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Records of the Black Experience Archive Trust (BEAT), comprising interviews with members of the black community, conducted by pupils at Park View Academy, West Green, and promotional postcard and T-Shirt.

Brent Black Music History and NARM (Naming and Role Models) Heritage Lottery Funded projects published booklets and DVD recordings (the latter are available by prior appointment). Also African Histories Revisited's published 'Race/Racism Primer' (2014).

Records of the Clapton Youth Centre, including Senior Members Defence Committee and Committee for the Defence of Clapton Youth Centre minutes and papers; nightly report sheets; Jean Tate, Tutor Warden (later Head)'s correspondence files concerning policy, disciplinary hearings, papers concerning campaigns and events based at the Centre including Anselm Samuel, Tutor in Charge (later Outreach Worker); the death of Colin Roach in Stoke Newington and Colin Roach Family Support Committee (joint campaign with Hackney Black Peoples Association); New Cross Fire demonstrations; trip to Grenada during the Revolution in 1980; related leaflets, posters, photographs and audio cassette tapes.

The records demonstrate how the Centre was run, and how relations deteriorated between the Centre and its parent, the Inner London Education Authority. The papers of the campaigns which were run from the Centre are particularly valuable for research on local issues in Hackney, as well as wider activism in the Black community. The photographs, slides and negatives are also a strong element in the collection, documenting the Centre's activities and related campaigns such as Colin Roach demonstrations and support given to the Knight family.

Records containing personal information concerning Jean Tate and Anslem Samuel are available for general access as those individuals have requested this access rule during their lifetimes. Records containing personal information relating to staff are not available for general access and have been restricted for 84 years from the last date in each file. Records containing personal information relating to members (who were aged 12 years and above) are not available for general access and have been restricted for 88 years from the last date in each file.

Audio-visual material is available for access by appointment only.

Photographs of activities at the Cowley Recreational Institution, including fencing, athletics, dance, football, table tennis, martial arts and official visits to the Institution. Also correspondence relating to the use of the photographs in an exhibition by the London County Council.

Papers of the Girls' Life Brigade Thames Valley Division, comprising minutes of Divisional Executive meetings, Divisional Annual meetings, and 1st Thames Valley Battalion Council meetings.

Records of Harrow Methodist Church, Welldon Crescent, including Trinity Church Harrow report on work at Welldon Crescent former Methodist church, 1980; The Welldon Centre (formerly Welldon Crescent Methodist Church) Annual Report, 1983; register of baptisms, 1949-1975; reports on inspections and general correspondence regarding a controlled parking zone outside the church, 1963-1968; draft copy of Renewal of Trust, agendas and accounts for Annual Trustees Meetings and estimates and specifications for work to be carried out, 1961-1969; plan of church grounds, plan of 'Easirect' garage, an artists impression of the church, order for fire extinguishers and related correspondence, 1948-1960; Local Youth Reports and correspondence, 1957-1971; Youth Council minute book, 1951-1963; applications to County Council of Middlesex for continued use of the scout hut with related correspondence, 1948-1970 and glass plate negative depicting church exterior, 20th century (please note: this item can only be viewed in the conservation studio).

Papers of the Ilford Jewish Primary School, formerly the Stepney Jewish Primary School, including deeds; correspondence; Governors and Management Committee meeting minutes and papers; Buildings Committee minutes; minutes and correspondence relating to the Jewish Youth Club; minutes and correspondence relating to the move from Stepney to Ilford; and records relating to construction including papers of the architect, plans and maps.

Papers of Islington Chinese Association, including general administrative records, annual reports, and printed material including event programmes, brochures and newsletters.

Records of the Lady Margaret Hall Settlement, including minutes, agendas and financial records.

Records of the London Council of Social Service and related organisations. The records reflect the variety and depth of activity undertaken by the LCSS. There is a good range of committee minutes, correspondence files and publications. The correspondence files approximate to the various departments although the contents of each one can be quite diverse.

Records of the London Union of Youth Clubs, including:

Administration LMA/4232/A: which includes the minutes of Annual General Meetings 1945-1992, Executive Committee 1943-1948, Council minutes and papers 1982-1996, Management Committee 1983-1994, Finance and General Purposes Committee 1980-1983, Participation Sub-Committee 1985, Anti-Racial and Multi-Ethnic Committee 1984-1998, Steering Committee 1982-1983, Working Group papers 1977-1990's, as well as correspondence and statistics 1960's-1990's, papers relating to the merger of the LUYC with the association of Combined Youth Clubs 1992-1995, fund-raising 1983-1995 and grants and awards 1981-1996.

