Women's Collections 2

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 1924 HN 384 - HQ 2030
Held at	: Trades Union Congress (TUC) Library Collections at London Metropolitan University   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://student.londonmet.ac.uk/library/using-the-library/special-collections/trades-union-congress-library-collections/ ›
Full title	: Women's Collections 2
Date(s)	: 1900- 2008
Level of description	: Fonds
Extent	: 5 shelves of box files
Name of creator(s)	: Various: collected by TUC Library

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The TUC Library was established in 1922 and was based on the integrated collections of the TUC Parliamentary Committee, the Labour Party Information Bureau, and the Womens Trade Union League. It was run as a joint library with the Labour Party until the TUC moved to Congress House in 1956. The collection was developed for the use of the TUC and affiliated unions, but its specialisation has led to its parallel development as a major research library in the social sciences. In September 1996, the Collections moved to their new home in the London Metropolitan University. The Library includes several archives. The majority of these were held in the TUC Museum Collection and transferred to the University in 1998.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The library has many items relating to women, boxed by subject. Subjects include: poverty, family, marriage, contraception, abortion, child legislation, divorce, illegitimacy, International Women's Year, Equal Opportunities Commission, National Council of Women, Feminist Review, Women of Europe Newsletter.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

Chronological

Conditions governing access:

Open to bona fide researchers by appointment, at the discretion of the TUC Librarian.

Conditions governing reproduction:

Photocopying is permitted within the terms of copyright legislation, although copying of some items including fragile material is at the discretion of the librarian.

Finding aids:

A card index is available in the library, some material is catalogued in the online Library catalogue catalogue.londonmet.ac.uk

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Deposited with the TUC at an unknown date.

Allied Materials

Related material:

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:

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:
Live Jan 2010