Records of Leeds: Great Wilson Street Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour of the Society of Friends

Minutes and accounts, 1899-1909 (1 vol.) [S 27]

This branch of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavour was formed at Great Wilson Street Adult School in 1899. Its activities included holding outdoor public meetings and weekly prayer meetings for members, sending flowers to the sick and organising social events, including an annual tea. A 'look-out' committee was also appointed to watch over the spiritual life of members and record attendances at prayer meetings. There are no surviving records after 1909.

The records are numbered and arranged according to the system used when they were in Carlton Hill Meeting House

The conditions of deposit include a clause requiring written prior permission from a Friend Custodian for access to consult current legal documents and any material less than fifty years old

The collection of archives of the Society of Friends formerly held at the Friends Meeting House at Carlton Hill, Leeds

In English

Contents listed in Handlist 99, "Inventory of the records of Brighouse, Knaresborough, Leeds, and Settle Monthly Meetings of the Society of Friends formerly preserved at the Friends Meeting house, Carlton Hill, Leeds", 2nd edition, 1997

As with access, the photocopying of current legal documents and any material less than fifty years old requires the permission of a Friend Custodian

Related material in Leeds University Library: Records of Leeds: Great Wilson Street Friends First Day School, Leeds: Beeston Hill Adult School and Leeds: Beeston Hill Preparative Meeting

The records are deposited and remain the property of the Society of Friends