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Major accessions to repositories in 2013 relating to Women's History

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Archifau Ynys Mon / Anglesey Archives

  • Isobel Evans, flute teacher and amateur photographer: colour photographs documenting her trips to her flute classes in schools across Anglesey 2000 (WM/2450)
  • Merched y Wawr, Anglesey: papers and records rel to 2012 local history project in branch areas 2012 (WM/1823/191)

Barking and Dagenham Archives and Local Studies Service

  • E Mott, nurse: papers and corresp rel to Mott's war service at the National Cartridge and Box Repair Factory 1917 (ACQ20013/062)

Bedfordshire and Luton Archives and Records Service

  • Wharley Womens Institute: minutes 1975-2000 (X939/110/1-2)
  • Oral history recordings rel to Women's Land Army in Bedfordshire 1939-1950 (Z1533/1/1-18)
  • Papers and photographs of Jeanette Waller 1908-2005 (Z1465/1-8)

Bristol Record Office

  • Coalpit Heath Womens Institute: minutes and papers 1952-2008 (45042)

Bromley Local Studies and Archives

  • Chislehurst Womens Institute: press cuttings, programmes, and corresp 1992-2008 (2445)
  • Keston Womens Institute: minutes, membership records and scrapbooks 1947-2011 (2377)
  • West Wickham Ladies Circle: photographs and scrapbooks 1960-1995 (2404)

Cambridgeshire Archives

  • Ely Diocesan Mothers Union: branch records 1919-2009 (R113/041)

Carmarthenshire Archive Service

  • Girl Guides Association, Carmarthenshire: Llandeilo Local Association minutes (1925-1932) and Committee minutes (1926-1932) 1925-1932 (Acc 8366)
  • Llangunnor Womens Institute: minutes, record books, attendance registers 1929-2008 (Acc 8402)

Centre for Buckinghamshire Studies

  • Aylesbury Inner Wheel Club: records incl minutes 1948-2013 (D 284)
  • Hanslope Womens Institute: records incl committee minutes, record books, accounts 1925-2007 (D-X 1980)

Ceredigion Archives

  • Aberaeron Womens Institute: minute books, account books, subscription book, register 1933-1995 (D/WI/AAE)
  • Aberarth Womens Institute: minute book 1968-1974 (D/WI/ABA)
  • Borth Womens Institute: minutes 1967-1999 (D/WI/BOR)
  • Bronant Womens Institute: account book 1985-1988 (D/WI/BRN)
  • Caerwedros Womens Institute: records 1918-2012 (D/WI/CAW)
  • Clarach Womens Institute: minute book, account books 1962-1992 (D/WI/CLA)
  • Coedybryn Womens Institute: minute books, annual reports 1924-1957 (D/WI/CYB)
  • Comins Coch Womens Institute: minute books, account book 1946-1998 (D/WI/COM)
  • Gorsgoch Womens Institute: minute book 1978-1987 (D/WI/GRG)
  • Llanbadarn Fawr Womens Institute: minute books, record books, account book 1970-1994 (D/WI/LBF)
  • Llandygwydd Womens Institute: record books, account books 1965-1993 (D/WI/LDG)
  • Llangrannog Womens Institute: minute books, programmes, financial statements, photographs 1927-2004 (D/WI/LGR)
  • Llanilar Womens Institute: albums containing photographs and other items recording branch activities 1981-2011 (D/WI/LIR)
  • Llanybydder Womens Institute: minute book 1926-1929 (D/WI/LBY)
  • Llechryd Womens Institute: minute books 1927-1956 (D/WI/LCH)
  • Mynach Womens Institute: minute book, record book 1938-1951 (D/WI/MYN)
  • Parcllyn Womens Institute: minute book, subscription book 1976-1988 (D/WI/PRL)
  • Penparc Womens Institute: record books 1938-1957 (D/WI/PPA)
  • Penuwch Womens Institute: record book, account book 1968-1978 (D/WI/PNU)
  • Prengwyn Womens Institute: minutes, record books, account books 1979-1991 (D/WI/PRG)
  • Rhydlewis Womens Institute: account books, bank statements, programmes 1966-2012 (D/WI/RHL)
  • Trefilan Womens Institute: minute books 1924-1960 (D/WI/TFI)
  • Tresaith Womens Institute: minute book 1938-1953 (D/WI/TRS)
  • Ystwyth Womens Institute: minute books 1961-1994 (D/WI/YSW)

Cornwall Record Office

  • Falmouth Townswomens Guild: minutes and papers 1976-2004 (AD2274)
  • Inner Wheel Club (District 129): minutes, reports, financial records and papers 1936-2011 (X1398-X1400)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Dalston Womens Institute: minutes 1995-2012 (DSO 247)
  • Girls Friendly Society, Maryport: log books and other records 1927-1940 (DSO 325)
  • Soroptimist International, Penrith and District: Club and Business Executive minutes c1960-2011 (DSO 315)
  • Rosley Womens Institute: minutes, corresp and reports c1945-2012 (DSO 151)

Denbighshire Record Office

  • Buddug Owen, anaesthetist: personal papers, history of Llangwyfan Sanatorium 20th cent (DD/DM/1689)
  • Margaret Williams, nurse, Volunteer Aid Detachment: autograph album and photograph 1915 (DD/DM/1815)

Derbyshire Record Office

  • Florence Marjorie Kent, diarist: diaries and corresp 20th cent (D7636)
  • Ashbourne Tangent Club, women's social club: records incl minute book, corresp and other files 1977-2006 (D7662)

