GB 106 PC/06 - Printed Collections: Pamphlet Collection

22,000+ titles

Pamphlets have primarily been deposited by organisations and individuals. Some purchases have been made. Pamphlets have been collected since the inception of the Library in 1926.

The UDC Pamphlet Collection (approx 10,000 titles) was gradually acquired during the Library's first 20 years of life and was arranged by subject, using the Universal Decimal Classification system. Later acquisitions were catalogued but it was only in 2007 that cataloguing of the UDC Collection began.

GB 106 PC/06 1930-[2008] Collection (fonds) 22,000+ titles Various

Pamphlets have primarily been deposited by organisations and individuals. Some purchases have been made. Pamphlets have been collected since the inception of the Library in 1926.

The UDC Pamphlet Collection (approx 10,000 titles) was gradually acquired during the Library's first 20 years of life and was arranged by subject, using the Universal Decimal Classification system. Later acquisitions were catalogued but it was only in 2007 that cataloguing of the UDC Collection began.

Mainly by deposit, a proportion (primarily academic titles) by purchase.

The catalogued Pamphlet Collection comprises over 12,000 titles dating from approximately 1830 to the present. The Pamphlet Collection consists of printed material less than 60 pages in length and includes government policies, reports, annual reports and campaigning material, primary law, including Bills and Acts. The subject material of the collection reflects and enriches the wide range of topics held elsewhere in the Women's Library.The topics covered include: English fiction, children's stories, poetry, women's organisations, feminism, role of women in society - UK and abroad, nursing, sex discrimination law, divorce law, employment, occupations, careers, equal opportunities, labour law, pension law, social security, taxation, housing, health, pregnancy, abortion, birth control, domestic violence, mothers, one-parent families, children, family life, housekeeping, religion, ordination, arts, costume, suffrage. Organisations include Equal Opportunities Commission, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, National Union of Suffragettes, National Society for Women's Suffrage, US Women's Bureau, American National Red Cross, Union of Jewish Women, National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, National Federation of Women's Institutes, Fawcett Society, National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child, British Federation of University Women, Association of University Women Teachers, Divorce Law Reform Union. Most of the material is in English, but there are also pamphlets in other languages, such as Italian, German and French.The pamphlets are arranged in two sections - one for standard sized pamphlets and one for oversized pamphlets.

The 'UDC Pamphlet Collection' [Universal Dewey Decimal Classification]: In addition to the main Pamphlet Collection is the 'UDC Pamphlet Collection.' The UDC collection was the first pamphlet collection created by the Library and consists of approximately 10,000 pamphlets dating from mid nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries, covering all subjects. As the collection was gradually acquired during the Library's first 20 years of life, it was arranged by subject, using the Universal Decimal Classification system. The pamphlets were primarily deposited by organisations and individuals, although some purchases were made. There is a finding aid kept with the collection but the collection was never catalogued and therefore remained a hidden resource within the Library for more than 80 years. Unsurprisingly other libraries did not collect most of these pamphlets. In 2007 as part of a cataloguing funding bid preliminary sampling of the collection against Copac (the merged online catalogues of 24 university research libraries in the UK, plus the British Library and the National Library of Scotland) found that over 60% of the UDC pamphlets were not listed in these major research collections. This is a very significant level of unique printed material.Cataloguing of the UDC collection started in 2007 and as the pamphlets are catatogued, they are transferred to the main pamphlet collection described above. As at 2009 the collection was partially catalogued and The Library was seeking additional funds to complete the project.

They are arranged using the classification scheme Dewey Decimal Classification 22.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

English, French, German and Italian.

The Printed Collections can be consulted via an online catalogue available at www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/catalogue. Additional guides in the form of Source Notes are available online.

Additional pamphlets are also held within archives held at The Women's Library. The Women's Library also holds a Zine Collection of self published magazines, usually in small pamphlet format, dating from 2002.

Collection description by Eileen Sanderson and Teresa Doherty Feb 2009. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.
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.

