Collection GB 0074 A/NEA - NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION

2.48 linear metres

The Free Church Federal Council inherited the records of the NEA in 1959.

GB 0074 A/NEA 1887-1959 Collection 2.48 linear metres National Education Association , 1888-1959

The National Education Association (NEA) was formed to give effect to the resolutions of the Education Conference Committee which was held in 1888 in reaction to the report of the Cross Commission, 1886-1888. The Cross Commission was formed to look into the competing systems of education then current: School Board Schools which were supported by rates, and voluntary schools (including Church schools) which were supported only by donations and fees. The report suggested that all schools should be rate-aided.

The Association aimed to promote a "free progressive system of national education, publicly controlled and free from sectarian interest" both by publicising and advancing the School Board System and by undermining denominational and private schools. Formed in 1888 and formally constituted in 1889 under the presidency of A.J.Mundella, the NEA acted as the education sub-committee of the Liberation Society, whose aims were the disestablishment of the Church of England, the attainment of religious equality for non-conformists and the preservation of the rights of conscience.

The NEA was disbanded in 1959 and its duties taken over by the Free Church Federal Council.

The Free Church Federal Council inherited the records of the NEA in 1959.

Records deposited in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

Records of the National Education Association, including minutes; papers relating to the formation and endowment of the Association; financial accounts; annual reports; correspondence; case files; NEA publications; other publications; Parliamentary publications; circulars from the Ministry of Education; education pamphlets and reference papers.

A/NEA-1: Administration and Finance; A/NEA-2: Publications; A/NEA-3: General Files and Bundles.

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

English

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Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

See also the papers of the Liberation Society (A/LIB).

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

June to August 2010. Internal politics Political campaigns Educational policy Church and education Religious institutions Church Church and State Ancient religions Religions Christianity Protestantism Anglicanism Church of England Information sources Documents Campaign literature Political sociology Political behaviour Political participation Campaign groups Groups Political societies Societies Associations Organizations Government policy Government Political activists National Education Association , 1888-1959 Society for the Liberation of Religion from State-Patronage and Control x Liberation Society England UK Western Europe Europe Catholicism

Records deposited in 1972, 1973 and 1974.

Records of the National Education Association, including minutes; papers relating to the formation and endowment of the Association; financial accounts; annual reports; correspondence; case files; NEA publications; other publications; Parliamentary publications; circulars from the Ministry of Education; education pamphlets and reference papers.

A/NEA-1: Administration and Finance; A/NEA-2: Publications; A/NEA-3: General Files and Bundles.

These records are open to public inspection, although records containing personal information may be subject to closure periods.

Copyright to these records rests with the depositor.

• anglais

• latin

English

See also the papers of the Liberation Society (A/LIB).

Please see online catalogues at: http://search.lma.gov.uk/opac_lma/index.htm

Compiled in compliance with General International Standard Archival Description, ISAD(G), second edition, 2000; National Council on Archives Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997.

• anglais