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BROWN, Dorothy Shelagh


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 106 7DSB

Held at: Women's Library

Title: BROWN, Dorothy Shelagh

Date(s): 1942-1945

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 0.5 A box (1 folder)

Name of creator(s): Brown | Dorothy Shelagh | fl 1942-1945 | prisoner of war

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Dorothy Shelagh Brown (fl. 1942-1945) was held as a prisoner of war in a Japanese camp in the Far East during World War Two, 1942-1945. During this time, she wrote a diary of her daily experiences in this environment.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The archive consists of a diary of experiences in a Japanese prisoner-of-war camp 1942-1945 during the Second World War, plus a few notes on provenance (photocopied typescript only).

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Finding aids:

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited by Anne Valery in 1990.

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

The original diary is believed to still be held by the family of the creator.

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Archivist's note: Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

Date(s) of descriptions: 14/02/2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Concentration camps | War crimes | Humanitarian law
War prisoners | War victims | International conflicts
Women | Sex | Sex distribution
World War Two (1939-1945) | World wars (events) | Wars (events)
World war | War | International conflicts

Personal names
Brown | Dorothy Shelagh | fl 1942 | prisoner of war

Corporate names

Places