WOMEN, POLITICS AND WELFARE
The Papers of Nancy Astor, 1879-1964, from Reading University Library
Part 2: Subject Files - Children and the Family
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Adoption
MS 1416/1/1/1-3: General Correspondence, 1927-1930
MS 1416/1/1/4-7: Information and letters to societies, 1924-1930
MS 1416/1/1/139: Correspondence and papers, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/445: Correspondence and papers, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/567: Correspondence and papers, 1944
Baby Week
MS 1416/1/1/54: Baby Week Council, 1920
Child Welfare
MS 1416/1/1/63-67: General correspondence, 1923-1929
MS 1416/1/1/68: McMillan Training School, 1929
MS 1416/1/1/69: General correspondence, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/70: Canal Boats Bill, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/71: Nursery schools; general
MS 1416/1/1/72-74: Nursery schools, 1925-1927
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Child Welfare
MS 1416/1/1/75: Nursery schools, 1928
MS 1416/1/1/76: Nursery schools, 1929
MS 1416/1/1/77: Nursery schools, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/78: Provision of footwear, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/79: Rachel McMillan Nursery School, 1927
MS 1416/1/1/80: Rachel McMillan School and College, Deptford, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/81: International Congress, Geneva
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Child Welfare
MS 1416/1/1/963: General correspondence, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/964: General information, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/965: Nursery schools, 1931
MS 1416/1/1/966: Nursery schools, 1932
MS 1416/1/1/967: Nursery schools, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/968: Rachel McMillan Centre, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/969: The foundling site, 1932
MS 1416/1/1/970: Lipton Trustees, 1931
MS 1416/1/1/161-62: General correspondence, 1935-1936
MS 1416/1/1/163-65: General information, 1934-1936
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Child Welfare
MS 1416/1/1/1166-67: The foundling site, 1935-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1168-69: Nursery schools, 1934-1935
MS 1416/1/1/1170: Nursery schools, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1171: Margaret McMillan Home, Wrotham, 1934-1935
MS 1416/1/1/1174: The foundling site, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/1175: Nursery schools. Superintendent reports.
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Child Welfare
MS 1416/1/1/1459: General correspondence, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1460: General information, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1461: Nursery schools, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1462: The foundling site, 1937
Education
MS 1416/1/1/198: General correspondence to December 1924
MS 1416/1/1/199: General correspondence, January December 1925
MS 1416/1/1/200-04: General correspondence, 1926-1930
MS 1416/2/2/205: Special schools, 1925-1927
MS 1416/1/1/206-07: Special schools, 1928-1929
MS 1416/1/1/208: School leaving age to 1927
MS 1416/1/1/209-10: School leaving age to 1929-1930
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Education
MS 1416/1/1/211: School leaving age, Plymouth, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/212: Non-provided schools, 1928-1929
MS 1416/1/1/213: Teachers pay to 1929
MS 1416/1/1/214: Women teachers grievances
MS 1416/1/1/215: Women teachers to 1927
MS 1416/1/1/216-17: Women teachers, 1929-1931
MS 1416/1/1/218: Womens colleges, 1923
MS 1416/1/1/219: Womens colleges, 1925
MS 1416/1/1/220: Womens colleges, 1926-1927
MS 1416/1/1/221: Womens colleges, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/222: Statistics to 1922
MS 1416/1/1/223: Circular 1371
MS 1416/1/1/224: Information, 1923-1924
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Education
MS 1416/1/1/225: Information, 1925
MS 1416/1/1/226: Information and statistics, 1926
MS 1416/1/1/227: Information and cuttings, 1927
MS 1416/1/1/228-229: Information and statistics, 1928-1929
MS 1416/1/1/230: Information and statistics, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/991: General correspondence, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/922: School leaving age, 1931
MS 1416/1/1/993: Teachers pay, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/994: General statistics and cuttings, 1931-1933 & circular 1421
MS 1416/1/1/1201-02: General correspondence, 1935-1936
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Education
MS 1416/1/1/1203: General correspondence, November 1933-1934
