Área de identidad
Código de referencia
Título
Fecha(s)
- c1886-1994 (Creación)
Nivel de descripción
Volumen y soporte
59 boxes, 1 outsize box, 5 folders, 1 outsize folder, 3 microfilms and 1 roll.
Área de contexto
Nombre del productor
Historia biográfica
The Mental After Care Association (MACA) was founded in 1879 by Henry Hawkins, Chaplain of Colney Hatch Asylum, as The After Care Association for Poor and Friendless Female Convalescents on Leaving Asylums for the Insane. Its aims were to provide an alternative to the workhouse for those discharged from asylums by offering a period of convalescence in the homes of private individuals. The ex-patients were given advice, money, clothing, and assisted to find suitable work. The name changed in 1892 when "Friendless" was dropped from the title. In 1893 the Association opened its own home for ex-patients in Redhill, Surrey. It was the first convalescent home for the mentally ill in England and closed in 1895. The Association's name changed again in 1894 when "Female" was dropped from the title. In 1914 the Association became The Mental After Care Association for Poor Persons Convalescent or Recovered from Institutions for the Insane. During World War One (1914-1918) the Association helped shell shock and air raid victims. In the 1930s the Association moved into preventive care, and also provided holiday accommodation for those not ready to leave hospital on a permanent basis. The Association became MACA in 1940. It registered as a limited company in 1949. In the 1960s chronic patients were accommodated in homes administered by MACA. More recently MACA has participated in community and respite care projects. In 2005 MACA became Together: Working for Wellbeing.
Institución archivística
Historia archivística
GB 0120 SA/MAC c1886-1994 Collection (fonds) 59 boxes, 1 outsize box, 5 folders, 1 outsize folder, 3 microfilms and 1 roll. Mental After Care Association
The Mental After Care Association (MACA) was founded in 1879 by Henry Hawkins, Chaplain of Colney Hatch Asylum, as The After Care Association for Poor and Friendless Female Convalescents on Leaving Asylums for the Insane. Its aims were to provide an alternative to the workhouse for those discharged from asylums by offering a period of convalescence in the homes of private individuals. The ex-patients were given advice, money, clothing, and assisted to find suitable work. The name changed in 1892 when "Friendless" was dropped from the title. In 1893 the Association opened its own home for ex-patients in Redhill, Surrey. It was the first convalescent home for the mentally ill in England and closed in 1895. The Association's name changed again in 1894 when "Female" was dropped from the title. In 1914 the Association became The Mental After Care Association for Poor Persons Convalescent or Recovered from Institutions for the Insane. During World War One (1914-1918) the Association helped shell shock and air raid victims. In the 1930s the Association moved into preventive care, and also provided holiday accommodation for those not ready to leave hospital on a permanent basis. The Association became MACA in 1940. It registered as a limited company in 1949. In the 1960s chronic patients were accommodated in homes administered by MACA. More recently MACA has participated in community and respite care projects. In 2005 MACA became Together: Working for Wellbeing.
Records deposited in 1994, following a survey in 1987.
Papers of the Mental After Care Association (MACA), c 1886-1994, comprising the constitution and background, c 1886-1992; annual reports, 1887-1993; minutes, 1921-1982; financial records, c1880-1987; administrative records, 1891-c1990; records relating to homes and hostels administered by MACA, including property documents and registers of individual residential homes in the South of England, 1910-1992; case records, 1888-1986; publicity material, publications including Journal of Mental Science containing papers by Henry Hawkins, and ephemera including scrapbooks, c1880-1994; and photographs and audio-visual material, 1927-1989.
Duplicate and ephemeral items have been weeded.
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Certain restrictions apply. Papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. Some files are subject to Restricted Access for 84 years from the last date on the file. Readers may apply to consult this material by completing a Restricted Access application form.
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
English
1 outsize box, 5 folders, 1 outsize folder, 3 microfilms and 1 roll. The scrapbooks are too fragile to be produced and Readers are requested to order the microfilm version instead.
