| Collection | Student Christian Movement (SCM) |
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| NGO | Student Christian Movement (SCM) |
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| Repository | Birmingham University Information Services, Special Collections Department |
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| Description | The archives of the Student Christian Movement of Great Britain and Ireland, formerly the British College Christian Union (1897), as well as records of the Student Volunteer Missionary Union (1892-1904); and materials relating to the World's Student Christian Federation, Student Movement House, Universities Camps Club and the Christian Auxiliary Movement.
The papers are ordered by a classification scheme; arrangement within each section is mainly chronological A Annandale (headquarters of SCM): Files (numbered 1-436) Includes correspondence and working papers of staff and students planning conference campaigns, programmes of study and activities B Annual reports: BCCU, 1896/97-1903/04; SCM, 1904/05-1955/56 C College reports, 1907-68 (1-65); London College reports, 1917-39 (66-74); Theological College reports, 1903-38 (75-82) D Delegates and Conference registers E Student Christian Movement Press F First Conference Estate G Tissington Taplow papers J Journals K Kinematograph, AVA L Ledgers (and other financial records) M Minutes (1-137) N Printed handbooks, pamphlets and other printed materials O Outsize, including Student Volunteer Missionary Union registers P Presscuttings (1-42) R Trust Association S Student Movement House T Theological Colleges Department correspondence U University Camps V Travelling Secretaries reports W World Student Christian Federation [WSCF] (1-55) X Christian Auxiliary Movement [CAM] (1-33)
(source: online collection-level catalogue). |
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| 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 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. |
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| Coverage | circa 1892-1999 |
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| Size of Collection | approx 100 shelves |
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| Finding Aids/Catalogues | online collection-level catalogue; online file-level catalogue; A paper copy of these basic finding aids is available at the Orchard Learning Centre (on card) and at the Special Collections Department (paper copy). |
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| Reference of Catalogue | |
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| Additional information | Records of Scottish SCM (20 boxes) are held at Edinburgh University: New College Library (ref. Acc 99.5). Source: NRA.
Researchers should also note that there are no archival records held at the office of SCM in Birmingham.
There are numerous references to the Student Christian Movement in A2A and in AIM25. |
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| Source of Information | NRA; University of Birmingham website; contacts with SCM (June 2007) |
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| Last Edited at | 25/06/2007 15:10:35 |
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