Fonds GB 106 8CPC - Civil Partnership Collection

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 8CPC

Title

Civil Partnership Collection

Date(s)

  • 2003-2008 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 A box (5 folders)

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GB 106 8CPC 2003-2008 fonds 1 A box (5 folders) Various

In response to the change of legislation, which allowed gay and lesbian couples to form civil partnerships, The Women's Library invited some of those lesbians who celebrated civil partnerships shortly after this was introduced to deposit material relating to the ceremonies.

This collection consists of items relating to Civil Partnership ceremonies in 2006: photographs, invitations, audio-visual recordings, celebration menus, registration forms, council registrar booklets. It also includes the participants' answers to a questionnaire about their civil partnership. The documented ceremonies and celebrations include those held in Kent (on International Women's Day, 2006); at Bromley Town Hall in Bow; in Hertfordshire and at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London. It also includes one folder of Civil Partnership ephemera.

As at 2008 the collection contains records donated by:

  • Sarah Ingle and Carol Goulden

  • Jan Pimblett and Meg Davis

  • Bridget Leach and Susan Flanagan

  • Susan Crane and Karen Newman.

Accruals are expected.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

English

The Women's 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.
26/06/2008 Sex Women Legislation Law Sex distribution Disadvantaged groups Gender minorities Marriage Social groups

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

In response to the change of legislation, which allowed gay and lesbian couples to form civil partnerships, The Women's Library invited some of those lesbians who celebrated civil partnerships shortly after this was introduced to deposit material relating to the ceremonies.

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Scope and content

This collection consists of items relating to Civil Partnership ceremonies in 2006: photographs, invitations, audio-visual recordings, celebration menus, registration forms, council registrar booklets. It also includes the participants' answers to a questionnaire about their civil partnership. The documented ceremonies and celebrations include those held in Kent (on International Women's Day, 2006); at Bromley Town Hall in Bow; in Hertfordshire and at the Liberal Jewish Synagogue, London. It also includes one folder of Civil Partnership ephemera.

As at 2008 the collection contains records donated by:

  • Sarah Ingle and Carol Goulden

  • Jan Pimblett and Meg Davis

  • Bridget Leach and Susan Flanagan

  • Susan Crane and Karen Newman.

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Accruals

Accruals are expected.

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Conditions governing access

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

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Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

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English

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Finding aids

The Women's Library Catalogue

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Women's Library

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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.

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  • English

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