MS 1416/1/1/1204: Approved schools, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1205-07: School leaving age, 1934-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1208: School leaving age, Plymouth, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1209-10: Teachers pay, 1935-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1211: General statistics, 1935
MS 1416/1/1/1212: Information, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1213: Ten Year Plan
MS 1416/1/1/1214: Juvenile unemployment
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Education
MS 1416/1/1/1215: School leaving age, 1934
MS 1416/1/1/1474: General correspondence, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1475: Ten Year Plan, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1612: General information, 1941
MS 1416/1/1/1613: Post-war Conservative plans
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Family Endowment
MS 1416/1/1/250-51: General correspondence, 1927-1928
MS 1416/1/1/252: General correspondence, 1929
MS 1416/1/1/253: General correspondence, 1930
MS 1416/1/1/254: General information, 1927
MS 1416/1/1/998: General information, 1931-1933
Guardianship
MS 1416/1/1/273: General information, 1925
MS 1416/1/1/274: General information, 1926-1927
MS 1416/1/1/275-76: Correspondence with societies, 1922-1924
MS 1416/1/1/277: Correspondence with societies, 1925
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Guardianship
MS 1416/1/1/277: Correspondence with societies, 1925 (contd)
MS 1416/1/1/278: Correspondence with societies, 1926
Headmistresses
MS 1416/1/1/279: Headmistresses, 1925
Hong Kong Slavery
MS 1416/1/1/312: Housing, 1923
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Infant Welfare and Maternity
MS 1416/1/1/397: General correspondence, 1923
MS 1416/1/1/398: General correspondence, 1924-1925
MS 1416/1/1/399: General correspondence, 1926-1927
MS 1416/1/1/400-402: General correspondence, 1928-1930
MS 1416/1/1/403: Washington Maternity Convention, 1923
MS 1416/1/1/1020: General information, 1932
MS 1416/1/1/1262-63: General correspondence, 1934-1935
MS 1416/1/1/1264: General correspondence 1936 and Midwives Bill
MS 1416/1/1/1490: General correspondence and information, 1937
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Milk
MS 1416/1/1/498: Milk, 1923
MS 1416/1/1/499: Milk, 1924-1925
MS 1416/1/1/500-04: Milk, 1926-1930
MS 1416/1/1/1034: Milk, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/1305-07: Milk, 1934-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1308: Milk, 1934
MS 1416/1/1/1507-08: Milk, 1937
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Playing Fields
MS 1416/1/1/738-41: Playing fields, 1925-1928
Prospective Legislation: Childrens Bills
MS 1416/1/1/1698: Various Childrens Bills 1901-1932 including Children and Young Persons Bill 1932, A Bill on the Employment of Young Persons 1930, Employment of Children Act, 1903, Childrens Bill 1930, Education Bill 1917, Report on the Employment of School Children 1901, Report on Exemption from School Attendance 1909, and Report on the Employment of Children 1903.
MS 1416/1/1/1699: Protection of Children Bill: correspondence, case reports and conference reports
MS 1416/1/1/1700: Childrens Bill 1932: speech material and notes
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Prospective Legislation: Childrens Bills
MS 1416/1/1/1701: Childrens Bill 1932: Government and other reports
MS 1416/1/1/1702: Childrens Bill 1932: correspondence concerning the Wage Earning Children clause
MS 1416/1/1/1703: Childrens Bill: Wage Earning Children
MS 1416/1/1/1704: Childrens Bill: summary; new clause
MS 1416/1/1/1705: Childrens Bill: MP support and cabinet letters
MS 1416/1/1/1706: Childrens Bill: Parliamentary procedure points
MS 1416/1/1/1707: Childrens Bill: Attitude of County Councils
MS 1416/1/1/1708: Childrens Bill: organisations supporting the Wage Earning Amendment
MS 1416/1/1/1709: Childrens Bill: correspondence concerning miscellaneous clauses
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Prospective Legislation: Childrens Bills
MS 1416/1/1/1710: Childrens Bill: resolutions from societies concerning miscellaneous clauses; reports and official documents concerning the international attitude
Juveniles, Cruelty
MS 1416/1/1/1025: Juveniles, Cruelty, 1933
Juveniles
MS 1416/1/1/1026: Juveniles, General
MS 1416/1/1/1288-90: Juveniles, 1934-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1500: Juveniles, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1623: Juvenile Delinquency, 1943
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Juveniles
MS 1416/1/1/1623: Juvenile Delinquency, 1943 (contd)
Slavery
MS 1416/1/1/1087-89: Slavery, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/1400: Slavery, 1935