Devon Heritage Centre

  • Bampton Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1971-2011 (8655)
  • Clyst St George & Ebford Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1947-2009 (8655)
  • Cotleigh Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1922-2011 (8655)
  • Drewsteignton Womens Institute: record book 1977-1994 (8655)
  • Exton Womens Institute: record books 1932-2002 (8655)
  • Feniton and Buckerell Womens Institute: record books and committee minutes 1983-2001 (8590)
  • Girl Guides Association, Devon: records incl papers of local branches 1909-2013 (8586)
  • Heavitree Womens Institute: minutes and record books with scrapbook incl photographs 2005-2010 (8655)
  • Holbeton Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1954-2009 (8655)
  • Holcombe Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1954-2005 (8655)
  • Ide & District Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1939-2009 (8655)
  • Kenton and Powderham Womens Institute: minutes, subscription book, accounts, corresp, reports and press papers 1966-2011 (8514)
  • Marldon Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1992-2010 (8655)
  • Moreton Womens Institute: minutes and record book with photographs 1992-2010 (8655)
  • Parracombe Womens Institute: record books and minutes 1851-1966 (8655)
  • Postbridge Womens Institute: record books 1941-1968 (8655)
  • Silverton Womens Institute: record, account and minute books 1929-1988 (8513)
  • Stoke Fleming Womens Institute: record books 1949-2010 (8655)
  • Whitestone Womens Institute: record books 1939-1967 (8655)

Dorset History Centre

  • Durweston Womens Institute: minutes, accounts, record books, and subscriptions 2001-2006 (W-87)
  • Gillingham Womens Institute: minutes 1955-1981 (W-175)
  • Gillingham Evening Womens Institute: minutes, record books, registers, scrapbooks and annual reports 1945-1980 (W-180)
  • Lanehouse Womens Institute: record books, minutes and financial records 1965-2006 (W-176)
  • Langton Matravers Womens Institute: minutes, reports, record books and financial records 1937-2003 (W-169)
  • Longbredy and Litton Cheney Womens Institute: programmes and accounts 1983-2004 (W-178)
  • Nether and Over Compton Womens Institute: minutes, record books, and accounts 1949-2005 (W-174)
  • Osmington and Poxwell Womens Institute: minute books, registers and financial records 1923-2006 (W-27)
  • Somerford Womens Institute: record books, minutes and accounts 1985-2006 (W-171)
  • Spetisbury and Charlton Marshall Womens Institute: minutes, registers, and financial papers 1920-2006 (W-170)
  • Sturminster Marshall Womens Institute: minutes, accounts, programmes and registers 1919-2007 (W-181)
  • Symondsbury Womens Institute: minutes, record books and accounts 1919-2004 (W-173)
  • Stours Womens Institute: minutes, record books and accounts 1929-2005 (W-172)

Durham County Record Office

  • Amy Parkin, school teacher: records 20th cent (8308)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Winifred Blackburn, midwife, Cottingham: records 1942-1970 (DDX1933)
  • K Todd, midwife: register of cases 1948-1949 (DDX1817)
  • Burstwick Womens Institute: records 1923-2010 (DDX1921)
  • Driffield Townswomens Guild: minutes, corresp, accounts and other records 1946-2007 (DDX1927)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Dora Summerfield, teacher: papers c1988-2011 (ACC 11655)
  • Margaret Helen Whittick, archivist and records manager: professional papers from her time at East Sussex Record Office 1960-2003 (ACC 11552)

Essex Record Office

  • Roberta Evans: corresp, employment records and photographs 1938-1965 (Acc. A13679)
  • Leigh-on-sea Townswomens Guild: minutes 1964-2010 (Acc. S3345)
  • Letters from Ada Harman, domestic servant of Hutton to William Clark of Great Waltham 1909-1914 (Acc. A13664)
  • Account book, sale inventory, visitors' book and probate records of Lilian Rose Harrington, former publican of The Bell, Sible Hedingham 1773-2007 (Acc. A13782)
  • Interviews with wives of Leigh-on-Sea fishermen 2013 (Acc. SA665)

Flintshire Record Office

  • Gwernaffield Womens Institute: records incl minutes, accounts 1952-2004 (AN4781)
  • Llanfynydd Womens Institute: minutes and other records 1958-2004 (D-DM/1729)

Glamorgan Archives (formerly Glamorgan Record Office)

  • Beti Rhys, author: personal literary papers, lectures and recollections, travel photographs, diaries and historical notes; miscellaneous literary and historical papers of her father, Rev James Ednyfed Rhys c1850-1983 (D980)
  • Beatrice Smith, political activist and member of Cor Cochion Caerdydd: papers incl corresp, including anti-poll tax campaign letters, address books, photographs 1981-2012 (D614)
  • 20th Century Club, Barry: minutes, register of members 1922-1997 (D802/2)
  • Womens Co-operative Guild, Pontypridd: records incl membership roll book, signed minute books, branch rules c1918-1966 (D1006)

Glasgow City Archives

  • Allander Inner Wheel Club, Lochgilphead Inner Wheel Club, Queen's Park Inner Wheel Club: minutes and papers c1951-2006 (TD1806)

Gwent Archives

  • Govilon Womens Institute: minutes 1933-2005 (D5845)

Gwynedd Archives, Caernarfon Record Office

  • Merched y Wawr, Brynaerau: minutes and accounts 1972-2013 (XM13035)
  • Merched y Wawr, Pwllheli: minutes and accounts 2009-2011 (XW13036)
  • Photograph album of disturbance at Caernarfon County School linked to the suffragettes 1913 (XS4701)

Gwynedd Archives, Meirionnydd Record Office

  • Ellen Lewis, dressmaker and costumier, Dolgellau: business ledger 1901-1925 (7150)
  • Brithdir Womens Institute: minute and record books 1951-1995 (Z/M/7144)

Hampshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Jane Austen's House Museum, Chawton: additional ms music in Jane Austen's hand 18th cent (28A11)
  • Bashley Womens Institute: records incl minutes and record books 1931-2010 (38A13)
  • Basingstoke Evening Womens Institute: record books and committee minutes 1985-2010 (128A13)
  • Bishopstoke Womens Institute: records incl minutes and record books, papers rel to anniversaries and jubilees 1952-2006 (28A13)
  • Church Crookham Womens Institute: records incl minutes 1949-2011 (39A13)
  • Denmead Evening Womens Institute: record books, minutes and accounts 1965-2011 (83A13)
  • Diocesan Maternity Home, Winchester: account of a stay in the home for unmarried mothers (1959) 2013 (151A13)
  • Fareham Park Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1985-2011 (162A13)
  • Hampshire County Federation of Womens Institutes: additional records of closed institutes: Beaulieu and Colbury Womens Institute; Cheriton Womens Institute; Kingsclere and Ecchinswell Womens Institute; Monk Sherborne cum Pamber Womens Institute; Wellow Womens Institute 1919-2009 (96M96)
  • Longstock and Leckford Womens Institute: records incl minutes and photographs 1919-2013 (1A13)
  • Pennington Womens Institute: minutes and record books 1926-2004 (56A13)
  • Royal Hampshire County Hospital Nurses' League: records incl annual journals c1930-2008 (116A13)
  • Southern Orchestral Concert Society: minutes, accounts, membership and concert records and material rel to Friends, with historical material on the Society and its founder, Kathleen Merritt 1952-2012 (79A13)
  • Stroud Afternoon Womens Institute: records incl minutes 1949-2008 (40A13)
  • Titchfield Womens Institute: minutes and monthly meeting record books 1931-1988 (43A13)
  • Wickham Womens Institute: scrap books, photograph albums and visitors' books 20th-21st cent (41A13)

Henry Moore Institute Archive

  • Dorothy Annan, artist: records c1900-1983 (2012.103)
  • Daphne Hardy Henrion, sculptor: 75 sketchbooks and some drawings c1930-1999 (2012.105)
  • Wendy Taylor, sculptor: photographs c1959-1979 (2012.104)

Herefordshire Archive Service

  • Kingswood Womens Institute: minutes, receipts, accounts and records 1956-2006 (CS8)
  • Weston-under-Penyard Womens Institute: minutes and receipts 1919-1991 (CS23)

Highland Archives

  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Dulnain Bridge branch: minutes, financial records, photographs, press-cuttings, other records 1961-2008 (D1384)

Hull History Centre (Hull City Archives)

  • J D Gillbanks, diarist: diaries of Hull during World War Two 1939-1946 (C DIJG)
  • Albion Ladies Musical Society: minutes, reports and other records 1933-1996 (C DSAL)
  • West Hull Ladies' Union Choir: minutes, photographs and programmes 1925-2006 (C DSWH)

Huntingdonshire Archives

  • Ely Diocesan Mothers Union: branch records for Gransden, Great Staughton, Fenstanton, Hartford and Great Stukeley 1948-2003 (5633)
  • Warboys Womens Institute: minutes, accounts and papers 1949-2011 (5657)

Knowsley Archives

  • Eleanora Atherton: papers rel to the charities of Eleanora Atherton 1871 (Acc 201318)

Lambeth Archives Department

  • Clare Whelan, Lambeth councillor: records rel to Whelan's term as Lambeth Mayor 1999-2013 (IV/315)

Lancashire Archives

  • Leyland Womens Institute, Moss Side: minutes, record books, membership records and attendance register 1946-2009 (WIMO)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • Royal British Legion, Women's Section, Rothley branch: records incl corresp, notes, ephemera c1970-1989 (DE8541)

Lincolnshire Archives

  • Marriott family of Lincoln: diaries of John William Marriott (c1921-1964), C Amy Marriott (c1965-1978) and J Bryan Marriott (c1945-1962), birthday book and account books 1921-1978 (MISC DON 1778)
  • Smith family of Lincoln: diaries belonging to Catherine Smith and her daughter Mary Jane Briggs, corresp and other ephemera c1810-1899 (MISC DON 1732)
  • Edith Cartwright, farmer's wife and diarist: diaries 1949-2001 (MISC DON 1751)
  • Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby: maternity records 1932-2001 (HOSP/GRIMSBY)

Liverpool Record Office

  • Grace Sheppard, wife of David Sheppard, Bishop of Liverpool: records 1985-2010 (ACC 6601)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Marion Gissing: diaries, photographs and misc papers 1940-2011 (ACC 2012/313)
  • Nancy Ives, local historian: research papers rel to the Dutch and Flemish Strangers and the cloth trade in Norwich and elsewhere during the 16th and 17th centuries c1980-2010 (MC 3015)
  • Holt Womens Institute: additional minutes and administrative papers 1958-2012 (SO 318)
  • Holt Area Group of Womens Institutes: records c1960-1970 (SO 319)
  • Noreaster Group of Womens Institutes: minutes and misc records 1960-1996 (SO 319)
  • Royal British Legion, Womens section: Hellesdon branch: minutes, accounts, photographs and misc papers 1970-2013 (SO 316)

North Lanarkshire Archives

  • Soroptimist International, Motherwell and Wishaw branch: records c1970-2012 (ACC/CNL0003)

Northamptonshire Record Office

  • Nellie Cave, member of Moravian Church, Woodford Halse: papers incl presentation book from members of church (church members listed inside), certificate, photographs c1930-1979 (2013/75)
  • Grendon Womens Institute: records incl minutes, historical notes, plan, photographs c1920-1996 (2013/3)
  • Northamptonshire Federation of Womens Institutes: records incl minutes, financial statements, surveys 1993-2002 (2013/59)

Northumberland Archives

  • Nora Handcock, parish and district councillor: oral history recording recalling her early life in Doncaster and London, her move to Allendale and her work on the Allendale Parish Council and Tynedale District Council 2013 (T/879)
  • Joyce Henderson, teacher: oral history interview about her experiences working at Stannington Sanatorium School (c1962-1977), recorded as part of the "Voices of Stannington Sanatorium" Project 2013 (T/768)

