| Description | 1. Historical reference:
short biography written by Karen Kandik in February 2022, including details of identities of correspondents; Ancestry UK printouts; printouts of some newspaper articles 1917-1926; newspaper cutting on occasion of Ada’s 90th birthday, possibly from a local Torquay newspaper; and Hotel Bellair leaflet and 1977 photo; copies of Huddersfield Daily Examiner newspaper death notice, and notice of Will, 1965.
2. Correspondence:
correspondence to Cora Fruend (nee Pell), AK Kandik (Cora’s daughter Esther), and Karen Kandik (Esther’s daughter), 1925-64; and correspondence from Hotel Bellair proprietor, Stanley Fitton re Ada, her dementia, subsequent move up north, and, writing in 1967, her death.
3. Photos / postcards:
signed, portrait photo, 1926; signed portrait with face reflected in mirror, endorsed 1926; annotated photo of Thornton village; postcard on a camel in Egypt; annotated photo of car and house.
4. Professional / lecture publicity material:
cartoon logo of girl with blackboard [this was used in ‘Ada Ward – Her Book’];
CV / bio / pen picture (in envelope labelled ‘Ada Ward Education France etc');
Coit-Alber publicity leaflet; 1936 publicity brochure.
5. Published material:
copy of autobiographical ‘Ada Ward, Her Book’, written in 1937 and autographed by Ada. Notes from donor: ‘the book was given to a friend of my grandmother's and my grandmother somehow got it back. It talks about her growing up and lecturing years’. The book also mentions her time at Whitelands College, including illustrating autograph albums; reprint - ‘My Greatest Adventure by Ada L Ward’ Forgotten Books vol 25. 2018.
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