Further Education Endowment Files

Description and record details

Reference	ED 37
Title	Further Education Endowment Files
Date	1854-1944
Description	Charity Commission and Board of Education correspondence, minutes and papers relating to the drafting of schemes and orders and the administration of further education endowments. The endowments relate to institutions providing instruction in vocational, domestic, art and general subjects in the field of further education. The files maintained their separate identity and retained Charity Commission reference numbers; they were also assigned a Board of Education reference number and became an integral part of the current series of Further Education: Endowment Files (T.1400 series).
Arrangement	The endowments are arranged alphabetically within county order for England and Wales; a few files concern general endowments.
Held by	The National Archives, Kew
Legal status	Public Record(s)
Language	English
Creator	Board of Education, 1899-1944 Charity Commission, 1853 Education Department, 1856-1899
Physical description	1067 file(s)
Unpublished finding aids	Reports on some of these endowments appear in the Reports of Commissioners for Inquiring into Charities (1817-1850) (Charity Class 2), available in printed form in the Department for Education and Employment.
Administrative/ biographical background	Endowments were administered under the Charitable Trusts Acts, and the Endowment School Acts.

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