Children in Institutions
MS 1416/1/1/1584: Children in institutions: Times correspondence, 1944
Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1807: Aberdeen, 1935-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1808: America, 1937-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1809: Letters of appreciation, 1934
MS 1416/1/1/1810: Ashford Residential School, 1940
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1811: Balham, 1934-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1812: Battersea, 1931
MS 1416/1/1/1813: Bebington, 1935-1936
MS 1416/1/1/1814: Belfast, 1936-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1815: Blaydon, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1816: Bradford, 1931-1941
MS 1416/1/1/1817: Branspeth, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1818: Brighton, 1932-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1819: Brynmawr, 1934-1935
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1820: Byker (Newcastle Upon Tyne), 1935-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1821: Cardiff, 1933-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1822: Chester, 1934-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1823: Cookham, 1940
MS 1416/1/1/1824: Coulsdon, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/1825: Croydon, 1932-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1826: Commitments, gifts etc, 1926-1939 ( provides lists giving overview of Nancy Astors involvement and activities)
MS 1416/1/1/1827: Darlington, 1933-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1828: Deptford, 1936-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1829: Derby, 1938-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1830: Deritend, 1938-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1831: Dropmoor, 1939
MS 1416/1/1/1832: Dudley, 1937-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1833: Dundee, 1933
MS 1416/1/1/1834: Emergency Open Air Nurseries, 1933-1934
MS 1416/1/1/1835: Falkirk, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1836: Fulham
MS 1416/1/1/1837: Gainsborough, 1923
MS 1416/1/1/1838: Gateshead, 1931-1936
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1839: Hadfield, 1937-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1840: Harrow, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1841: Haydon Bridge Holiday Home, 1938
MS 1416/1/1/1842: Hebburn
MS 1416/1/1/1843: Hoxton, 1937-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1844: Information, general
MS 1416/1/1/1845: Jarrow, 1934-1940
MS 1416/1/1/1846: Kensal House, 1940
MS 1416/1/1/1847: North Kensington, 1932-1933
MS 1416/1/1/1848: Kentish Town, 1935
MS 1416/1/1/1849: Kettering, 1933-1935
MS 1416/1/1/1850: Kidsgrove, 1936-1940
MS 1416/1/1/1851: Lantern Slides, 1932
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1852: Leeds, 1934-1939
MS 1416/1/1/1853: Lincoln, 1931-1933
MS 1416/1/1/1854: Liverpool, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1855: Margaret McMillan School, 1931
MS 1416/1/1/1856: Maryport, 1932-1933
MS 1416/1/1/1857: Merthyr Tydfil, 1933-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1858: Middlesborough, 1934-1935
MS 1416/1/1/1859: Miscellaneous, 1933-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1860: North Islington, 1932-1934
MS 1416/1/1/1861: North Shields, 1934, 1935-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1862: Tours in the North of England, 1938-1940
MS 1416/1/1/1863: Tours in South Wales, October 1938
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1864: Peckham, 1935-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1865: Plans for nursery schools, 1932
MS 1416/1/1/1866: Plymouth, 1932-1934
MS 1416/1/1/1867: Plymouth, 1935
MS 1416/1/1/1868: Plymouth, 1936
MS 1416/1/1/1869: Plymouth, 1937-1938
MS 1416/1/1/1870: Plymouth, 1939
MS 1416/1/1/1871: Portsmouth, 1937
MS 1416/1/1/1872: Rachel McMillan Training College, 1939
MS 1416/1/1/1873: Ratcliffe, 1936-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1874: Rhondda Appeal, 1932
MS 1416/1/1/1875: Stonehouse, 1936-1937
MS 1416/1/1/1876: Stonehouse, 1937
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1877: Stonehouse, 1938
MS 1416/1/1/1878: Wartime nursery schools 1939-1945, speeches and information 1939-1945, with supplementary file on the History of the Beginning of Nursery Schools.
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Nursery Schools
MS 1416/1/1/1879: Nursery schools, general and nursery centres, 1940
MS 1416/1/1/1880: Nursery schools, general and nursery centres, 1941-1942
MS 1416/1/1/1881: Nursery schools, 1952-1954
MS 1416/1/1/1882: Nursery schools, 1955-1957
MS 1416/1/1/1883: Nursery schools, 1958-1964
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