IDENTITY STATEMENT
Reference code(s): GB 0106 3/JSM
Held at: Women's Library
Title: Records of the James Stansfeld Memorial Trust
Date(s): 1895-1934
Level of description: Collection
Extent: 3 boxes
Name of creator(s): James Stansfeld Memorial Trust
CONTEXT
Administrative/Biographical history:
The James Stansfeld Memorial Trust was established in 1896. Its creation was the result of a 'women's testimonial' raised on his retirement from parliament the previous year. The amount raised was used to promote his aim of equality of the sexes through a number of methods. Firstly, there was the appointment of a scrutineer to observe parliament's actions on the question of women's suffrage and report to the trustees. Secondly, they held conferences, notably on the subject of solicitation and the law in 1917. Finally, after World War One, a series of three memorial lectures on the position of women were held at University College, London. A book on Stansfeld was commissioned by the trust in 1928 and published in 1932 with the title 'James Stansfeld, A Victorian Champion of Sex Equality'. Two years later, the Trust was wound up and the remaining funds distributed between the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene and the Josephine Butler Memorial Home.
CONTENT
Scope and content/abstract:
Records of the James Stansfeld Memorial Trust, 1895-1934. The collection contains papers regarding the presentation of the Women's Testimonial to James Stansfeld (1895); draft and final deed of trust (1895-6); minutes of trustees meetings with list of recipients of book (1896-1934), address books, financial papers including ledgers (1896-1934), cash book (1896-1934) and bankbook (1896-1934), conference papers and related correspondence (1917); lists, manuscripts and press cuttings of lecture series (1921-1925); papers related to the publication of the book on James Stansfeld (1928-1934); papers on women's suffrage (1907-8); scrutineers reports (1896-1902, 1904-1915); annual reports (1896-1915); obituary of G W Johnson.
ACCESS AND USE
Language/scripts of material: English
System of arrangement:
Conditions governing access:
This collection is open for consultation. Intending readers are advised to contact The Women's Library in advance of their first visit.
Conditions governing reproduction:
Finding aids:
ARCHIVAL INFORMATION
Archival history:
The records were deposited with the Association for Moral and Social Hygiene when the Trust was dissolved in 1934. They came to the Library with the Josephine Butler collection in 1957.
Immediate source of acquisition:
ALLIED MATERIALS
DESCRIPTION NOTES
Archivist's note: Created and used with the kind permission of the Archives Hub. Amended by Genesis Project Manager, April 2002.
Date(s) of descriptions: 29/10/2001