Copy Diary of Sylvia G. Ward

This material is held atBodleian Library, University of Oxford

  • Reference
    • GB 161 MSS. Afr. s. 2279
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20th century
  • Language of Material
    • English.
  • Physical Description
    • 132 ff.

Scope and Content

Copy diary, 1926-1945, of Sylvia Ward, recounting her experiences en route by sea to West Africa shortly after her marriage in September 1926 and life in the Gold Coast and Mauritius thereafter.

Administrative / Biographical History

Sylvia G. Ward was the wife of [William Ernest] Frank Ward.

Frank Ward, (b 1900), CMG (1945) was educated at Dulwich College, at Lincoln College, Oxford and at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. He was a master at Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1924-1940, Director of Education, Mauritius, 1941-1946 and Deputy Education Adviser, Colonial Office, 1945. He continued as a part-time member of the education advisory staff from 1956 and worked for the Department of [Trade and Commerce], 1961-1963.

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Note

Collection level description created by Paul Davidson, Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House.

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Related Material

Reminiscences by W.E.F. Ward of educational work while on secondment from the Colonial Education Service to the Colonial Office, 1945-1956, and service during that period as a member of the British delegation to UNESCO, 1945-1957 (ref. MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 542); typescript memoirs of service as Director of Education, 1941-1945 (ref. MSS. Ind. Ocn. s. 273); memorandum on service at Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1924-1940, with related commemorative booklet (ref. MSS. Afr. s. 1755 (27); photocopy reminiscences as a master, Achimota College, Gold Coast, 1924-1940 (ref. MSS. Afr. r. 127).