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Huddersfield Female Educational Institute

Catalogue reference: HFE

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This record is about the Huddersfield Female Educational Institute dating from 1846-1883.

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Reference
HFE
Title
Huddersfield Female Educational Institute
Date
1846-1883
Description

This archive tells the story of the history of the female educational institute, one of the oldest in the country. It includes minutes (1856-1872), rules (n.d.), annual reports (1858-1882), attendance records (1848-1883), teachers' records (1882-1883), wages (1858-1881), membership records (1853-1883), expenditure (1846-1875), library records (1857-1883), letters (1867-1883) and miscellaneous (1873-1883). The minutes and annual reports are important sources for the administration of the Institute and the admission records give details of the actual students, their ages, addresses and occupations. Receipted bills give full accounts of the costs of living and the equipment needed for running the Institute and its Library.

Related material

Gerrard, Teresa and Weedon, Alexis, 'Working-Class Women's Education in Huddersfield: A Case Study of the Female Educational Institute Library, 1856–1857' DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.7560/IC49205

Held by
Heritage Quay - University of Huddersfield Archives
Creator(s)
University of Huddersfield; 1992-Present
Physical description
5 boxes
Administrative / biographical background

The Huddersfield Female Educational Institute, formed in 1846, was one of the first in the country. In 1884 it joined with the Huddersfield Mechanics' Institution to become the Huddersfield Technical School and Mechanics' Institute.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7e199b20-59df-4ed6-a376-7a4089091129/

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Huddersfield Female Educational Institute