Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1913-c.1919 (Creation)
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4 Albums
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Unknown.
Repository
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GB 106 10/51 1913-c.1919 fonds 4 Albums Unknown
Unknown.
Transferred from TWL Printed Collections, Apr 2007.
This collection consists of press cuttings from national and regional newspapers documenting the work of women during the First World War. The cuttings are arranged in albums under the following headings:
Album 1:
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Medical - Ambulance service, Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals
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Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - Catering, Clerical, Driving, Horticulture, Leisure, Recruitment, Stable work
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Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) - Drivers, Mechanics, Personal Life
Album 1 also contains one page illustrating Mrs St Clair Stobart's Women's Convoy Corps, on service in the Balkans in 1913 during the Second Balkan War.
Album 2:
- Home Front - Munitions Industry, Land Girls
Album 3:
- Home Front - Public Services [alphabetically, from Baker - Window Cleaner], General
Album 4:
- General - Military Forces and Home Front.
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 other scrapbooks relating to women's war work:
10/06 Scrapbook [Women's work during the First World War]
10/13 Scrapbook pages of Edith How Martyn: 'Women's War Work', which contains press cuttings on women's activities during the First World War.
10/16 Scrapbook [Women during the First World War]
10/17 Scrapbook: [Suffrage and Women's War Work]
10/23 Scrapbooks of Dame Adelaide Anderson
10/26 Scrapbook relating to women's work in the First World War
10/49 Scrapbook relating to the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), 1917-19, which as well as documenting the formation of the WRNS, also includes a large number of cuttings and photographs relating to women's war work in general.
There is further material held in The Women's Library Archives illustrating women's contribution to the war effort during the 1914-1918 war. See, for example, files within the London Society for Women's Service archive (Ref: 2LSW) or the personal papers of women involved in medical services to the troops such as the papers of Vera Holme (7VJH), Elsie Bowerman (7ELB) and Louisa Garrett Anderson (7LGA).
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 Stobart , Mabel Annie St Clair , 1862-1954 , née Boulton , medical relief worker and writer x Greenhalgh , Mabel Annie Stobart Sex distribution Sex Eastern Europe Balkans Women's Royal Air Force Women's Army Auxiliary Corps Women Medical sciences Medical profession World war Employment War International conflicts Womens employment World War One (1914-1918) Wars (events) World wars (events)
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Transferred from TWL Printed Collections, Apr 2007.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
This collection consists of press cuttings from national and regional newspapers documenting the work of women during the First World War. The cuttings are arranged in albums under the following headings:
Album 1:
-
Medical - Ambulance service, Doctors, Nurses, Hospitals
-
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) - Catering, Clerical, Driving, Horticulture, Leisure, Recruitment, Stable work
-
Women's Royal Air Force (WRAF) - Drivers, Mechanics, Personal Life
Album 1 also contains one page illustrating Mrs St Clair Stobart's Women's Convoy Corps, on service in the Balkans in 1913 during the Second Balkan War.
Album 2:
- Home Front - Munitions Industry, Land Girls
Album 3:
- Home Front - Public Services [alphabetically, from Baker - Window Cleaner], General
Album 4:
- General - Military Forces and Home Front.
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Accruals
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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 other scrapbooks relating to women's war work:
10/06 Scrapbook [Women's work during the First World War]
10/13 Scrapbook pages of Edith How Martyn: 'Women's War Work', which contains press cuttings on women's activities during the First World War.
10/16 Scrapbook [Women during the First World War]
10/17 Scrapbook: [Suffrage and Women's War Work]
10/23 Scrapbooks of Dame Adelaide Anderson
10/26 Scrapbook relating to women's work in the First World War
10/49 Scrapbook relating to the Women's Royal Naval Service (WRNS), 1917-19, which as well as documenting the formation of the WRNS, also includes a large number of cuttings and photographs relating to women's war work in general.
There is further material held in The Women's Library Archives illustrating women's contribution to the war effort during the 1914-1918 war. See, for example, files within the London Society for Women's Service archive (Ref: 2LSW) or the personal papers of women involved in medical services to the troops such as the papers of Vera Holme (7VJH), Elsie Bowerman (7ELB) and Louisa Garrett Anderson (7LGA).
Finding aids
Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website
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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