Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust (JRCT) Archive

Records of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, comprising records concerning the 1904 foundation of the Trust, and its 1939 and 1968 reconstitution; administrative records, 1904-2012; financial records, 1905-1987; records of JRCT sponsored grants and projects in the fields of Quaker and other religious concerns, education, peace and international relations, social investigation and welfare, African affairs, social responsibility in industry, and Northern Ireland, 1892-2004; and records concerning relations between the three Rowntree Trusts and between the Trusts and Rowntree company, including relations between the JRCT and Rowntree Mackintosh relating to company activities in South Africa, 1933-1999.

Access to the archive may only be granted with the permission of the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust and subject to the overriding provisions of relevant legislation, including data protection laws. Please contact the Borthwick Institute directly if you wish to consult this archive.

The archive was deposited at the Borthwick Institute by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust in 2006. Further additions were made to the archive in 2013 and 2018.

Created 12.12.18.

A reprographics service is available to researchers subject to the access restrictions outlined above. Copying will not be undertaken if there is any risk of damage to the document. Copies are supplied in accordance with the Borthwick Institute for Archives' terms and conditions for the supply of copies, and under provisions of any relevant copyright legislation. Permission to reproduce images of documents in the custody of the Borthwick Institute must be sought.

Further accruals are expected.

Published

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