Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1939 - 1946 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
82 letters
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The letters of Isobel Ramsay were written from 1939 to 1946 and detail her work in the Middle East while serving in the N.A.A.F.I.(British Armed Forces) as part of the war effort. All are addressed to her father. Ramsay left for Cairo in April 1939 and spent four years attending to the soldiers, in the midst of which she met Tony Marks, a fellow N.A.A.F.I. member, and married him in August 1940. They moved to Jerusalem in 1943, where Ramsay joined the Auxialiary Territorial Service (A.T.S) . Ramsay and Marks later had a son in 1944, and returned home to Scotland in June 1946.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Letters written by Isobel Ramsay and associates to her father. Cover the years 1939 to 1946. Envelopes are included with respective letters. Some photographs included.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals expected.
System of arrangement
Arranged chronologically
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Some yellowing of paper and rough edges. Some letters are torn or stained.
Finding aids
Letters had been labelled with synopsis of contents by donor so have used this to aid access.
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Alternative identifier(s)
Access points
Subject access points
Name access points
- Isobel Ramsay, NAAFI worker (Subject)
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000)
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created by Kate Aitkenhead, January, 2022
Language(s)
- English