Record

LevelSub-series
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)YHA/NG/2
TitleYouth Hostels Association (England and Wales) council and committee minutes and papers
Extent2 volumes and 70 files
Date1930-2005
DescriptionMinutes and meeting papers concerning the national governance of the YHA, including issues such as hostel and property management, policy and strategic overview, sales and business interests, educational provision, international co-operation and holidays, countryside management and campaigns, hostel standards, membership, and celebrations. The records principally date between 1930 and 1991 prior to YHA's structural reorganisation in 1993.

The main series of council and committee minutes can be found in YHA/NG/2/1, which includes a chronological series of files each containing a year's worth of minutes. Further minutes and associated meeting papers for the National Council, Management Committee, and Hostel Standards Committee can be found in YHA/NG/2/2, YHA/NG/2/4, and YHA/NG/2/5.

The series also includes some photographs showing National Council meetings, which can be seen in YHA/NG/2/3.
Access ConditionsThere are files in this series which have been closed for 25 years in accordance with YHA’s policy.

There are files and items in this series which contain personal information covered by Data Protection regulations. These files and items have an extended closure period.

Further information about the closures can be found in the relevant file level catalogue description.
Access StatusPartially closed

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