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Major accessions to repositories in 2018 relating to Charities and philanthropy

Local

Archives and Cornish Studies Service (formerly Cornwall Record Office)

  • Truro Inner Wheel Club: records incl minutes, scrap books and 'A Brief History of Rotary Club of Truro' 1944-2014 (AD2588)

Ayrshire Archives

  • Irvine Rotary Club: records incl minutes and photographs, with records of Irvine Inner Wheel 1960-2012

Barnsley Archive and Local Studies Department

  • Houghton Main Welfare Club: papers and minute book rel to coal mining c1980-1989 (A/3788/B)

Bath Record Office

  • British Lung Foundation, Breath Easy Group, Bath and District: records of meetings and events, incl minutes, corresp, accounts, photographs, and material rel to the setting up of the group 1989-2013 (1234)

Bedfordshire Archives & Records Service

  • Robert Hibbert Almshouse Trust, Luton: records incl minutes, accounts, lists of residents, corresp, deeds 1819-2005 (X1021)
  • Leighton Buzard Inner Wheel: records incl minutes and photographs 1948-2018 (Z1684)

Berkshire Record Office

  • Hungerford Tragedy Trust Fund: records 1987-2003 (D/QX45)

Bristol Archives

  • Alderman Steevens Charity, Bristol, Wick and Abson: minutes, accounts, plans and administrative records 1996-2011 (46114)
  • Bristol Owners Heritage Trust: glass slides, published books, papers and material rel to Bristol Cars Ltd 1909-2013 (46120)
  • Bristol Record Society: minutes 1987-2015 (46052)

Cheshire Archives and Local Studies

  • Nantwich charities: vol of mss notes and index detailing 36 Nantwich charities 1850-1900 (D 9157)

City of Westminster Archives Centre

  • Bagshaw and Newton Charity: minutes and account books 1882-1983 (2959)

Conwy Archive Service

  • Llanrwst Youth Project: records c1980-2018 (CX706)

Cumbria Archive Centre, Carlisle

  • Thornthwaite cum Braithwaite with Newlands Parish: candlemas records of charity disbursements to the poor and register of services for St Herbert 1653-2005 (PR 163)

Devon Archives and Local Studies Service (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Dartmouth United Charities: administrative papers rel to Kelly's Gift 19th-20th cent (ZAQK; acc D2018/158)
  • Princess Elizabeth Orthopaedic Comforts Fund: records incl minutes, attendance book, newscuttings and photographs 20th cent (ZAPW; acc D2018/112)

Dorset History Centre

  • Burma Star Association, Bridport: accounts, reports, minutes, photographs and programmes 1988-2014 (D-2895)
  • Shelter, Weymouth Branch: programmes and accounts 1969-1982 (D-2983)
  • Weymouth Rotary Club: programmes, minutes and annual reports 1948-1983 (D-2977)
  • Young Womens Christian Association, Weymouth: accounts 1949 (D-2988)
  • Weymouth Poor Relief subscription list c1830 (D-2997)

Dudley Archives and Local History Service

  • Friends of Wallbrook House: administrative and financial corresp and records 1971-1983 (C10090)

Durham County Record Office

  • Daniel Adamson Coach House Community Association: records incl minutes and accounts 2002 (D/X 2160)

East Riding of Yorkshire Archives and Local Studies Service

  • Atkinson Foundation: records incl corresp, grant applications files, financial records and leases 1935-2017 (Accession number 7192)

East Sussex Record Office

  • Refugee Radio, human rights and broadcasting charity, Brighton: publications and oral history interviews 2014-2016 (ACC 13100)

Essex Record Office

  • Billericay Inner Wheel Club: records, incl minutes, accounts, corresp and photograph albums 1960-2017 (A14920)
  • Gibson Walden Fund: minutes, accounts, corresp and other records 1879-1996 (A14733)

Explore York Libraries & Archives

  • Multiple Sclerosis Society, York branch: records incl two volumes of meeting minutes 1971-2010 (SCE)

Glamorgan Archives

  • Cardiff Universities Social Services, charity supporting people with learning disabilities: papers collected by Innovate Trust for an exhibition, incl information guides, printed materials, video and oral history transcripts c1960-2009 (D1025)
  • VCS Cymru, volunteer community association: minutes, corresp, photographs, financial records and example administrative material 1964-2017 (D1618)

Gloucestershire Archives

  • Cirencester Leg Club, community health organisation: records incl photographs, accounts, publicity materials, corresp about fundraising and papers rel to charity closure 2005-2017 (D14642)
  • Vision 21, sustainability charity, Gloucestershire: records incl event papers, legal and administrative papers, photographs and artwork 1993-2010 (D14684)

Herefordshire Archive and Records Centre

  • Royal British Legion, Leominster branch: records 1963-2017 (DB92)

Kingston History Centre

  • Creative Youth: material, incl oral histories, rel to the 'Kingston: Records, People, Music' project 2017-2018 (KHC/2018/008)

Lancashire Archives

  • Young Lancashire: records incl annual reports, photographs, minutes and publicity material 1923-2010 (DDX 3208)