Nottinghamshire Archives

  • Margaret Ethel Cooper: records incl diaries, letters and documents rel to civil defence and World War Two 19th-20th cent (8393)
  • Margaret Janette Reeve: diaries (1945, 1959, 1998-2012) 1945-2012 (8517)
  • Nottingham Women's Centre: records incl minutes, reports, photographs and documents rel to the Lesbian Centre 20th cent (8461, 8522)
  • Sutton on Trent Womens Institute: records incl minutes, reports, attendance registers and accounts 1950-2010 (8487)

Orkney Archive

  • Gunnie Moberg, Swedish photographer, painter and designer: papers
  • Sylvia Wishart, landscape painter: papers c1960-2009 (AccNo: 1835)
  • Girlguiding Orkney: records incl minutes 1978-2010 (AccNo: 1808)

Pembrokeshire Archives

  • Primrose Hill Farm, Maidenwells: account book, kept by Susan Lewis (1860-1928) 1919-1933 (HDX/1907)
  • Dinbych Group of Womens Institutes: minutes 1986-2006 (D-WI)
  • Llanddewi Velfrey Womens Institute: record books, minutes, accounts, corresp and photographs 1920-2012 (D-WI)
  • Menevia Womens Institute: minutes, record books, accounts, photographs and other papers 1971-2011 (D-WI)
  • Prendergast Girls School: log books, admission and attendance registers 1864-1933 (SSR/1)
  • St Issells Womens Institute: minutes, record book, accounts, photographs and other papers 1981-2012 (D-WI)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Fearnan and District branch: records incl minutes c1968-2009 (MS319)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Blairgowrie branch: additional records 1973-2012 (MS198)
  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Forgandenny branch: records 1939-2013 (13/63)

Peterborough Archives

  • Barnack Womens Institute: minutes and financial records 1951-2003 (Acc 2013/35)
  • Gunthorpe Womens Institute: minutes, records, and financial papers 1977-2000 (Acc 2013/25)
  • Maxey Womens Institute: records 1960-1997 (Acc 2013/35)
  • Newark and Parnwell Womens Institute: records, minutes and financial papers 1992-2000 (Acc 2013/35)

Plymouth and West Devon Record Office

  • National Union of Townswomens Guilds: Derriford 'E' branch: minutes and papers 1967-2011 (3991)
  • Plymouth and District Association for Girls Welfare: minutes and papers [Subject to closure] 1884-1996 (3947)
  • Royal British Female Orphan Asylum, Devonport: registers, minutes, photographs and papers 1846-2008 (3969)

Somerset Heritage Centre

  • Jane Cock, student at the Western Counties Cheese School, Wedmore: diary 1906 (A\DRV)
  • Somerset Federation of Womens Institutes: additional branch records 1952-2013 (DD\WI)
  • Taunton Inner Wheel Club: minutes, attendance book, visitors book and directories (A\CYL)
  • Woolavington Womens Institute: minute and record books 1943-2011 (DD\WI)
  • Misc records rel to Clevedon incl rate book, WRVS records and photographs 1870-1929 (DD\X\lly)

Suffolk Record Office, Bury St Edmunds Branch

  • Sylvia Colman, architectural historian: research notes, photographs and misc papers rel to her work on Suffolk buildings 20th cent (HD2112)
  • Bury St Edmunds Inner Wheel Club: minutes, attendance books (3), photograph albums (4), scrapbook, newsletters and misc papers 1949-2013 (GC731)
  • Great Barton Womens Institute: additional minutes (11) and competition books (2) 1991-2010 (GH519)
  • Ixworth Womens Institute: minutes and record book 1995-2007 (GH534)
  • Market Weston Womens Institute: minutes, attendance register, record books, corresp, photograph albums (4), scrapbook and other papers 1941-2012 (GH549)
  • Suffolk West Federation of Womens Institutes: records rel to Millennium projects (3 vols) 2000 (GH508)
  • Shimpling and Alpheton Womens Institute: additional minutes, subscription books, account books, corresp and other papers 1949-2010 (GH521)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Elizabeth Anderson, physician and supporter of women's suffrage: additional personal and family corresp 1858-1903 (HA436)
  • Doreen Rayner, local historian: records, incl corresp and papers rel to Landguard Fort and Martello Tower and draft copy of 'Walton-Cum-Felixstowe' 20th cent (HD3073)
  • Aldeburgh Afternoon Womens Institute: additional minutes and record books 1971-2005 (GH433)
  • Badingham Womens Institute: minutes, accounts, attendance books and other records 1946-2003 (GH622)
  • Bredfield Womens Institute: minutes, record books, and misc papers 1936-2008 (GH625)
  • Crofts Womens Institute, Ipswich: minutes and record book 2007-2011 (GH624)
  • Denham and Hoxne Womens Institute: record book 2004-2006 (GH413)
  • East Suffolk Federation of Womens Institutes: additional records 1939-2007 (GH400)
  • Fressingfield Womens Institute: record book 1990-1996 (GH475)
  • Friston Womens Institute: additional minutes (2) and record books (2) 2002-2010 (GH441)
  • Gipping Valley Womens Institutes: minutes 2003-2007 (GH613)
  • Martlesham Womens Institute: additional records, incl minutes, records books and scrapbooks 1980-2013 (GH447)
  • Mothers Union, Grundisburgh: minutes 1930-2008 (FC33)
  • Orwell Ipswich Womens Institute: minutes, record books, photograph albums and other records 1984-2007 (GH616)
  • Playford Womens Institute: minutes and accounts 1960-2011 (GH485)
  • Ringshall and Barking Womens Institute: minutes, record books and annual reports 1978-2011 (GH623)
  • Sproughton Womens Institute: record books, scrapbook, annual reports and misc papers 1926-2009 (GH489)
  • Waldringfield and Hemley Womens Institute: additional minutes 2000-2009 (GH459)
  • Wolsey Group Womens Institute, Ipswich: additional minutes, and attendance book 1996-2005 (GH617)

