Fonds GB 106 10/42 - Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Careers and Vocational Training

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 10/42

Title

Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to Careers and Vocational Training

Date(s)

  • 1909-1941 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

1 volume

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Name of creator

Biographical history

The Women's Employment Publishing Company Ltd was established by the Central Employment Bureau for Women around 1913/14 in order to deal with its publications. The Central Bureau had been issuing the twice-monthly journal 'Women's Employment' since 1899 and other occasional publications in connection with their work and it was this that the Women's Employment Publishing Company continued from the parent organisation's offices in Russell Square. In addition to the main periodical, the press was also responsible for the publication of numerous editions of 'Careers [later, 'and Vocational Training']: A Guide to the Professions and Occupations of Educated Women and Girls', 'The Finger Post', 'Hints on how to find work' and 'Open Doors for Women Workers'. The directors just before the outbreak of the Second World War were H John Faulk (Chairman), Miss E R Unmack (Managing Director) and Miss A E Hignell (secretary). Despite problems cause by this disruption and a decline in the number of readers in this period, the company survived and continued publishing 'Women's Employment' until 1974.

Repository

Archival history

Provenance uncertain, although the link with the Women's Employment Publishing Company indicates that this volume, along with GB 106 10/41 and GB 106 10/43, may have once formed part of the records of the Women's Employment Publishing Company and/or the Central Employment Bureau for Women.

GB 106 10/42 1909-1941 fonds 1 volume Provenance uncertain

The Women's Employment Publishing Company Ltd was established by the Central Employment Bureau for Women around 1913/14 in order to deal with its publications. The Central Bureau had been issuing the twice-monthly journal 'Women's Employment' since 1899 and other occasional publications in connection with their work and it was this that the Women's Employment Publishing Company continued from the parent organisation's offices in Russell Square. In addition to the main periodical, the press was also responsible for the publication of numerous editions of 'Careers [later, 'and Vocational Training']: A Guide to the Professions and Occupations of Educated Women and Girls', 'The Finger Post', 'Hints on how to find work' and 'Open Doors for Women Workers'. The directors just before the outbreak of the Second World War were H John Faulk (Chairman), Miss E R Unmack (Managing Director) and Miss A E Hignell (secretary). Despite problems cause by this disruption and a decline in the number of readers in this period, the company survived and continued publishing 'Women's Employment' until 1974.

Provenance uncertain, although the link with the Women's Employment Publishing Company indicates that this volume, along with GB 106 10/41 and GB 106 10/43, may have once formed part of the records of the Women's Employment Publishing Company and/or the Central Employment Bureau for Women.

Unknown [Fawcett Library Accession Registers to be checked].

Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1909-1941, concerning the activities of the Women's Employment Publishing Company, including the publications 'The Fingerpost', 'Careers and Vocational Training'.

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

English

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

The Women's Library also holds the records of The Women's Employment Publishing Company (GB 106 6/WEP) and two further scrapbooks relating to its work (GB 106 10/41 and GB 106 10/43).

This document was generated by Javascript from an HTML form which structured the input according to the elements of ISAD(G) Version 2. Collection description by Jennifer Haynes, Head of Special Collections, The Women's Library, Aug 2002. Fawcett Library Catalogue by Penny Baker [and VD] 28 Jan 1992. 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.

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Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Unknown [Fawcett Library Accession Registers to be checked].

Content and structure area

Scope and content

Scrapbook of press cuttings, 1909-1941, concerning the activities of the Women's Employment Publishing Company, including the publications 'The Fingerpost', 'Careers and Vocational Training'.

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

Conditions governing reproduction

Language of material

  • English

Script of material

  • Latin

Language and script notes

English

Physical characteristics and technical requirements

The Women's Library also holds the records of The Women's Employment Publishing Company (GB 106 6/WEP) and two further scrapbooks relating to its work (GB 106 10/41 and GB 106 10/43).

Finding aids

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

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Women's Library

Rules and/or conventions used

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.

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Language(s)

  • English

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