Key Information
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1938-2003 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent
1 file
Scope and content
One file comprising a copy transcript of Ruth Tomalin's diary, May-Dec 1938 as a Journalism student at King's College London, with brief notes on College lectures attended and giving an interesting flavour of student life in London during the late 1930s ... »
System of arrangement
Arranged as above in Scope and Content.
General Information
Name of creator
Biographical history
Born, 1919, Ireland; grew up on the Stansted Park estate in Sussex where her father was head gardener; educated at King's College London where she studied journalism, [1938-1939]; landgirl at Bosham in Sussex during the early stages of World War Two; ... »
Repository
Archival history
A gift from the author Ruth Tomalin Ross in 2004.
Custodial history
Ruth Tomalin Ross, 2004
Conditions governing access
Open, subject to signature of Reader's undertaking form, and appropriate provision of two forms of identification, to include one photographic ID.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copies, subject to the condition of the original, may be supplied from open material for research purposes only.
Requests to publish original material should be submitted to the Archives.
Language of material
- English
Finding aids
Summary guide entry online.
Existence and location of originals
Please note: We require 7 days notice to retrieve this collection as part, or all of it, is held off-campus. Read more ›
Place access points
People and Organisations
- Tomalin, Ruth, b 1919, author (Subject)
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000.
Archivist's note
Entry compiled by Geoff Browell using biographical information derived from Ruth Tomalin's publications.