Pioneering Women Archivists in Early 20th Century England

This book tells the story of four remarkable women who laid the foundations of English local archives in the early 20th century: Ethel Stokes, Lilian Redstone, Catherine Jamison and Joan Wake.

List of contents

1. Beginnings; 2. Women's education in England before 1920; 3. Women record agents; 4. Great Historical Enterprises: the Victoria County History of England and the Complete Peerage; 5. Women's work in World War One; 6. Women, family, friendships; 7. Life of Chaucer Project at the University of Chicago; 8. National Associations for Records Preservation and for Archivists; 9. Women Archivists I; 10. Women Archivists II; 11. Endings

About the author

Dr Elizabeth Shepherd, Professor of Archives and Records Management, Department of Information Studies at University College London (UCL). Her research interests are in rights in records, information policy compliance, and government administrative data. She led the research project, MIRRA (Memory-Identity-Rights in Records-Access), which focused on information rights for care experienced adults. She is an acknowledged expert on the history of the archive profession in 20th Century England. She has published widely, including (with Geoffrey Yeo) the best-selling book Managing Records: a handbook of principles and practice (Facet Publishing, 2003) and the monograph, Archives and archivists in 20th century England (Ashgate, 2009).

Product details

• Authors: Elizabeth Shepherd, Shepherd Elizabeth
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Release: 11.07.2025
• EAN: 9781041073741
• ISBN: 978-1-0-4107374-1
• No. of pages: 240
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Media, communication > Book trade, library system; HISTORY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, HISTORY / Women, Social and cultural history, Early 20th century c 1900 to c 1950, Gender studies: women and girls, Library & Information Sciences, Library and information sciences / Museology