Identity area
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Title
Date(s)
- 1904 - 1986 (Creation)
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Extent and medium
1 archival box and 1 large embroidered photo album
Context area
Name of creator
Biographical history
Mary Lonsdale was a judicial officer and general secretary of the Scottish Co-operative Women’s Guild. She was appointed as one of His Majesty’s Justices of the Peace for the County of Lanark in 1933. Throughout her life she was a part of many organisations: she joined the Lanark County Advisory committee in 1942, and was later appointed to the Lower Ward Advisory Committee in 1948, then again in 1960. She was given the position of General Secretary for the Co-operative Guild in 1950. She also spent time on the Herring Industry Advisory Council from the late sixties through to the seventies, as well as the Scottish Council of Industrial Design. In 1986 she was offered an honorary membership for the Scottish Co-operative Guild.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
2019-23
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Papers of Mary Lonsdale who was a general secretary of the Scottish Co-operative Women's Guild. Includes; correspondence, books, typed and handwritten notes relating to running of the Guild, conference speeches, photographs
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
No further accruals expected
System of arrangement
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Language and script notes
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Finding aids
Descriptive list available on request: info@womenslibrary.org.uk
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
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Notes area
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Subject access points
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Name access points
- Mary Lonsdale, general secretary of SCWG (Subject)
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Description control area
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Institution identifier
Rules and/or conventions used
ISAD(G): General International Standard Archival Description, International Council on Archives (2nd edition, 2000)
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Level of detail
Dates of creation revision deletion
Created by Kate Aitkenhead, February, 2022
Language(s)
- English