Finance LMA/4232/B: which includes Accounts 1978-1995 and Investments, Legacies and Trusts 1964-1984.

Related Organisations LMA/4232/C: which are the records of the London Girls Fund 1980-1996.

Printed Material/Ephemera LMA/4232/D: consisting of Annual Reports 1948-1997, copies of the LUYC Bulletin 1971-1992 and publications relating to youth clubs dating from the 1970's to 1990's. There are also T-shirts, posters and a banner from the LUYC Young Women's Unit c.1980.

Audio-Visual/Photographs LMA/4232/E: this series contains not only a large series of photographs illustrating LUYC events but films produced by members of LUYC and cassette recordings. These date from the 1960's to the 1990's.

Records of London Youth Matters, consisting primarily of administrative papers including committee minutes and reports; general filing on a variety of topics; financial papers and a small number of publications.

Records of the Maccabi Union of Great Britain, 1943-2002. Please note written permission from the depositors is required to access these records.

This collection reflects how the Maccabi organisation functions on an international, European and national level. The hierarchy of authority is evident in the way the series of records have been organised. The Maccabi World Union, International Maccabiah Committee and European Maccabi Confederation are represented in the holdings mostly through official reports. However, although the records for the Maccabi Union of Great Britain start with the official minutes of what was to become the National Executive Committee, it is the personal correspondence from key figures in the Union, for example Eric and Beryl Rayman, which greatly enhance our understanding of this organisation.

It is apparent from the records that the Maccabi Union GB has many related parts to it. This demonstrates the level of organisation involved and fund raising necessary to run a major youth movement. The Maccabi Foundation, an independant body, has, as its main purpose, a funding function for Maccabi activities. This itself was previously linked to a company called Maccabi Stadium Limited. The Maccad Agency Limited, also no longer functioning, charged commission from companies to advertise in Maccabi Union publications. This commission was most likely ploughed back into the Union's activities.

The Maccabi Century Club took over the activities of the Sportsmen's Century Club in 1992. This club was founded by generous, wealthy men who ran one fundraising event per year at the Dorchester Hotel. The "Century" referred to the fact that this stag dinner function cost 100 pounds per head for 100 people. By 1992 the cost of the ticket had risen to 500 pounds and the number of attendees increased. Fine speakers, fine food and wine and top names in cabaret ensured a memorable evening. Over 33 years these dinners raised over 1,000,000 pounds to keep the Maccabi movement alive. The Maccabi Century Club continued this work with a slightly altered structure, that is, that the fundraising work is shared with the Maccabi Centurions. This Club is no longer operating.

By far the most comprehensive series of records is that of sports events and games. The Maccabiah is covered from the 3rd to the 16th Games. A set of photographs of the 1950 Games is of particular interest as it shows not only the opening cermonies in Israel but members of the team from Great Britain and the competitors as they take part.

The involvement of the Maccabi Union Great Britain in the Maccabiah, European and North American Games is known to us mainly through the personal papers of Ken Gradon who served the Union in many capacities. Ken Gradon was a key figure in the development of the Maccabi Union because he has served at all levels. He was, among other roles, President of the Maccabi Union Great Britain, Honorary President of the European Maccabi Games, a member of the International Maccabiah Committee on a personal basis, nominated to stand for committees of the Maccabi World Union and standing on the British Maccabiah Organising Committee.

The photographic collection includes meetings, conferences, dinners and other events held between the 1940s and 1960s with particular reference to Maccabi Association London depicting speakers, audiences and assembled groups, the Jewish Welfare Unit ambulances, and the opening of the Maccabi running track at Hendon Stadium in 1953. Among the ephemera there are football league trophies, sports caps and T-shirts, commemorative pennants, banners and plaques.

Besides the Maccabiah, individual sports are represented through the files of affiliated sports groups such as the Maccabi Southern Football League and Wingate Football Club, as well as the Union's own records of certain sports and their annual tournaments, such as table tennis, athletics and cricket.

Records of the Mary Ward Centre, formerly known as the Mary Ward Settlement and the Passmore Edwards Settlement. Also some records of predecessor institutions University Hall Settlement and Marchmont Hall; and associated organisations such as the Holborn Community Centre and the Association of Principals of Literary Institutes and Colleges.

