Identity area
Reference code
GDOK
Title
Date(s)
- 1886 - 2005 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
A substantial Collection (9 boxes) of photograph albums and scrapbooks including newspaper cuttings, photographs and ephemera relating to Olga's life, initially in Heathfield Sussex and from 1921 - 2005 in Addington and Shirley.
Context area
Name of creator
Repository
Archival history
The collection was transferred to the London Borough of Croydon archives after Olga's death by her executors as previously arranged during the later years of her life.
Accession A742
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Her final years were spent at Hall Grange, a retirement home in Shirley Church Road.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The collection is divided into 12 series covering the following records:
GDOK/1: Photograph Albums
GDOK/2: Scrapbooks
GDOK/3: Individual Photographs
GDOK/4: Printed material
GDOK/5: Reminiscences collected from other individuals
GDOK/6: Personal reminiscences
GDOK/7: Family documents
GDOK/8: Diaries
GDOK/9: Records created by Jack Kennedy, her husband
GDOK/10: Records created by Thomas Knowlson, her father
GDOK/11: Records created by Annie Knowlson, her mother
GDOK/12: Autograph albums
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Some of the records in our collections contain sensitive and personal data that we have a legal responsibility to control access to. In these circumstances, staff may search the collection on your behalf, having received consent or proof of death of the individual concerned.
Please contact us at archives@croydon.gov.uk for further information regarding the particular collection you wish to access.
You can make a request for information which may be in a closed record under the Freedom of Information Act, 2000 or the Environmental Information Regulations, 2004. For more information about making a request, see the Croydon Council website (www.croydon.gov.uk). Making a request does not guarantee access to the information you ask for, as there may be a valid exemption from disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English