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YOUNGHUSBAND, Dame Eileen Louise, 1902-1981, social work pioneer


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0097 COLL MISC 1110

Held at: British Library of Political and Economic Science

Title: YOUNGHUSBAND, Dame Eileen Louise, 1902-1981, social work pioneer

Date(s): [1910-1920]

Level of description: Collection (fonds)

Extent: 2 items

Name of creator(s): Younghusband | Dame | Eileen Louise | 1902-1981 | social work pioneer

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

Born 1902; educated privately; social worker in South and East London, 1924-1929; student at the London School of Economics and Political Science, 1926-1929; Lecturer, LSE, 1929-1939 and 1944-1957; Principal Officer for Employment and Training, National Association of Girls' Clubs, 1939-1944; Director of British Council Social Welfare Courses, 1942-1944; Member, McNair Committee, 1943; Member, Departmental Committee on Social Workers in the Mental health Services, 1948; Member, Committee of Enquiry into the Law and Practice Relating to Charitable Trusts; Chairman, Ministry of Health Working Party on Social Workers in the Health and Welfare Services, 1959; Adviser, National Institute for Social Work Training, 1961-1967; President, International Association of Schools of Social Work, 1961-1968; Member, Committee on the Probation Service, 1962; DBE, 1964; member of various committees for penal reform, child care, youth service, care of old people, family welfare, social studies and international social work; René Sand Award, International Council on Social Welfare, 1976; Chairman, Hammersmith Juvenile Court; died 1981. Publications: The education and training of social workers (Carnegie UK Trust, 1947); Social work in Britain (Carnegie UK Trust, 1951); Social work and social change (London, 1964); Social work in Britain, 1950-1975: a follow-up study (Allen and Unwin, London, 1978); The newest profession: a short history of social work (Community Care, Sutton, 1981).

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Two photographs of Eileen Louise Younghusband, [1910-1920], a coloured miniature as a child, and a black and white photograph as a young girl.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

2 items.

Conditions governing access:

Apply to Archivist.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Apply to Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given in 1998.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

The British Library of Political and Economic Science also holds material relating to Eileen Younghusband in the papers of the BAECE (Ref: BAECE 7/3), Violet Rosa markham (Ref: Markham 7/40 and 25/91), and Richard Morris Titmuss (Ref: Titmuss).

The National Institute for Social Work, London, holds correspondence and papers, 1912-1981; the Oriental and India Office Collections, British Library, holds papers, 1942-1981 (Ref: Mss Eur F 197).

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Sources: Who's Who 1897-1996 (A & C Black, 1996); British Library On-Line Public Access Catalogue 97; Historical Manuscripts Commission National Register of Archives. Compiled by Sarah Aitchison as part of the RSLP AIM25 project.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: May 2001


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Social work

Personal names
Younghusband | Dame | Eileen Louise | 1902-1981 | social work pioneer

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