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Titel
Datum(s)
- 1896-1956 (Vervaardig)
Beschrijvingsniveau
Omvang en medium
2 A boxes
Context
Naam van de archiefvormer
Biografie
Helen Pearl Adam (1882-1957) was born on the 25 Apr 1882, the daughter of Mrs CE Humphrey who, as 'Madge' writing in 'Truth', was one of the first women journalists in Britain. Helen began her own career as a journalist in 1899 when she was seventeen. Ten years later, she married another newspaper writer, George Adam. The pair were correspondents in Paris during the First World War, where George Adam had been posted in 1912. There she edited 'International Cartoons of the War' in 1916 and subsequently published her diary of the period under the title Paris Sees it Through. After the war, the couple remained in the city where Helen Pearl Adam met the writer Jean Rhys, allowing her to live in the Adam's flat, editing Rhys' first novel, Triple Sec and introducing her to Ford Maddox Brown. George Adam resigned from The Times in Jan 1921 but remained there working for American newspapers, while his wife wrote articles commissioned by the Evening Standard, the Observer and the Sunday Times amongst others. George Adams died in Paris in 1930 and in the wake of this Helen Pearl Adams returned to England where she continued her work, which included writing the History of the National Council of Women of Great Britain in 1945. She died on the 2 Jan 1957.
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GB 106 7HPA 1896-1956 fonds 2 A boxes Adam , Helen Pearl , 1882-1957 , journalist
Helen Pearl Adam (1882-1957) was born on the 25 Apr 1882, the daughter of Mrs CE Humphrey who, as 'Madge' writing in 'Truth', was one of the first women journalists in Britain. Helen began her own career as a journalist in 1899 when she was seventeen. Ten years later, she married another newspaper writer, George Adam. The pair were correspondents in Paris during the First World War, where George Adam had been posted in 1912. There she edited 'International Cartoons of the War' in 1916 and subsequently published her diary of the period under the title Paris Sees it Through. After the war, the couple remained in the city where Helen Pearl Adam met the writer Jean Rhys, allowing her to live in the Adam's flat, editing Rhys' first novel, Triple Sec and introducing her to Ford Maddox Brown. George Adam resigned from The Times in Jan 1921 but remained there working for American newspapers, while his wife wrote articles commissioned by the Evening Standard, the Observer and the Sunday Times amongst others. George Adams died in Paris in 1930 and in the wake of this Helen Pearl Adams returned to England where she continued her work, which included writing the History of the National Council of Women of Great Britain in 1945. She died on the 2 Jan 1957.
Deposited by HM Sturges in 1985 and 2007.
The archive consists of manuscript diaries (1912-1914, 1950-1956), manuscript notebooks which include some of her own poetry (1900-1922), publications by Adams and photographs of visits to Paris (1906, 1915).
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
English
Fawcett Library Catalogue
Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.
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.
26/02/2008 Social life Communication personnel Journalists Women journalists Travel Travel abroad Literature Literary forms and genres Poetry Social behaviour Social participation Authors Women authors Women Adam , Helen Pearl , 1882-1957 , journalist Paris France Western Europe Europe Sex Sex distribution Personnel People by occupation People
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Deposited by HM Sturges in 1985 and 2007.
Inhoud en structuur
Bereik en inhoud
The archive consists of manuscript diaries (1912-1914, 1950-1956), manuscript notebooks which include some of her own poetry (1900-1922), publications by Adams and photographs of visits to Paris (1906, 1915).
Waardering, vernietiging en slectie
Aanvullingen
Ordeningstelsel
Voorwaarden voor toegang en gebruik
Voorwaarden voor raadpleging
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Voorwaarden voor reproductie
Taal van het materiaal
- Engels
Schrift van het materiaal
- Latijn
Taal en schrift aantekeningen
English
Fysieke eigenschappen en technische eisen
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Fawcett Library Catalogue
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Aantekening
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Onderwerp trefwoord
- Communication personnel
- Communication personnel » Journalists
- Communication personnel » Journalists » Women journalists
- Travel
- Travel » Travel abroad
- Literature
- Literary forms and genres
- Literary forms and genres » Poetry
- Social behaviour
- Social behaviour » Social participation
- Authors
- Authors » Women authors
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution
- Personnel
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Beschrijvingsbeheer
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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.
Status
Niveau van detaillering
Verwijdering van datering archiefvorming
Taal (talen)
- Engels