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relating to her role in the operation of the Poor Law during the 1930s and the National Assistance Board that superseded it in 1940.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