| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/130 |
| Title | Wigan' |
| Date | 1926 - 1960 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and members of the Wigan Branch including Miss B. A. Roberts regarding the organisation and management of the Wigan branch.
The correspondence covers:
Discussion of the decision to disband the NUWT, 1960
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
Letters of condolence from branch members to Muriel Pierotti on the death of her sister, Lillian Pierotti, 1956
News of a party organised to honour a retiring member of the Wigan branch, Miss B. A. Roberts
Advice on how to respond to National Union of Teachers (NUT) criticisms
Requests for NUWT literature
Reports of actions undertaken by the branch in the campaign for equal pay
Arrangements for branch meetings
Resolution on equal pay passed at a North West regional meeting of the NUT
Concerns from members over the time and effort involved in collecting national savings from children in school time
Membership applications and renewals
Subscription to 'The Woman Teacher'
Letter sent to a branch member who has suffered a nervous breakdown, offering any help the NUWT can give her
Invitation to a party organised by the NUWT, 1949
Request for information about the equal pay film made by Jill Craigie, 'To Be a Woman'
Requests for advice and information on pensions and breakdown pensions
News of an M.B.E. given to Miss B. A. Roberts
Requests for visits to the branch from Central Council members
Arrangements for a meeting of the Wigan branch at which Amy Teece would be speaking
Letters sent to members considering resigning, asking them to rethink and laying out why they should stay with the NUWT
Arrangements for a visit to the branch by Muriel Pierotti, 1944
Invitation to a meeting organised by the Wigan branch at which Hilda R. Walmesley will speak on 'Adjustments in education in the near future', 1941
Nominations for Central Council
Reports of visits from Central Council members detailing how they felt the branch was being run
Reports of the school facilities experienced by teachers who have been evacuated
Requests for information on the Provident Sick Fund and how it compares to the NUT Teacher's Provident Scheme
Invitation to an Education Week organised in Wigan and reports of how the week went
Letters of thanks from the General Secretary to members of the Wigan branch for their work for the branch
Reports of visits by NUWT members to schools in the Wigan area to try and recruit new members - includes comments on the reaction of teachers to the aims of the NUWT
Annual report of the Education Committee of Wigan Education Committee, 1935
Press cuttings regarding:
Report of a case of a Headmaster being tried for turning in fraudulent accounts
Letter of protest to the Editor of the Wigan Observer on the question of equal pay, written by the President of the Wigan branch of the National Association of Schoolmasters
Reports of local NUT meetings
Reports of meetings of the Wigan branch of the NUWT
Report of an Education Week organised in Wigan, 1934 |
| Extent | 4 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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