Distress Committee

Identity area

Type of entity

Corporate body

Authorized form of name

Distress Committee

Parallel form(s) of name

    Standardized form(s) of name according to other rules

    • Distress Committee; 1905-1911

    Other form(s) of name

      Identifiers for corporate bodies

      Description area

      Dates of existence

      1905-1911

      History

      Formed to carry out the provisions of the the Unemployed Workers Act in 1905, the membership was comprised of members of the corporation and members of the Board of Guardians.

      Places

      Legal status

      Setup for the purposes of the Unemployed Workmen Act 1905.

      Functions, occupations and activities

      Primary purpose to assist "deserving" unemployed men and women who had been resident in York for a minimum of one year through assistance finding work, aiding migration by paying travel costs, or providing work directly through work schemes. They took over an existing labour bureau from the Citizens' Assocation, and renamed it the "Corporation Labour Bureau".

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      Internal structures/genealogy

      General context

      Formed to carry out the provisions of the the Unemployed Workers Act in 1905, the membership was comprised of members of the corporation and members of the Board of Guardians.

      Relationships area

      Access points area

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      Place access points

      Occupations

      Control area

      Authority record identifier

      GB0192-89

      Institution identifier

      GB0192

      Rules and/or conventions used

      International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) - Ottawa

      Status

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      Dates of creation, revision and deletion

      Language(s)

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          Sources

          BC 49

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