Record book of women's classes, 1907-1910 (1 vol.) [TT 69 CR/1]
Records of Halifax: Clare Road Friends Adult School
This material is held atUniversity of Leeds Special Collections
- Reference
- GB 206 MS Dep. 1979/1 (Carlton Hill archive) Halifax Clare Road Friends Adult School
- Dates of Creation
- 1907-1910
- Name of Creator
- Language of Material
- English
- Physical Description
- 1 item
Scope and Content
Administrative / Biographical History
The Adult School at Clare Road Meeting House was established in 1862. It was always a relatively small school. Its total membership, including both men and women, was 64 in 1886 and in 1901, 47. An afternoon class for women was established in 1907, and ran for over 80 years, before closing in 1988.
Arrangement
The records are arranged according to the system used when they were in Carlton Hill Meeting House
Access Information
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
Acquisition Information
The collection of archives of the Society of Friends formerly held at the Friends Meeting House at Carlton Hill, Leeds
Note
In English
Other Finding Aids
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
Conditions Governing Use
As with access, the photocopying of current legal documents and any material less than fifty years old requires the permission of a Friend Custodian
Bibliography
See J.W. Rowntree and H.B. Binns, A history of the Adult School movement (Headley, 1903), p. 47; "Adult Sunday Schools in Yorkshire", in Yorkshire Weekly Post, 2 August 1902
Additional Information
The records are deposited and remain the property of the Society of Friends