Record Details

CollectionBoard for Social Responsibility (BSR) (Church of England Board for Social Responsibility)
NGOBoard for Social Responsibility (BSR) (Church of England Board for Social Responsibility)
RepositoryChurch of England Record Centre
Description

Records of the Board for Social Responsibility (ref BSR), including some records of predecessor organisations, are held at the Church of England Record Centre. The records consist of minutes, reports, correspondence and working papers, -see NRA record.

Access Rights

'Records over 30 years are available for research at the reading room at Lambeth Palace Library and public access arrangements can be found on the Lambeth Palace Library website. Enquires concerning the BSR archives should be addressed directly to the Church of England Record Centre and these contact details are again given on the Lambeth Palace Library website.'

Coverage1883-1980.
Size of Collection
Finding Aids/Catalogues

There is a paper catalogue for some of the material. Plans exist for the records to be added to the online catalogue shared by the Church of England Record Centre and Lambeth Palace Library.

Reference of CatalogueNRA 31955 C of E BSR
Additional information

Records exist for a number of local branches of the Board for Social Responsibility, including:

 

Chester Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility (ref NRA 33455 Chester), held at Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies -see online catalogue. A related collection, 'Crew and District Association for Preventive and Rescue Work, St Hilda's Home' is also held at Cheshire and Chester Archives and Local Studies -see online catalogue.

  

Manchester Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility (ref. NRA 43300 Manchester), held at Manchester Archives and Local Studies -see NRA record.

  

St Albans Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility (ref D/Acc 1034), held at St Albans Diocesan Board of Social Responsibility -see online catalogue.

 

Records relating to London Diocesan Board for Social Responsibility are among the papers of Enfield Wel-Care, held at London Metropolitan Archives: City of London -see online catalogue.

 

Records of Diocese of Salisbury Board of Social Responsibility, among the papers of the Diocese of Salisbury, held at Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre -see online catalogue.

  

Records relating to the Diocese of Bath and Wells Board of Social Responsibility, in the papers of Records of Somerset Churches Family Welfare Association, held at Somerset Record Office -see online catalogue.

 

There are also records of the Board of Social Responsibility (dates 1982-1989) at Bristol Record Office. Details can be found by searching the Office's online catalogue.

 

Records relating to the Board for Social Responsibility are among the papers of The Southwark Diocesan Council for Wel-care, held at London Metropolitan Archives: City of London -see online catalogue.

 

A number of more minor references to the Board for Social Responsibility appear on A2A.

 

Source of InformationNRA; A2A; Contact with Church of England Record Centre (Oct 2007).
Last Edited at06/04/2009 13:49:07

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