| Collection | CEM, Institute of Christian Education and Student Christian Movement in Schools (Birmingham University) |
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| NGO | Christian Education (Christian Education Movement (CEM)) |
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| Repository | Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department |
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| Description | The records of the Christian Education Movement have been placed at the University of Birmingham. They consist of "Records of Christian Education Movement, 1965-; and of the two predecessor organisations, the Institute of Christian Education at Home and Overseas, 1935-1965 and the Student Christian Movement in Schools, 1943-1965. These records include minutes of the organisations, administrative files and correspondence, printed material including pamphlets, leaflets and other publications.
The records also include minutes of the Association of Teachers of Religious Knowledge (the forerunner of the ICE), 1931-1934; and minutes and other papers of the Federation of University Women's Camps for Schoolgirls (which amalgamated with and the Student Christian Movement in Schools), 1902-1964.
The archives are arranged by organisation: Y = Student Christian Movement in Schools (which also includes some records of the Federation of University Women's Camps for Schoolgirls (FUWCS); Z = Institute of Christian Education; Q = Christian Education Movement".
(source: online collection-level catalogue). |
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| Access Rights | "This collection is held at the 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: online catalogue) |
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| Coverage | 1902-circa 1980 |
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| Size of Collection | 16 shelves (approx) |
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| Finding Aids/Catalogues | online collection-level catalogue; This collection is not catalogued; a temporary finding aid is available on request. Please address any enquiries about this collection to the University Archivist. A handlist of the archives of the Christian Student Movement is also available online. |
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| Reference of Catalogue | NRA 43314 OLRC |
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| Additional information | There are minor references to the Christian Education Movement in A2A. |
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| Source of Information | NRA; University of Birmingham Special Collection website; |
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| Last Edited at | 23/10/2007 17:08:38 |
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