Zone d'identification
Cote
Titre
Date(s)
- [1960]-1996 (Création/Production)
Niveau de description
Étendue matérielle et support
12 boxes
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Nom du producteur
Notice biographique
Born 1912; educated at Oxford University; spent World War two in occupations consistent with her pacifist convictions, including voluntary work in one of the newly created Citizens Advice Bureaux; permanent worker at the Poplar Citizens Advice Bureaux, East London, 1955-1969; wrote a series of influential articles and pamphlets about housing, social security and homelessness; advised Jeremy Sandford on the TV drama-documentary Cathy come home, 1965; Founder Member, Child Poverty Action Group, [1965], with particular interest in the defects of the benefits system; First Director, Citizens' Rights Office, Child Poverty Action Group, 1970-1972; independent Lay Advocate for local authority tenants in county court eviction proceedings, [1972-]; died 1997. Publications: Tenants in Danger (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1964); Remedies for rent arrears: a study in the London Borough of Camden (Shelter, London, 1979).
Histoire archivistique
Given by the family in 1997.
GB 0097 HARVEY [1960]-1996 Collection (fonds) 12 boxes Harvey , Audrey , 1912-1997 , charity worker
Born 1912; educated at Oxford University; spent World War two in occupations consistent with her pacifist convictions, including voluntary work in one of the newly created Citizens Advice Bureaux; permanent worker at the Poplar Citizens Advice Bureaux, East London, 1955-1969; wrote a series of influential articles and pamphlets about housing, social security and homelessness; advised Jeremy Sandford on the TV drama-documentary Cathy come home, 1965; Founder Member, Child Poverty Action Group, [1965], with particular interest in the defects of the benefits system; First Director, Citizens' Rights Office, Child Poverty Action Group, 1970-1972; independent Lay Advocate for local authority tenants in county court eviction proceedings, [1972-]; died 1997. Publications: Tenants in Danger (Penguin Books, Harmondsworth, 1964); Remedies for rent arrears: a study in the London Borough of Camden (Shelter, London, 1979).
Given by the family in 1997.
Papers of Audrey Harvey, [1960]-1996, mainly comprising drafts of articles, offprints, correspondence and press cuttings relating to social welfare, housing, and homelessness.
Unsorted.
Closed until listed.
Most documents may be photocopied.
English
Unlisted.
The BLPES holds further material relating to Audrey Harvey in the papers of AEGIS (Ref: AEGIS/1/5) and the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society/E28/5 and G54/1).
Sources: British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project. Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997. Oct 2000 Accommodation Building design Building standards Construction engineering Disadvantaged groups Harvey , Audrey , 1912-1997 , charity worker Homeless Housing Poor Poverty Social problems Social welfare
Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert
Zone du contenu et de la structure
Portée et contenu
Papers of Audrey Harvey, [1960]-1996, mainly comprising drafts of articles, offprints, correspondence and press cuttings relating to social welfare, housing, and homelessness.
Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation
Accroissements
Mode de classement
Unsorted.
Zone des conditions d'accès et d'utilisation
Conditions d'accès
Closed until listed.
Conditions de reproduction
Most documents may be photocopied.
Langue des documents
- anglais
Écriture des documents
- latin
Notes de langue et graphie
English
Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques
The BLPES holds further material relating to Audrey Harvey in the papers of AEGIS (Ref: AEGIS/1/5) and the Fabian Society (Ref: Fabian Society/E28/5 and G54/1).
Instruments de recherche
Unlisted.
Zone des sources complémentaires
Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux
Existence et lieu de conservation des copies
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Règles et/ou conventions utilisées
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Statut
Niveau de détail
Dates de production, de révision, de suppression
Langue(s)
- anglais