| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/94/1 |
| Title | [NUWT Portsmouth branch records] |
| Date | 1928 - 1960 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and members of the Portsmouth Branch regarding the organisation and management of the Portsmouth branch.
The correspondence covers:
Discussion of the decision to disband the NUWT in 1961
Letters of condolence sent by the General Secretary to branch members on the death of members of their family or close friends
Notification of changes of address
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
Enquiries to the Provident Sick Fund
Membership applications and renewals
News of the publication of a book 'Glove puppetry for boys and girls', written by a Portsmouth NUWT member, Miss Jones
Attendance, or not, of branch members at the NUWT Annual Conference
Attitudes towards infant teachers
Reports of actions the branch and branch members have undertaken in the campaign for equal pay
Requests for NUWT Christmas cards
Subscriptions to 'The Woman Teacher'
Requests for NUWT literature
Enquiries from members regarding pensions
Report of the lack of equal allowances between men and women teachers in posts of special responsibility
Enquiries regarding claim to the Provident Sick Fund
Reports of branch meetings
Notice of meetings the branch have set up with new students at the Saffron Walden Training College
Confusion over addresses of branch members due to evacuation and attempts to clear up where their copies of 'The Woman Teacher' should be sent to
Nominations for Central Council
Reports of the heavy bombing in Southampton and the effects on NUWT members, 1942
Problems experienced in trying to educate children due to evacuation and the removal of compulsory education
Reports of visits by NUWT members to schools in the Portsmouth area to try and recruit new members - includes comments on the reaction of teachers to the aims of the NUWT
Reports of visits from Central Council members detailing how they felt the branch was being run
Reports of anti-NUWT propaganda actions by members of the National Union of Teachers in the Portsmouth area
Expressions of thanks from the General Secretary to those undertaking posts for the branch and those retiring from posts in the branch
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports of branch meetings |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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