HILL, Kathleen (b 1900)

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 106 7KHI
Held at	: Women's Library   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.lse.ac.uk/Library/Collections/Collection-highlights/The-Womens-Library ›
Full title	: HILL, Kathleen (b 1900)
Date(s)	: 1996
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 0.5 A box (1 folder)
Name of creator(s)	: Hill | Kathleen | b 1900 | social worker

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Kathleen Hill (1900-) was born in 1900. During her life she was involved in the operation of the Poor Law after the 1930 Poor Law Act, which introduced limited financial public assistance and which was means tested from the following year. From that point onwards, only the aged found their way into the Workhouses and outdoor relief introduced. She went on to be a member of the National Assistance Board that replaced it after the 1948 National Assistance Act.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The archive consists of typescript reminiscences relating to her role in the operation of the Poor Law during the 1930s and the National Assistance Board that superseded it in 1940.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

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:

Finding aids:

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

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated to the Library by Joan Waddleton in 1996.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

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:
28/02/2008