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Collection RC5/5 - Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee, Lewis, Scotland
Identity area
Reference code
GB3002 RC5/5
Title
Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee, Lewis, Scotland
Date(s)
- 1930-1975 (Creation)
Level of description
Collection
Extent and medium
17 volumes
Context area
Name of creator
Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee
(1930-1948)
Administrative history
Set up under the Local Government Act 1929, Lewis District Committee took over the poor law functions of the former parishes of Lewis: Barvas, Lochs, Stornoway and Uig. The Public Assistance Committee was itself abolished by the National insurance Act 1948 although the joint committee appears to have continued.
Repository
Archival history
Immediate source of acquisition or transfer
Internal transfer from Museum nan Eilean (Accn 2011-13)
Content and structure area
Scope and content
Applications for relief 1930-1948; transitional payments 1937-1975
Appraisal, destruction and scheduling
Accruals
System of arrangement
Arranged into series. Within series, items are arranged chronologically.
Conditions of access and use area
Conditions governing access
Open. Some records containing personal data are closed for 75 years from the last date in the volume for records relating to adults and 100 years for records relating to children.
Conditions governing reproduction
Language of material
- English
Script of material
Physical characteristics and technical requirements
Paper volumes
Finding aids
Digital and paper item level list available in searchroom of Tasglann nan Eilean Siar
Allied materials area
Existence and location of originals
Existence and location of copies
Related units of description
The first minutes of the Public Assistance Joint Committee are entered into the final minute book of Stornoway Parish Council for 1930-1943, catalogued as part of the Stornoway Parish Council collection
GB3002 RC5/3 Records of Stornoway Parish Council 1845-1943 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)
GB3002 RC5/1 Records of Barvas Parish Council 1884-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)
GB3002 RC5/2 Records of Lochs Parish Council 1890-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)
GB3002 RC5/4 Records of Uig Parish Council 1885-1930 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)
GB3002 RC5/6 Records of Lewis Combination Poorhouse/Coulregrein House 1893-1970 (held by Tasglann nan Eilean Siar)
Notes area
Access points
Subject access points
Place access points
Name access points
- Lewis Public Assistance Joint Committee (Creator)
