Series
National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers
Catalogue reference: LAB 70
What's it about?
LAB 70
This series contains correspondence and papers of the National Institute of Houseworkers, comprising policy files, annual reports, training courses, publications, Board papers and minutes.
Full description and record details
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LAB 70
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Title (The name of the record)
- National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1945-1977
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Description (What the record is about)
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This series contains correspondence and papers of the National Institute of Houseworkers, comprising policy files, annual reports, training courses, publications, Board papers and minutes.
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Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
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Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
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Language (The language of the record)
- English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
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- National Institute of Housecraft Ltd, 1962-1972
- National Institute of Houseworkers, 1946-1962
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 76 files and volumes
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open unless otherwise stated
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Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
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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 National Institute of Houseworkers was set up in 1946 as a result of the Report on Post War Organisation of Private Domestic Employment (Cmd 6650) June 1945. The institute was established to supervise the training and placing of women and girls in approved private domestic employment; to award certificates of efficiency; and to regulate minimum wages and working conditions for certified workers placed in approved employment. Residential training centres were set up in London and Swansea. The institute was grant aided by the Ministry of Labour and National Service, though the grant was very much reduced in 1956. In 1962, it was renamed the National Institute of Housecraft Ltd, and was dissolved in 1972.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C10185/
Catalogue hierarchy
This record is held at The National Archives, Kew
Within the department: LAB
Records of departments responsible for labour and employment matters and related...
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National Institute of Houseworkers: Correspondence and Papers