CHILDREN'S COUNTRY HOLIDAY FUND

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 0074 LMA/4040
Held at	: London Metropolitan Archives   Click here to find out how to view this collection at https://www.cityoflondon.gov.uk/lma ›
Full 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 & 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.

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

Related material:

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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:
June to August 2010.