Identity area
Reference code
Title
Date(s)
- 1965-1981 (Creation)
Level of description
Extent and medium
3 A boxes
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
The Women's Research and Resources Centre (WRRC) was established in Jul 1975 as a library, information service and meeting place for people interested in developing Women's Studies, feminist research and the questions surrounding issues of sex equality and discrimination. In 1983 the name was changed to the Feminist Library.
Repository
Archival history
GB 106 5WRR 1965-1981 fonds 3 A boxes Women's Research and Resources Centre , London
The Women's Research and Resources Centre (WRRC) was established in Jul 1975 as a library, information service and meeting place for people interested in developing Women's Studies, feminist research and the questions surrounding issues of sex equality and discrimination. In 1983 the name was changed to the Feminist Library.
The papers were donated to the Library in 1983 (5WRR/B and 5WRR/C). The papers of Pat Caplan (7PAC) contained material relating to WRRC (now 5WRR/A) donated to the Library in 2004 which were transferred in Jun 2008.
The archive consists of :
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administrative papers
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subject files and correspondence
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resource material used in Women's Research and Resources Centre newsletter
The archive has been arranged into three groups:
5WRR/A - Administration
5WRR/B - Subject files and correspondence
5WRR/C - Resource material used in the Women's Research and Resources Centre newsletter.
This collection is available for research. Readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
English
The Women's Library catalogue
The Women's Library also holds: papers of Pat Caplin (7PAC); Records of the London Feminist History Group (5LFH); and records of the Feminist & Women's Studies Association (5FWS). The Women's Library Printed Collections holds the Women's Research and Resources Centre (WRRC) newsletter, other Women's Liberation periodicals, press cuttings and ephemera relating to WRRC.
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.
24/06/2008 Discrimination Gender discrimination Political movements Liberation movements Womens liberation movement Social and economic rights Equal opportunity Rights of special groups Womens status Womens rights Social problems Women Caplan , Pat , fl 1970 , anthropologist Feminist Library Feminist and Women's Studies Association (UK and Ireland) Sex Sex distribution
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
The papers were donated to the Library in 1983 (5WRR/B and 5WRR/C). The papers of Pat Caplan (7PAC) contained material relating to WRRC (now 5WRR/A) donated to the Library in 2004 which were transferred in Jun 2008.
Content and structure area
Scope and content
The archive consists of :
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administrative papers
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subject files and correspondence
-
resource material used in Women's Research and Resources Centre newsletter
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
The archive has been arranged into three groups:
5WRR/A - Administration
5WRR/B - Subject files and correspondence
5WRR/C - Resource material used in the Women's Research and Resources Centre newsletter.
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: papers of Pat Caplin (7PAC); Records of the London Feminist History Group (5LFH); and records of the Feminist & Women's Studies Association (5FWS). The Women's Library Printed Collections holds the Women's Research and Resources Centre (WRRC) newsletter, other Women's Liberation periodicals, press cuttings and ephemera relating to WRRC.
Finding aids
The Women's Library catalogue
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
Note
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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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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Language(s)
- English