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Wesley College GB 1080 MSS Wesley College This catalogue was digitised by The National Archives as part of the National Register of Archives digitisation project NRA 27694 The National Archives \r'. H. M.C. NATIONAL REGHTEA OF ARCHIVES MANUSCRIPTS AND OTHER COLLECTIONS AT WESLEY COLLEGE, BRISTOL A Catalogue by Diarmaid MacCulloch Index by Mrs. Maureen Fenn October 1984 CONTENTS Abbreviations and Conventions used in the text A. Official papers of Didsbury College, Manchester, Didsbury College, Bristol and Wesley College, Bristol. 1. Minute books 2. Financial books 3. Legal and architectural papers 4. Printed material 5. Photographs B. Official papers of Wesley College, Headingley 1. Minute books 2. Financial books and papers 3. Corresondence and attached papers 4. Legal and architectural papers and plans 5. Photographs C. Official papers of Richmond College D. General antiquarian collections 1. Official documents 2. Sermons and devotional works 3. Journals 4. Lectures, memoranda and notes 5. Unbound single letters 6. Self-contained collections of letters and associated papers 7. Letters and papers relative to troubles in Tonga, 1883-87 8. MS fragments extracted from the bindings of printed books E. General printed collections 1. Preaching plans 2. Class tickets 3. Antiquarian collections: individual items 4. Facsimiles, photographs, engravings, etc. 4/1 Facsimiles 4/2 Portraits 4/3 Other pictures 5. Collections F. Curiosa Abbreviations and conventions used Baker F. Baker (ed.)f Letters I, II, Works of John Wesley, vols.25, 26, Oxford, 1980, 1982 Clarke J. B. B. Clarke, An account of the ... Life of Adam Clarke, 3 vols. London, 1833. Clarke, Memoirs A. Clarke, Memoirs of the Wesley Family, London, 1823 Curnock N. Curnock, The Journal of the Rev. John Wesley..., 8 vols. London, 1909-16. f. folio n.d. no date given P- page s.a. no year given Telford J. Telford, The Letters of the Rev. John Wesley..., 8 vols. London 1931 Wesley's Works The Works of the Rev. John Wesley 14 vols. London, lb 56-65 Letters are holograph unless otherwise stated. All letters are described in the following order: name of writer, name of recipient, address of recipient in brackets, address of writer, date, physical description. In the unbound letters section (D5), letters are arranged by recipient in alphabetical order, and the name of the recipient is not repeated for each individual item. 1. A. Official papers of Didsbury College, Manchester, Didsbury College, Bristol and Wesley College, Bristol The institutions named above have a continuous history, although Wesley College, Bristol represents an amalgamation with Wesley College, Headingley, which took place in 1968. Apart from the records listed below, the archives of Didsbury College, Bristol and Wesley College, Bristol are not normally available to re­ searchers for forty years. With the exception of the items listed here, archives from the Bristol College are deposited at Bristol City Record Office. Al: Minute Books Al/1/1. Register of students and staff entering College, 1842-1966 Al/1/2. Records of student careers, with dates of entrance and exit and notes, 1888-1966. Sub-committee for Didsbury of the Northern Branch of the Theological Al/2/1. Institution, 6 Oct.1840 - 22 Feb.1842. Continued as Committee of Management of the same, 16 Sep.1842 - 1 Jul.1869. Continuation, 30 Sep. 1869 - 23 Jun. 1892. End: Al/2/2. (a) Newspaper cutting, Methodist Recorder c.1930 (b) Letter, Rev. E. C. Sackett to Dr. J. A. Newton (Wesley, Bristol), St. Paul's Methodist Church, Didsbury, 5 Apr.1978. Al/2/3. Executive Committee, 28 Sep.1892 - 30 Dec.1914 Al/2/4. Continuation of same, 11 Jun.1941 - 29 Jan.1945. Encl: (a) one loose memorandum. Al/3/1. Ecclesiastical Board of the Northern Branch of the Wesleyan Theological Institution, 6 Oct.1842 - 25 Jun.1846. Continued as Board of Discipline/Discipline Committee, 15th Jan.1847 ­ 19 Jun.1913. Al/3/2. Discipline (Oversight) Committee, 25 Sep.1913 - 10 Oct.1955. Al/4/1-3. Unbound minutes, Special Committee on College Assessments, 1913-15. Inserted into Al/2/3. Al/5/1. House and Finance Committee, 27 Jun.1902 - 14 Jun.1923. At back,, reversed Secretary's expenses, 6th Mar.1920 - 23 Jun.1923. Al/5/2. Continuation, 20 Sep.1923 - 11 Sep.1933. At back, Committee expenses, 1923-33. Al/5/3. Continuation, 11 Dec.1933 - 6 Mar.1944. At back, Committee expenses Sep.1933 - Dec.1939. Last page, note of membership of the Bristol House Committee. Al/6/1. Tutors' Meeting, 10 Dec.1924 - 2 Apr.1930. Al/6/2. Continuation, 6 May 1930 - 11 Jun.1940. Al/7/1. Journal of Sabbath engagements, 18 Sep.1842 - 12 Oct.1845. Al/7/2. Continuation, 17 Feb.1867 - 22 Mar.1874. 