Kathleen Mary Halpin: Tape One

  • This material is held at
  • Reference
      GB 106 8NLS/02/1
  • Dates of Creation
      Sep 1990
  • Physical Description
      1 audio cassette

Scope and Content

Kathleen Halpin born 19 Nov 1903 in Forest Hill, London. Early childhood, the First World War and schooling. Parents; deaths of siblings; links with Dorothy Makepiece. Secretarial training: work with cotton production company; with Encyclopaedia Britannia; Architects Journal; joined Housing Centre; personal secretary to GV Thompson. With Red Cross during Second World War.