Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints by various photographers. All relate to the life and career of Mary Alexandria Ward, MBE, RRC (1866-1965). Most of the captions are from information supplied by Dr Rachel Elliott; those in brackets are descriptive captions prepared by the Librarian.
Dates
- Creation: 1866 - 1965
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
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Biographical / Historical
Mary Alexandria Ward was born in 1866. After nursing training in Tottenham, she was on the staff of the Princess Christian Hospital in Sierra Leone, 1892-1897, was in Government service in Nigeria from 1899-1917 (during which she took charge of the base hospital at Cape Coast during the Ashanti Campaign of 1900) and from 1917-1930 was again at the Princess Christian Hospital as Honorary Matron. She died in 1965.
Extent
37 item(s) (37 images)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Presented by Dr Rachel Elliott in 1985-86.
Bibliography
General
This collection level description was entered by KS and MJC using information from the original typescript catalogue.
Originator(s)
Ward, Mary Alexandria, 1866-1965, nurse
- Date
- 2004-08-17 11:06:30+00:00
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
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