| StorageSite | UCL Institute of Education |
| Level | File |
| Reference Number | UWT/F/99 |
| Title | [NUWT Rossendale branch records] |
| Date | 1925 - 1957 |
| Description | Correspondence between Ethel Froud and A. Muriel Pierotti (NUWT) and members of the Rossendale Branch regarding the organisation and management of the Rossendale branch.
The correspondence covers:
Arrangements for visits from the NUWT Organiser to the branch
Reports of branch members dissatisfaction with the Local Education Committee's attempt to encourage teacher to increase the amount of dinner-time supervision they do by offering free school dinners as a reward
Reply from General Secretary regarding the legal position with regard to the school meals service
Technical education for girls in the district - NUWT calls for girls technical courses
Notification of changes of address
Subscription to 'The Woman Teacher'
Membership applications and renewals
News of appointments of women teachers to Headships
Reports of visits from Central Council members detailing how they felt the branch was being run
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
News of the serious injuries sustained by a branch member during a Manchester railway crash, 1953
Letters sent from the General Secretary to members on their retirement from the teaching profession, thanking them for their work and encouraging them to stay in the NUWT as associate members
Nominations from Central Council
Requests for NUWT Christmas cards
Expressions of thanks from the General Secretary to those undertaking posts for the branch and those retiring from posts in the branch
Reports of propaganda work undertaken by members of the branch
Report from branch member regarding children's attendance at 'A' films in the area
Uncertified teachers
Suggestions for venues for the NUWT Annual Conference
Requests for NUWT literature
Air Raid Precuations work and the responsibilities of teachers
Long letter rebutting various National Union of Teacher's (NUT) criticisms of the NUWT in a letter the NUWT sent to Rossendale teachers
Reports of an NUWT branch meeting to which an NUT representative was invited to speak
Reports of visits by NUWT members to schools in the Rossendale area to try and recruit new members - includes comments on the reaction of teachers to the aims of the NUWT
Press cuttings regarding:
Reports from local press of meetings of the Rossendale branch |
| Extent | 2 folders |
| AccessStatus | Open |
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