Record Details

CollectionSouth Asian Church Aid Association
NGOSouth Asian Church Aid Association
RepositoryBirmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department
Description

Records of the South Asian Church Aid Association (formerly the Indian Church Aid Association) (ref. DA39) are held at Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department. The Birmingham University online catalogue describes the collection as consisting of "Minute books of Executive and Council, 1880-1983; account books, 1953-1974; register of members; administrative files; newscutting albums; photographs."

Access Rights

Open. 'This collection is held at Orchard Learning Resources Centre on the Selly Oak campus. All collections housed at the OLRC are currently made available for consultation in the Special Collections Department in the Main Library on the Edgbaston campus. Researchers are therefore required to make an appointment with the University Archivist to consult this collection and to give at least one week's notice of a visit in order for the material to be made available. Researchers are required to bring a letter of introduction with them on their first visit in order to obtain a reader's ticket.' (Source: archive catalogue, October 2007)

Coverage1880-1980s
Size of Collection5 linear metres
Finding Aids/Catalogues

Description available by searching archive catalogue. 'There is no other finding aid to this collection available at present.'

Reference of Catalogue
Additional information

Records relating to the Indian Church Aid Association are among the Manuscripts at Lambeth Palace Library. The records are "Skipton (Revd. Horace Pitt Kennedy), Secretary of the Indian Church Aid Association (predecessor of the South Asian Church Aid Society). - ref. MS 3387, ff.76-125 - date: 1921-1922" -see online catalogue.

 

A number of minor references to the Indian Church Aid Association appear on A2A.

 

Source of InformationA2A; NRA; Birmingham University Information Services.
Last Edited at15/03/2011 12:42:14

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