HM Prison Holloway records from the London Metropolitan archives, London, United Kingdom

Format:

Book

Series:

Women's Studies Archive: Female Forerunners Worldwide

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

HM Prison Holloway.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (90 manuscripts) illustrations

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] [publisher not identified] [date of publication not identified]

Summary:

Holloway Prison was built by the Corporation of London as the City House of Correction for men and women. It was opened in 1852. The prison was taken over by the government in 1877. It became female only in 1903 and was well known for the imprisonment of suffragettes. Notable persons imprisoned at Holloway include several well-known suffragettes such as Emmeline Pankhurst, Christabel Pankhurst and Ethel Smyth; Fascist and Nazi-sympathizer Dian Mitford, rebels associated with the Easter Rebellion, Maud Gonne MacBride, Kathleen Clarke and Countess Markievicz and murderers Edith Thompson, Amelia Sach and Annie Walters who were executed at the prison. Records relating to Holloway Prison include administrative, medical, staff records, records of the chaplain, records relating to prisoners' employment. Prisoners' records include registers of prisoners and some files on individual prisoners. Related documentation includes photographs of the prison and staff, and printed material

Notes:

Includes the following publications: Convict nominal register; Printed calendar of prisoners Middlesex sessions, Croydon Borough sessions, Surrey assizes, Essex sessions, Essex assizes, Hertford and St. Albans sessions, Hertford assizes and others

Reproduction of the originals from the London Metropolitan Archives

Local Notes:

Images from the source libraries are selected contents of the original collection materials as representative of their value and pertinence to the digital product

OCLC:

1351522791

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license