Fonds GB 106 9/19 - HARDIE, John Keir, the WEBBS and MACDONALD, Ramsay: (Autograph Letter Collection)

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 9/19

Title

HARDIE, John Keir, the WEBBS and MACDONALD, Ramsay: (Autograph Letter Collection)

Date(s)

  • 1908-1947 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 A box (1 volume)

Context area

Repository

Archival history

GB 106 9/19 1908-1947 fonds 1 A box (1 volume) Webb , (Martha) Beatrice , nee Potter , 1858-1943 , social reformer and diarist

Webb , Sidney James , 1859-1947 , 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historian

Strachey , Rachel Pearsall Conn (Ray) , nee Costelloe , 1887-1940 , feminist activist and writer

Various

The collection contains the following: letters from Beatrice Webb to Miss M Lees (1908) on the treatment of infants in Oldham; Sidney Webb to Lady Strachey (1911) on model standing orders form; Beatrice Webb to Cavendish Bentinck (undated), Sidney Webb to CB (1912) on his role as suffragist, his wife's changing attitudes to the question and the Fabian Society; Sidney Webb to Cavendish Bentinck (1913); Ray Strachey to Sidney Webb (1919) asking permission to include name on advisory council with reply written on setting out position via women as 'blackleg' workers; Beatrice Webb to Miss Moore (undated.) on forms for committee membership sent out; card from Sidney Webb to Ray Strachey (1929) to say the copy of the requested publication is on its way and requesting payment); BW to 'Ruth' [Cavendish Bentinck] can't come to stay as too busy with BBC talk.

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

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

English

Abstracts of individual letters in the autograph letters collection were written and held alongside the letters. This work was done from the 1960s by volunteers including Nan Taylor. In 2004 Jean Holder completed a 3 year project to list the letters, copy-type the abstracts, and repackage the letters to meet preservation needs. In 2005 Vicky Wylde and Teresa Doherty proof read and imported the entries to the Special Collections Catalogue.

The original card index of all correspondents, including date of letter and volume reference, is available on the microfiche.

A copy of this archive is available on microfilm held at The Women's Library.

The Women's Library also holds personal papers of Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck (7RCB).

The main body of the papers of Beatrice Webb can be found in the London University: British Library of Political and Economic Science: diaries, correspondence and papers: 1870-1947, working papers on English local government, miscellaneous papers 1885-1925 (Reference : COLL MISC 043, 0238, 0241, 0359, 0849), correspondence with Lord Beveridge c1906-40 (Reference : BEVERIDGE),: correspondence with the ILP 1912-15 (Reference : BLPES/ILP/Section 4 passim), letters 1892-1942 (Reference : Fabian Society), correspondence with Dr Mcleary 1907-43 (Reference : COLL MISC 0979). The main body of the papers of Sidney Webb can also be found in the London University: British Library of Political and Economic Science: correspondence and papers 1870-1947 (Reference : Passfield), further correspondence and papers (Reference : Webb Trade Union), correspondence and papers (Reference : COLL MISC 156, 190, 240-43, 280, 282); his 1924 correspondence with J Ramsay MacDonald is held in the Public Records Office (Reference : PRO30/69/1/210).

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.

25/03/2008 London England Bentinck , Ruth , Cavendish- , 1867-1953 , suffragist x Cavendish-Bentinck , Ruth Webb , Martha Beatrice , 1858-1943 , née Potter , social reformer and historian x Potter , Martha Beatrice x Webb , Beatrice Hardie , John Keir , 1856-1915 , politician and Labour leader Macdonald , James Ramsay , 1866-1937 , statesman Strachey , Rachel Pearsall Conn , 1887-1940 , nee Costelloe , feminist activist and writer National politics Webb , Sidney James , 1859-1947 , 1st Baron Passfield , social reformer and historian Politics Political science Women Sex Sex distribution Internal politics Electoral systems Womens suffrage Social policy Social reform UK Western Europe Europe United Kingdom

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Content and structure area

Scope and content

The collection contains the following: letters from Beatrice Webb to Miss M Lees (1908) on the treatment of infants in Oldham; Sidney Webb to Lady Strachey (1911) on model standing orders form; Beatrice Webb to Cavendish Bentinck (undated), Sidney Webb to CB (1912) on his role as suffragist, his wife's changing attitudes to the question and the Fabian Society; Sidney Webb to Cavendish Bentinck (1913); Ray Strachey to Sidney Webb (1919) asking permission to include name on advisory council with reply written on setting out position via women as 'blackleg' workers; Beatrice Webb to Miss Moore (undated.) on forms for committee membership sent out; card from Sidney Webb to Ray Strachey (1929) to say the copy of the requested publication is on its way and requesting payment); BW to 'Ruth' [Cavendish Bentinck] can't come to stay as too busy with BBC talk.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

The collection is arranged in chronological order.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

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

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Women's Library also holds personal papers of Ruth Cavendish-Bentinck (7RCB).

The main body of the papers of Beatrice Webb can be found in the London University: British Library of Political and Economic Science: diaries, correspondence and papers: 1870-1947, working papers on English local government, miscellaneous papers 1885-1925 (Reference : COLL MISC 043, 0238, 0241, 0359, 0849), correspondence with Lord Beveridge c1906-40 (Reference : BEVERIDGE),: correspondence with the ILP 1912-15 (Reference : BLPES/ILP/Section 4 passim), letters 1892-1942 (Reference : Fabian Society), correspondence with Dr Mcleary 1907-43 (Reference : COLL MISC 0979). The main body of the papers of Sidney Webb can also be found in the London University: British Library of Political and Economic Science: correspondence and papers 1870-1947 (Reference : Passfield), further correspondence and papers (Reference : Webb Trade Union), correspondence and papers (Reference : COLL MISC 156, 190, 240-43, 280, 282); his 1924 correspondence with J Ramsay MacDonald is held in the Public Records Office (Reference : PRO30/69/1/210).

Finding aids

Abstracts of individual letters in the autograph letters collection were written and held alongside the letters. This work was done from the 1960s by volunteers including Nan Taylor. In 2004 Jean Holder completed a 3 year project to list the letters, copy-type the abstracts, and repackage the letters to meet preservation needs. In 2005 Vicky Wylde and Teresa Doherty proof read and imported the entries to the Special Collections Catalogue.

The original card index of all correspondents, including date of letter and volume reference, is available on the microfiche.

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Existence and location of originals

Existence and location of copies

A copy of this archive is available on microfilm held at The Women's Library.

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Description identifier

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Women's Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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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Language(s)

  • English

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