1973-1993

Collection

This collection contains: minutes of Executive Council, 1974-1980; Nominations minutes,1975-1980, 1982; Executive elections, 1982; Annual General Meetings,1980 1981-1983; Next meeting minutes; Executive council, 1982; Council meeting; Membership records including correspondence and membership files, subscriptions, lists, forms; conference papers, 1974-1993. Other papers include general correspondence, 1980, 1984; Publications Committee correspondence and files; inaugural correspondence and miscellaneous papers, 1977; miscellaneous files; treasurership; publications and newsletters; overseas links; financial papers including bank statements, accounts, subscriptions etc; papers of Planning committee, 1974; Executive meetings, 1974 and 1975; Council papers,1976-1982.

39 boxes

The British Educational Research Association was founded in 1974 and by 2002 had over 1000 full members and, through its Associated Societies, was in contact with at least 1000 other people engaging in educational research. It was governed by an Executive Council which reported once a year to a General Meeting of members. In the United Kingdom it was among the founders of the Academy of Learned Societies for the Social Sciences. Reference: 'Notes for Newcomers' (http://www.bera.ac.uk/newcomers.html). Accessed July 2002.

This collection has been weeded for duplicates.

An interim box list is available. The initial deposits are in boxes 1-24; 1997 deposit, box 25; 2005 deposit, boxes 26-27; 2006 deposit boxes 28-38.

Records relating to treasurership are closed.

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English