Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1879-1989 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
13 production units.
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Welcome Charitable Institute was founded in 1882 to provide assistance to women and girls working in factories in the City. From 1967 to 1982 it was known as the Welcome Fellowship. It was dissolved in 1982. From 1882 to 1940 the Institute had premises in Jewin Street; after the destruction of these premises by enemy action in 1940, it worked from a number of addresses in the northern part of the City. The Institute maintained a holiday home at Littlehampton, Sussex, from 1911 to 1962.
Repository
Archival history
GB 0074 CLC/152 1879-1989 Collection 13 production units. Welcome Charitable Institute for Women and Girls x Welcome Fellowship
The Welcome Charitable Institute was founded in 1882 to provide assistance to women and girls working in factories in the City. From 1967 to 1982 it was known as the Welcome Fellowship. It was dissolved in 1982. From 1882 to 1940 the Institute had premises in Jewin Street; after the destruction of these premises by enemy action in 1940, it worked from a number of addresses in the northern part of the City. The Institute maintained a holiday home at Littlehampton, Sussex, from 1911 to 1962.
The archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library in 1984 and 2006 and the whereabouts of any further records is not known. The records were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff in 1984 and 2006. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Records of the Welcome Charitable Institute for Women and Girls, comprising minutes, reports, photographs and press cuttings and other administrative material.
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
English
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
June to August 2010. Industrial plants Organizations Associations Charitable organisations Charities Charities administration Sex distribution Sex Women Girls Information sources Documents Charity records Charity accounts Industrial facilities Facilities Poor relief Social welfare Welcome Charitable Institute for Women and Girls x Welcome Fellowship London England UK Western Europe Europe Nonprofit organizations
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The archives were presented to the Manuscripts Section, Guildhall Library in 1984 and 2006 and the whereabouts of any further records is not known. The records were catalogued by Guildhall Library staff in 1984 and 2006. The Guildhall Library Manuscripts Section merged with the London Metropolitan Archives in 2009.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Records of the Welcome Charitable Institute for Women and Girls, comprising minutes, reports, photographs and press cuttings and other administrative material.
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The records have been sorted into an order which reflects divisions between the different functions and operations of the organisation and its administration.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
These records are available for public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to access restrictions.
Conditions governing reproduction
Copyright to these records rests with the City of London.
Language of material
- English
Script of material
- Latin
Language and script notes
English
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
Notes area
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Subject access points
- Industrial facilities » Industrial plants
- Organizations
- Organizations » Associations
- Sex distribution
- Sex distribution » Sex
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women
- Sex distribution » Sex » Women » Girls
- Information sources
- Documents
- Industrial facilities
- Social welfare
- Organizations » Nonprofit organizations
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Name access points
Genre access points
Description control area
Description identifier
Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.
Status
Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English