| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/44/6 |
| Title | [NUWT East Ham branch records] |
| Date | 1923 - 1960 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and members of the East Ham Branch regarding the organisation and management of the East Ham branch.
The correspondence covers:
Discussion of the decision to disband the NUWT in 1961
Reports of branch meetings
Expressions of thanks from the General Secretary to those undertaking posts for the branch and those retiring from posts in the branch
Membership applications and renewals
Reports of actions undertaken by the branch and branch members in the campaign for equal pay and campaign to increase NUWT membership
Requests for NUWT literature
Reports of visits from Central Council members detailing how they felt the branch was being run
Nominations for Central Council
Reports of branch delegates, or lack of, to NUWT Annual Conference
Update of news from members including news of their work, their family and health
News of promotions, retirements and transfers to other schools and districts
Condolences from the General Secretary on the death of an East Ham branch member, Miss Campbell
Bookings for the equal pay film 'To be a Woman' directed by Jill Craigie
Request for advice regarding whether East Ham NUWT members should sign a petition the local National Union of Teachers have organised against the appointment of a new Headmaster in the case of an amalgamation with a girls school
Invitation to the General Secretary to speak at a reunion meeting of past and present East Ham branch members
Annual Report of the East Ham branch from: 1938 - 1939; 1940 - 1941
Printed news update sent out by the East Ham branch, November 1939 and January 1941
Protests from the East Ham NUWT branch against the decisions of the Local Education Committee to separate children and teachers in evacuation plans
Invitation to a complimentary dinner to honour Kathleen M. Rookwood, retiring Secretary of the East Ham branch
Reports of visits by NUWT members to schools in the East Ham area to try and recruit new members - includes comments on the reaction of teachers to the aims of the NUWT
Press cuttings regarding:
Report of the retirement of Grace E. Richmond, president of East Ham Headteachers Association
Report of the death of Miss A. G. Hewitt at the age of 72, 19/11/1953 (Miss Hewitt had been headmistress of Brampton school before retiring in 1939)
Report of the retirement of Kathleen M. Rookwood, Head teacher at Shaftesbury School, President of East Ham Head Teachers Association and one-time President of the East Ham NUWT branch
Reports of branch meetings |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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