Fonds
St John Archive
Catalogue reference: STJ
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This record is about the St John Archive dating from 1800s - 1990s.
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Reference (The unique identifier to the record described, used to order and refer to it)
- STJ
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Title (The name of the record)
- St John Archive
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Date (When the record was created)
- 1800s - 1990s
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Description (What the record is about)
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The St John Archive comprises material relating to the modern Order of St John in England, the St John Ambulance Association (1877 - 1968), St John Ambulance Brigade (1888 - 1968), St John Ambulance (1968 - present), St John's work overseas, and collections of personal papers of individuals connected with St John.
A large proportion of the collection relates to the governance and administration of the St John Ambulance Association and St John Ambulance Brigade via their headquarters at St John's Gate, Clerkenwell, as well as the activities of Association Centres and Brigade Divisions in the London and Kent area. However, there are instances of records relating to wider national Association Centres and Brigade Divisions, as well as a substantial collection of material relating to the Association and Brigade overseas.
Please note, this catalogue largely covers the founding records of the Association and Brigade up to 1939, and does not encompass the full extent of the St John Archive held at the Museum of the Order St John.
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Note (Additional information about the record)
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This catalogue was produced with support from an externally-funded Archives Revealed project (2023 - 2025), funded by The National Archives, Pilgrim Trust, and The Wolfson Foundation. For this project, cataloguing work was primarily undertaken by two Project Cataloguers: Annie Lord (2023 - 2024) and Josie Sommer (2024 - 2025), and the Archivist, with assistance from two Project Volunteers (Joyce Guillaume and Pat Halpin).
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Arrangement (Information about the filing sequence or logical order of the record)
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The fonds is currently arranged into 6 sub-fonds which each represent a different administrative area of the Order of St John in England and its charitable outputs, and later, the Priory of England and the Islands of the Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St John of Jerusalem.
This currently comprises the following sub-fonds:
STJ/OSJ - records relating to the Order of St John in England
STJ/PP - collections of personal papers
STJ/SJA - records relating to St John Ambulance
STJ/SJAA - records relating to the St John Ambulance Association
STJ/SJAB - records relating to the St John Ambulance Brigade
STJ/SJO - records relating to the work of the Order, Association, and Brigade overseas -
Held by (Who holds the record)
- Museum of Order of St John
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Language (The language of the record)
- The majority of this collection is in English. Some files include records in different languages, and further information is provided at lower levels within the catalogue where this is the case.
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- Museum of the Order of St John; The Museum of the Order of St John created the intellectual archive that is the St John Archive.
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Physical description (The amount and form of the record)
- 6 sub-fonds
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Access conditions (Information on conditions that restrict or affect access to the record)
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Some records within this collection may be closed or may contain sensitive material or material with access restrictions. Where this is the case, information is provided at lower levels within the catalogue.
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Immediate source of acquisition (When and where the record was acquired from)
- The records within the St John Archive have been acquired primarily through internal retention, donation, bequest, and purchase.
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Physical condition (Aspects of the physical condition of the record that may affect or limit its use)
- The Archive collects and preserves records in a range of formats. It currently comprises paper-based records, film and photographic material (including photographs, negatives, transparencies, glass plate negatives and lantern slides, film reels, magnetic tapes), and digital records.
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Unpublished finding aids (A note of unpublished indexes, lists or guides to the record)
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- The Archive's full publicly accessible catalogue is available here: https://collectionsonline.museumstjohn.org.uk/stj?direct=1
- Finding aid for the additional First World War collection: https://museumstjohn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/St-John-Archive-First-World-War-Holdings.pdf
- Finding aid for the additional Dr Colin Dawson collection: https://museumstjohn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2022/10/St-John-Archive-Dr-Colin-Dawson-Holdings.pdf.pdf
- Finding Aid for the additional Richard Temple collections: https://museumstjohn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/St-John-Archive-Richard-Temple-Holdings.pdf
- Finding aid for the additional Winston Churchill collection: https://museumstjohn.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/St-John-Archive-Winston-Churchill-Holdings.pdf
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/85cd3f12-8f06-4714-8049-5a6762685a08/
Catalogue hierarchy
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