Photographs, 1904-62

Component identifier:

Series 11

Content Summary:

Photographs in this series are largely undated and consist of personal photographs of Jessie Street and her husband Sir Kenneth Street, relatives, friends and the Wycombe Abbey School at Buckinghamshire, which she attended as a student. There are also photographs of various feminist functions, overseas visits and United Nations conferences and photographs taken during Street's visit to the Russian Medical Aid and Comforts Committee. Selected photographs from several folders are available online.

Additional images of Street are held in the Library's Pictures Collection.

Immediate source of acquisition:

Jessie Street's husband, Sir Kenneth Street, donated the papers to the National Library in 1970. Her son, Sir Laurence Street, made a substantial addition in 1972. Further small additions were made to the collection between 1973 and 2001.

Subjects:

Women's rights

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