Fondo GB 106 10/06 - Scrapbook relating to women's work during the First World War

1 volume

Exact provenance unknown. The scrapbook is inscribed on the fly leaf: 'To dear Miss Royle, Christmas 1890', although this does not appear to relate to the provenance of the enclosed cuttings.

GB 106 10/06 1884-1918 fonds 1 volume Not known

Unknown.

Exact provenance unknown. The scrapbook is inscribed on the fly leaf: 'To dear Miss Royle, Christmas 1890', although this does not appear to relate to the provenance of the enclosed cuttings.

Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to women's work during the First World War. Those from the first c 40 pages of the book (mostly from 1884 to 1890s) have been deliberately removed [in order for the scrapbook to be re-used]. They appear to have covered a range of general political subjects and a manuscript index for these pages is included. The rest of the volume consists of press cuttings, 1916-1919 [from a press agency] on working women, including domestic servants, waitresses, laundry workers, policewomen, nurses, land girls, and also on general issues about the employment of women during the First World War; also included are some cuttings concerning women's emigration, the League of Nations and Armistice Day.

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 holds further cuttings that appear to be from the same source in Scrapbook [of Lucy Adela Jenner] (10/15); see also Scrapbook [Women during the First World War] (10/16).

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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Scrapbook of press cuttings relating to women's work during the First World War. Those from the first c 40 pages of the book (mostly from 1884 to 1890s) have been deliberately removed [in order for the scrapbook to be re-used]. They appear to have covered a range of general political subjects and a manuscript index for these pages is included. The rest of the volume consists of press cuttings, 1916-1919 [from a press agency] on working women, including domestic servants, waitresses, laundry workers, policewomen, nurses, land girls, and also on general issues about the employment of women during the First World War; also included are some cuttings concerning women's emigration, the League of Nations and Armistice Day.

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

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English

The Women's Library holds further cuttings that appear to be from the same source in Scrapbook [of Lucy Adela Jenner] (10/15); see also Scrapbook [Women during the First World War] (10/16).

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.

• inglés