Collection ACC/3044 - METHODIST MOTHERS AND BABIES HOME, STREATHAM

Identity area

Reference code

ACC/3044

Title

METHODIST MOTHERS AND BABIES HOME, STREATHAM

Date(s)

  • 1940-1980 (Creation)

Level of description

Collection

Extent and medium

0.15 linear metres

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

The Methodist Mothers and Babies Home in Streatham was run by the Women's Fellowship. Its aim was to provide a safe place for vulnerable young women, in particular unmarried mothers.

Archival history

ACC/3044 1940-1980 Collection 0.15 linear metres Methodist Church of Great Britain x United Methodist Church x Wesleyan Methodist Church x Primitive Methodist Church

The Methodist Mothers and Babies Home in Streatham was run by the Women's Fellowship. Its aim was to provide a safe place for vulnerable young women, in particular unmarried mothers.

Deposited in 1992 (ACC/3044).

Baptism registers, 1948-1967; photographs of events, staff, buildings and residents of the Mother and Baby Home, [1940-1980]; and the text of a presentation written to accompany a slide presentation, providing details of the work of the Women's Fellowship with young mothers, 1971-1972.

Registers, Photographs, Presentation.

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Copyright: Depositor
English

Fit

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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. January to March 2009 Ancient religions Christianity Protestantism Protestant nonconformity Methodism Primary documents Church records and registers Family Kinship Parents Mothers Single mothers Social welfare Child welfare Information sources Documents Parish records Baptism registers Nonconformists Religious groups Christians Protestants Protestant nonconformists Methodists Religions Maternity homes Residential care homes Housing Accommodation Building standards Building design Construction engineering Religion Methodist Mothers and Babies Home , Streatham Streatham Lambeth London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonconformity

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Deposited in 1992 (ACC/3044).

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Baptism registers, 1948-1967; photographs of events, staff, buildings and residents of the Mother and Baby Home, [1940-1980]; and the text of a presentation written to accompany a slide presentation, providing details of the work of the Women's Fellowship with young mothers, 1971-1972.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Registers, Photographs, Presentation.

Conditions of access and use area

Conditions governing access

These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information are subject to access restrictions under the UK Data Protection Act, 1998.

Conditions governing reproduction

Copyright: Depositor

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

Finding aids

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Notes area

Note

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Description control area

Description identifier

Institution identifier

London Metropolitan Archives

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

Status

Level of detail

Dates of creation revision deletion

Language(s)

  • English

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    Sources

    Accession area