GB 0097 KELLEY - KELLEY, Joanna Elizabeth, b 1910, prison administrator

8 boxes and 5 volumes

GB 0097 KELLEY 1842-1980 Collection (fonds) 8 boxes and 5 volumes Kelley , Joanna Elizabeth , b 1910 , prison administrator
Born 1910; educated Hayes Court and Girton College, Cambridge University; Souschargé, Department of Pre-History, Musée de l'Homme, Paris, 1934-1939; Mixed Youth Club Leader, Young Women's Christian Association, 1939-1942; Welfare Officer, Admiralty, Bath, 1942-47; served in the prison service, 1947-1974; Governor, HM Prison, Holloway, 1959-1966; Assistant Director of Prisons (Women), 1967-1974; Member of Council, St George's House, Windsor, 1971-1977; OBE 1973; Member, Redundant Churches Committee, 1974-1979; Member, Scott Holland Trust, 1978-1986; Sponsor, YWCA of Great Britain, 1979-present. Publications: When the Gates Shut (Longmans, London, 1967; Who Casts the First Stone? (Epworth, London, 1978).

Given by Joanna Kelley in 1993. Additional deposits were made by her in 1995 and 1996.

Papers of Joanna Elizabeth Kelley, 1842-1980, mainly relating to the UK prison service, including historical notes, 1921-1980, on subjects relating to prison buildings, prisoners, legal aid, mental illness, prison security and young offenders; general historical notes and documents, 1842-1980, on Holloway Prison, health and hygiene, suffragettes, and women offenders, notably the manuscript diary of the suffragette Annie Cobden-Sanderson written during her imprisonment in 1906, and papers relating to the Duchess of Bedford's Enquiry into Holloway Prison in 1919 ; bibliographies relating to aspects of the prison service, 1970-1980; card indexes for notes on prison organisation and regulations, [1970-1980]; photograph albums, 1970-1971, containing photographs taken by Robert Donat of HM Prison Holloway, including architectural views, interior and exterior, and staff and prisoners; material relating to the penal system in Australia, 1966-1970, notably surveys of prison populations and developments in the treatment of female prisoners.

The papers are arranged in sections as follows: historical notes, bibliographies, card indexes, photograph albums and Australian prisons. The historical notes are arranged alphabetically.

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Sources: British Library of Political and Economic Science Archives catalogue. Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. 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. Nov 2000 Administration of justice Asia and the Pacific Australia Criminology Disadvantaged groups Donat , Robert , fl 1970-1971 , photographer Electoral systems History Holloway Prison Internal politics Kelley , Joanna Elizabeth , b 1910 , Assistant Director of Prisons Oceania Penal institutions Penal sanctions Prisoners Prisons Russell , Mary Du Caurroy , 1865-1937 , nurse and aviator , wife of Herbrand Russell, 11th Duke of Bedford x Bedford , Duchess of Sanderson , Annie , Cobden- , fl 1865-1927 , suffragette , daughter of Richard Cobden x Cobden-Sanderson , Annie Womens history Womens suffrage

Given by Joanna Kelley in 1993. Additional deposits were made by her in 1995 and 1996.

Papers of Joanna Elizabeth Kelley, 1842-1980, mainly relating to the UK prison service, including historical notes, 1921-1980, on subjects relating to prison buildings, prisoners, legal aid, mental illness, prison security and young offenders; general historical notes and documents, 1842-1980, on Holloway Prison, health and hygiene, suffragettes, and women offenders, notably the manuscript diary of the suffragette Annie Cobden-Sanderson written during her imprisonment in 1906, and papers relating to the Duchess of Bedford's Enquiry into Holloway Prison in 1919 ; bibliographies relating to aspects of the prison service, 1970-1980; card indexes for notes on prison organisation and regulations, [1970-1980]; photograph albums, 1970-1971, containing photographs taken by Robert Donat of HM Prison Holloway, including architectural views, interior and exterior, and staff and prisoners; material relating to the penal system in Australia, 1966-1970, notably surveys of prison populations and developments in the treatment of female prisoners.

The papers are arranged in sections as follows: historical notes, bibliographies, card indexes, photograph albums and Australian prisons. The historical notes are arranged alphabetically.

Open.

Apply to Archivist for copyright details.

• English

• Latin

English

Printed handlist and on-line catalogue available.

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.

• English