File. Anniversary - Centenary New Development Fund

Reference No:: U DMS/4/14
Dates:: 4 Jun 1952-14 Mar 1965
Description:: File containing extracts from minutes relating to the Centenary Development Fund. Includes references to: formation of a Centenary Sub-Committee in 1952; decision to allot £15000 for expenditure on the centenary; establishment of a finance panel; book to be published titled 'The Flying Angel' in the centenary year; production of a centenary film; City Luncheon chaired by the Duke of Edinburgh and a Thanksgiving Service at Westminster Abbey to be held; Century of Centenaries Appeal launched in Brisbane; Reverend A.P. Hutchison as Centenary Organiser, and his stepping down on medical grounds to be replaced by Reverend P. Mitchinson; Centenary Thankoffering Fund; publicty and special events; Centenary Fund standing at £30,000 in Feb 1962 and being used to further new work, but to be gradually liquidated and replaced with a Development Fund; grants and loans from the Centenary Fund having been given to Madras, Hobart, Melbourne, Townsville, Port Harcourt, Australia and The Tees.
Format:: Archive Item
Extent:: 1 file
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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)