Lady Kathleen Lindsay papers

This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections

Reference
- GB 206 Liddle Collection DF 076
Dates of Creation
- 1878-1953
Name of Creator
- Lindsay, Lady Kathleen
Language of Material
- English
Physical Description
- 1 box; manuscript, typescript, postcards, press cuttings, photographs, and printed material Includes a National Registration card

Scope and Content

63 manuscript letters and postcards to and from Lady Kathleen Lindsay and her family (28 June 1878-26 Sep. 1921, 5-17 Feb. 1949, n.d.); Press cuttings (28 Dec. 1914, 11 Nov. 1918, n.d.); Papers and correspondence relating to her work with the Deptford Supply Reserve Depot and Woolwich Arsenal (Aug. 1915-July 1919); Humorous typescript passages and verse (n.d.); Illustrated Woolwich War Memorial Hospital presentation card (n.d.); Letter and card from Buckingham Palace (22 Aug. 1915, 7 Mar. 1916); National Registration card (n.d.); Manuscript receipts (n.d.); Middlesex Regiment Christmas card (n.d.); 2 rules and regulations booklets for Deptford Supply Reserve Depot (1915); Typescript list of duties relating specifically to Lady Kathleen Lindsay (n.d.); Extract from minutes of Executive Commitee meeting , HRH The Princess Mary's Sailors' and Soldiers' Christmas Fund (Jan. 1916); "Timbertown Follies" concert programme (1 Jan. 1919); Invitation to Buckingham Palace (29 June 1918); Typescript letter from Woolwich and District War Memorial Hospital (13 June 1919); Press cutting (7 July 1921); 12 photographs (1918, n.d.); ca. 35 obituary press cuttings of Colonel Walter C. Lindsay (husband) (5-15 June 1929); 3 obituary press cuttings of Lady Kathleen Lindsay (2-9 May 1953); Summary notes (n.d.).

Administrative / Biographical History

Lady Kathleen Lindsay (1876-1953) was born in Gibraltar and became Manageress, Deptford Supply Reserve Depot, and Superintendent, Woolwich Arsenal, in charge of approximately twelve hundred staff in 1918