Surrey History Centre

  • Hazel Chipping, local historian, of Cobham: collected records rel to Winifred Helen Fuller (1901-1998) and Cobham Old Tyme and Sequence Dance Club 1914-2006 (9258)
  • Gertrude Jekyll, garden designer: letters c1927-1932 (9229)
  • Myrtle Ethel Maclagan, England cricketer: diaries, corresp and photographs c1927-2012 (9194/4)
  • Lewis Orchard, researcher: collected research papers and exhibition material rel to Dame Ethel Smyth, composer and suffragist 20th cent (9180)
  • Surrey Federation of Womens Institutes: additional branch records of Blindley Heath, Farnham, Farnham Group, Emlyn Vale, Leith Hill, Woodmansterne Evening, Lightwater, Horton (Epsom), Grafham and Smithbrook, Meadvale and further records for Haslemere and Harnsey Green 1920-2011 (7650)

Tameside Local Studies and Archives

  • Denton Townswomens Guild: minutes 1973-2011 (Acc 4250)

Teesside Archives

  • Long Newton & Elton Womens Institute: records incl minutes, attendance registers, programmes and accounts 1915-2008 (Acc 7298)

Tower Hamlets Local History Library and Archives

  • Lydia Dorothea Benoly, Mayor of Bethnal Green: ms diaries kept during her term of office 1933-1934 (P/MIS/377)
  • Pearl Binder, writer, illustrator, and artist: corresp, research notes and illustrations rel to her 1975 book 'The Pearlies - a social record' 1970s (TH/9446)

Trafford Local Studies

  • Barbara Stella Del Panno: diaries, corresp, photographs and other records 1920-1991 (TRA1695)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Chapel House District Womens Institute, West Denton: minutes 1993-2006 (S.WI6)
  • Womens Co-operative Guild, Dudley branch: minutes 1946-1980 (DT.COP26)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Lillington Evening Womens Institute: minutes and records 1963-2003 (04513)

Watt Library Archives

  • Inner Wheel Club of Greenock: minutes 1956-2011 (CS107)

West Glamorgan Archive Service

  • Edna Mair Thompson, diarist: daily diaries 1908-1994 (WAW 38)
  • Merched y Wawr, West Glamorgan Branch: records incl committee minutes, corresp, papers, fundraising programmes and ephemera 1969-2008
  • Pennard Womens Institute: record books, commemorative items, photographic albums, scrapbooks 1948-2006 (D/D Xno 29)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Fishbourne Evening Womens Institute: records incl scrapbooks and record books 1987-2013 (Acc 17329)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

  • Shalwar Kameez Heritage Project: oral history recordings 2013 (WYB583)
  • Soroptimist International of Bradford: minutes, registers, accounts and other records 1928-2009 (WYB581)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Kirklees

  • Irene Heyworth, midwife: register of cases, photographs and other records c1940-1979 (WYK1724)
  • Heckmondwike Townswomens Guild: minutes, corresp and other records 1961-2012 (WYK1690)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Wakefield

  • Womersley Womens Institute: minutes 1946-1987 (C1305/66)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • Corsham Womens Institute: minutes, accounts and papers 1947-2013 (4209)
  • Highworth Afternoon Womens Institute: minutes, accounts and papers 1948-2011 (4164)
  • Highworth Evening Womens Institute: minutes, photographs and papers 1977-2012 (4129)
  • Melksham Womens Institute: minutes, accounts and papers 1983-2011 (4193)
  • Moonrakers Ladies Bowls Club, Melksham: minutes, accounts and papers 1970-2003 (4201)
  • Mothers' Union, Redlynch and Morgan's Vale: minutes, accounts, registers and papers 1952-2011 (2196)
  • Mothers' Union, Keevil: minutes, accounts and papers 1902-2012 (2662)

Wolverhampton Archives and Local Studies

  • Wolverhampton Women's Luncheon Club: minutes, membership, and other records 1932-2011 (Acc 2608)

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

  • Areley Kings Womens Institute: minutes and records 1935-2009 (15579)
  • Girl Guides Association, Worcestershire, Malvern Division: minutes 1946-2007 (15503)

York Archives and Local History

  • Edna Crichton, lord mayor of York: personal and civic papers 1941-1960s (Acc2013/009)

National

British Film Institute, Special Collections

  • Mira Hamermesh, film-maker: publicity material, photographs and production papers c1960-2012
  • Muriel Lilian Pavlow, actress and Derek Farr, actor: publicity, corresp, photographs and theatre programmes c1930-2006
  • Caroline Sax, script writer, director and producer: scripts and production papers 1980s-2000s
  • Irene Shubik, television producer: production papers, corresp and photographs c1959-2005

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • Barbara Coombs, friend of Eric Newton and Ivon Hitchens: papers rel to Frances Hodgkins, Ivon Hitchens, and Eric Newton 1945-1996 (Add MS 89045)
  • Eva Figes, writer: drafts and working papers rel to her fourteen novels, non-fiction writing, memoirs, poetry, plays, short stories, book reviews and articles, with corresp and personal papers 1932-2012 (Add MS 89050)
  • Valerie Margaret Steriker Finnis, horticulturist and photographer: personal and family papers and corresp 1861-2000 (Add MS 89038)
  • Ruth Tomalin, writer: papers rel to Alida Monro 1914-2001 (Add MS 89048)

British Library: Asia, Pacific and Africa Collections (previously Oriental and India Office Library)

  • Isabella Couchman, wife of Sir Francis Dundas Couchman: diaries 1889-1961 (Mss Eur F681)
  • Olga Orpen-Palmer, Beijing socialite and wife of British Military Attache: letters from Peking (Beijing) 1920-1925 (Mss Eur F674)
  • Doris Olive Symon, wife of Sir Alexander Colin Burlington Symon: papers and records incl cine film and audio recordings 1948-1961 (Mss Eur F669)

