ED 481897-1916Board of Education and predecessor: Elementary Education, Voluntary Schools Association Files
Education Department and Board of Education voluntary schools association files containing preliminary statements indicating the areas to be covered by the associations and the schools which were to comprise them; approved schemes of the associations; papers relating to the revision of the rules and constitution of the governing bodies following the introduction of the Education Act, 1902; papers relating to the Associations' schemes for administering a general fund and copies of declarations of trust.
A file was opened for each of the voluntary schools associations. Some of the associations have a separate file (circular 472 file) for matters arising solely from the introduction of the 1902 Act.