This collection comprises minutes, reports, correspondence and papers of the following working and joint committees of the Royal College of Midwives (formally known as the Midwives Institute) (1890-1995):
- RCM/D1 - Midwives Bill Guaranteed Fund Committee, 1895-1902
- RCM/D2 - Evelyn Mary Eden Memorial Benevolent Fund Committee, 1923-1965
- RCM/D3 - Departmental Committee on Maternal Mortality (1924-1938)
- RCM/D4 - Subsidiary Problems Committee (1929-1943)
- RCM/D5 - Chairman's Committee (1935-1937)
- RCM/D6 - Interdepartmental Committee on Abortion (1936-1938)
- RCM/D7 - Midwives Salaries Committee (1941-1947)
- RCM/D8 - Post-War Planning Committee (1944)
- RCM/D9 - European Commission Midwives Liaison Committee (1972-1995)
- RCM/D10 - RCM Commision on the Legislation of Midwives (1990-1992)
- RCM/D11 - Joint RCM/RCOG Committee (1990-1991)
- RCM/D12 - Organisational Review Task Force (1992-1994)