London Feminist History Group

Identity Statement

Reference code(s)	: GB 106 5LFH
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	: London Feminist History Group
Date(s)	: 1980-1986
Level of description	: fonds
Extent	: 0.25 A box
Name of creator(s)	: London Feminist History Group
Detailed catalogue	: Click here to view repository detailed catalogue

Context

Administrative/Biographical history:

The London Feminist History Group (1973-1989) was established in 1973 as an informal discussion group that met in the homes of participating members and was the first organisation of its kind in the UK. Its main function was to provide a supportive and productive atmosphere in which to create works of feminist history and to support new women's studies course students. The general emphasis was to share information and problems and provide support and stimulus to those women doing research. Members were defined as those who took part in each meeting; these meetings were led by one or two women who acted as convenors and undertook the administration of the organisation for a year before passing the role to another. The group invited speakers to address meetings on a regular basis as well as holding 'work in progress'; meetings were members discussed their own projects. From its beginning, the group had close links with the Women's Research and Resources Centre through a number of mutual members and the two organisations shared homes over a period of several years until the early 1980s. The group was wound-up in 1989.

Content

Scope and content/abstract:

The archive consists of: 3 attendance books (one book includes accounts).

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:

The Women's Library catalogue

Archival Information

Archival history:

Immediate source of acquisition:

Donated in 1991 by a former member of the London Feminist History Group.

Allied Materials

Related material:

The Women's Library also holds the Papers of Anna Davin (7ADA), who was a member of the London Feminist History Group; the Records of the Women's Research and Resources Centre (5WRR); papers of Pat Caplin (7PAC). The Women's Library Printed Collections holds some publications by the London Feminist History Group.

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:
16/06/2008