Freda Yelf papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 147
Dates of Creation
- 1910-1942
Name of Creator
- Yelf, Freda
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, photographs, postcards, press cuttings, and printed material Includes a wallet and 3 calendar cards

Scope and Content

Staff group photograph (n.d.); 14 Officers' visiting cards, left at the Good Luck Tea House, Aldershot (n.d.); 10 family photographs (1910, n.d.); 15 photographs of Hong Kong and China (1910-1912); 2 manuscript verses "To the School at War" and "Sisters" (n.d.); 2 manuscript letters, one from Lance Corporal Tomkins, 4th Battalion, Middlesex Regiment, and one from A. Davenport, RN (Royal Navy), serving on board HMS Venerable (23 May 1915, 8 Feb. 1916); 2 postcards (n.d.); Pencil sketch of Lord Kitchener (n.d.); 9 manuscript letters (25 Sep. 1915-19 June 1926, n.d.); 5 photographs (n.d.); Easter greetings card (n.d.); 2 postcards (1 Apr. 1918, n.d.); Pencil sketch (n.d.); Small oil painting (n.d.); Printed sketch of the Sisters' Quarters, Millbank (n.d.); Religious card from patient (n.d.); 3 printed poems "The Cares of Norton Hall", "The Only Way to End this Armistice", "Broken" and "Carry On!" (1918, n.d.); Press cuttings (1910, 1939-1942, n.d.); 2 autograph albums (Mar.-July 1915, Dec. 1917-Feb. 1921); Album of RN (Royal Navy) cards and ships' stationery (n.d.); Wallet, containing an India postage stamp (n.d.), a manuscript poem (n.d.), 3 calendar cards (1918, 1920) and a postcard thanking Dr and Mrs Yelf for tobacco gifts (n.d.).

Administrative / Biographical History

Freda Yelf was a Nurse, VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), at Norton Hall Hospital, Campden, Gloucestershire. She worked at the Good Luck Tea House, Aldershot, from 1917.