Fonds SCA62-WA35 - Gladys Lilian King fonds.

Title and statement of responsibility area

Title proper

Gladys Lilian King fonds.

General material designation

  • Textual record

Title notes

  • Source of title proper: Title from content of the fonds.

Level of description

Fonds

Reference code

SCA62-WA35

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Date(s)

Physical description area

Physical description

  • 2 cm of textual records.
  • 2 photographs : b&w ; 17 x 20 cm or smaller

Archival description area

Name of creator

(1884-1970)

Biographical history

Gladys Lilian King was born in Exeter, Devon to Joseph and Mary King. In 1911 King emigrated to Canada to work as a secretary but returned to England in 1915 to do war work. She became a member of the Women Police Service during the war and worked in ... »

Scope and content

Fonds consists of one 141 page carbon typescript of "Among the beavers: Canadians and others" by Gladys Lillian King. The work is a personal narrative of the work done by the Military Women Police in and around the Beaver Hut in the Strand, London. Also ... »

Notes area

Immediate source of acquisition

Gift of the National Council of Women as part of the Lady Aberdeen Collection.

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Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Added to database by Jessica Blackwell, 2015.