Photograph album (July 1915-June 1918); 21 picture postcards (n.d.); 40 photographs (1915-1918, n.d.); Manuscript recollections "Flax Picking" (n.d.); 4 manuscript letters and one postcard from friends in Germany and Finland (22 Dec. 1938-29 July 1945); 2 Fire Precautions certificates (n.d.); Ration book (7 July 1941); Typescript extract relating to presents sent to a ship (n.d.); Manuscript letter from the Secretary of the British Ship Adoption Society (17 Jan. 1943); Typescript letter from the Secretary of the British Ship Adoption Society, with covering note (22 Sep. 1945, 23 Oct. 1945); Press cuttings relating to ship adoption, with accompanying letter from The Yorkshire Evening Post (n.d., 29 Nov. 1952).
Gladys New papers
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 095
- Dates of Creation
- 1915-1952
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 file; manuscript, typescript, postcards, photographs, press cuttings, and printed material Includes a ration book
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
Gladys D. New (b. 1896 at Birkenhead) was educated at Liverpool University. She served as a volunteer at a British Red Cross hospital at Latchford, near Warrington, in 1915, and at Myrtle Auxiliary Hospital, Liverpool, in 1918. She also undertook agricultural work in 1916 and 1918. She was a geography teacher at Leeds Girls High School during the Second World War, and also volunteered as a fire fighter.
Access Information
Access is unrestricted
Acquisition Information
The papers were placed in the Collection per R. Peacock (neighbour). See Research Correspondence File.
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