Minutes and accounts of Clumber Women's Institute, Nottinghamshire, 1932-1957

The collection comprises seven volumes of minutes and accounts of Clumber Women's Institute. The volumes contain minutes of committee meetings, 1932-1957; minutes of monthly meetings, 1932-1946; and accounts 1932-1940. The minutes contain details of postholders and events organised by the institute. The accounts list subscriptions of individual named members and hospitality costs.

The first Women's Institute in Britain was formed in 1915 under the auspices of the Agricultural Organisation Society. At the start of the 21st Century, the National Federation of Women's Institutes has become the largest national organisation for women in the UK.

Clumber Women's Institute within the Nottinghamshire federation of the national organisation was formed in 1932. Jean Banks Gimbernat, Lady Lincoln (died 1968), second wife of the future 9th Duke of Newcastle-under-Lyne, had a principal role in the early affairs of the institute and was presumably the first president. The committee of the Institute met in the reading room of Hardwick Grange on the Clumber estate, near Worksop, Nottinghamshire. The committee minutes in this collection continue until December 1957. It is not known when the Clumber Institute ceased activities.

No archival arrangement has been necessary.

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LANGUAGE: English

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The collection was acquired by the University of Nottingham's Department of Manuscripts and Special Collections in April 2004.