THE FAMILY WELFARE ASSOCIATION OF MANCHESTER LTD.

M294/1/1-7 GENERAL ADMINISTRATION

1. Central or General Committee Minutes, 1860-1878, 1886-1902

2. Monthly Committee Minutes, 1880-1950

3. Finance Committee Minutes, 1900-1924

4. Loans Sub-Committee Minutes, 1928-1939

5. Investment Ledger, 1909-1948

6. Address Book, c 1900-1930

7. Annual Reports, 1833-1966

M294/2-14 SOCIETIES AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

M294/2/1-3 SOCIETY FOR THE RELIEF OF REALLY DESERVING DISTRESSED FOREIGNERS

1. Minutes, 1847-1927

2. Monthly Reports, 1871-1915

3. Annual Reports, 1879, 1883/4

M294/3/1-2 WEST HILL CONVALESCENT HOME, SOUTHPORT

1. Minutes, 1879-1959

2. Committee's Reports of Visits, 1879-1908

M294/4 SPECIAL DISTRESS FUND

Donation, 1878-1879

M294/5 PENDLETON PROVIDENT DISPENSARY

Minutes, 1911-1914

M294/6/1-3 MANCHESTER AND SALFORD CLIFTON HALL COLLIERY EXPLOSION RELIEF FUND

1. Minutes, 1885-1919

2. Donations, 1885

3. Annual Reports, 1886

M294/7/1-2 SURGICAL AID SOCIETY, MANCHESTER BRANCH

1. Minutes, 1893-1924

2. Annual Reports, 1898-1948

M294/8 PROPOSED MANCHESTER AND SALFORD CRIPPLES UNION

Minutes and Aims, 1902-1903

M294/9 MUTUAL REGISTRATION COUNCIL

Cautionary Lists, 1915-1965

M294 10/1-4 MANCHESTER CITY LEAGUE OF HELP

1. General Minutes, 1907-1932, 1948-1956

2. Sub-Committee Minutes, 1958-1965

3. Finance Committee Minutes, 1909-1912

4. Annual Reports, 1946-1947, 1949-1950, 1954-1958

M294 11 KING EDWARD VII BRITISH GERMAN FOUNDATION, MANCHESTER BRANCH

Minutes, 1912-1919

M294/12 PRISONERS' WIVES AND SOCIETY

Minutes, 1920-1931

M294/13 GADDUM HOUSE SUB-COMMITTEE

Minutes, 1943-1962

M294/14 KING'S ROLL REMEMBRANCE SOCIETY

Minutes, 1946-1962

M294/15/1-2 MISCELLANEOUS

1. Annual Reports of Manchester and Salford Council of Social Service, 1920 - 1928.

2. A Short History of the Family Welfare Association, 1974.

M294/16/1-31 BLAIR TRUST

1-9 Papers re Proving Will of J.T. Blair, 1917-1919

1. Will of Jas. Thos. Blair, 1917

2. Bequest to Rev. Alex. MacKinnon

3. Bequest to Manchester City Art Gallery

4. Bequest of Whalley House, Whalley Range

5. Valuation of Whalley House, 1913-1917

6. Application for Grant of Probate, 1917-1918

7. Legacy Receipts for Individual Bequests, 1917

8. Payment of Estate Duty by Executors, 1918-1919

9. Executors' Accounts, 1918

10-13 Papers re Establishing a Scheme for James Thomas Blair's Charity, 1918-1921

10. Milne v King's Attorney, 1918-1919

11. Shorthand Notes in Milne v King's Attorney, 1919

12. Proposed Schemes, 1917-1920

13. Scheme Settled, 27 April 1921

14. Amendment of Scheme - Simpson v Attorney General, 1946-1947

15-17 Trustees

15. Trustees' Minutes, 1921-1954

16. Agendas for Trustees' Meetings, 1955-1958

17. Appointment of Trustees, 1917-1946

18-21 Finance Papers

18. Statements of Accounts, 1928-1977

19. Draft Returns of Accounts to Charity Commissioners, 1932-1935

20. Shares in Robert Barbour and Brother Ltd. 1908-1917

21. Stock and Share Certificates, 1924-1948

22-31 Correspondence of Milne, Bury and Lewis, solicitors for the J.T. Blair Charity Trust.

22. Correspondence with Trustees, 1919-1944

23. Correspondence with Duchy of Lancaster Law Dept., 1918-1919

24. Correspondence with Walmsley and Son of Blackburn, solicitors, 1918-1919

25. Correspondence with J.E. Denney, Bogle and Co. of London, accountants, 1919

26. Correspondence with David Smith, Garnett and Co. of Manchester, accountants, 1918-1955

27. Correspondence with the Charity Commissioners, 1917-1955

28. Correspondence with Robert Barbour and Brother Ltd. of Manchester 1932-1942

29. Correspondence with Becker and Carrington of Manchester, stock and share brokers, 1936-1938

30. Miscellaneous Correspondence about Investments, 1933-1947

31. Payment of Pensions by the Blair Trust, 1918-1943

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• <corpname>Manchester and Salford District Provident Society, 1833-1894, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>District Provident and Charity Organisation Society of Manchester and Salford, 1894-1948, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>District Provident and Family Welfare Society, 1948-1958, Lancashire</corpname>
• <corpname>Manchester City League of Help, 1907-1958, Lancashire</corpname>

To consult these records (with the exception of the printed Annual Reports and History) written permission must be obtained from the General Secretary, Family Welfare Association of Manchester Ltd., Gaddum House, 6 Great Jackson Street, Manchester M15 4AX.

Most of the following papers were deposited in the Library in March 1978 by Miss M.W. Harrison, General Secretary.

The Blair Trust Papers were deposited in June 1992.

The Association was formed in 1958 from an amalgamation of the District Provident and Family Welfare Association (established in 1833 as the Manchester and Salford District Provident Society, renamed in 1894 the District Provident and Charity Organisation Society of Manchester and Salford, and in 1948, the District Provident and Family Welfare Society) and the Manchester City League of Help (established 1907 as a daughter body of the District Provident Society).

Both societies were founded to help alleviate the sufferings of the poor and sick at all times, but were particularly active in times of special distress such as the Cotton Famine of the early 1860s, the trade depression of 1878, the mining disaster at Clifton Hall Colliery in 1885, the South African War of 1899, and the two World Wars of the 20th century.