Feb 2009. Books Childrens books Religious activities Religious practice Ordination Construction engineering Building design Building standards Accommodation Housing Public law Labour law National literatures European literature English literature Reproductive cycle Nursing Political movements Liberation movements Womens liberation movement Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Employment Womens employment Finance Fiscal policy Taxation Kinship Parents Mothers Discrimination Gender discrimination Family One parent families Medical sciences Surgery Surgical procedures, operative Obstetric surgical procedures Abortion, induced Abortion, legal Physiology Human reproduction Pregnancy Literature Literary forms and genres Poetry Age distribution Age groups Childhood Children Cultural heritage Costume Customs and traditions Law Legislation Employment legislation Pensions legislation Social services Social security Social problems Violence Domestic violence Internal politics Electoral systems Womens suffrage Publications Communications media Information sciences Homemakers Women Sex Sex distribution Womens organizations Associations Organizations Divorce law Feminism Family planning Religion Occupations Health Equal Opportunities Commission Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital National Union of Suffragettes National Society for Women's Suffrage US Women's Bureau American National Red Cross Union of Jewish Women National Union of Townswomen's Guilds National Federation of Women's Institutes Fawcett Society National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child British Federation of University Women Association of University Women Teachers Divorce Law Reform Union

Mainly by deposit, a proportion (primarily academic titles) by purchase.

The catalogued Pamphlet Collection comprises over 12,000 titles dating from approximately 1830 to the present. The Pamphlet Collection consists of printed material less than 60 pages in length and includes government policies, reports, annual reports and campaigning material, primary law, including Bills and Acts. The subject material of the collection reflects and enriches the wide range of topics held elsewhere in the Women's Library.The topics covered include: English fiction, children's stories, poetry, women's organisations, feminism, role of women in society - UK and abroad, nursing, sex discrimination law, divorce law, employment, occupations, careers, equal opportunities, labour law, pension law, social security, taxation, housing, health, pregnancy, abortion, birth control, domestic violence, mothers, one-parent families, children, family life, housekeeping, religion, ordination, arts, costume, suffrage. Organisations include Equal Opportunities Commission, Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital, National Union of Suffragettes, National Society for Women's Suffrage, US Women's Bureau, American National Red Cross, Union of Jewish Women, National Union of Townswomen's Guilds, National Federation of Women's Institutes, Fawcett Society, National Council for the Unmarried Mother and Her Child, British Federation of University Women, Association of University Women Teachers, Divorce Law Reform Union. Most of the material is in English, but there are also pamphlets in other languages, such as Italian, German and French.The pamphlets are arranged in two sections - one for standard sized pamphlets and one for oversized pamphlets.

The 'UDC Pamphlet Collection' [Universal Dewey Decimal Classification]: In addition to the main Pamphlet Collection is the 'UDC Pamphlet Collection.' The UDC collection was the first pamphlet collection created by the Library and consists of approximately 10,000 pamphlets dating from mid nineteenth to mid twentieth centuries, covering all subjects. As the collection was gradually acquired during the Library's first 20 years of life, it was arranged by subject, using the Universal Decimal Classification system. The pamphlets were primarily deposited by organisations and individuals, although some purchases were made. There is a finding aid kept with the collection but the collection was never catalogued and therefore remained a hidden resource within the Library for more than 80 years. Unsurprisingly other libraries did not collect most of these pamphlets. In 2007 as part of a cataloguing funding bid preliminary sampling of the collection against Copac (the merged online catalogues of 24 university research libraries in the UK, plus the British Library and the National Library of Scotland) found that over 60% of the UDC pamphlets were not listed in these major research collections. This is a very significant level of unique printed material.Cataloguing of the UDC collection started in 2007 and as the pamphlets are catatogued, they are transferred to the main pamphlet collection described above. As at 2009 the collection was partially catalogued and The Library was seeking additional funds to complete the project.

They are arranged using the classification scheme Dewey Decimal Classification 22.

This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.

• English

• Latin

English, French, German and Italian.

Additional pamphlets are also held within archives held at The Women's Library. The Women's Library also holds a Zine Collection of self published magazines, usually in small pamphlet format, dating from 2002.

The Printed Collections can be consulted via an online catalogue available at www.thewomenslibrary.ac.uk/catalogue. Additional guides in the form of Source Notes are available online.

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