Jersey Archive

  • Marie Besnard, dressmaker, St Helier: day book 1939-1943 (JA/2416)
  • St Martin's Womens Institute: minutes, corresp and newsletters 1949-2013 (JA/2423)

Lothian Health Services Archive

  • National Childbirth Trust: papers c1950-1982 (Acc 13/045)

National Army Museum Templer Study Centre

  • Barbara Harper-Nelson, Women's Voluntary Service: corresp rel to service in Malaya (1950-1957) 1952-1957 (2013-07-3)

National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections

  • Alison Fell, poet and novelist: further literary papers c1991-2012 (Acc.13438)
  • Joyce Gunn Cairns, portrait painter: additional corresp (Acc.13395)
  • Regi Claire, author: literary papers 1995-2012 (Acc.13397)
  • Jo Clifford, playwright: personal and literary papers 1966-2013 (Acc.13458)
  • Elizabeth Bacon Custer, wife of General Armstrong Custer: diary of a visit to Scotland 1891 (Acc.13382)
  • Sue Innes, writer and feminist campaigner: further papers (Acc.13434)
  • Angela Lemaire, artist, author and poet: additional literary papers and artwork 1965-2011 (Acc.13375)
  • Lady Henrietta Liston, wife of Sir Robert Liston: letters to James Jackson 1796-1802 (Acc.13465)
  • Janet Buchanan Adam Smith, author and journalist: letters from Beatrix Heelis Potter, Osbert Lancaster, John Masefield and others 1933-1988 (Acc.13396)
  • Samuel Robin Spark, artist: papers incl letters of his mother Muriel Spark 1961-2006 (Acc.13443)
  • Ruth Thomas, author: literary papers c1990-2012 (Acc.13389)
  • Sylvia Thompson, friend of William Sydney Graham: literary papers c1966-2008 (Acc.13390)

National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services

  • Anna Seward, author: autograph manuscript of "Sonnet for the drawer in the thatched shed by the brook at Plas Newydd" 1799 (NLW MS 23981E)
  • Jane Williams, Welsh writer and historian: corresp, poetry and notes about the cultural and social circle of her friend Augusta Hall, Lady Llanover c1805-1885 (NLW MS 24051D)

Public Record Office of Northern Ireland

  • Carmel Hanna, politician: constituency files for Hanna former SDLP MLA for South Belfast 2001-2011 (D4564/UNL)
  • Dundonald Womens Institute: scrapbooks detailing the activities of the institute 1958-1998 (D4561)
  • Townswomens Guilds and Federation Executive of Northern Ireland: committee, meeting and account books for branches in Counties Antrim and Down 1965-2003 (D4559/UNL/1)
  • Records of Evelyn (Eva) Chichester of Shane Lodge, near Newcastle, County Down incl letters, diaries and photographic albums 1877-1966 (D4563/UNL)

Royal Air Force Museum, Department of Research and Information Services

  • Pamela Florence Donohue, squadron leader, Women's Royal Air Force: personal papers and photographs 1953-1977 (X007-1347)
  • Alice Seton, group officer, Women's Auxiliary Air Force: personal papers and photographs 1940-1952 (X007-1066)

Tate Gallery Archive

  • Ruth Bromberg, collector and art historian: research papers rel to Walter Sickert 1990s-2000s (TGA 20134)
  • Hannah Gluckstein, portrait painter: papers rel to paint research 1938-1967 (TGA 20137)
  • Jocelyn Barbara Hepworth, Sculptor: personal papers 1920s-1975 (TGA 20132)

Special

Bishopsgate Institute

  • Emily Hope, campaigner and activist: papers, reports and material rel to feminism, politics, and housing and social issues in London 1964-1991 (HOPE)
  • Jean Sargeant, writer and political activist: papers and corresp, particularly rel to women in the Wapping Dispute, 1986 1950-2011 (SARGEANT)
  • Amanda Sebestyen, journalist and historian: papers and corresp 1967-2013 (SEBESTYEN)
  • Roman Catholic Feminists: papers and ephemera 1990-1994 (LONDON COLLECTION MANUSCRIPTS/333)
  • Joyce Shore Butler, politician: papers and corresp 1929-1992 (BUTLER)

Black Cultural Archives

  • Sydenham Girls School project: papers and CD rel to a project on Caribbean women at Sydenham Girls school c2000 (AC2013/13)

Mills Archive

  • Barbara Rowat, mill enthusiast: photograph albums (7) of UK mills late 20th cent (2013.0011)

Royal College of Midwives Archives

  • Dame Margaret Brain, midwife and President of the Royal College of Midwives: annual reports and speeches made as President of the Royal College of Midwives 1951-1997 (RCMS/215)
  • Harriett Simpson Cater, monthly nurse: diaries, photographs, scrapbooks and corresp rel to service as monthly nurse 1878-1936 (RCMS/218)
  • Hon Mary Diana Eve Chetwynd, midwife and nurse: photographs 1953-1963 (RCMS/213)
  • Phyllis Harris, midwife: case registers and midwifery papers 1948-1977 (RCMS/217)
  • EM Hobson, midwife: papers and certificates 1943-1951 (RCMS/210)
  • Jennifer Remeika, midwife: papers incl training records, certificates, case registers and administrative papers 1946-2011 (RCM/2013/21)
  • Winifred M Rix, midwife: case registers and midwifery papers 1948-1977 (RCMS/216)
  • LRS Woodland, midwife: case registers 1937-1952 (RCMS/214)
  • Alice Hakin, midwife, Northumberland: papers incl case registers and testimonials 1936-1939 (RCM/2013/24)
  • Constance Avison, midwife: case register of deliveries in West Yorkshire and Nottinghamshire, with photographs 1928-1932 (RCMS/212)
  • Florence Blanche Rowe, midwife, Sussex: training case register, case registers from work in Sussex, certificates and photographs of wartime service in the Middle East 1940-1948 (RCMS/223)
  • Marjorie Johnson, midwife: papers rel to salary and supplies as district midwife 1945-1946 (RCMS/211)
  • Joyce Wood, midwife, Kent: certificates, forms and examination papers rel to Wood's career as a district midwife in Kent 1942-1988 (RCMS/193)

