Fonds GB 106 10/50 - Scrapbooks relating to Prostitution

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 10/50

Title

Scrapbooks relating to Prostitution

Date(s)

  • 1929-2001 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

2 Albums

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Unknown

Repository

Archival history

GB 106 10/50 1929-2001 fonds 2 Albums Unknown

Unknown

Transferred from TWL Printed Collections, Jul 2006.

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings on the subject of prostitution from national and regional newspapers, for the years 1929-2001 (only five cuttings dated before the 1970s).

This collection is available for research. 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 a large amount of further archive material relating to prostitution and trafficking of women, including the papers of many campaigning organisations. See in particular Archives Strand 3: Societies for the Abolition of State Regulation of Prostitution and Strand 4: Societies for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons. These strands include: 3AMS Records of the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene; 3JBL Josephine Butler Letters Collection; 3NAR Records of the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts; 4IBS Records of the International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons; 4NVA Records of the National Vigilance Association. See also 10/03 Scrapbook [on women's suffrage and the Contagious Diseases Acts].

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.

04/04/2008 Social problems Prostitution Scrapbooks Albums (documents) Books Publications Communications media Information sciences Women Sex Sex distribution

Immediate source of acquisition or transfer

Transferred from TWL Printed Collections, Jul 2006.

Content and structure area

Scope and content

This scrapbook consists of press cuttings on the subject of prostitution from national and regional newspapers, for the years 1929-2001 (only five cuttings dated before the 1970s).

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Conditions governing access

This collection is available for research. 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 a large amount of further archive material relating to prostitution and trafficking of women, including the papers of many campaigning organisations. See in particular Archives Strand 3: Societies for the Abolition of State Regulation of Prostitution and Strand 4: Societies for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons. These strands include: 3AMS Records of the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene; 3JBL Josephine Butler Letters Collection; 3NAR Records of the National Association for the Repeal of the Contagious Diseases Acts; 4IBS Records of the International Bureau for Suppression of Traffic in Persons; 4NVA Records of the National Vigilance Association. See also 10/03 Scrapbook [on women's suffrage and the Contagious Diseases Acts].

Finding aids

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

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Description identifier

Institution identifier

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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