Leicestershire, Leicester and Rutland, Record Office for

  • John Storer's Charity and Educational Foundation, Loughborough: deeds, minutes, charity commission papers incl sealed orders 1713-1963 (DE9595)
  • Royal British Legion, Whitwick branch: minutes, accounts, membership book, corresp, subscriptions and donations 1937-2013 (DE9610)

Liverpool Record Office

  • The Timber Trades' Benevolent Society: minutes and miscellaneous records 1905-1997 (ACC7143)

London Metropolitan Archives: City of London

  • Days and Atkinsons Almhouse Charity, London: minutes, ledgers and papers rel to bequest 1838-2005 (B18/057)
  • The Eaton Fund: records incl administrative and governance, accounts, grant applications, minutes and photographs; family papers incl wills and probate, papers rel to houses, doll collection and publications 1882-2013 (B18/111)

Manchester Archives and Local Studies

  • LGBT Foundation: records rel to 'Let's Talk About Sex' project incl oral histories and rel publications 2017-2018 (2018/23)

Norfolk Record Office

  • Opening Doors Charity, Norfolk: minutes, accounts, photographs and posters 1994-2017 (ACC 2017/157)
  • Royal British Legion, Dickleburgh and District: minutes 1982-2013 (ACC 2018/110)
  • Thorpe St Andrew Rotary Club: papers, minutes, correspondence and photographs (ACC 2017/173)

North Yorkshire County Record Office

  • Ripon Rotary Club: papers incl minutes 1938-2002 (ZOJ)
  • Thirsk Rotary Club: minutes and programmes 1934-2015 (ZOM)

Orkney Archive

  • Francis Walter charity, Stenness: records incl minutes 1921-1994 (AccNo 2454)

Oxfordshire History Centre

  • Wheatley Windmill Restoration Society: minutes, accounts, corresp and audio-visual material 1976-2010 (Acc 6701)

Perth and Kinross Council Archive

  • Blairgowrie Rotary Club: records incl minutes 1947-1990 (18/21)

Powys Archives

  • Llandrindod Inner Wheel: records incl minutes 1938-2015 (R/SOC/31)
  • Llandrindod Wells Rotary Club: records incl minutes with accounts rel to Llandrindod Wells Inner Wheel 1904-1988 (R/SOC/27)

Richmond upon Thames Local Studies Library and Archive

  • Penny Wade (1930-2008), founder of the Vineyard Project drop-in centre and SPEAR homeless charity: scrap books 1984-1987 (AD31; AD32)

Shropshire Archives

  • Robert Hill and Noble Street Charity: accounts, minutes, deeds and papers 1695-2011 (9482)

Somerset Heritage Centre (South West Heritage Trust)

  • Bridgwater Rotary Club: records incl newsletters and accounts c1950-2010 (A/EMF)
  • Royal British Legion, Curry Rivel, Drayton and Fivehead branch: minutes and circulars 1959-1998 (A/EOA)
  • Soroptimist International: Bridgwater: records incl minutes and accounts 1964-2018 (A/EBZ)

Staffordshire and Stoke-on-Trent Archive Service: Staffordshire County Record Office

  • Kinver Edge Committee, local property management group: minutes of committee, accounts, corresp, subject files and plans for the restoration of the Kinver Rock Houses 1917-2017 (D7631)
  • Stanley Charity Trust, Stafford: minutes and accounts 1793-1975 (7622)

Stirling Council Archive Service

  • Scottish Womens Rural Institute, Cambusbarron branch: minutes and papers 1986-2000 (A 1985)
  • Stirling Rotary Club: minutes and corresp 1925-2007 (A 1992)

Suffolk Record Office, Ipswich Branch

  • Ipswich and District Council for Voluntary Service: records incl minutes and accounts 1974-2013 (GB487)

Surrey History Centre

  • Citizens Advice Bureau, Godalming: records incl minutes and reports 1978-2002 (9910)
  • W C Lee's Resthouses: records incl corresp and minutes 1937-2012 (9970)
  • Soroptomist International, Woking and District: records incl minutes and accounts 1976-2015 (9856)

Tyne and Wear Archives

  • Harton and Westoe Miners Welfare Scheme: minute book 1975-1988 (DX1694)
  • European Structural Funds Voluntary Organisations Northern: minutes, annual reports, accounts and publications 1991-2010 (CH.ESF)

Wandsworth Heritage Service

  • digital:works, arts and education charity: oral histories and films from the 'Journeys - stories of migration to South West London' and 'Battersea Junction - stories from Winstanley and York Road Estate' projects 2018 (2018-6; 2018-7)

Warwickshire County Record Office

  • Rugby Combined Charities: records incl minutes, accounts and photographs c1960-2018 (CR 4998)
  • Thurlaston Poor's Plot Charity: records incl minutes, rent books, accounts 1907-1994 (CR 5012)

West Sussex Record Office

  • Chichester Mission Support: minutes 1995-2016 (19208)
  • Royal British Legion, Women's Section: the Witterings and District branch: records incl minutes c1950-1999 (19289)
  • Royal British Legion, Sussex County: branch records for Bognor, Hurstpierpoint, Ferring and Storrington c1921-2017 (19228)
  • St John's Trust, Chichester: records 1985-2014 (19261)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Bradford

