The records are divided into 8 series as follows:
A shelter home named the Hull & East Riding Sheltering Home for Girls had opened in Hull in 1888 but had closed by 1959. However, the need for such a home remained. In 1961 Dora Jessop, a social worker and Justice of Peace in Hull, with the support of the Archbishop of York, launched an appeal to found a new Sheltering Home for Girls. In 1965 Gooday House opened providing temporary accommodation for women finding themselves homeless in Hull. The home reopened in new premises in March 1968 and was renamed Dora Jessop House. Dora Jessop House provided hostel accommodation for young homeless women until c2001.
