WOMEN'S SUFFRAGE COLLECTION
from Manchester Central Library

Part 1: Lydia Becker and the Manchester Society for Womens Suffrage

Part 2: The Papers of Millicent Garrett Fawcett - sections on Womens Suffrage, Education, Employment, Welfare, the First World War and other Womens Issues

Technical Note

Our microfilm publications have been prepared and produced in accordance with recommended and established guidelines for the production of microfilm of superior quality. These conform to the recommendations for the standard guides to good microfilming and micropublishing practice.

Attention should be drawn to the nature of the original material. With the volumes of Autograph Correspondence, Letters and other material affixed or pasted into bound volumes, we have carefully screened behind each item as necessary to provide a clear image. In a few instances, text is written in several directions on particular documents - vertical, horizontal and upside down. Where necessary, volumes have been turned to capture more easily all such text which would otherwise have been more difficult to decipher, Most of the Collection comprises folders of loose manuscript material. Other papers consist of newscuttings, pamphlets and periodicals. A few volumes are quite tightly bound.
A few items, particularly newscuttings, are in a rather fragile condition. A few manuscript documents consist of faintly legible correspondences and records written with a variety of inks, pens and pencils or on paper which has become slightly discoloured and stained.

These original characteristics present problems of image and contrast which stringent tests and camera alterations cannot entirely overcome. Every effort has been made to minimise these difficulties.
The most responsible care had been exercised by the filming staff of Bell & Howell Ltd (Micromedia Limited) in the filming of this unique collection and this microfilm publication meets the standards established by the Association for Information and Image Management (AIIM) and the American National Standards Institute (ANSI).

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