Talk: Mapping Relief: The Files of the Cambridge Charity Organisation Society
14 August, 1:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Cambridge Charity Organisation Society (CCOS) formed in 1879 as a successor of the Cambridge Mendicity Society founded in 1818/1819. It aimed to relieve distress of the ‘really deserving poor’. Through detailed enquiries into the circumstances of the persons who applied for relief, of which we have nearly 3,000 surviving, the charity aimed to provide the necessary help to those in Cambridge. This talk will provide an insight into the personal lives of those who applied as well as brief introduction to the research undertaken to unlock this collection.
About the speaker:
Laura Housden is currently Archive Officer at Tyne and Wear Archives but was Archives Assistant at Cambridgeshire Archives for nearly 5 years before that. She has a particularly keen interest in social history and researching into the lives of those often missing from the more official narratives.
You can find her further research on Mapping Relief on Capturing Cambridge: The Cambridge Charity Organisation Society | Capturing Cambridge
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