Record Details

CollectionSoroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland
NGOSoroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland
RepositorySoroptimist International of Great Britain and Ireland
Description

"The Federation of Great Britain and Ireland retains all records in both its active and archive files at its offices. Surviving papers include the minutes of the Executive Council, Programme Action Committee and the General Meetings; annual reports and various special reports on topics of concern to the Soroptimists (e.g. charitable funding, the environment, human rights and the status of women, etc.); annual audited accounts and ledgers for the previous ten years only, and correspondence and subject files." (source: Cook & Waller, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 1, 1994 and C. Cook, The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives, 2006).

 

The UK Web Archiving Consortium is archiving the Soroptimist International of Great Britain & Ireland's website on a regular basis. Researchers can access this archive here

Access Rights

"Persons wishing to have access to the papers should apply to the Secretary".

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Additional information

Over 50 local branches have deposited papers in a local repository -see collections listed by the NRA. Circa 10 online catalogues of these records can be found from the A2A website (advanced search with "Soroptimist" as founder of archive). There are also numerous minor references to Soroptimist International in A2A and AIM25.

Source of InformationC. Cook, The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives, 2006 and Cook & Waller, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 1, 1994; NRA; A2A; AIM 25
Last Edited at21/11/2007 10:44:27

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