Metadata : Public Morality Council
Collection
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomEC1R 0HBFax: +44 (0) 20 7833 9136
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7332 3820
- Country:
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
- Holding institution:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Holding institution (official language):
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Postal address:
- 40 Northampton RoadLondonGreater LondonUnited KingdomEC1R 0HBFax: +44 (0) 20 7833 9136
- Phone number:
- Telephone: +44 (0) 20 7332 3820
- Reference number:
- A/PMC
- Title:
- Public Morality Council
- Title (official language):
- Public Morality Council
- Date(s):
- 1899/1967
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 5.88 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- Records of the London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality, later known as the Public Morality Council. Scarcely any of the early records survive, the earliest useful series being the annual reports, 1901-1913 and 1932-1954. Minutes of the council and its sub-committees cover 1940-1965. Records include constitution of the Council; Council and committees minutes and papers; membership lists for the council and committees; annual reports; papers relating to annual public meetings and Hyde Park meetings; paper relating to conferences and talks; general correspondence; financial accounts; records relating to links with other societies, both national and international; PMC publications and related magazines, films and other publications.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality, later the Public Morality Council, was formed in 1899 to combat vice and indecency in London and to assist in their repression by legal means, already existing but neglected. Its members included representatives of the Church of England, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist churches and of the Jewish faith, leaders in education and medicine and charitable associations and others supporting reform. It continued until 1969, concentrating latterly on opposition to sexual immorality and pornography in general and in the theatre, cinema, radio and television. Its functions were taken over by the Social Morality Council, constituted in 1969.
- Access points: locations:
- Great Britain
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- London Metropolitan Archives
- Reference number:
- A/PMC
- Title:
- Public Morality Council
- Title (official language):
- Public Morality Council
- Date(s):
- 1899/1967
- Language:
- English
- Extent:
- 5.88 linear metres
- Scope and content:
- Records of the London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality, later known as the Public Morality Council. Scarcely any of the early records survive, the earliest useful series being the annual reports, 1901-1913 and 1932-1954. Minutes of the council and its sub-committees cover 1940-1965. Records include constitution of the Council; Council and committees minutes and papers; membership lists for the council and committees; annual reports; papers relating to annual public meetings and Hyde Park meetings; paper relating to conferences and talks; general correspondence; financial accounts; records relating to links with other societies, both national and international; PMC publications and related magazines, films and other publications.
- Administrative/biographical history:
- The London Council for the Promotion of Public Morality, later the Public Morality Council, was formed in 1899 to combat vice and indecency in London and to assist in their repression by legal means, already existing but neglected. Its members included representatives of the Church of England, Roman Catholic and Non-Conformist churches and of the Jewish faith, leaders in education and medicine and charitable associations and others supporting reform. It continued until 1969, concentrating latterly on opposition to sexual immorality and pornography in general and in the theatre, cinema, radio and television. Its functions were taken over by the Social Morality Council, constituted in 1969.
- Access points: locations:
- Great Britain
- Access, restrictions:
- These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.
- Finding aids:
- Online catalogue.
- Links to finding aids:
- http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm
- Yerusha Network member:
- AIM25
- Author of the description:
- London Metropolitan Archives
