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Minutes of the Mrs Haweis Memorial Loan Fund Committee, 1901 - 1942

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0271/GCIP SPTW 2/4

Scope and Contents

Mary Joy Haweis (1852-1898) was the daughter of an artist and a writer on artistic dress and interior decoration. She was also a supporter of the suffrage movement. On her death her family and friends collected £160 for a memorial fund for ‘Poor Girls: to enable English and American girls between the ages of 12 and 20 years to learn a self-supporting trade or engage in a remunerative occupation, either by paying for their instruction, providing them with board, lodging or outfit, supplying them with travelling money or a premium for obtaining employment’, with an emphasis on technical training. In its early years the fund was administered jointly by a committee comprising representatives from the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women, the Women’s Institute (Secretarial Training Department) and the Central Bureau. The fund was entrusted to the Society for Promoting the Employment of Women in 1902.

Dates

  • Creation: 1901 - 1942

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

From the Fonds:

Priority access to designated officers of Futures for Women (in line with the Archive's procedures). A number of files in this collection have been closed in accordance with Data Protection regulations, although the relevant catalogue entries are available online.

Extent

3 volume(s) : Paper

Language of Materials

English

Former / Other Reference

GCIP SPTW 1/10

Related Materials

See also GCIP SPTW 5/3/1 for records of the administration of the Mrs Haweis Memorial Loan Training Fund, including a record of repayment of loans from the fund.

Originator(s)

Mrs Haweis Memorial Loan Fund Committee; Society for Promoting the Employment of Women; Society for Promoting the Training of Women

Finding aid date

2016-06-20 15:20:35+00:00

Repository Details

Part of the Girton College Archive Repository

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