Children’s Society Archive

Key Information

Register:
National
Year of Inscription:
2011
Type of Heritage:
Archive
Nominating Institution:
The Children’s Society

The Children’s Society Archive charts the development of child care practice and policy from the Victorian period onwards. The estimated 140,000 case contain unique information about the history and practice of childcare, behavioural and mental health issues, the diseases of poverty, and nutrition in Victorian and Edwardian times.

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