This collection comprises minutes and reports of the following advisory committees of the Royal College of Midwives (formally known as the Midwives Institute) (1899-1949):
The advisory committees of the Royal College of Midwives usually meet two to three times a year at the organisational headquarters, in order to discuss problems relating to the different fields of the midwifery profession that they represented, providing an opportunity for the exchange of expertise and information needed to inform the policy and work of the Council.
The original order of material is retained, although where this is not possible the arrangement of files has been based on the functions and activities of the organisation as well as chronology, subject and the needs of users.
Permission is required for external access to records less than twenty years old. Also restrictions apply if material includes personal information of living individuals. All other records are open to research by appointment, Monday to Friday, 10am to 4pm. For further information about accessing the collection and visiting the reading room, please contact: archives@rcog.co.uk
There is no record of the source or date of acquisition before this material was deposited under the terms of a collection care agreement at the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists in May 2011.
Catalogued by Clare Sexton, Project Archivist in accordance with ISAD(G).
Further details of the contents of this collection are available on request.
The bindings of some of the early minute books within this collection are fragile and should be handled with care.
Copyright belongs to the Royal College of Midwives. To reproduce this material, please apply via the College Archivist: archives@rcog.co.uk
This collection was previously held at the Royal College of Midwives.
