Series 2 - General Council

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Reference code

CA ON00389 F26-2

Title

General Council

Date(s)

  • 1908-2025; bulk 1920- (Creation)

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Extent and medium

7.3m of textual records (62 boxes).- some photographs and cartographic materials.- 1 MB of electronic records (PDF)

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Scope and content

This series consists of records documenting the work of the General Council of the Scarboro Foreign Mission Society. It is divided into the following subseries:

  1. Minutes
  2. Reports and Briefs
  3. Circular Letters
  4. Newsletters
  5. Intra-Council Correspondence
  6. Correspondence with Society Departments
  7. Correspondence with Missions and Society Houses
  8. Correspondence with Holy See
  9. Correspondence with Mission Ordinaries
  10. Correspondence with Ordinaries
  11. Correspondence: Subject
  12. Correspondence: General
  13. New Mission Searches
  14. Diaries
  15. Surverys
  16. Financial Grants

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System of arrangement

Series arrangement maintained as received during transfer.

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Conditions governing access

Access is restricted to the following subseries: 1. General Council Minutes, 2. Intra-Council Correspondence. 7. Correspondence with the Missions and Society Houses.

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      Note

      The General Council did not formally exist until 1940 and the approval by the Holy See of the Society's Constitutions, however, this series includes pre-1940 records for Society affairs which would eventually become the responsibility of the General Council.

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      F01-S03

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      Dates of creation revision deletion

      Created by F Rousselle 9 October, 2024.
      Revised by F Rousselle 24 April 2025.

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          Series description inherited upon transfer to USMC.

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