Bibliography

A disciplined, reliable bibliography for further study.

Primary and Archival Sources

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The National Archives (Kew) Records Preservation Section papers; wartime salvage correspondence; PRO administrative files.

British Records Association Minutes, reports, correspondence, and early organisational papers.

Society of Genealogists Early 20thcentury debates on genealogical method; surviving fragments of the Stokes & Cox Index.

County Record Offices Early accession registers and provenance notes for rescued collections.

Secondary Sources

Works Directly Concerning Ethel Stokes

1. J. Camp, Memoirs of a Genealogist(online). A contemporary reflection on genealogical practice with valuable insights into Stokes’s era.

Elizabeth Shepherd, “Paper on Ethel Stokes” (1990s). A foundational modern reassessment of Stokes’s archival contribution.

Elizabeth Shepherd, Women Archivists and the Emergence of Archival Profession in England (Springer, recent). The most comprehensive scholarly treatment of Stokes’s career and influence.

 

Contextual Works

Hilary Jenkinson, writings on archival theory and the founding of the BRA. Essential for understanding the institutional environment in which Stokes worked.

Percival Boyd, Boyd’s Marriage Index. Important for contextualising the fate of the Stokes & Cox Index.

The Victoria County History (Essex volumes) Many sections rely on Stokes’s documentary research.

The Complete Peerage, ed. G. E. Cokayne, revised by Doubleday and others. Later volumes acknowledge Stokes’s substantial contributions.

Joan Wake, tributes and writings on archival rescue. Includes her famous assessment of Stokes’s importance.

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