Selection Criteria
The material included in Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating libraries and archives, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
The resource explores the social conditions in nineteenth and early-twentieth century Britain, focusing on the concerns of poverty and cultural efforts to improve welfare across the region. The varied selection of material covers different approaches to the complex societal conditions of the period through several different document types. Key themes are presented through correspondence from official government channels, rare printed books, pamphlets and periodicals to provide case studies and insights into the changing approaches to poverty and welfare in the Victorian and early-twentieth century.
The Family Welfare Association library material was gifted to Senate House Library, University of London by the Charity as it operates today: Family Action. The Library and publisher are grateful to Family Action for their donation of the material, and for this opportunity to take the story of their pioneering charitable work to a global audience of researchers.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections falling outside the defined remit of this resource
- Existing open-access content
To learn more about the source archives and the collections selected from them please visit the Guide to the Archival Collections.
The material included in Poverty, Philanthropy and Social Conditions in Victorian Britain has been selected in close collaboration with academic subject experts, collections specialists at participating libraries and archives, and under the guidance of the Editorial Board.
The resource explores the social conditions in nineteenth and early-twentieth century Britain, focusing on the concerns of poverty and cultural efforts to improve welfare across the region. The varied selection of material covers different approaches to the complex societal conditions of the period through several different document types. Key themes are presented through correspondence from official government channels, rare printed books, pamphlets and periodicals to provide case studies and insights into the changing approaches to poverty and welfare in the Victorian and early-twentieth century.
The Family Welfare Association library material was gifted to Senate House Library, University of London by the Charity as it operates today: Family Action. The Library and publisher are grateful to Family Action for their donation of the material, and for this opportunity to take the story of their pioneering charitable work to a global audience of researchers.
A note on exclusions
Where exclusions have been made, this is largely due to:
- Collections falling outside the defined remit of this resource
- Existing open-access content
To learn more about the source archives and the collections selected from them please visit the Guide to the Archival Collections.