Pioneering Women Archivists in early 20th Century England

This book tells the story of four remarkable women who laid the foundations of English local archives in the early 20th century: Ethel Stokes, Lilian Redstone, Catherine Jamison and Joan Wake.

Autorentext

Dr Elizabeth Shepherd, Professor Emerita of Archives and Records Management, Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL).

Her research interests are in rights in records, information policy compliance, and government administrative data. She led the research project, MIRRA (Memory-Identity-Rights in Records-Access), which focused on information rights for care-experienced adults. She is an acknowledged expert on the history of the archive profession in 20th century England. She has published widely, including (with Geoffrey Yeo) the best-selling book Managing Records: a handbook of principles and practice (Facet Publishing, 2003) and the monograph, Archives and archivists in 20th Century England (Ashgate, 2009).

Inhalt

1. Beginnings; 2. Women's education in England before 1920; 3. Women record agents; 4. Great Historical Enterprises: the Victoria County History of England and the Complete Peerage; 5. Women's work in World War One; 6. Women, family, and friendships; 7. Life of Chaucer Project at the University of Chicago; 8. National Associations for Records Preservation and for Archivists; 9. Women Archivists I; 10. Women Archivists II; 11. Endings