The archive consists of the papers of Mary Berenson, her daughter Ray Strachey and her granddaughter Barbara Strachey Halpern. It comprises letters and correspondence mainly concerned with personal and family news, typescripts and manuscript notes, press cuttings mainly relating to suffrage and equal pay activities, photographs of Ray Strachey and other members of the Strachey family, and some material relating to Ray's grandmother, Hannah Whitall Smith. Also a manuscript recipe book owned by members of the Strachey family and a file of material relating to Kathleen Halpin.
Strachey Family namely: Berenson , Mary , 1864-1945 , Strachey , Rachel Pearsall Conn [Ray] , 1887-1940 , nee Costelloe , feminist activist and writer Strachey , Barbara Halpern , b 1912 , writerThe archive consists of:
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Administrative papers (1964-2004)
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minutes of Annual General Meetings and related papers (1977-2004)
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minutes of Executive Committee meetings (1938-2000)
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Financial papers (1982-2004)
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Papers relating to the Ecumenical Network of Women's Ministries (2003-2004)
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Publications (1966-2004)
The archive consists of a photocopy of a typescript autobiographical essay by Kay Pilpel entitled, 'Growing up in the 1930s' in which she describes her family background, the Jewish community in London from the 1890s onwards, and her daily life as a child and schoolgirl at Tottenham High School for Girls, including her experience of evacuation during the Second World War. The essay is illustrated with family trees and includes copies of family photographs.
Pilpel , Kay , fl 1930-2002 , schoolgirlThe archive consists of one file relating to the dissolution of the League of Church Militant, including some information about its history, 1928.
League of Church MilitantThe archive consists of manuscript drafts of hymns written by John Ellerton (1867-1876) and the papers of Mr Hamer, a Welsh Congregational Minister, comprising notes for sermons, speeches and articles relating to social issues including women's suffrage and temperance (1891-1919).
Hamer , D , fl 1891-1919 , priest Ellerton , John , 1826-1893 , priest and hymn writerThe archive consists of notes for speeches, correspondence, press cuttings, Women's Social and Political Union papers, family records including photographs and objects, papers related to the arrest and imprisonment of both Franklin and Duval.
Franklin , Hugh , 1889-1962 , suffragist Duval , Elsie , 1892-1919 , suffragistThe archive consists of:
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press cutting album (1977-1994) and index
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UK research material relating to St Joan's Alliance, Catholics for a Changing World, Women in Ministry, Distinctive Dioconate, the Society of St Margaret, etc (1988-1995)
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United States of America and Canada research material relating to Priests of Equality and the Women's Ordination Conference (1992-1995)
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correspondence re Catholic Women's Ordination Day (1993-1995)
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campaign file for Catholic Women's Ordination Day (1994-1995) and Vatican II and Planet Earth; further resource material (1994-1995)
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books and photocopy manuscript by Feeny (1995-1996)
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scrapbook by Feeny (1937-1999).
The archive consists of a certificate of appointment as Deaconess in the Parishes of Mere with West Knoyle in the County of Wiltshire and Diocese of Salisbury, 30 Jan 1933; correspondence with the Diocesan Registry, Salisbury to Deaconess Belfield; copy of her Assent to the 39 Articles, Jan 1937; press cutting relating to Dorothea Belfield's status and office and to the debate bout the status, role and office of deaconess, as opposed to deacon, within the Church.
Belfield , Dorothea Edith , fl 1933-1940 , deaconessThe archive consists of minutes of annual meetings (1933-1969) and of Executive Committee Meetings (1954-1975), press cuttings (1928-1978), papers and memoranda (1932-1933).
Anglican Group for the Ordination of Women to the Historic Ministry of the Church