Focus on
Queer classified adverts and love letters in the 1920s
In an era when the law criminalised your love, how was it possible to meet members of the same sex and communicate?
Series
Women's National Commission: Committee Records: Bound Volumes (W Series)
Catalogue reference: LH 2
What's it about?
LH 2
This series consists of the agenda, minutes and papers of the Women's National Commission. It includes some photographs from the Opening Reception held by the Commission, held prior to its Inaugural Meeting. Meetings were very broad-ranging...
Full description and record details
-
Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- LH 2
-
Title (The name of the record)
- Women's National Commission: Committee Records: Bound Volumes (W Series)
-
Date (When the record was created)
- 1969-1987
-
Description (What the record is about)
-
This series consists of the agenda, minutes and papers of the Women's National Commission. It includes some photographs from the Opening Reception held by the Commission, held prior to its Inaugural Meeting. Meetings were very broad-ranging regarding both women's issues as they affect public affairs, and the role of women in public life generally.
-
Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
-
Former file reference number order.
-
Held by (Who holds the record)
- The National Archives, Kew
-
Former department reference (Former identifier given by the originating creator)
- W
-
Legal status (A note as to whether the record being described is a Public Record or not)
- Public Record(s)
-
Language (The language of the record)
- English
-
Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
-
- Cabinet Office, 1916-1916
- Women's National Commission, 1969-2010
-
Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 17 volume(s)
-
Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
- Open
-
Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
-
in 2012 Department for Communities and Local Government
-
Subjects (Categories and themes found in our collection (our subject list is under development, and some records may have no subjects or fewer than expected))
-
- Topics
- Sex and gender
-
Custodial history (Describes where and how the record has been held from creation to transfer to The National Archives)
- Womens National Commission [1969-2010]. Department of Communities and Local Government [2011].
-
Accruals (Indicates whether the archive expects to receive further records in future)
- Series is not accruing.
-
Selection and destruction information (Information about how the record was selected for archiving)
- OSP 35 - All volumes have been recommended for retention as they comprise the high level policy direction of the Commission.
-
Administrative / biographical background (Historical or biographical information about the creator of the record and the context of its creation)
-
Minutes, agendas and meeting papers of the Commission itself and of its executive and international committees were prepared and the final versions bound as volumes by the Cabinet Office. The Cabinet Office provided the secretariat.
-
Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C11669499/
Catalogue hierarchy
Over 27 million records
44 records
You are currently looking at the series: LH 2
Women's National Commission: Committee Records: Bound Volumes (W Series)
You may be interested in
Read stories that share a catalogue subject with this record.
-
-
Focus on
Queer love and friendship: 1920s Fitzroy Square
Though surveillance documents, we can learn about vibrant gatherings in the 1920s, the people involved and the passionate, intimate letters that survive. -
Focus on
Olga Gray and the Woolwich Arsenal Spy Ring
In 1938, thanks to years of work by a remarkable female agent, MI5 ensured a package of British defence plans stayed secret.
Related records
Records that share similar topics with this record.