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Archbishops' Commission on Adoption

Catalogue reference: ACADOP

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This record is about the Archbishops' Commission on Adoption dating from 1954-1958.

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Reference
ACADOP
Title
Archbishops' Commission on Adoption
Date
1954-1958
Description

Some of the papers created by the commission, including meeting minutes, correspondence and the final report.

Note

A second file is mentioned but does not seem to still be a part of this acquisition.

Arrangement

General International Standard Archival Description (ISAD[G]), 2nd edition, 1999.

Held by
Lambeth Palace Library
Former department reference
ACADOP
Language
English
Creator(s)
Archbishops' Commission on Adoption
Physical description
1 file
Immediate source of acquisition
These papers were created by the commission but there are no records for who deposited them at the Church of England Record Centre, or when this happened. At CERC they were grouped with other Archbishops' Commissions to form the artificial fonds CERC: AC. These catalogue entries were migrated from the records management sytem in September 2012 and the records moved to Lambeth Palace Library when the two institutions combined in 2021.
Administrative / biographical background

The Archbishops' Commission on Adoption was created in 1954 by Archbishop Fisher in response to a report of the Departmental Committee on the Adoption of Chirldren. It considered (a) whether adoptive parents should be called parents in baptism and marriage registers, (b) the production of baptism records for children adopted after baptism. It was formed of members of the Legal Board and the Moral Welfare Committee. Chairman: Mr W H Coles; Secretary: Miss E Steel.

Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/84b3d5da-ba64-4fb0-8628-2080e027e5ce/

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Archbishops' Commission on Adoption