Church Times, 13 February 2004
Notice of a Review
*The Lambeth Palace
Library
*The Church of
England Record Centre (Galleywall Road, SE16)
*Council for the Care of Churches/Cathedrals Fabric Commission, Library
*Hurd Library at Hartlebury
Castle, (Worcs)
I am Chairman of a review group that has been
formed to look at the arrangements for the future housing and conservation of
the documentary heritage currently held in the four collections listed above*.
We have been asked to consider the long term ownership of the collections and
will also be looking at questions such as access to them.
In seeking to define the purposes and value of
this documentary heritage, we would like to hear from users of the collections
about how you use the facilities they offer and of what significance they are to
your work. In addition we invite anyone with an interest in their future care to
let us have your views on any aspect of the collections that you would like to
bring to our attention.
Please send your comments by the end of February
to:
The First Church Estates Commission, The Church
Commissioners, 1 Millbank, London SW1 3JZ.