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SIMPSON, Una Mary (born 1910)

IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0505 PP49

Held at: Royal Holloway, University of London

Title: SIMPSON, Una Mary (born 1910)

Date(s): 1930-1942

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 4 boxes or 0.04m3

Name of creator(s): Simpson | Una Mary | born 1910 | nee Roberts

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Una Mary Simpson (nee Roberts), born on June 1st 1910; educated at All Saints School, Maidstone and Maidstone Grammar School; joined Royal Holloway College in 1929; began an Intermediate Arts course before graduating with a 2:II in History in 1932; Secretary of the Historical Society at Royal Holloway; held a post at Grayford Girls Central School, 1934, October 1935 sailed to Bombay to take up a position as Assistant Mistress at Queen Mary High School, Girgaum, Bombay; returned to England, October 1938; back in Bombay by October 1939.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Correspondence, photographs and collected material of Una Mary Simpson (nee Roberts), relating specifically to her life in Bombay in the late 1930s, first as a teacher and later as wife and mother.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Arranged in sections as noted in the Scope and Content.

Conditions governing access:

Open to all registered users of the Royal Holloway, University of London Archives.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Copies may be supplied, subject to the condition of the original. Requests to publish original material should be directed to the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed listing available via online catalogue at http://calm.rhul.ac.uk

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

None expected

Archival history:

Presented to Royal Holloway University of London Archives in 2003 by Royal Holloway Library.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Royal Holloway University of London Library

ALLIED MATERIALS

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Compiled by Sarah Jane on behalf of the RSLP AIM25 Project.