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United Society for Christian Literature Archives, 1799-1960

  

Order Specifications

Guide
Printed guide (22 p.) containing a complete inventory of the archive.

Content note
Organized into the following series:
I. Religious Tract Society/United Society for Christian Literature, subseries as follows: Minutes of executive committee; Minutes of subcommittees; Correspondence; Ledgers and accounts;
II. Christian Literature Society, subseries as follows: Minutes; Correspondence; Miscellaneous papers;
III. Annual reports, subseries as follows: Religious Tract Society; United Society for Christian Literature; Christian Literature Society (India); Religious Tract Society (China); Miscellaneous publications; Tracts;
IV. Scottish Committee of the United Society for Christian Literature, subseries as follows: Records; Reports.

Provenance
The archives of the Religous Tract Society and the Christian Literature Society for India and Africa were joined in 1935 when these societies merged to form the United Society for Christian Literature. In 1941/42, the London and Scottish committees of the Christian Literature Society for China joined this organization, and its records added to the archive.