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Administrative records and letters of the Associates

Collection: 'Bray Schools' in Canada, America and the Bahamas, 1645-1900    Volumes    Administrative records and letters of the Associates
BRAY/f These documents include minute books, letter books and account books for the Associates of Dr Bray. The minute books start with discussion of the aims of the associates, including a proposal for 'establishing a charitable colony for the better mainainance of the poor of the city of London' and plans for promoting the association through the media. Amongst the collection of minute books lie the minutes from the first ever Annual Meeting. Details of gifts from benefactors for use in establishing Christian schools abroad sit alongside a contemporary view of slaves. The secretary to King William IV, Mr D'Alone is shown to be a highly significant benefactor to the cause of establishing and maintaining schools and libraries in: Barbados, the Bahamas and what was then British Guiana. Libraries in Bermuda, the United States, North America, Australia and Hong Kong are also discussed, as are plans for the acquisition of books for lending libraries and the 'Act for the Better Preservation of Parochial Libraries...' which is yet to be repealed as of March 2011. The Distribution of power between the Associates and the church hierarchy is highlighted in the letter books; some letter books are indexed by recipient. Later records detail a redistribution of resources as some libraries fall into disuse and others are expanded. The account books of Dr Bray and of the Associates outline the Costs of school management, alongside other expenses, and the value of donations to their cause.
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Register of Bray Associates' libraries : books. 1875-1906.

BRAY/f 43. This item starts as the new Secretary of the Associates, Rev H. W. Tucker, addresses book orders placed before he became Secretary during 1875 and continues through to...

Date:1875-1906
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f43

Register of the books belonging to the library founded by the Associates of the late Dr Bray. 1873.

BRAY/f 42. The books in the register are listed alphabetically by title; the register is followed by the library's lending records.

Date:1873-1873
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f42

Catalogue of libraries, catalogue of books in parochial libraries in England and abroad. 1840-1850.

BRAY/f 41. This item features an index of locations [img 2], the books in this catalogue are listed by the locations they were dispatched to in the British Isles, North...

Date:1840-1850
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f41

Catalogue of libraries, catalogue of books in parochial libraries in England and abroad. 1817-1846.

BRAY/f 40. This item features an index of locations [img 3], the books in this catalogue are listed by the locations they were dispatched to in the British Isles, North...

Date:1817-1846
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f40

Catalogue of parochial libraries, given to the Bray Associates by the SPCK. 1761.

BRAY/f 39. This item is prefaced by an index [img 2], then also prefaced by two copies of the 1708 Act for the better Preservation of Parochial Libraries in that...

Date:1761-1761
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f39

Catalogue of books for home and foreign libraries. 1753-1817.

BRAY/f 38. This indexed [img 3] catalogue lists books sent to the British Isles and to the Americas, by the Associates of Dr Bray, over a sixty-four year period.

Date:1753-1817
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f38

Bibliothecae provinciales Americanae : catalogue of books sent to America. c.1701.

BRAY/f 37. The register of books sent to America c.1701 and destined for: Charleston, Carolina; New York, New York; Boston, New England; Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; and St George's, Bermuda.

Date:1701-1701
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f37

'Letter book' . Copies of letters sent by Bray Associates' Secretary. 1875-1895.

BRAY/f 36. This letter book consists of brief businesses letters [img 6] referring to libraries, donations, property and staffing.

Date:1875-1895
Contributor:Bodleian Library
Identifier:bray-f36
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