| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/119/1 |
| Title | [NUWT Sussex County Association records] |
| Date | 1924 - 1961 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (General Secretaries NUWT) and members of the Sussex County Association including Margaret Raymonde-Hawkins, Nellie Messiter and Rita Gowland regarding the organisation and management of the County Association.
The correspondence covers:
Arrangements and agendas for meetings
Confirmation of which County Association documents and log books have been sent to Central Council to be added to the NUWT archive, 1961
Discussion of the Victory Luncheon, 1961
Protocol for display of County Association and branch banners in the Conference Hall
Letters sent to members retiring from the teaching profession, wishing them well and encouraging them to retain association with the NUWT
Reports of visits from NUWT Organisers and Central Council members detailing how they felt the branch was being run and how the meetings were being conducted
Enquiry regarding Life Membership of the NUWT
Update of news from individual members, for example news on illness in their family, retirement from the teaching profession, resignation from the union, and other changes of circumstances
Reports of County Association meetings
Concern from the branch over repression in Hungary and request that the NUWT issue a statement condemning the violence, 1956
Membership applications and renewals
Arrangements for Jubilee celebrations for Sussex County Association
Financial assistance offered to members in need
Salary scales for teachers
Tribute to Agnes Dawson on her death, and reminiscences of hearing her speak at meetings, from Miss E. M. Willis, 1953
Request for NUWT literature, including an equal pay petition
Detailed discussion of the injuries sustained by a member, Rita Gowland, in a car accident
Notification of changes of address
Subscription to 'The Woman Teacher'
Requests for speakers and visits from Central Council members
Reports of equal pay campaign activities undertaken by members of the County Association
Arrangements for delivery of issues of 'The Woman Teacher' to Brighton public libraries
Letters of sympathy and letters of congratulation sent by the General Secretary to members on various occasions such as bereavements in the family, promotions, marriage and the birth of children
Position of uncertified teachers with regards to salaries and entitlement to increments
News of the work of Margaret Raymonde-Hawkins for the Humanitarian Education Society
News of the damage sustained by NUWT Headquarters in an Air Raid
Discussion of the difficulties in keeping in touch with members due to evacuation
List of Sussex County Association members, 1944 and list of London Unit members evacuated to Sussex, 1941
Organisers reports detailing visits to various schools in the Sussex area and reporting on the reactions of women teachers to the NUWT
Request from Miss M. A. Hawkins, on behalf of some members of the Horsham branch of the NUWT, for a change of Central Council representative from Nan McMillan (the reason given being that Mrs Macmillan is an active member of the local Communist Party)
Requests for application forms for the Boots Booklovers Scheme
Request for more information on the teaching experience of Nancy Parnell on her election as Vice President of the NUWT
Sussex County Association Annual Report, 1931
Protests against Economies in education
News of which members will attend annual conference
Organisers reports detailing visits to various schools in the Sussex area and reporting on the reactions of women teachers to the NUWT
Press cuttings reporting on NUWT County Association meetings |
| Extent | folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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