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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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.