Inventory. Acc Deaf Action

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1 Acc November 2015 Inventory Acc Deaf Action National Library of Scotland Manuscripts Division George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW Tel: Fax: National Library of Scotland

2 Constitutions, annual reports, minutes, magazines, scrapbooks, photographs and other records, , of and relating to Deaf Action and its predecessor bodies. Deaf Action is a deaf-led charity which has been operating in Edinburgh since The Deaf and Dumb Congregation in Edinburgh began meeting together in 1830 following the establishment in the city of schools for deaf children. Braidwood s Academy for the Deaf was established in 1760 and the Edinburgh Institution [later the Edinburgh Royal Institution] for the Deaf and Dumb in The Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society was established in 1835 to assist deaf people in distress. By 1870, two organisations of the same name were operating in Edinburgh and the Society was remodelled as the Original Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society. They merged in 1874 as the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society, Established 1835 and Enrolled Minute Books survive from the merger. By 1880, the Society was active beyond Edinburgh throughout much of southern and central Scotland. Missionaries were appointed from 1886 to serve local communities. The Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb was set up in 1886 as a result of dissatisfaction among many deaf-mutes on the activities of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society. The two organisations merged in 1887 In 1889, 49 Albany Street in Edinburgh was purchased as the Society s headquarters. Albany Church for the Deaf at the back of the building was consecrated in saw the merger of the Society with the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association. In 1974, the organisation changed its name to the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Society for the Deaf and in 2003 it was rebranded as Deaf Action. Presented, 2014.

3 The papers are arranged as follows: 1 Constitution 2 12 Annual Reports Minute Books 36 Financial records Church for the Deaf and Dumb Societies and Clubs Missions of the Edinburgh Benevolent Society for the Deaf and Dumb Castlebrae Home for the Infirm Magazines Scrapbooks Photographs Art work Centenary publications British Deaf and Dumb Association, Edinburgh Branch 138 Edinburgh Royal Institution 1 Constitution Printed Rules and Regulations and Constitutions of the Deaf and Dumb Church, Edinburgh, the Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb, 1886, and Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society, Annual Reports Printed Annual Reports, The reports for 1870, 1874 and 1879 are missing. Acc.13643/2-10 are Bound volumes , 1965, Bi-annual news reports, Autumn 1985 Spring 1991, Winter 1993, 1995.

4 13 35 Minute Books Committee Minute Books Directors Minute Books. 34 Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb. 35 Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association Committee Minute Books, , of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society Directors and Executive Minute Books, Meetings of Directors were held from 1923 following the merger of the Society with the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association Minute Book of Executive Council, Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb The Scottish Mission to the Deaf and Dumb was set up in 1886 as a result of the dissatisfaction of some members of the EBSDD with its management. The two organisations amalgamated in Minute Book,

5 35 Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Christian Association The EDDCA amalgamated with the EBSDD in Minute Book, Financial records 36 Secretary s Outlay Book, Church for the Deaf and Dumb The EBSDD purchased 49 Albany Street, Edinburgh, in The church erected at the back of the building was consecrated in [See also Centenary publications, Photographs and Art work] Members. 37 List of Members and Non-Members of the Deaf and Dumb Congregation who have attended worship since its first establishment in the month of June 1830 to the present time at Edinburgh [1890]. 38 Record of members, Kirk Session Minutes With printed Proposal to erect a place of worship for the use of the Deaf and Dumb, and minutes of the Meeting of the committee formed for the promotion of the Proposed Church for the Deaf and Dumb, With correspondence and notes on the history of the church, undated, loosely enclosed. 42 Financial records. 42 Albany Church Collection Book, Societies and Clubs 43 Dorcas Society 44 Chess Club Albany Deaf and Dumb Football Club 47 Albany Dramatic Society 48 Albany Golf Club 49 Ladies [Athletics] Club

6 50 Sports Club Social Committee Senior Citizens/Golden Amber 63 Sports and Social Committee 43 Dorcas Society The Deaf and Dumb Clothing Society was set up in1883 to encourage thrift and self-help in the deaf community. It became the Dorcas Society in Minute Book, Chess Club 44 Minute Book, Albany Deaf and Dumb Football Club 45 Minute Book, Minute Book, Albany Dramatic Club 47 Minute Book, Albany Golf Club The Edinburgh Deaf and dumb Golf Club was formed in Accounts, Ladies [Athletics] Club 49 Minutes, Sports Club 50 Minutes,

7 51-56 Social Committee Minute Books Items loosely enclosed in Acc.13643/ Accounts, Senior Citizens/Golden Amber Minute Books Lists of members and programmes, Accounts Sports and Social Committee 63 Constitution, agendas and minutes, 2002, undated Missions of the Edinburgh Benevolent Society for the Deaf and Dumb In 1886, the Society appointed W W Matheson its first Honorary Missionary serving Hawick. From this time the Society held regular religious services in missions south and central Scotland. 64 Bathgate Mission Dunfermline Deaf and Dumb Association Falkirk Mission 71 Galashiels Mission 72 Hawick Mission Deaf and Dumb of Kirkcaldy and District Perth Mission to the Deaf and Dumb Western Area Branch Committee

