Guide to the Records of the Uniting Church in Australia, 1969-1978

Collection number:: MS 5902
Creator:: Uniting Church in Australia
Extent:: 0.88 metres and (50 folders, 1 folio packet)
Language:: English
Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Uniting Church in Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 5902, [box number and series and/or file number]'.
Availability:: Available
Access conditions:: Restricted. Not for loan.

Content Summary:: Records of the Uniting Church in Australia relating to preparations for the merger of the Methodist, Presbyterian and Congregational Churches. The records include correspondence, reports and minutes of meetings, draft papers of regulations concerning administrative matters (including presbyteries, travelling, and ministerial settlements), legislation for setting up Trusts for property, records of the Joint Planning Committees and the Joint Constitution Council and Commission. Also included are minutes and agenda for the Inaugural Assembly.
Provenance:: The records were donated to the Library in August 1978 and January 1982

Access and use

Conditions Governing Access:: Please refer to the collection's catalogue record for the access conditions (http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn2592201).
Conditions Governing Use:: Copying and publishing of unpublished manuscript material is subject to copyright restrictions. For such material, written permission to publish must be obtained from the copyright holder(s). Copying of unpublished material for research purposes is permissible 50 years after the death of the creator of the material.

Preferred citation:: Items from this collection should be cited as '[Title or description of manuscript item], Records of the Uniting Church in Australia, National Library of Australia, MS 5902, [box number and series and/or file number]'.

Location of this collection:: National Library of Australia

Parkes Place

Canberra ACT 2600, Australia