Papers of the Bersey Trust, including minutes, correspondence and claims lists

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Reference
- GB 133 DDEy 58
Dates of Creation
- 1964-73

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Methodist Division of Education and YouthDDEy

Register of Sunday Schools [PM], containing a list of sources of ?income arranged by district and stationDDEy 1/1

Cash book, containing details of sums of money given to Sunday Schools [PM] in named circuits by the ConnexionDDEy 1/2

Minutes of the General Sunday School Committee [PM]DDEy 1/3-10

Minutes of the Sunday School Union Committee [PM]DDEy 1/3/1-3

Sunday School Committee minutesDDEy 1/11-12

Childrens' committee minutesDDEy 1/13

Register of awards of Primary Helpers' Certificates, Sunday School teachers' diplomas, and Advanced diplomas [indexed by surname]DDEy 1/14

British Lessons Council Junior committee minute bookDDEy 1/15

MinutesDDEy 1/16

Sunday School Union committee minute bookDDEy 1/17

Young People's & Temperance committee [UMC] minute booksDDEy 2/1-3

Treasurer's account book of the Methodist Education FundDDEy 3

Box file, containing copies of the newsletters of the Association of Methodist Scouters and Guides [AMSG].DDEy 4

Box file, containing MEC papers re the James Parliamentary Report on teacher education and trainingDDEy 5

Minutes of the Trade and Finance CommitteeDDEy 6/1-13

Minutes of the General Committee of the Sunday School department [WM]DDEy 7/1

Minutes of the Connexional Sunday School CouncilDDEy 7/2

Minutes of the Connexional Council of the Sunday School departmentDDEy 7/3

Minutes of the Connexional Youth CouncilDDEy 7/4-6

Methodist Education committee financial recordsDDEy 8

Parcel containing records of training grants made by King George's Jubilee TrustDDEy 9

Minutes of the Wesleyan Conference Education TrusteesDDEy 10

File of newspaper cuttings (mainly from the Methodist Recorder), re educational issuesDDEy 11

File containing copies of The Contact [the magazine of former residents of the Chester House hostel]DDEy 12

Minutes of the Hymn-Book sub-committee for responsive services, with proposed draft orders of service for specific occasions eg Harvest festivalDDEy 13

Minutes of the Senior Lessons committee (of the British Lessons Council)DDEy 14/1-2

Minutes of the Senior Bible Lessons committee (of the British Lessons Council)DDEy 14/3

Grants paid to named schools within the Wesleyan Schools Association, under the terms of the Voluntary Schools Act of 1897DDEy 15

Hymn Book committee minutesDDEy 18

Schedule containing statistical returns sent by the circuits to the Wesleyan Committee on Education by 'Week-day' and 'Sabbath' schoolsDDEy 19

Ledger containing details of income and expenditure of 'Methodist Guild Continental Holidays'DDEy 20

Financial journal of DEYDDEy 21/1

Cash book of DEYDDEy 21/2

Minutes of the MECDDEy 23/1

Minutes of the MEC ExecutiveDDEy 23/2

Minutes of the Board of Management for Methodist Residential SchoolsDDEy 23/3-4

Minutes of the Day School Committee and of the Kingswood and Trinity Hall School Development Committee [Bath, Somerset and Southport, Lancashire respectively].DDEy 23/5

MEC accountsDDEy 23/6

Minutes of the Sunday School UnionDDEy 24/1

Minutes of the Sunday School Union (Metro district)DDEy 24/2

FolderDDEy 25

FolderDDEy 26

File of MYD Staff bulletinsDDEy 27

Files of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 28/1-8

'Record Book' re MAYC London weekends, containing invitation letters, programmes and other information.DDEy 29

File containing minute, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 30/1

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 30/2

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 30/3

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 30/4

FileDDEy 31

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papers of the Kingswood and Trinity Hall Schools Management CommitteeDDEy 32

File containing MYD staff personal files to 1971DDEy 33

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 34

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 35

FileDDEy 36

File containing papers re the restructuring and divisionalisation of the Methodist Youth Department and Methodist Education CommitteeDDEy 37

File containing the papers including minutes and agendas etcDDEy 38

FileDDEy 40

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papers re the King George VI Training TrustDDEy 41

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 42

File of minutes, correspondence and associated papers of the Oxford Westminster College Trustees, 1954DDEy 43

Box containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 44

File containing correspondence and associated papersDDEy 45

Parcel of correspondence and associated papers re Chester House HostelDDEy 46

File of correspondence and associated papers re DES building grantsDDEy 47

Minutes of the Finance sub-groupDDEy 48

File containing financial papers re the King George Jubilee Trust development fundDDEy 49

File containing details of development grants awarded by the King George Jubilee TrustDDEy 50

File containing details of development grants awarded by the King George Jubilee TrustDDEy 51

File containing details of development grants awarded by the King George Jubilee TrustDDEy 52

FileDDEy 53

FileDDEy 54

FileDDEy 55

FileDDEy 56

File of correspondence of the Y & C CommitteeDDEy 57

Papers of the Bersey Trust, including minutes, correspondence and claims listsDDEy 58