8 64 Bathgate Mission 64 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Bathgate Mission, Dunfermline Deaf and Dumb Association 65 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Dunfermline Mission, Minutes, [gap ]. 67 Material found loosely enclosed in Acc.13643/ Falkirk Mission 68 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Falkirk Mission, With printed Jubilee History of the Society, Minutes, Accounts, Galashiels Mission 71 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Galashiels Mission, Hawick Mission 72 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Hawick Mission, Deaf and Dumb of Kirkcaldy and District 73 Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Kirkcaldy Mission, Minute Book, Perth Mission to the Deaf and Dumb 75 Annual Reports, 1900, Other annual reports are pasted in to the minute books. 76 Minute Book, , with letters, press cuttings pasted in. 77 Minute Book, , with printed Annual Reports, lists of Preaching appointments, programmes for social evenings and presscuttings pasted in. Notes for sermons loosely enclosed. 78 Letters and photographs found loosely enclosed in Acc.13643/ Extracts from the minutes of the Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society referring to Perth Mission,

9 80-81 Western Area Branch Committee 80 Minute Book, Minute Book, Castleview Home for the Aged and Infirm Deaf Castleview, Hawthornden, near Roslin, was purchased in New premises at Bruntsfield Place opened in Record Books Typed record, , of decisions relating to The Home. [Bound volume with postcards loosely enclosed and Winter Syllabus, ] Magazines 85 The Edinburgh Quarterly Messenger A Magazine chiefly intended for the Deaf and Dumb or The Deaf and Dumb Magazine The Deaf and Dumb Herald 94 The Deaf Chronicle 95 The British Deaf Mute and Deaf Chronicle British Deaf Monthly 101 Church Messenger for the Deaf The Albany 108 The Magazine for the Scottish Deaf 85 The Edinburgh Quarterly Messenger being a record of intelligence regarding the Deaf and Dumb , Issues 1-12 [Bound volume] A Magazine chiefly intended for the Deaf and Dumb or The Deaf and Dumb Magazine [Bound volumes] , Vols.II-III, nos , Vols.IV-V, nos , Vols.V-VIII, nos , Vol. V, no , Vol.VI, no , Vol.VII, nos

10 92-93 The Deaf and Dumb Herald [Bound volumes] [not found but on original list]. 94 The Deaf Chronicle The British Deaf Mute and Deaf Chronicle British Deaf Monthly [Bound volumes] Church Messenger for the Deaf [Bound volume] The Albany The Albany magazine first appeared as a manuscript volume in It was first published in 1917 as the official record of the Edinburgh Church for the Deaf and Dumb and its branch Missions and Associations. This quarterly magazine was published until 1929 [issue 49] when it was agreed to incorporate news from both the Edinburgh and Glasgow Societies into a new Magazine for the Scottish Deaf issued by the Scottish Association for the Deaf, an umbrella organisation of Deaf missions, deaf benevolent societies and deaf schools. A new series of Albany launched with issue 50 in The Albany Magazine, An Artistic and Literary Miscellany, , with numerous pasted in photographs and drawings.

11 The Albany, first series [Bound volume] 103 Issues -1-49, Issues -1-49, The Albany, second series [Bound volume] 105 Issues 50-76, The Albany, third series , The Magazine for the Scottish Deaf [24 parts] Scrapbooks s s-1920s s s s-1920s s-1910s s s-1920s [previously used as a cash book, ] Photographs 119 Box of glass slides, undated, subjects include groups, theatricals, outings, the Glasgow Exhibition [1938?] and Donaldson s Hospital. 120 Photographs, , undated, of school groups, outings and events. 121 Photographs, 1912, undated, of the Albany Church, groups and special events. 122 Photographs, 20 th century, of Castleview and social events. 123 Album, , undated, of photographs of outings to Aberlady, Balloch, Dryburgh, Hawick, Kelso, Kirkcaldy, Linlithgow and unidentified venues. 124 Photographs, c , of the Bowling Club. 125 Photographs, c.2000, of the Deaf Youth Club. 126 Photograph album, undated, poof an unidentified family.

12 Art work 127 Art work and samples, , of calendars for the Albany Church for the Deaf. 128 Art work and photographs, undated, for a brochure on Castleview Home for Older Deaf People. 129 Water-colour drawing and photograph, undated, of an unidentified man Centenary publications 130 Church for the Deaf and Dumb Edinburgh, Centenary [2 copies]. 131 Edinburgh Deaf and Dumb Benevolent Society, Centenary, Typescript of A brief history of the Edinburgh and East of Scotland Society for the Deaf British Deaf and Dumb Association, Edinburgh Branch The British Deaf and Dumb Association was founded in Leeds in In 1971 it became known as the British Deaf Association. 133 Charter, 1947, of the British Deaf and Dumb Association, Edinburgh Branch Minute Book, , with lists of members Cash Book, Programmes for Congress, 1950, 1974, 2986; Menu cards, ; typescript of a Brief History of Scottish Deaf Community, compiled by D. Ogilvy, Edinburgh Royal Institution 138 Half yearly report, 1927, for James P Keenan.