The scrapbooks are too fragile to be produced and are available on microfilm (AMS/MF/84-86).
Jennifer Smith, 'Forging the 'missing link': the significance of the Mental After Care Association archive', History of Psychiatry vol 8, Sep 1997, pp 407-420.
Compiled by Anya Turner.
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.
June 2008 Mental After Care Association x The After Care Association for Poor and Friendless Female Convalescents on Leaving Asylums for the Insane x The Mental After Care Association for Poor Persons Convalescent or Recovered from Institutions for the Insane x Together: Working for Wellbeing Health services War International conflicts Hawkins , Henry , fl 1879 , clergyman and founder of The After Care Association for Poor and Friendless Female Convalescents on Leaving Asylums for the Insane Care Aftercare Health Mental health Pathology Mental diseases Psychopathology Psychiatry Legislation Law Convalescence Diseases Wars (events) World wars (events) World War One (1914-1918) Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Residential care homes
Origen del ingreso o transferencia
Records deposited in 1994, following a survey in 1987.
Área de contenido y estructura
Alcance y contenido
Papers of the Mental After Care Association (MACA), c 1886-1994, comprising the constitution and background, c 1886-1992; annual reports, 1887-1993; minutes, 1921-1982; financial records, c1880-1987; administrative records, 1891-c1990; records relating to homes and hostels administered by MACA, including property documents and registers of individual residential homes in the South of England, 1910-1992; case records, 1888-1986; publicity material, publications including Journal of Mental Science containing papers by Henry Hawkins, and ephemera including scrapbooks, c1880-1994; and photographs and audio-visual material, 1927-1989.
Valorización, destrucción y programación
Duplicate and ephemeral items have been weeded.
Acumulaciones
Sistema de arreglo
As outlined in Scope and Content.
Área de condiciones de acceso y uso
Condiciones de acceso
Certain restrictions apply. Papers are available subject to the usual conditions of access to Archives and Manuscripts material, after the completion of a Reader's Undertaking. Some files are subject to Restricted Access for 84 years from the last date on the file. Readers may apply to consult this material by completing a Restricted Access application form.
Condiciones
Photocopies/photographs/microfilm are supplied for private research only at the Archivist's discretion. Please note that material may be unsuitable for copying on conservation grounds, and that photographs cannot be photocopied in any circumstances. Readers are restricted to 100 photocopies in twelve months. Researchers who wish to publish material must seek copyright permission from the copyright owner.
Idioma del material
- inglés
Escritura del material
- latín
Notas sobre las lenguas y escrituras
English
Características físicas y requisitos técnicos
Instrumentos de descripción
Área de materiales relacionados
Existencia y localización de originales
Existencia y localización de copias
The scrapbooks are too fragile to be produced and are available on microfilm (AMS/MF/84-86).
Unidades de descripción relacionadas
Jennifer Smith, 'Forging the 'missing link': the significance of the Mental After Care Association archive', History of Psychiatry vol 8, Sep 1997, pp 407-420.
Área de notas
Identificador/es alternativo(os)
Puntos de acceso
Puntos de acceso por materia
- Servicio de salud
- Conflicto internacional » Guerra
- Conflicto internacional
- Salud
- Salud » Salud mental
- Patología
- Psiquiatría » Psicopatología » Enfermedad mental
- Psiquiatría » Psicopatología
- Psiquiatría
- Derecho » Legislación
- Derecho
- Patología » Enfermedad
- Ingeniería de la construcción
- Ingeniería de la construcción » Diseño arquitectónico
- Ingeniería de la construcción » Diseño arquitectónico » Norma de construcción
- Vivienda
Puntos de acceso por lugar
Puntos de acceso por autoridad
Tipo de puntos de acceso
Área de control de la descripción
Identificador de la descripción
Identificador de la institución
Reglas y/o convenciones usadas
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.
Estado de elaboración
Nivel de detalle
Fechas de creación revisión eliminación
Idioma(s)
- inglés