World War, 1939-1945--Women
Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Found in 7 Collections and/or Records:
Diaries of Janet Beaton
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2049
Content Description
This collection consists of the diaries written by Janet Beaton between 1934 and 1949, and from 1962 until her death in 2018. The early diaries relate to her experience of wartime (for example, her 1939 diary includes her eye-witness account of a "Humbie Heinkel" over East Lothian. This was the first German aircraft to be brought down over mainland Britain during the Second World War.), and to her days at the University of Edinburgh. Subsequent diaries relate to her family, her many travels...
Dates:
1934-2018
Family photographs, 1850s-1970s
Series
Identifier: Coll-1937/5
Scope and Contents
This series contains approximately 60 black-and-white family photographs, dating from the 1850s up to the 1950s. The provenance is not clear and the pictures have no caption, however many of them appear to be related to Arthur Patrick Logan Turner (1914-1998), one of William Aldren Turner's sons, and to Hilda Turner.Approximaltely 40 photographs date from the Second World War, and show service men in uniform and ATS members, as well as some landscapes. Arthur P. L. Turner served...
Dates:
1850s-1970s
Papers of Irene J. Young
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-1657
Scope and Contents
The collection is composed of school study notes and educational certificates 1929-1937, diplomas and degrees, private tutoring notes and papers, personal correspondence of Irene Young, draft material for publications and autobiography, correspondence with, and papers relating to, her late husband Reginald Sydney Brown (1919-1982).
1 x folder composed of: 5 x certificates of the Royal Drawing Society,...
Dates:
1929-1969
Papers of Margaret Christie (née Campbell)
Fonds
Identifier: Coll-2113
Scope and Contents
This fonds consists of papers and photographs of Margaret Christie née Campbell, covering the period from her service in the WAAF to the 1970s, possibly to the 1990s. There also is a badge of the Dunfermline College of Hygiene and Physical Education.
Photograph album covering Margaret's adult life, from her war service in the WAAF, her service in the Middle East (including in Luxor, Egypt), her wedding...
Dates:
1917-c 1990s
Papers related to United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA)
Sub-Fonds — Box CLX-A-115
Identifier: Coll-705/2
Scope and Contents
This box pertaining to Marjorie Rackstraw's work with the Friends Service Committee and the the United Nations Rehabilitation and Relief Administration.
Dates:
1904-1981
Photos related to relief work, 1920-1945
File
Identifier: Coll-705/6/3
Scope and Contents
This file contains photos related to Majorie Rackstraw's relief work in Russia during 1920-1922, and her work in Germany with Displaced Persons during 1944-1945. The top photo is a group photo of 7 people in uniform, Marjorie Rackstraw is in the top row on the far left. The next photo is a group of women surrounding a woman in white in a wheelchair. The back of this photo reads "Polish bride with no legs. (As written by Meg!) UNRRA Germany, probably at Greven DP Camp where MR was welfare...
Dates:
1920-1945
Women in military uniform, c. 1941-1944
Item
Identifier: EUA GD55/2/19/3