Collection search - Church of Scotland. Colonial Committee fonds [textual record (microform)]

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Church of Scotland. Colonial Committee fonds [textual record (microform)]

Hierarchical level:

Fonds

Date:

1836-1887.

Reference:

R14517-0-6-E, MG17-E1

Type of material:

Textual material

Found in:

Archives / Collections and Fonds

Item ID number:

105997

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Church of Scotland. Colonial Committee fonds
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Record information – Details
Date(s):

1836-1887.

Place of creation:

Scotland

Extent:

6 microfilm reels : negative and positive.

Language of material:

English

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Fonds consists of microfilmed minute books of the Colonial Committee, 1836-1887, recording meetings of the committee. This material is located on microfilm reels A-655 to A-660.

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Church of Scotland. Colonial Committee

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Church of Scotland. Colonial Committee : A Committee for Promoting the Religious Interests of Scottish Presbyterians in the British Colonies was established by the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland in 1836. The name was changed later and from 1856 it was known as the Colonial Committee or the General Committee of Colonial Scheme. Its chief purpose was to select and finance ministers and schoolmasters for the colonies and to fund the construction of churches and schools.

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Textual records (Electronic) The finding aid provides a list of dates covered by the minute books. Books 14-16 include indexes of persons and places. MSS0559 (90: Open)
http://data2.archives.ca/pdf/pdf001/p000001585.pdf

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Location of originals note:

Originals are located in the Overseas Department of the Church of Scotland, Edinburgh, through the courtesy of the National Library of Scotland.

Dates of creation note:

Microfilmed in 1965.
Subject heading:

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Presbyterian Church - Education, 1836-1887 General Committee of Colonial Scheme, 1836-1887

Education, Colonial, 1836-1887

Church of Scotland, 1836-1887

Scots - British North America, 1836-1887

Church societies - North America, 1836-1887

Great Britain

Grande-Bretagne
Source:

Private

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MG17-E1
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Textual records: microform

[Consultation90 Open]

Finding aid box [FA 559] 56

[Consultation 10 Closed]

Microfilm reel A-655--A-660

[Consultation 90 Open]

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