File containing papers re grants made by the Bersey TrustDDEy 59

File containing details of grants awarded by the King George Jubilee Trust Development FundDDEy 60

FileDDEy 61

File containing details of grants awarded by the King George Jubilee Trust Development FundDDEy 62

File containing details of grants awarded by the Bersey TrustDDEy 63

FileDDEy 64

FileDDEy 65

File containing correspondence and related papers re building grants made by the Department of Education and Science to Methodist youth clubs and related establishmentsDDEy 66

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 67

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 68

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 69

File containing minutes, correspondence and associated papersDDEy 70

File containing MEC and Executive minutes, agendas and associated papers, together with those of the MYD and MEC Joint Executive CommitteeDDEy 71

File containing MAYC and Y & C newsletters and postersDDEy 72

File containing papers of the King George Jubilee Trust re development and training grantsDDEy 73

File containing papers re the MAYC "Go Great Development"DDEy 74

File of papers re grants made by the Bersey TrustDDEy 75

File containing the following items of printed material of MYD and BLCDDEy 76

File of correspondence and associated papers re the arrangements for the Young Adults AssemblyDDEy 77

File of correspondence and associated papers re grants made by the Bersey TrustDDEy 78

File of correspondence and associated papers re withdrawn applications for DES grantsDDEy 79

File of correspondence and associated papers re Christian Youth Workers' certificates and Sunday School Teachers' diplomas, including bundles of the sameDDEy 80

File of correspondence and associated papers re the 'Reaching the Teenagers' commission, consisting mainly of completed questionnaires filled in by clubs in the Methodist Association of Youth Clubs, re membershipDDEy 81

File of correspondence and associated papers re the arrangements for the Young Adults AssemblyDDEy 82

File of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 83

Envelope of papers re the grant of arms to the Trustees for Methodist Church PurposesDDEy 84

File of spare MAYC and Y & C newsletters and postersDDEy 85

File containing correspondence and associated papers re Westhill Training College, Selly Oak, BirminghamDDEy 86

Files of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 87

Files of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 88

Files of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 89

Files of correspondence and associated papersDDEy 90

File containing personnel papers of the staff of Plas Yn Antur, including staff appointmentsDDEy 91

File containing letters and associated papersDDEy 92

File of correspondence and associated papers re the MAYC Leaders' HandbookDDEy 93

File of correspondence and associated papers re the finance of the Irish Methodist Publishing CompanyDDEy 94

FileDDEy 95

File containing correspondence and associated papersDDEy 96

FileDDEy 97

File containing correspondence and associated papers re Plas- Yn-AnturDDEy 98

Minutes of the Joint Publications BoardDDEy 99

File containing the following papers of the MYDDDEy 100

File of papers re "Partenors in Learning" as followsDDEy 101

File containing issues of "Look". The House Journal of the National Christian Education CouncilDDEy 101a

File containing papers of the Methodist Conference Committee for the Care of Overseas Students, consisting of case studies regarding individual studentsDDEy 102

EnvelopeDDEy 103

Minutes of the MAYC Training CommitteeDDEy 104

MYD General Secretary's "Stick up book" - a scrap book containing correspondence, minutes and other papers concerning the department's activitiesDDEy 105

Minute bookDDEy 106

MYD General Secretary's "Stick up book" - a scrap book containing correspondence, minutes and other papers concerning the department's activitiesDDEy 107

Box containing a large collection of correspondence files appertaining to the following Wesleyan Methodist and ex-Wesleyan Methodist Day SchoolsDDEy 108

Annual Day School Schedules, containing statistical returns for named schoolsDDEy 108A and B

BoxDDEy 109

Box of reports, correspondence, minutes and programmes etc re MAYC London WeekendsDDEy 111

File of minutes of the Chester House Management CommitteeDDEy 112

Bundle of copies of The Christian Citizen - Quarterly Journal of the Department of Christian CitizenshipDDEy 113

Bundle of printed annual reports of the Christian Citizenship Department of the Methodist ChurchDDEy 114

Files of correspondence, minutes, reports and associated papersDDEy 115

File containing correspondenceDDEy 116/1

File containing correspondenceDDEy 116/2

File containing correspondenceDDEy 116/3

File containing correspondence re Frome Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/4

File containing correspondence re Crawshawbooth Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/5

File containing correspondence re Mawdsley Methodist Day School near OrmskirkDDEy 116/6

File containing correspondence re Preston, Moor Park Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/7

File containing correspondence re Manningtree Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/8

File containing correspondence re Kearsley Mount Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/9

File containing correspondence re Leek Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/10

File containing correspondence re Malton Methodist Day School near YorkDDEy 116/11

File containing correspondence re Helmsley Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/12

File containing correspondence re Ince Methodist Day SchoolDDEy 116/13

File containing correspondence re Dinting Methodist Day School near GlossopDDEy 116/14

Files containing Methodist Day School general correspondence, including matters relating to the outbreak of World War 2 and concern regarding the attendance of Protestant children at Roman Catholic SchoolsDDEy 116/15-17

File containing Board of Education "Final Orders", made under the Education Act of 1902DDEy 116/18

Files of correspondence, minutes, reports and associated papers re the following aspects of Methodist work in higher educationDDEy 117