Fonds GB 106 10/51 - Scrapbooks relating to women's work in the First World War

Identity area

Reference code

GB 106 10/51

Title

Scrapbooks relating to women's work in the First World War

Date(s)

  • 1913-c.1919 (Creation)

Level of description

Fonds

Extent and medium

4 Albums

Context area

Name of creator

Biographical history

Unknown.

Repository

Archival history

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:

  • 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.

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.

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling

Accruals

System of arrangement

Conditions of access and use area

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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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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