2. Al/7/3. Continuation, 12 Apr.1874 - 27 Feb.1881. Al/8/1. Record of Student Appointments, 11 Sep.1864 - Jun.1888. Al/8/2. Register of Appointments, late 19th Cent. Al/9/1. College Meeting, 19 Sep.1919 - 8 Jun.1926. - Al/9/2. Continuation, 6 Sep.1926 - 10 Jun.1936. Encl: loose memoranda (pp.9). Al/9/3. Continuation, 20 Mar.1946 - 19 Mar.1956. Al/10. Attendance Register/Students' Business Meeting, 12 Jun.1947 - 11 Dec.1953. Al/11/1. Resolutions passed in "Seats", 15 Mar.1949 - 7 Nov.1952. Al/11/2. Continuation, 11 Nov.1952 - 3 May 1957. Al/11/3. Continuation, 7 May 1957 - 10 Nov.1961. Al/11/4. Continuation, 14 Nov.1961 - 9 Mar.1966. Al/12/1. Monitors' Book, 11 Sep.1842 - 26 Jun.1848. Al/12/2. Monitors' Weekly Record, 9 Nov.1857 - 15 Oct.1865. Al/12/3. Continuation, 16 Oct.1865 - 26 Jun.1870. Al/12/4. Monitors' Register, 28 Oct.1878 - 19 Dec.1881. Al/12/5. Monitors' Book, 22 May 1882 - 19 Dec.1887. Al/13. Missionary Committee, 6 Feb.1901 - 21 Apr.1937. Encl: (a) loose index (b) notes about "Seats", 1947 (pp.5). Al/14. Magazine Committee, 10 Nov.1931 - 1958. Encl: (a) 1 loose memorandum. Al/15. Visitors' Book, 1 Jul.1846 - 1847 (dated 1845 on cover). Al/16. Constitution of College student organisation, c.1960. A2: Financial Books A2/1. Payments Book, 24 Aug.1888 - 7 Sep.1908. A2/2. Continuation, 9 Jun.1933 - 4 May 1938. A2/3. Continuation, 10 May 1938 - 30 Apr.1947. A3: Legal and Architectural Papers A3/1/1. Letter, W. H. Robinson and Co., auctioneers, to W. Bardsley Brash (Didsbury, Manchester), 79 Mosley Street, Manchester, 29 Sep.1944. A3/1/2. Valuation of Didsbury College, Manchester, 16 Aug.1944 - with photostat plan. A3/1/3 Grant of arms to Didsbury College, 12 Dec.1946. With signatures of Algar Howard, Garter King of Arms, Arthur Cochrane, Clarenceux King of Arms and Gerald W. Wollaston, Norroy and Ulster King of Arms. In red buckram case, with t,hree metal seal cases. A3/1/4-7 4 plans of Didsbury College, Bristol, 5 Feb.1952: Sir Percy Thomas, Cardiff. A4: Printed Materia l A4/1. List of students, 1878, with study and bedroom numbers added in MS. A4/2. Programme, Shakespeare Reading Club, Session 1881-82. A4/3. Pamphlet: names of students entering Didsbury, 1842-1891. A4/4. Pamphlet, Didsbury College Souvenir (Manchester, 1913) A4/5. Order of service, 22 Sep.1942: 2 copies,proof. A4/6. Order of Centenary service, 24 Apr.1945: 3 copies. A4/7. W. Bardsley Brash, Didsbury College (Bristol, 1945): 4 copies. A4/8. Plan for prayer in Western District, Oct.1946. A4/9. Appeal Brochure, 1951. A4/10. Programme, laying of foundation stone, 10 Sep.1951. A4/11. Programme, opening of new building, 21 May 1953. A4/12. F. Greeves, Didsbury College, Bristol (Bristol, n.d. but 1953). A4/13. Box containing 16 metal blocks for College Magazine. A4/14. Similar, containing 84 metal blocks for Didsbury and Headingley College Magazines. A5: Photographs A5/1/1-84. College groups: (1-30) 1865-67; (31-51) 1869-71; (52-57) 1873-74; (58-61) similar but undated; (62) 1886 (presented by Miss Harrison of Victoria Methodist Church, Bristol, c.1978); (63) c.1900; (64) 1910; (65) c.1910; (66) 1922; (67) 1923; (68) 1925; (69-89) 1954, 1957-60, c.1960, 1961-3, 1961-4, 1976-78, 1982-4 A5/2/1. Group: Staff, c.1923 A5/2/1-3. Group: staff, c.1930 A5/2/4. Group: staff, 1976 A5/3. Group: 1st Year, 1886, mounted with other photographs of Didsbury (10 items)'. Donated by Dr. F. Greeves. A5/4. Group: Sports Committee, c.1893, mounted with two views of the college. Donated by Dr. F. Greeves (with covering letter) (see also E4/2/1). A5/5. Group: Missionary Platform, 1923. A5/6/1-2. Group: including first members, at the Jubilee Reunion, 1892. With modern copy. A5/6/3. Group: College Centenary, 12 Oct.1942 A5/6/4 Group: Garden party, c.1955. Donated by Rev. K. Grayston 4. A5/7/1-17. Individual Students, 1889-91. Donated by Rev. F. Bretherton. A5/7/18. Unnamed student, c.1970 A5/8/1. Exterior, 25 Oct.1904 (tinted photograph). A5/8/2. Interior, temporary chapel, Bristol, c.1950 A5/8/3. Interior, new chapel, Bristol, c.1955. B. Official papers of Wesley College, Headingley Bl: Minute Books Bl/1 Register of students and staff entering college, 1868-1953. Prefaced by account of the origins of the college. Bl/2 Trustees, 5 Aug.1884 - Feb.1934. Pencilled note in the front: "NB Mr. Bunting had the original Minute Book but was not able to find it." Bl/3/1 Committee of Management, 23 Oct.1868 - 1 Oct.1879; Executive Committee, 17 Dec.1879 - 21 Jun.1895; House and Finance Committee, 19 Jan.1872 ­ 21 Jun.1895.
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