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Description: | Interesting collection of papers documenting Sir Henry and Lady Norman's war work in the First World War and Lady Norman's involvement with the Imperial War Museum, including copies of letters written by Francis McClaren MP, Lady Norman's brother, from Gallipoli (1915) where he served as a Second Lieutenant RNVR with No 3 Armoured Car Squadron RNAS; papers relating to the founding and operation by Sir Henry and Lady Norman of the British Hospital at Wimereux, Boulogne-sur-Mer (1914-1918); papers relating to Sir Henry Norman's work (particularly in relation to developments in wireless technology) at the Munitions Inventions Department of the Ministry of Munitions and as Liaison Officer between the Ministry of Munitions and the French Ministry of Inventions in Paris (1915-1919), and to his brief tenure as a member of the Air Council in 1918 and his interest in developments in aviation (1909 - 1918). The largest and most interesting section of the collection relates to Lady Norman's involvement with the founding and development of the Imperial War Museum, firstly as Chairman of the Women's Work Sub-Committee and later as a Trustee, and includes minutes series, policy documents and correspondence covering subjects such as the acquisition of material for the Museum and the development of its collections policy, particularly with regard to the women's work collection, the various Museum sites and bomb damage sustained during the Second World War (1917 - 1950).
Cataloguer AAM
Catalogue date 2001-01-16 | Publisher: | http://www.iwm.org.uk | Source: | Imperial War Museum | Creator: | Norman, Henry | Identifier: | http://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/o... | Go to resource |
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