Sub-series
FILES ON INDIVIDUALS: FILES LABELLED 'ALIASES AND BEGGING LETTERS MAS-MOF'
Catalogue reference: A/FWA/C/D/346-351
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- A/FWA/C/D/346-351
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Title (The name of the record)
- FILES ON INDIVIDUALS: FILES LABELLED 'ALIASES AND BEGGING LETTERS MAS-MOF'
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The files are listed in three alphabetical sequences; the first group consists of miscellaneous files on individuals; the two other groups consist of two surviving box files from an alphabetical series labelled 'Aliases and Begging Letters'.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- London Metropolitan Archives: City of London
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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FILES ON INDIVIDUALS ARE CLOSED TO CONSULTATION. Permission for access may be obtained from the Director of the Family Welfare Association.
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Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
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The files on individuals originally formed part of the main series of Enquiry Department files on charities and were numbered in the same series. In the 1930s the files on individuals seem to have been separated from the main series and arranged alphabetically.
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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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Most of the files on individuals relate to the writers of begging letters or to the promoters of spurious charitable appeals. Some of the files on individuals do, however, relate to charitable appeals which were entirely bona fide. The cases of people writing begging letters were investigated by the C.O.S. district committee for the area in which they were living, who would assist them if they considered they were deserving of help. Only files on notorious writers of begging letters were retained by the Central Enquiry Department.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/9a4f8d30-ccbc-4565-9ced-54b8915072e1/
Series information
A/FWA/C/D
ENQUIRY DEPARTMENT
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FILES ON INDIVIDUALS: FILES LABELLED 'ALIASES AND BEGGING LETTERS MAS-MOF'