Royal College of Nursing Archives

  • Eleanor Dunderdale, nurse: papers incl lecture notes and examination papers c1939-1967 (C/734)
  • Violet Lena Dunsmore, midwife: personal papers and midwives case books 20th cent (C/748)
  • Catherine Edwards, nurse: papers, incl examination papers 1930s (C/731)
  • Susan Elizabeth Manthorp Pembrey, nurse: papers incl certificates, diaries, corresp and photographs 1960s-2000s (C/743)
  • Alexa Duff Prior, nurse: papers 1914-1921 (C/104)
  • Olive Short, nurse: papers 1930s-1960s (C/736)
  • Beatrice Jane Tanner, nurse: diaries rel to her service as a Queen Alexandra Imperial Military Nursing Service Reserve nurse during First World War 1914-1916 (C/737)

Royal London Hospital Archives and Museum

  • Edith Parker, nurse, MBE: certificates and papers rel to career in nursing 1954-1981 (DEC/PAR)
  • Denise Le Voir, nurse: nursing and education papers rel to Tower Hamlets District Health Authority 1979-1989 (PP/LEV)

Wellcome Library

  • Dorothea Margaret Addison, nurse: memoirs rel to work as a nurse at Lambeth Hospital in the 1940s 1940-1949 (MS.8853)
  • Margaret Ida Balfour, physician, author, CBE and Chief Medical Officer of the Women's Medical Service: family corresp c1869-2010 (PP/MIB)
  • Sophia Louisa Jex-Blake, physician: copy book of corresp, reviews and other writings c1884-1886 (MS.8204)
  • Grace Carteret, 1st Countess Granville: her recipe book of medicinal and culinary recipes c1662-1790 (MS.8903)
  • Carol Churcher, research technician: records rel to sequencing work at the Laboratory of Molecular Biology and the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute c1986-2005 (GRL/CHU)
  • Frances Daisy Tustin, child psychotherapist: notebooks, observations and corresp c1951-1975 (PP/TUS)
  • Medical manuscript by Michael Johann Liutlein Sattelknecht (Annalbach, 1614) focusing on obstetrics and gynaecology, with discussions on a wide range of other health issues 1614 (MS.8926)

University

Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre

  • Stonehaven Northern Oil Wives Club (SNOW): records c1970-2012 (Acc No 702)

Bath University Archives

  • Phyllis Allinson, hockey player, coach and administrator: photographs, reports, cuttings and programmes with limited corresp and papers 1950-1970 (AEWHA)

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

  • Florence Barrow: corresp and papers c1891-1967 (BAR)
  • Helen Grace Harvey: letters written as a pupil at Mount School, York 1890-1900 (HARV)
  • Mabel Leaf, stained glass designer: paintings of stained glass windows and topographical watercolours c1890-1914 (LEAF)
  • Fanny Eason Wilkinson (also known as Fanny Rollo Wilkinson), landscape gardener: letters to Fanny Eason Wilkinson 1878-1890 (FEW)
  • York Diocesan Mothers' Union: papers 1909-2008 (YDMU)

Bristol University Information Services: Special Collections

  • Ellen Malos, activist and academic: papers 1969-2013 (DM2123-8)
  • Pat V T West, activist and writer: papers 1985-2010 (DM2608)
  • Jackie West, activist and academic: papers rel to abortion, contraception and Women's Liberation Movement 1912-1983 (DM2624)
  • Women Liberal Democrats: records 1980-2010 (DM2599)
  • Women's Liberation Music Archive: archive 1970-2011 (DM2598)
  • Organisational records and pamphlets of the Liberal Party collected by Barbara Joyce 1946-1979 (DM2594)
  • Materials collected by Debi Withers rel to 'Sistershow Revisited' 1970-2011 (DM2606)

Edinburgh University Library, Special Collections

  • Marjory Kennedy-Fraser, singer: additional corresp 20th cent (Coll-1433)
  • Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre designer, artist: artwork 1969-1977 (Coll-1461)

Hull History Centre (Hull University Archives)

  • Betty Mackereth, secretary: papers rel to Philip Larkin, incl corresp, cards and photographs c1960-1989 (U DX/372)

Kingston University Archives and Special Collections

  • Jean Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher: letters from Iris Murdoch to architect Stephen Gardiner. c1973-1990 (KUAS130)
  • Jean Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher: letters from Murdoch to Leo Pliatzky 1943-1978 (KUAS134)
  • Jean Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher: letters from Murdoch to sculptor Rachel Fenner. 1964-1993 (KUAS118)
  • Jean Iris Murdoch, novelist and philosopher: letters and poems from Murdoch to scholar and literary critic William Wallace Robson c1940-1959 (KUAS121)
  • Wendy Perriam, author: corresp, publicity, personal and research papers with drafts c1940-2013 (KUAS91)
  • Iris Murdoch Society, UK: papers, newsletters and programmes 1987-2013 (KUAS30, KUAS36, KUAS59, KUAS31)
  • Women's Prize for Fiction: corresp, minutes and publicity 1992-2009 (KUAS74)

Leeds University Library, Special Collections

  • Nell Moody (nee Burra), soprano: personal and work papers 1918-1996 (SPCOLL/2013/14)
  • Patricia Tyrell, novelist: notebooks, photographs and manuscript of the novel 'A Lion in a Secret Place' 1958-2013 (SPCOLL/2013/31)

Leicester University Library: Special Collections

  • Ann Cartwright, author: manuscripts of children's books, published children's books, essay on the work of Reg Cartwright c1960-2000 (RAC)

London University: King's College Archives

  • Amy Katherine Bullock, nurse, MBE: memoir of nursing career, incl time training at King's College Hospital School of Nursing (1926) and as Nursing Supervisor for the state of Assam, India (1947-1961) 1920-1961 (KH/NL/PP15)

