Newham, Helen Maxwell
Identity Statement
Reference code(s) | : GB 0102 MS 322057 |
Held at | : School of Oriental and African Studies Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.soas.ac.uk/Archives/home.html › |
Full title | : Newham, Helen Maxwell |
Date(s) | : Created 1929-1936 |
Level of description | : Collection (fonds) |
Extent | : 1 box |
Name of creator(s) | : Newham | Helen Maxwell | 1896-1974 | teacher |
Context
Administrative/Biographical history:
Helen Maxwell Newham was born in 1896, daughter of Rev. W. G. Newham. After being educated at Godolphin School, Salisbury she trained as a teacher at Salisbury Training College and Shoreditch College. Helen Newham worked as a teacher in South West Africa between 1929 and 1933. On her return to England she became headmistress at Bayham, Suffolk and then from 1948 in Campsea Ashe. She died on 6 Feb 1974.
Content
Scope and content/abstract:
Papers, 1929-1936, of Helen Maxwell Newham, comprising correspondence and other material relating to her time in Ovamboland and Zululand, South West Africa.
Access & Use
Language/scripts of material:
English
System of arrangement:
The correspondence is arranged in chronological order.
Conditions governing access:
Unrestricted.
Conditions governing reproduction:
No publication without written permission. Apply to archivist in the first instance.
Finding aids:
Unpublished handlist.
Archival Information
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Donated in 1974.
Allied Materials
Related material:
National Register of Archives: Click here to view NRA record
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Description Notes
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Date(s) of descriptions:
15 May 2000
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