IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0074 LMA/4040
Held at: London Metropolitan Archives
Title: CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY FUND
Date(s): 1884-1972
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 2.51 linear metres
Name of creator(s): Children's Country Holiday Fund
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The Children's Country Holidays Fund was set up in 1884 to provide "fresh air for ailing London children" (Annual Report 1884).
Its objective was to give invalid or disadvantaged children visits in the Country within a 50 mile radius of London of not less than 2 weeks. The children were boarded with local "cottagers" who were paid by the society to look after the children, along with a parental contribution.
Local Committees were set up in areas around London to select children felt to be worthy of such holidays.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the Children's Country Holiday Fund, comprising Executive minutes, Council Committee minutes and annual reports.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
The records have been divided into three sections: LMA/4040/01 Executive Minutes, LMA/4040/02 Council Committee Minutes, and LMA/4040/03 Annual Reports.
Conditions governing access:
Available for general access.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.
Physical characteristics:
Fit
Finding aids:
Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
Immediate source of acquisition:
Records deposited in 1998.
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Date(s) of descriptions: June to August 2010.