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Newham, Helen Maxwell


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0102 MS 322057

Held at: School of Oriental and African Studies

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 AND 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.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Unpublished handlist.

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1974.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: 15 May 2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
African cultures | National cultures
Travel abroad | Travel
Women teachers | Teachers | Educational personnel | Personnel | People by occupation | People

Personal names
Newham | Helen Maxwell | 1896-1974 | teacher

Corporate names

Places
Ovamboland | Ondangwa | Namibia | Southern Africa
Zululand | Province of Kwazulu-Natal | South Africa | Southern Africa