The records include papers relating to the foundation of the Settlement, particularly correspondence of Mary Ward with supporters and benefactors; minutes of the Council, the Finance and General Purposes Committee and other Committees; administrative and financial files relating to the daily running of the Settlement and the maintenance of Settlement property; papers of the Chairman and Wardens which relate to the management of the Settlement and reflect the interests of individual wardens, particularly relating to adult education provision in the 1960s, 1970s and 1980s; papers relating to various appeals to raise funds to prevent the closure of the Settlement; and papers relating to grant applications.

Also papers relating to the activities of the Settlement including prospectuses and syllabi outlining adult education courses; papers of youth clubs, vacation schools, evening play centres, clubs for the elderly and clubs for women; papers relating to the School for Invalid Children; papers relating to the provision of financial and legal advice; papers regarding the introduction of computing services in the early 1990s; press cuttings and photographs. The collection also includes some personal papers of Mary Ward and her daughter Dorothy Ward.

Records of Toynbee Hall university settlement, including Education Committee minutes; Residents Meetings minutes; correspondence; annual reports; financial reports; memorandum and articles of association; educational syllabuses and evening courses; papers of clubs and societies; visitors' books; press cuttings; magazines; pamphlets; plans; photographs and slides.

Records of the Presbyterian church including Presbytery minutes, Committee minutes and planning for reconstruction of war damage for the Presbytery of London North, 1841-1972; Presbytery minutes, financial accounts and Committee minutes for the Presbytery of London South, 1888-1972; and Presbytery minutes and Committee minutes for the Presbytery of the South Coast, 1920-1972.

Minute books, magazines, syllabi and event programmes for various groups and societies connected with Presbyterian and Congregational churches, mostly Young Men's Societies and Literary Societies, 1854-1965.

