| Level | Sub-sub-fonds |
| Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure) | CMS/G69 |
| Title | General Secretary's 1960s files |
| Extent | 94 boxes |
| Date | 1926-1981 |
| Description | General Secretary's papers and correspondence predominantly dating from the 1960s but including a few earlier and later records filed with the 1960s papers.
Broadly comprising records relating to: administration, 1926-1981; committee work, 1954-1970; education, 1951-1969; finance, 1954-1969; conferences and other events, 1967-1970; outside organisations, 1951-1971; political issues, 1961, and an extensive series of correspondence with overseas, 1951-1971. |
| Arrangement | Arranged in eight series:
/A: Administration
/C: Committee work
/E: Education
/F: Finance
/G: Conferences and other events
/O: Outside organisations
/P: Political
/Y: Correspondence with overseas |
| Copyright | Permission to make any published use of any material from the collection must be sought in advance in writing, from the Director of Special Collections as custodian of the archive (email: special-collections@contacts.bham.ac.uk), from the Church Mission Society as owner of the archive and copyright owner of a large proportion of the material (email: maddy.peston@churchmissionsociety.org), from data subjects and any other rights holders. Requests to publish should be accompanied by a copy of proposed text and images. Special Collections will assist where possible with identifying other copyright owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material.
Where images are requested for social media posts, websites, blogs, or other online posts, requests will be considered on a case by case basis and only low resolution and watermarked images will be supplied. Permission will not be given for publication of photographs if they depict people who may still be alive unless they have explicitly given consent. |
| Access Status | Open, but subject to some access restrictions |
| Physical Description | Former file references can be seen on some of the papers and sub-files, including, for example: K. G. G.; 19; 388; 486; and 529. These papers are ink-stamped 'General Secretary's File No.' with a manuscript file number. These references should not be used when citing or requesting documents. |