acquisition: Purchased from Sotheby's

Processed by: Avis German, June 1988; JEF, 2-27-1998

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