Architectural plans of Congregational and Presbyterian churches, 1850-1968:
Aldershot United Reformed Church;
Alexandra Park United Reformed Church;
Banstead United Reformed Church, Woodmansterne Lane;
Battersea Congregational Church, Bridge Road;
Battersea Rise Presbyterian Church;
Belvedere Congregational Church;
Iden Green Chapel, Beneden;
Bermondsey Presbyterian Church, Southwark Park Road;
Jewish Mission, Bethnal Green;
Bethnal Green Congregational Church;
Blackheath United Reformed Church, Long Lane;
North Bow United Reformed Church;
Bracknell Presbyterian Church;
Bromley Congregational Church;
Bromley Presbyterian Church;
Shortlands Congregational Church, Bromley;
Bromley-By-Bow United Reformed Church;
Buckhurst Hill United Reformed Church;
Clemance Hall United Reformed Church, Camberwell Green;
Grove Road Congregational Church, Camberwell Green;
Camberwell Church, Friern Road;
Canterbury Presbyterian Church;
Catford Trinity Congregational Church, Stanstead Road;
Charlton Congregational Church;
Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church, Chatham;
Saint Andrew's United Reformed Church, Cheam;
Chiswell Green United Reformed Church, Saint Albans;
Clapham United Reformed Church, Grafton Square;
Clapton Park United Reformed Church;
College Park Presbyterian Church;
Christ Church United Reformed Church, Crawley;
Crossway Central Mission;
Dalston Congregational Church, Middleton Road;
Dartford Presbyterian Church;
Deptford Congregational Church;
Emmanuel United Reformed Church, Dulwich;
Dulwich Grove United Reformed Church;
Festivals Park Free Church, Ealing;
East Finchley United Reformed Church;
East Greenwich United Reformed Church;
East Ham Congregational Church, Wakefield Street;
East Ham Presbyterian Church;
Plashet Park United Reformed Church, East Ham;
Saint James' Presbyterian Church, Edgware;
Edgware Congregational Church;
Lower Edmonton Independent (Congregational) Church;
Elmers End United Reformed Church;
Eltham United Reformed Church;
Windmill Hill Presbyterian Church, Enfield;
Ewell United Reformed Church;
Saint George's United Reformed Church, Felixstowe;
Finchley And Whetstone United Reformed Church;
Claremont Central Mission, Finsbury;
Forest Gate United Reformed Church, Romford Road;
Saint Mark's United Reformed Church, Greenwich;
Hampton Hill United Reformed Church;
Hayes Free Church (Congregational);
Herne Hill United Reformed Church;
The Hyde United Reformed Church, Hendon;
Highbury Quadrant Congregational Church;
Camden Road United Reformed Church, Holloway;
Holloway United Reformed Church;
Hounslow United Reformed Church;
Trinity Congregational Church, Ilfield;
Goodmayes Congregational Church, Ilford;
Vine United Reformed Church, Ilford;
Buck Street Presbyterian Church, Kentish Town;
Kenton United Reformed Church;
Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Kilburn;
Burnt Ash United Reformed Church, Lee;
Lenham United Reformed Church;
Letchworth Free Church Hall;
Algernon Road United Reformed Church, Lewisham;
High Street United Reformed Church, Lewisham;
Lewisham High Road Congregational Church;
Elmore/Langthorne Congregational Church, Leyton;
Leytonstone United Reformed Church;
Lowestoft Congregational Church;
Mill Hill East United Reformed Church;
Millward United Reformed Church;
Muswell Hill United Reformed Church;
Saint John's Presbyterian Church, New Barnet;
North Finchley United Reformed Church;
Northwood Hills United Reformed Church;
Saint John's Presbyterian Church, Northwood;
Marlborough Chapel United Reformed Church, Old Kent Road;
Orange Street Congregational Church;
Clifton Congregational Church, Peckham;
Penge Congregational Church;
Petts Wood United Reformed Church;
Plaistow United Reformed Church;
Ponders End United Reformed Church;
Presbyterian Housing, Poplar;
Pratts Bottom United Reformed Church;
Purley United Reformed Church;
Granard Presbyterian Church, Putney;
Saint Paul's United Reformed Church, Richmond;
Saint Paul's Cray Congregational Church;
Sanderstead United Reformed Church;
Oaklands Congregational Church, Shepherds Bush;
Pilgrim Church, Southwark;
Enmore Road Congregational Church, South Norwood;
Kingston Road Congregational Church, Staines;
Stamford Hill United Reformed Church;
Stanwell Congregational Church;
Coverdale And Ebenezer Congregational Church, Stepney;
John Knox United Reformed Church, Dempsey Street, Stepney;
Latimer Congregational Church, Stepney;
Stepney Meeting House (United Reformed Church);
Abney United Reformed Church And Youth Club, Stoke Newington;
Manor Road United Reformed Church, Stoke Newington;
Rectory Road United Reformed Church, Stoke Newington;
Brickfields United Reformed Church, Stratford;
Sunbury On Thames Congregational Church;
Swanley United Reformed Church;
Saint Peter's United Reformed Church, Tooting;
Whitfields Memorial United Reformed Church, Tottenham Court Road;
Totteridge United Reformed Church;
Upper Norwood United Reformed Church;
Providence Congregational Church, Uxbridge;
Wallington Presbyterian Church;
Wood Street United Reformed Church, Walthamstow;
Walton-On-Thames United Reformed Church;
Wandsworth Presbyterian Church;
East Hill Congregations Church, Wandsworth;
Saint Steven's Presbyterian Church, Watford;
Welling United Reformed Church;
Welwyn Garden City Free Church (United Reformed Church);
Wembley United Reformed Church;
Westborough Congregational Church;
West Brompton Congregational Church;
West Ealing Presbyterian Church;
West Kensington Congretional Church;
Westminster Chapel, Buckingham Gate;
West Norwood Presbyterian Church;
West Wickham United Reformed Church;
Whetstone United Reformed Church;
Dundonald Road Congregational Church, Wimbledon.

Please note that wherever possible the most modern (URC) name for the congregation has been used, unless there was no evidence from the URC Year Books to suggest that the congregation joined the URC, in which case the older Presbyterian or Congregational name has been used.

Records of the Victoria Club, Jewish community centre and youth club, 1901-1991. Records include daily log book; membership books; papers of the Council and Executive; papers relating to building development including transfer of the Club from Stepney to Hackney; financial records; papers relating to youth club activities; papers of the Victoria (Hackney) Kosher Meals on Wheels service; papers of the Senior Citizens Club, the Victoria Centre for Adults, and Hampstead Victoria; fundraising papers and memorabilia.

Letters from Mary Ward (also known as Mrs Humphry Ward) relating to the establishment of a school for Invalid Children at the Passmore Edwards Settlement, Tavistock Place (later known as the Mary Ward Settlement).

Records of Saint Andrew's Presbyterian Church, Wembley, including Communicants' roll book, 1901-1922; Court of Session minute books, 1901-1929; Managers' minute books, 1902-1943 and photographs of the Scout Troop, particularly of summer camps, 1924-1937.