Reference
P115/2/2/23 A-I
Title
File on stained glass restoration appeal fund (correspondence, appeal brochure, etc.).
Date free text
2000 – 2005
Production date
From: 2000 To: 2005
Scope and Content
File maintained by Timothy Dodwell (a churchwarden at start of the project, later Lay Vice-Chairman of the PCC).
Divided into sections (itemised for catalogue as A-I) with headings:
[A]: Initial Letters & General & Refusals incl. American Donations: includes correspondence with individuals and grant-making bodies, copy application to Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire Historic Churches Trust (23 August 2003).
EMBARGOED UNTIL 2025: Please consult Duty Archivist for information.
[B]: Concord Connections: two Concord Magazine articles (on Odell, Peter Bulkeley, Concord [Massachusetts]), May 1998 and Spring 2004, copied from their web site on 5 May 2004; business cards of Leslie Perrin Wilson (Curator, Special Collections, Concord Free Public Library) and David F. Wood (Curator, Concord Musem), and contact information for The Concord Journal.
[C]: Antiquaries: correspondence with The Society of Antiquaries of London, with copy of application made in August 2000 for funding from the William and Jane Morris Fund (£600 awarded) and a second, unsuccessful application made in August 2003.
[D]: Glaziers Trust: correspondence with The Glaziers Trust (charitable trust of The Worshipful Company of Glaziers and Painters of Glass), with copy of application made in August 2000 for funding (£1500 granted); includes partly personal letter on Alston family history from Timothy J. Alston, Hon. Sec. of the Trust.
[E]: Delafield, Evans, Warren, Garfield Weston: correspondence with the William Delafield Charitable Trust (£300 awarded), the Alan Evans Memorial Trust (£1,000), the John Warren Foundation (with copy of application; £1,750), and the Garfield Weston Foundation (£2,000) in relation to donations and grants toward the stained glass repairs.
[F]: Allchurches, Reeves, Luke, Manifold: correspondence with Allchurches Trust Ltd.(£150 given), the Christopher H.R. Reeves Charitable Trust (£500), the Luke Trust (£4,500 in two lots), and The Manifold Trust (£2,000) in relation to donations and grants toward the stained glass repairs.
[G]: Council for the Care of Churches, Radcliffe: correspondence with the Council for the Care of Churches in relation to grants toward the stained glass repairs (Council and the Radcliffe Trust, for which the Council manages grant applications for church conservation work; £10,000 granted in two lots and £2,500 from the Radcliffe Trust), including copy of grant application to the Council.
[H]: Brochure: Stained glass restoration appeal materials, including appeal leaflet (and copy invoice from Printek Printing Services), copy of appeal cover note signed by the Rt. Hon. Lord Luke, copy of appeal as presented on Odell web site. (Aims of appeal include for internal redecoration, window repairs and new heating system.)
[I]: Stained Glass Appeal: Includes draft Odell WI fundraising flier for activities planned to support the appeal; rough appeal fund account summary reports and statements, with annotations; cover letter to Lord Luke regarding cover appeal note; working invitation list for rededication of stained glass on 10 April, copy invitation and cover letter to Martin Eshelby, and copy invitation letter to Lord and Lady Luke.
Exent
9 sections
Section A is embargoed until 2025 due to personal data present.
Level of description
item