File. British Sailors' Society

Reference No:
U DMS/4/27
Dates:
Sep 1932-Feb 1952
Description:
File containing correspondence of Reverend G.F. Trench and Reverend C.J. Brown as General Superintendents, and Reverend K.E. Collins of the Missions to Seamen with contacts at and related to the British Sailors' Society and efforts towards cooperation, miscellaneous issues of 'Chart & Compass' 1940-1945, leaflet 'British Sailors Society - What it is and what it does', report of the General Secretary of the British Sailors Society May 1948, invitation to the Reverend Brown and his wife to attend the 133rd anniversary meeting of the British Sailors' Society in 1951, extracts from minutes of meetings relating to the British Sailors' Society, report 'summary of efforts at co-operation between the British & Foreign Sailor Society & the Missions to Seamen since 1919', notes on the relationship between the Missions to Seamen and the British Sailors' Society. Includes references to: constitutions; denominational status of the Missions to Seamen being an issue when considering co-operation; statement as to the objects of the Missions to Seamen in 1934; preparations for informal talks to look at co-operation between the two societies, 1942-1943; Hamburg; Port Elizabeth; uneasy relations between the two societies; early work on the Joint Consultative Committee of the British Sailors' Society and the Missions to Seamen.
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)