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KC00576 - SPEN VALLEY LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, RECORDS (ADDNL) (KC576)

Catalogue Finding Number	KC576
Office record is held at	Kirklees, West Yorkshire Archive Service
Title	SPEN VALLEY LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY, RECORDS (ADDNL) (KC576)
Description	Minutes 1906-1991, rules 1912-1981, programme cards 1949-1991, annual reports and balance sheets 1946-1991
Date	1872-1991
Extent	0.06/3 boxes
Level	Collection
Access Conditions	Some records under 100 years old are subject to legal restrictions on access. You will be informed of any restrictions which apply when you contact Kirklees Archives. For further information please see the West Yorkshire Archive Service Policy on Access to Records, which is available on our web site
AdminHistory	In 1906 Thomas Mitcheson became the first president of the Spen Valley Literary and Scientific Society. One of the aims of the Society was to provide a museum for the Spen Valley. In 1907 Mr Cooke offered the Society the use of the old school room at Fieldhead. In the same year the Heckmondwike Naturalist Society became united with the new Society. The opening of the premises at Fieldhead, which became known as the museum, was marked by an exhibition which was visited by 1,500 school children. After a number of moves, the Society was without a permanent home after 1951 and in 1991, it wound up.
Related Material	S/SLS
Subject	LITERARY SOCIETIES
Subject	SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES

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