  • Shipley Glen Tramway: records incl visitor books, financial records, photographs, plans, promotional and historical material 1982-2002 (WYB758)

West Yorkshire Archive Service, Calderdale

  • Henry Foster's Charity, Wadsworth: records rel to the will of Henry Foster of Falling Royd, Wadsworth incl account book, minute book and list of beneficiaries 1846-1998 (WYC:1894)

Wigan Archives and Local Studies

  • Wigan Metro Talking News: records and objects rel to the charity c1970-2018 (Acc. 2018/99)

Wiltshire and Swindon History Centre

  • Thomas Spackman (Educational) Charity, Clyffe Pypard: minute book 1872-2003 (4425)

Wolverhampton City Archives

  • St George's Hostel, Resettlement Centre for Homeless Men and Ex-Offenders, Old Hall Street, Wolverhampton: photographs and press cuttings 1980-1989 (DW-188)

Worcestershire Archive and Archaeology Service

  • Burma Star Association, Worcester branch: financial records 1946-2017 (BA16194)
  • Droitwich Spa Rotary Club: minutes and photographs 1960-2001 (BA16224)
  • Royal British Legion, Women's Section, Worcestershire branch: records incl minutes, financial records and photographs 1950-2016 (BA16270)

National

British Library, Manuscript Collections

  • Angela Georgina Burdett-Coutts (1814-1906), Baroness Burdett Coutts, philanthropist: letters (64), incl corresp with her husband, William Lehman Ashmead Burdett-Coutts, (1851-1921), politician 1846-1907 (Add MS 89321)
  • US-UK Fulbright Commission: records 1945-2014 (Add MS 89316)

Island Archives, Guernsey

  • Royal British Legion: Guernsey branch: additional records incl minutes and corresp 1934-2011 (AQ1560)

Jersey Archive

  • Liberate Jersey, equality and diversity charity: publicity materials 2017-2018 (JA/3270)

Special

Labour History Archive and Study Centre (People's History Museum)

  • Women's Aid for Peace: papers incl minutes, corresp and records rel to the planning of trips and delivery of aid 1992-2005 (WAFP)

Royal London Hospital Archives

  • Barts and The London Charity: legacy files, corresp with Charity Commission, papers re merger with former Whipps Cross University Hospital Charity c1994-2001 (RLHT2018/13)

Wellcome Collection

  • Heart N Soul: records and outputs of 'BIG 30', 30th anniversary, project, incl interviews with people with learning disabilities 2016-2017 (SA/HNS)

University

Borthwick Institute for Archives: University of York

  • Alcoholics Anonymous: organisational and business records, incl governance and administrative papers, financial records, literature and photographs 1946-2018 (AA)
  • Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust, York: annual and triannual reports 1973-2012 (JRCT)
  • Joseph Rowntree Foundation: records rel to New Earswick, incl bulletins, papers rel to Folk Hall and the village council, corresp with River Foss Internal Drainage Board, Nature Reserve files and details of grants and loans 1912-2006 (JRF)

Cardiff University

  • Cardiff Universities Social Services: records incl papers of Executive Committee, oral history transcripts and press coverage files rel to support for people with learning disabilities 1971-2018 (108)

London University: Institute of Education

  • Woodcraft Folk: records incl minutes, reports, financial records, corresp and papers, misc printed items 1910-1989 (YMA/WF/WCF)

London University: London School of Economics, The Women's Library

  • Dorothea Elizabeth Irving (1904-2003), Lady Brunner, OBE, actress and voluntary worker: papers rel to the Women's Institute, Keep Britain Tidy group, and Women's Group on Public Welfare c1950-2000 (BRUNNER)

London University: Royal Holloway

  • Queen's Award Office: Certificate for the Queen's Golden Jubilee Award for Voluntary Service by groups in the community 2017 (Acc 2018/05)

London University: School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)

  • Anthony Goldstone (1945-2016), journalist and human rights researcher: papers rel to Goldstone's work with Amnesty International and the United Nations rel to the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste (East Timor) c1978-2012 (2018/010)

Manchester University: Ahmed Iqbal Ullah Race Relations Resource Centre

  • Cheetham Hill Advice Centre: records incl annual reports, advice booklets, exhibition material and management committee minutes 1970-2010 (2018/03)

University of Birmingham: Cadbury Research Library: Special Collections

  • Harold Miller Gould (1889-1966), YMCA Secretary: memoir entitled "Through wars and peace: one man's work with the YMCA 1914-1955" c1988 (YMCA/ACC85)
  • Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA): papers of J Clark Ready, rel to foundation of the Nigerian YMCA, mainly rel to training and development as the National Council formed 1963-1972 (YMCA/ACC71)
  • Photographs of European Voluntary Workers based at the YMCA Hostel, Moota, Cumberland 1947-1951 (YMCA/ACC83)
  • Photographs (53) by Vernon Akroyd depicting YMCA activities in Yorkshire rel to European Voluntary Workers scheme, incl Thrybergh Hostel, Rotherham, and Stainborough Hostel, Barnsley 1948-1949 (YMCA/ACC97)