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Florence Smith's diaries, 1905 - 1907

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCPP Smith 2

Scope and Contents

Florence Smith's diaries cover two years only in her early 20s, with a gap from September 1905 to early December 1906. She ceased to write her diary a few days before her death at the age of 23 in 1907. The diaries are of a more narrative nature than those of her sister Margaret.

Dates

  • Creation: 1905 - 1907

Creator

Biographical / Historical

Florence Smith, sister of Margaret Smith [Girton 1904, qv], was born in Lancashire on June 19 1883 and educated, like her sister, at St Margaret’s, Polmont, near Edinburgh. After a period of living at home she was working, by December 1906, at a convent in Lloyd Street, London [The Society of the Sisters of Bethany, Clerkenwell?], producing embroidery work etc for church vestments and furnishings. She died at the age of 23 on April 13 1907.

Extent

3 volume(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Date information

DateText: Incomplete date coverage.

Originator(s)

Smith, Florence

Finding aid date

2012-11-06 10:13:20+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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