| Collection | Scout Association |
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| NGO | Scout Association |
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| Repository | Scout Association (Baden-Powell House) |
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| Description | The records of the Association are housed in the Archive Department at its headquarters at Gilwell Park. "Retained papers include a large collection of correspondence and other documents relating to the Founder, most of which has been microfilmed; committee minute books from 1908 (some of whose contents are, however, confidential and not open to inspection); copies of the annual report and of published special reports, including the Post War Commission papers of 1944 and the Chief Scout's Advance Party Report of 1966; financial records and ledgers not yet in the care of the Archives Department; and correspondence files ordinarily organised by subject but including several distinct collections, such as the papers of the late Deputy Chief Scout Percy Everett. The Archives Department also maintains a reference library, photographic collection, and a considerable quantity of memorabilia." (source: Cook & Waller 1994 and Cook 2006)
(source: Cook & Waller, Sources in Contemporary British History, vol 1, 1994 and C. Cook, The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives, 2006; information updated in February 2007 through contacts with the Scout Association Archivist) |
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| Access Rights | Open. Records may be seen by researchers who make a prior appointment with the Archivist. |
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| Coverage | 1908-
also Boer War library and collection with emphasis on Baden-Powell |
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| Size of Collection | 450 transfer cases of documents, over 2500 artefacts, paintings and items of memorabilia |
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| Finding Aids/Catalogues | Card index system, data bases on computer and listings of Scouting Groups, closed and open |
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| Reference of Catalogue | NRA 41172 |
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| Additional information | Over 200 local scout groups have deposited papers in a local repository. A full list can be obtained from a search on the NRA organisation index (seach with name of the organisation). Over 40 online catalogues of these records can be found from the A2A website (advanced search with "Scout" as founder of archive).
The papers of the founder of the Scouts movement (Robert Baden Powell) also contain material related to the association. A list of the repositories where his papers can be found is provided on the NRA website.
There are also numerous minor references to the Scout Association in A2A and AIM25. |
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| Source of Information | NRA; A2A; Aim25; contacts with Scout Association archivist (February 2007) |
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| Last Edited at | 01/06/2007 16:50:32 |
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