File. Wales (Welsh Council)

Reference No:
U DMS/12/62
Dates:
26 Mar 1947-6 Aug 1974
Description:
Contains the following papers relating to Mission to Seafarers work in Wales: minutes and agenda re meetings of the Welsh Council; income and expenditure accounts of the Welsh Council; constitution of the Welsh Council; extracts from minutes re Wales; 1965 annual report of the Diocesan Missionary Council; report to the governing body of the Church in Wales re Provincial Missionary Council, Sep 1966; comments on a memorandum prepared by the Reverend D.S. Lee 'Future Policy of the Missions to Seamen in Wales'; press cuttings; order of service for the first annual service for seafarers in Wales, held 24 Oct 1973; graph of commodity and traffic statistics, 1971-1980 for South Wales ports; correspondence of Reverend T.P. Kerfoot as General Superintendent. Relates to various matters including: council membership; named chaplains and personnel; memorandum of association for the Welsh Council; first meeting of the council held 24 Mar 1955; lay organisers; finances and appeals; BBC appeal in 1962; wales attempting to achieve financial self-support; structure of responsibilities for administration of the society in Wales; legacies received; breakdown of contributions received from Welsh diocese; Welsh Council office located at Alexandra Docks, Newport; suggestion that the Welsh Council be discontinued in 1966; situation in Cardiff and Merchant Navy Welfare Board grant for a new building at Cardiff Docks; the Welsh constitution.
Format:
Archive Item
Extent:
1 file
Language:
Access Conditions:
Access will be granted to any accredited reader
Repository:
Hull University Archives
Collection:
Records of the Head Office of the Mission to Seafarers (formerly known as the Missions to Seamen)