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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 (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- HFE
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Title (The name of the record)
- Huddersfield Female Educational Institute
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1846-1883
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Description (What the record is about)
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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.
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Related material (A cross-reference to other related records)
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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
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- Heritage Quay - University of Huddersfield Archives
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- University of Huddersfield; 1992-Present
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 5 boxes
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Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
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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.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/7e199b20-59df-4ed6-a376-7a4089091129/
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This record is held at Heritage Quay - University of Huddersfield Archives
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Huddersfield Female Educational Institute