Christian Aid archive

The collection comprises correspondence, minutes and reports concerning aid projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean; papers of the Directorate including constitutional material, committee minutes of the British Council of Churches, and Christian Aid Board paper...

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Date(s) of creation: c 1946-1990s
Level: Collection
Format: Archive           

Reference number: CA
Summary: The collection comprises correspondence, minutes and reports concerning aid projects in Africa, Asia, Europe, Middle East, Latin America and the Caribbean; papers of the Directorate including constitutional material, committee minutes of the British Council of Churches, and Christian Aid Board papers; organisational material including correspondence with other fund-raising bodies such as Oxfam, the Red Cross, and a selection of Christian Aid publicity material including Annual Reports.
Main author: Christian Aid
Other authors: British Council of Churches; Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service ; Christian Reconstruction in Europe
Extent: 634 boxes
Admin history: During the Second World War, British and Irish Churches founded an organisation called Christian Reconstruction in Europe, which was a united effort to raise funds to aid in the rebuilding of Europe when the War ended. They raised one million pounds through collections, and began their work of refugee relief and resettlement. In 1948, this work became part of the British Council of Churches, and was known as the Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service. Refugee relief continued to be a major issue for both national and international organisations, ... View more
Acquisition: Deposited on permanent loan from Christian Aid, in several deposits, from 1985.
Accruals: Accruals expected
Arrangement: To date, five separate deposits have been made. The papers from the first and second deposit follow the same organisational principles, and use a uniform referencing system. Files are listed by regional area in the following order (with letter codes): Africa (A), Asia/Pacific (C), Europe/UK (E), Global (F) and Middle East (H). Within each region, papers are arranged according to individual countries. Papers relating to organisation (I), directorate (D) and publications (J) are arranged as separate categories. Papers from the third, forth and fi ... View more
Access status: Open
Copyright: Copyright held by Christian Aid
Language: English
Multiple languages
Finding aids: Unpublished handlists in 3 volumes: Christian Aid Archives I (first deposit), Christian Aid Archives II (second deposit), Christian Aid Archives III (third deposit); printed lists for fourth and fifth deposits.
Related material: SOAS Library also holds the records of the Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service (forerunner to Christian Aid) which are organised as a separate collection [Reference: ICA]. This collection comprises the papers of Inter-Church Aid and its predecessor organisation Christian Reconstruction in Europe. The ICA collection includes: constitutional papers; minutes of the organisation's committees and sub-committees; correspondence files, including those of the organisation's senior officers; and subject/regional files relating to the organis ... View more
Format: Archive           
Subjects:
Access Points - Person, Corporate & Family Names:
Name Code Person, Corporate or Family Name Type of Entity
GB/SOASNAF/C318 Christian Reconstruction in Europe Corporate
GB/NNAF/C214519 British Council of Churches; Inter-Church Aid and Refugee Service Corporate
GB/NNAF/C51004 Christian Aid Corporate
Access Points - Places:
Place Code Place Name
7729891 Caribbean
7729894 Eastern Asia
7729886 Central Africa
7729892 Central America
7729889 Eastern Africa
7729884 Eastern Europe
6269133 Middle East
7729887 Northern Africa
6255149 North America
6255150 South America
6255151 Oceania
7729895 Southern Asia
7729896 South Eastern Asia
9406051 Southern Africa
7729885 Western Africa
6255148 Europe
2589581 Algeria
3351879 Angola
3865483 Argentina
1210997 Bangladesh
3582678 Belize
3923057 Bolivia
933860 Botswana
3469034 Brazil
1327865 Myanmar
3895114 Chile
3686110 Colombia
3508796 Dominican Republic
3658394 Ecuador
357994 Egypt
3585968 El Salvador
337996 Ethiopia
2300660 Ghana
390903 Greece
3595528 Guatemala
3723988 Haiti
3608932 Honduras
1819730 Hong Kong
1269750 India
1643084 Indonesia
192950 Kenya
927384 Malawi
1282988 Nepal
3617476 Nicaragua
2328926 Nigeria
1168579 Pakistan
1694008 Philippines
1227603 Sri Lanka
149590 Tanzania
226074 Uganda
2635167 United Kingdom
2236355 Zaire
895949 Zambia