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National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies: Portsmouth Branch


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0106 2PWS

Held at: Women's Library

Title: National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies: Portsmouth Branch

Date(s): 1913

Level of description: Collection

Extent: 1 A box

Name of creator(s): National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies: Portsmouth branch

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Portsmouth branch of the National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies (1909-1913) was established in 1909 with Miss Nora O'Shea as secretary and was a member of the Surrey, Sussex and Hants Federation of the NUWSS. It seems to have ceased work in 1913.

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

The archive consists of an illuminated album presented to 'Miss Norah O'Shea' containing signatures, 1913.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

LIMITED ACCESS - ITEM FRAGILE.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Collection level description available on-line on the Women's Library website

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Unknown, but probably deposited in the early years of the Library. The Accession Registers need to be checked.

ALLIED MATERIALS

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DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Archivist's note: Finding aid created by export from CALM v7.2.14 Archives Hub EAD2002. Edited for AIM25 by Sarah Drewery.

Rules or conventions: 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.

Date(s) of descriptions: 08/01/2008


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Women | Sex | Sex distribution
Womens organizations | Associations | Organizations
Womens suffrage | Electoral systems | Internal politics

Personal names

Corporate names
National Union of Women's Suffrage Societies | Portsmouth branch

Places
London | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe
Portsmouth | Hampshire | England | UK | Western Europe | Europe