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Biographical material, 1900 - 1986

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 134/1

Scope and Contents

Notes by Dr R.A. Elliott and others on Mary Ward and her family and friends, including material on Ruth Ward and the Ward and Dawson families; articles on Tottenham Hospital and a 16 page undated booklet of illustrations of the hospital from c. 1920s; extracts from 'The Daily Chronicle' and 'The Morning Post', 1900-1901; an extract from a despatch of Col. Sir James Willcocks, 25 December 1900, commending Matron A. Ward and Nursing Sister K. Nevill; an entry on Mary Ward from Burke's 'The order of the British Empire' (1921); an extract from 'Letters from the Gold Coast' by Princess Marie Louise, 1926; 'The Colonial Nursing Association', an article by Mabel W. Piggott; a tribute to Mary Ward from 'West Africa', January 1931; an obituary of Ward from 'West Africa', 30 October 1965; photocopies from published works; a map of Nigeria; 'The men who died at Lokoja', pp. 99-110 from an unknown work; a programme for a Church service for Cecil and Olive Horstead, 24 June 1986.

Dates

  • Creation: 1900 - 1986

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

Extent

1 folder(s) (1 folder) : paper

Language of Materials

English

General

RAS.

Finding aid date

2003-10-17 12:51:40+00:00

Includes index.

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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