Newly Available Collections 2012

Be the first person to enjoy our newly available materials which can include books, pamphlets, periodicals, zines, artist books.  Their  date range extends from newly published works to older rare material. Archives (personal and organisational papers) and museum objects such as textiles and visual materials can date from 19th century.

March

Newly catalogued Printed Collections

2012-03 Newly Catalogued Printed Collections

Includes:

• Gender and nation building in the Middle East : the political economy of health from Mandate Palestine to refugee camps in Jordan / Elise G. Young. Women's Library Reading Room. London ; I.B. Tauris, 2012. 362.10820956 YOU.
• What is a woman to do? : a reader on women, work and art, c. 1830-1890 / Kyriaki Hadjiafxendi and Patricia Zakreski (eds). Women's Library Reading Room. Bern : Peter Lang, c2011. 331.48170094209034 WHA.

Newly catalogued archives

Records of One World Action, an organisation that provided money, expertise and practical help to local organisations in developing countries, comprising publications of One World Action, 1993-2011 (5OWA) (2 A boxes)

February

With special thanks to those who have donated printed materials to the library including The Women's National Commission, David Doughan, Chiswick Public Library, Jill Craigie, Annie Robson, William M. Claw, Claire Duchen, Maternity Alliance, Equal Opportunities Commission, The National Federation of Women's Institutes, Miriam David and Ann Shearer.

2012-02 Newly Catalogued Printed Collections

Includes:

• African women writing resistance : an anthology of contemporary voices / edited by Jennifer Browdy de Hernandez [...] et al. Women’s Library Reading Room. Madison, Wis. : University of Wisconsin Press, 2010. 809.8896 AFR.
• Things a woman wants to know : with an illustrated section on the folding of serviettes / edited by "Isobel" of Home Notes. WL Vault Books London, C. Arthur Pearson [1901]. 640 THI.
• Women's disabilities : a Bill to remove the electoral disabilities of women. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. WL Vault OS Pamphlet London : [Eyre and Spottiswoode], 1870. 342.0720262 GRE.
• A Bill to abolish the punishment of public whipping on female offenders. Great Britain. Parliament. House of Commons. WL Vault OS Pamphlet London : House of Commons, 1817. 345.07730262 GRE.

Newly catalogued archives

Papers of Elizabeth Impey, suffragette, including photographs, press cuttings, periodicals, photographs, postcards, invitations and other ephemera, c.1900-1950 (7ELI) (1 OS box)

January

With special thanks to those who have donated printed materials to the library including Indy Bhullar, Laura Hall, Sarah Lippett, V. Clark, Anna Lunk, Arnold Muirhead, Sheila Mackay, Mrs. Strachey, Cynthia White, Vera Douie, Salford public library, Sandy Martin, Miriam David, Working Families.

2012-01 Newly Catalogued Printed Collections

Includes:

• Album of new social images of rural women / [Neus Albertos Mer{226}i ... [et al.]]. Women's Library Oversize. [Brussels] : [European Commission], [2005-2006?]. 305.42091734 ALB.
• The generall history of women, containing the lives of the most holy and profane, the most famous and infamous in all ages, exactly described not only from poeticall fictions, but from the most ancient, modern and admired historians, to our times / by T.H. Gent. (Heywood, Thomas, d. 1641.) WL Vault Book, London : Printed by W.H. for W.H. at the sign of the Blew Anchor, at the backside of the Roiall Exchange, 1657. 305.409 HEY.
• Post-Feminist : what young people want WL Pamphlet [S.l.] : Feminist Webs : Rosa UK, [n.d.]. 305.420941 POS.

Newly catalogued archives

Papers of Ginette Leach, Greenham Common protester, comprising a loose leaf journal of Ginette Leach's experiences at Greenham Common, 1982-1985 (7LEA) (0.25 A box)

Papers of Doris Nield Chew, writer and teacher, (addl) comprising slides of her overland trip to India and trip to United States of America, 1969 (7DNC/O) (1 slide box)