Collection IR - Isobel Ramsay Letters

Identity area

Reference code

GB 1534 IR

Title

Isobel Ramsay Letters

Date(s)

  • 1939 - 1946 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

82 letters

Context area

Name of creator

(Unknown)

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.

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

    Related units of description

    Related descriptions

    Notes area

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    Description control area

    Description identifier

    GB 1534 IR

    Institution identifier

    GB 1534

    Rules and/or conventions used

    ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000)

    Status

    Revised

    Level of detail

    Partial

    Dates of creation revision deletion

    Created by Kate Aitkenhead, January, 2022

    Language(s)

    • English

    Script(s)

      Sources

      Accession area