London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

  • Gertrude Hughes, medical missionary: papers, corresp and reports rel to missionary work in China and South India 1960s (MS 381194)
  • Jessie Watson, missionary: personal papers, photographs, notebooks and slides c1940-1989 (MS 381187)

London University: Senate House Library

  • Joan Lluis Gili i Serra, bookseller, publisher, translator and founder of the Dolphin Book Company: records incl personal papers, author files and stock lists for the Dolphin Bookshop c1903-2004 (MS1197)

Museum of English Rural Life

  • Dora Jessie Saint, author as 'Miss Read': manuscripts and proofs 1955-1996 (D DX2011)
  • Ruth Timbrell, farm manager: business records, catalogues and photographs 1910-1970 (FR DX2014)
  • Women's Farm and Garden Association: records incl minutes, members records, visitors books, corresp, journals and newsletters 1915-2003 (SR DX2042)

Oxford Brookes University: Special Collections

  • Ilse Judy McDonald, student, Dorset House School of Occupational Therapy: papers incl coursework, corresp, photographs and examination papers 1946-1960 (JMcD)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library of Commonwealth and African Studies at Rhodes House

  • Evelyn Mary Foxley, nurse: papers rel to her work nursing for the Universities Mission to Central Africa, based in Tanganyika, incl journals, corresp, articles, notes and photographs c1930-1939 (7104)
  • Margaret Rosary Haswell, rural economist: academic papers rel to agriculture, population and economics in Africa and Asia c1950-1999 (9494)
  • Flora Shaw, Lady Lugard, Colonial Editor of the Times: corresp, personal and working papers and material rel to the Jameson Raid and the Boer War 19th-20th cent (5781 MSS. Brit. Emp. s. 590)
  • Margaret Stanton, political campaigner: papers rel to Birmingham and Oxford Anti-Apartheid groups incl minutes, cuttings and leaflets incl material about Namibia c1960-2008 (7721)
  • Peg Sunley, of Malawi: diaries and audio cassettes rel to life in Nyasaland/Malawi 1951-2006 (8221)

Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Western Manuscripts

  • Gore-Booth family, baronets, of Lissadill: family, diplomatic, political and personal papers of Patricia Gore-Booth 20th-21st cent (Acc 9423)
  • Dame Louise Napier Johnson, biochemist and crystallographer: papers incl laboratory notebooks, corresp, lab progress reports and audio-visual materials 20th-21st cent (Acc 7132, 9421)
  • Bronwen Loder, scientist, Human Genome Organisation: corresp and papers 20th cent (Acc 9279)
  • Emma Nicholson, Baroness Nicholson of Winterbourne, MP and MEP: additional papers (28 boxes) rel to AMAR International Charitable Foundation 20th-21st cent (Acc 7077)
  • Carola Mary Anima Oman, wife of Sir Gerald Lenanton, writer: corresp and papers incl material rel to her literary work, with artwork and photographs, and some Oman family material 19th-20th cent (Acc 9303)

Oxford University: Griffith Institute

  • Amelia Ann Blanford Edwards, novelist and Egyptologist: additional album of drawings entitled 'Small Egyptian Scraps' 1874 (A. A. B. Edwards MSS)

Oxford University: St Antony's College: Middle East Centre Archive

  • Monica Wilson, journalist: letters to her parents while in Palestine 1943-1948 (0573)

Sheffield University Library

  • Cathy Lovett, poet: poetry and photography 1945-2013 (MS 436)

Sussex University Library Special Collections

  • May Sinclair, author, Suffragist and critic: books and papers c1870-1948 (SxMs172)
  • Adeline Virginia Woolf, novelist and critic: pocket engagement diaries (8) recording social and personal life 1930-1941 (SxMs 18/4/41)

Swansea University Archives

  • Elaine Morgan, screenwriter and author: research material and library rel to The Aquatic Ape hypothesis c1980-2010 (2013/24)

University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections

  • Vera Moody, pianist and educationalist: letters incl eye-witness account of events during the Russian revolution of February 1917 1917-2011 (MS866)

University of Bristol: Theatre Collection

  • Stephanie Cole, actress: additional papers rel to Coronation Street, Cabin Pressure and other productions (2013/065)
  • Norah Lambourne, artist and designer: designs, cuttings, photographs and papers (2013/047)
  • Flora Robson, actress: letters to John Whitehead and to Dolly and Mary Cleghorn with research papers of Richard Purver (2013/012)
  • Yolanda Sonnabend, theatre designer, artist: additional designs, production files and set models (2013/044)
  • Susannah York, actress: cuttings, scripts programmes, AV material and ephemera rel to her professional career (2013/020)

University of Reading: Special Collections

  • Mary Montgomerie Currie (also known as Violet Fane), poet and novelist: sketchbook 1859-1863 (MS 5514)
  • Annabel Jones, writer: research notes for the book 'A History of Longmans and Their Books' by Asa Briggs, published by Longmans in 2008 1959-2003 (MS 5490)
  • Barbara Ovstedal, author: research notes, corresp, book reviews and agreements c1960-2012 (MS 5507)
  • A E Priestly, author: corresp rel to the publication 'Learning about Heraldry', published by Ladybird Books Ltd, and poetry for the published collection 'Midland Miniatures' 1923-1974 (MS 5499)

University of Southampton Library

  • Cecilia Maureen Anne Baring, writer: papers incl corresp with CS Lewis, Rosemary Suttcliff and others, notebooks, photographs and publications 20th cent (MS 399)
  • Judith Lask Grubler, writer: corresp and papers, mainly poetry and prose c1930-1963 (MS 376)
  • Edith Noble: papers rel mainly to her work with the League of Jewish Women, the Association of Jewish Women's Organisations and the International Council of Jewish Women c1950-2005 (MS 381)