Fonds GB 106 8NLS - National Life Story Collection: Fawcett Collection

2 A boxes

A collection of recordings, funded by the Fawcett Society and the Friends of the Fawcett Library.

GB 106 8NLS 1990-1992 fonds 2 A boxes British Library Sound Archive , National Life Story Trust

The National Life Story Collection (1987-) was established in 1987 to 'record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible'. It operates as an independent charitable trust within the Oral History Section of the British Library Sound Archive and undertakes oral history fieldwork. It has initiated a series of interviewing programmes funded from sponsorship, charitable and individual donations and voluntary effort. In the early 1990s a project supported by The Fawcett Society was undertaken to interview 'pioneering career women, each of whom made their mark in traditionally male-dominated areas, such as politics, law and medicine.' Members of the Friends of the Fawcett Library, now The Women's Library, conducted the interviews.

A collection of recordings, funded by the Fawcett Society and the Friends of the Fawcett Library.

Transferred to The Women's Library by the National Sound Archive, 1999-2000.

The archive consists of reading copies of tapes, summaries and transcriptions of fourteen individual interviews. The National Life Stories (formerly National Life Story Collection (NLSC)) was established at the British Library in 1987 to 'record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible'. This small collection focuses on the lives of pioneering career women, each of whom made their mark in traditionally male-dominated areas such as politics, the law and medicine. The project was supported by the Women's Library and the Friends of The Women's Library (formerly known as the Fawcett Society Library).

This collection is available for consultation, although readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit. In most cases interviewees have signed a clearance note allowing the tapes to form 'a permanent public reference resource for use in research, publication, education, lectures and broadcasting'. However, there are restrictions on access to some individual interviews.

English

Fawcett Library Catalogue. Summaries and catalogue details relating to the interviews are also available on the British Library Sound Archive catalogue at www.cadensa.bl.uk.

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

Originals are held at the National Sound Archive.

The Women's Library holds additional oral history material, in Strand 8, most notably Oral Evidence on the Suffragette and Suffragist Movements (8SUF )

Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

07/03/2008 Hutchinson , Enid Kathleen , 1909-1996 , nee Swire , educationalist Deakin , Phyllis A , 1899-1997 , journalist Halpin , Kathleen Mary , 1903-1999 , Vice President Fawcett Society Hemming , Alice , 1907-1994 , nee Weaver , President of the Commonwealth Countries League Women Social work Law Medical sciences Medical profession Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Womens employment Employment History Historical methods Oral history Social participation Social behaviour Political leadership Internal politics Womens participation Politicians Women in politics Seear , Beatrice Nancy , 1913-1997 , Baroness Seear of Paddington , social scientist and politician x Seear of Paddington , Baroness Phillips , Baroness , Norah , b 1910 , politician British Library , National Sound Archive , National Life Story Collection Fawcett Society Sex Sex distribution

Transferred to The Women's Library by the National Sound Archive, 1999-2000.

The archive consists of reading copies of tapes, summaries and transcriptions of fourteen individual interviews. The National Life Stories (formerly National Life Story Collection (NLSC)) was established at the British Library in 1987 to 'record first-hand experiences of as wide a cross-section of present-day society as possible'. This small collection focuses on the lives of pioneering career women, each of whom made their mark in traditionally male-dominated areas such as politics, the law and medicine. The project was supported by the Women's Library and the Friends of The Women's Library (formerly known as the Fawcett Society Library).

This collection is available for consultation, although readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit. In most cases interviewees have signed a clearance note allowing the tapes to form 'a permanent public reference resource for use in research, publication, education, lectures and broadcasting'. However, there are restrictions on access to some individual interviews.

• English

• Latin

English

The Women's Library holds additional oral history material, in Strand 8, most notably Oral Evidence on the Suffragette and Suffragist Movements (8SUF )

Fawcett Library Catalogue. Summaries and catalogue details relating to the interviews are also available on the British Library Sound Archive catalogue at www.cadensa.bl.uk.

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

In compliance with ISAD (G): General International Standard Archival Description - 2nd Edition (1999); UNESCO Thesaurus, December 2001; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• English