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Personal Papers of Beryl Lewis
| Title |
Personal Papers of Beryl Lewis |
| Reference |
GBR/0271/GCPP Lewis |
| Creator |
Lewis, Beryl Frances Norah, 1896-1992 |
| Covering Dates |
1916–1995 |
| Extent and Medium |
paper |
| Repository |
Girton College Archive, Cambridge |
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| Content and context |
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Beryl Lewis was born in Boscombe, near Bournemouth, in 1896. She served for two years in the Red Cross VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment) during the First World War. She then came up to Girton College to read Economics and History 1917-1920 (Part I Economics 1919, Part II History 1920).
For much of her subsequent career, she taught history and economics, including periods in London (1921-24), Hong Kong (1924-30) and Canada (early 1930s). She also worked for the Ministry of Economic Warfare during the Second World War and for UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) in Germany after the war including Belsen camp. She then returned to teaching and taught at Bedgebury Park School in Kent until she retired in 1958. In retirement she assisted the Salisbury Citizens Advice Bureau until she was 80. She died in 1992 aged 97.
These are papers of and relating to Beryl Lewis. They include correspondence, reminiscences (tape recordings and notes), career material such as certificates and references, and a small collection of photographs.
The papers were given to Girton by Michael Lewis, nephew of Beryl Lewis, in March 1995.
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Access and Use
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Please cite as Girton College Archive, Cambridge, Personal Papers of Beryl Lewis, GCPP Lewis |
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Correspondence. (1) Copy letter from Michael Lewis (ML), offering Beryl Lewis's (BL) papers to Girton and giving details of his aunt's life, 2 Dec 1994. (2) Letter from ML including: list of items transferred; list of significant dates and events in BL's life; brief family tree showing the previous two generations; schedule of photographs deposited; and copy letter from the Imperial War Museum (IWM) concerning copyright in its tapes of BL's reminiscences (see GCPP Lewis 2). 7 Mar 1995. (3) Correspondence with BL concerning pay and pension rights, 1935-55 (8 letters).
Creator: Lewis, Beryl; Lewis, Michael.
2 files; Paper. |
1935–1995 |
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Reminiscences. (1) Tapes: Six copy audio tapes of Beryl Lewis's reminiscences of her first 50 years (recorded by the Imperial War Museum, April 1985); also resume of the contents, compiled by Michael Lewis. (2) Notes on 'A Holiday Experience in China 1927-1928'.
Creator: Lewis, Beryl; Lewis, Michael.
6 tapes and 1 file; audio tape and paper. |
1927–1985 |
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Career [certificates and references]. (1) Copy of birth certificate, issued 1937. (2) Certificate presented by the Joint Committee of the British Red Cross Society and the Order of St John of Jerusalem in England to Beryl Lewis in recognition of her services during the First World War [1919]. (3) Examination certificates: University of Cambridge certificate of Tripos results, 1920; and King's College of Household and Social Science (London) certificate of attendance at one year course of instruction in Household and Social Science, 1936. (4) References etc: references, letters of application, letters of appointment, certificates of service, CVs. 1929-76. (5) Prospectus for Bedgebury Park School, Kent: illustrated. 1957.
Creator: Lewis, Beryl.
2 files and 1 tube of certificates; Paper. |
1919–1976 |
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Photographs. Chiefly photographs of Beryl Lewis, including one at Girton (lacrosse team), also postcard photographs of BL's period of service in the Red Cross VAD (Voluntary Aid Detachment), and photographs of Bedgebury Park School, Kent (buildings and people). The photographs are listed by Michael Lewis (see GCPP Lewis 1).
Creator: Lewis, Beryl.
25 photographs; photograph. |
1916–1986 |
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