Records of Corfield House Home, Rustington, Sussex

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 2180 TCS/F/02/088
Held at	: Children's Society   Click here to find out how to view this collection at http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/ ›
Full title	: Records of Corfield House Home, Rustington, Sussex
Date(s)	: 1952-1981
Level of description	: Sub-fonds
Extent	: 5 volumes and 1 file
Name of creator(s)	: Corfield House Home, Rustington, Sussex

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

Corfield House Home, Rustington, Sussex, was opened in 1951. In 1971, Fairlight Home (The Blanche Wimbridge Trust), which was also based in Rustington, closed down, and the residents and some of the staff from the Fairlight Home were moved into Corfield House Home. Corfield House Home closed in 1981. More information about Corfield House Home can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/homes/RUSTI01.html

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

Records created and used by Corfield House Home, Rustington, Sussex. Includes the following: Minutes of the local committee, 1965-1981; Gifts books, 1968-1978; Admissions register, 1952-1981; Registers of punishments, 1954-1981; Visitors books, 1952-1971.

Access & Use

Language/scripts of material:
English

System of arrangement:

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Conditions governing access:

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Conditions governing reproduction:

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Finding aids:

A catalogue of records relating to Corfield House Home, Rustington, can be found on the Hidden Lives Revealed website: http://www.hiddenlives.org.uk/including_the_excluded/files/Records%20relating%20to%20Corfield%20House%20Home%20Rustington.pdf

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

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Allied Materials

Related material:

Files of correspondence and documents relating to the running of Corfield House Home can be found in TCS/F/07/79-83. Correspondence, documents and plans relating to the Corfield House building can be found in TCS/J/03/110-111,113-119. Records of Fairlight Home (The Blanche Wimbridge Trust), Rustington, Sussex, can be found in TCS/F/02/089.

Publication note:

Description Notes

Archivist's note:
Entry transcribed by Geoff Browell.

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:
August 2013