Record Details

CollectionBritish Council of Churches
NGOChurches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI)
RepositoryChurch of England Record Centre
Description

The British Council of Churches records are held at the Church of England Record Centre (ref BCC). The collection includes the minutes of the Assembly for the period below as well as papers of the different divisions of the Council. The Centre archivist notes that these include "ecumenical affairs, international affairs, social responsibility, youth work, education". The Archivist also notes that the "Centre also hold some papers for the successor body, but this material is neither sorted or listed."

Access Rights

Details of access to the collection are given on the website of the Church of England Record Centre

Coverage1942-1990
Size of CollectionApproximate size of the collection is 408 metres.
Finding Aids/Catalogues

The Church of England Record Centre Archivist notes that of the British Council of Churches papers held at the Centre "half of the material is listed but in the form of word lists. Half is not listed."

Reference of CatalogueNRA 32688 BCC
Additional information

There are minutes from the British Council of Churches deposited in the collection titled Christian Aid which are held at SOAS, see details at online catalogue. AIM 25 note "Working papers of Rev. Jean Mayland relating to Records of Community of Women and Men in the Church" (1988-1999), which was a working group within Churches Together in Britain and Ireland. The collection consists of publications, exhibition material, audio tapes and textiles including banners, programme material (11 boxes, 6 OS boxes, 1 OS parcel; coverage 1982-1999 - See online catalogue). AIM 25 and Scottish Archive Network have several minor references to British Council of Churches. A2A has over 30 minor references to British Council of Churches, including: Gloucester Council of Churches, part of CTBI, holds records (11 boxes consisting of Minutes, secretary's papers, chairman's papers ; coverage 1976-1997; at Gloucestershire Archives - see online catalogue) . Cheltenham Council of Churches, part of CTBI, holds records (24 files containing minutes, newsletters, correspondence and other misc. documents, coverage 1951-1981; at Gloucestershire Archives - see online catalogue). Stroud and District Council of Churches, part of CTBI, holds records (12 files containing minutes, newsletters, leaflets; coverage 1957-1991 at Gloucestershire Archives -see online catalogue).

Source of InformationNRA; A2A; AIM 25; Scottish Archive Network; website of the Church of England Record Centre; Contacts with archivist of Church of England Record Centre (February 2007)
Last Edited at23/11/2007 19:00:46

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