Mary Gibson papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

  • Reference
    • GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 054
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1910-1950
  • Name of Creator
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 1 box; manuscript, typescript, photographs, a press cutting, and printed material

Scope and Content

Press cutting from The Times reporting the death of Florence Nightingale (15 Aug. 1910); Photograph and scrap album (1917-1919); 2 photographs (n.d.); Ration book (20 Oct. 1918); Manuscript notes and verses (n.d.); Scrapbook (1940-1950); Typescript alphabetical verse relating to Land Girls (n.d.); Musical score "Back to the Land", published in The Land Girl (Aug. 1940); Advertisement for Thorley's agricultural products (1942); Prize card (1948); Published cartoons relating to Land Girls (n.d.); Photograph (n.d.); Photocopied photographs, with negatives (n.d.).

Administrative / Biographical History

Mary C. Gibson served with the Women's Land Army in both the First and Second World Wars

Access Information

Access is unrestricted

Acquisition Information

The papers were placed in the Collection by Mrs A. Blair Fish

Note

In English

Other Finding Aids

Domestic Front catalogue (hard copy) http://www.leeds.ac.uk/library/spcoll/liddle/index.htm

Alternative Form Available

Microfilmed

Related Material

See DF: General Aspects: Agriculture: Item 4.

Personal Names