2 diaries, with typed transcript (10 Dec. 1914-10 Jan. 1922); Photograph album (1910-1919); Blackpool concert poster (n.d.); National Registration certificate (n.d.); 23 photographs relating to the Crescent Military Hospital, Croydon (1918-1919); Typescript notes on family history, with photocopied photographs and certificates, compiled by the donor, A. N. Craven (son) (Aug. 1990).
Hilda Craven papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 038
- Dates of Creation
- 1910-1922
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 2 boxes; manuscript, typescript, photographs, and printed material
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Hilda Craven (ne Duckworth) (1894-1988) spent most of the First World War at home at Ribby Hall, near Kirkham, Lancashire, before serving as a Nurse, VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), at the Crescent Military Hospital, Croydon, 1918-1919
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection by A. N. Craven (son) in Dec. 1990.
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
Conditions Governing Use
A. N. Craven specifies that publication of any part of this material is to be at his discretion