The archive consists of manuscript diaries (1912-1914, 1950-1956), manuscript notebooks which include some of her own poetry (1900-1922), publications by Adams and photographs of visits to Paris (1906, 1915).
Adam , Helen Pearl , 1882-1957 , journalistThe archive consists of letters to Elsie Cannon concerning placement of items which belonged to her aunt, Helena Normanton.
Papers and publications relating to the Women's Press Club of London 1945-1988 were removed and can be consulted at 5WPC.
Cannon , Elsie May , fl 1940-1970 , journalist and publisherThe archive consists of papers and correspondence about 'Jobs for Mothers', papers about widows, working mothers and others, press cuttings, working notes, replies to questionnaires and lists of publications on careers.
Gundrey , Elizabeth , fl 1959-1975 , journalistThe archive consists of correspondence with Margery Corbett Ashby, Theresa Garnett, Anne Guthrie, Mary Stott, etc; publications; booklets; bulletins; press cuttings and a photograph of Charlotte Despard. The collection is concentrated around articles written by Mrs Haymon for the Guardian newspaper in Nov 1961 and Apr 1962, entitled 'The End of the Women's Freedom League' and 'The Patient Suffragette', an account of Corbett Ashby's career.
Haymon , Sylvia Rosen , 1917-1995 , writerThe archive consists of:
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papers relating to Helena Normanton's career and legal work
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papers relating to matrimonial law reform
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publications and articles by Helena Normanton
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correspondence with editors of publications
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papers relating to Helena Normanton's other interests in history and to other organisations that she was involved with eg Union of Women Voters
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photographs
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press cuttings (eg Helena Normanton's career, articles and reviews, matrimonial law reform)
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Barristers robe, barristers bands, badges
There are no personal papers.
Normanton , Helena Florence , 1883-1957 , barrister and feminist campaignerThe archive consists of correspondence and draft for books, resource material, including Women's Liberation Movement papers, socialist periodicals and campaigning papers.
Rowbotham , Sheila , b 1943 , feminist historianThe collection contains 30 letters written between 1885 and 1924. Correspondents include William Thomas Stead, Frances Power Cobbe, Millicent Garrett Fawcett, Herbert Stead, the Governor of Holloway Prison, Mrs Stead, Mr W Shaen, Miss Kensington the Secretary of Girton College, Mrs Frederic Whyte; the materials also include W T Stead's 'Holloway' New Year Cards, 1885. The letters discuss the Criminal Law Amendment controversy, speeches, his term in jail and emotional state, theology, Leslie Stephens, Edmund Garrett Fawcett, women's suffrage and education, the Royal Commission of 1871, trips for working women and the loan of Millicent Garrett Fawcett's Stead letter collection to a biographer.
Stead , William Thomas , 1849-1912 , journalist and authorPapers of Mary Stott, 1915-1995, comprising manuscripts of books and research papers; papers accumulated as women's editor of 'The Guardian', and as a member of women's organisations; papers accumulated as a member of Women in Media; personal papers; campaign papers; information papers; papers relating to other organisations; papers relating to the Women's Liberation Movement; objects; audio visual materials and printed material.
Stott , Catherine Mary Charlotte , 1907-2002 , née Waddington , journalist and author x Stott , Mary x Waddington , Mary CharlotteNote concerning provenance of papers (1995); photocopies of press-cuttings (1995).
Watson , Edith M , fl 1915-1945 , feministThe archive consists of a list of names and a caricature (1917); press cutting and list of names of British delegation (1919); correspondence related to the Overseas League in Scotland and the English Speaking Union and Mother's Institute; one letter from Sylvia Pankhurst (1920-1938); Christmas Card for the Canadian Women's Institute (1939).
Wrench , Winifride , fl 1919-fl 1938 , journalist