Carswell Church Hall Papers

• Reference:GB 3143 16
• Dates of Creation:1925? - 1953
• Name of Creator:
  Robert Galt, Clerk for the Court of Management, Carswell Church of Scotland, Eaglesham.
• Language of Material:English
• Physical Description:
  One box of papers 0.1 linear metres. Paper

• Scope and Content

  Small archive consisting of correspondence and other papers originally belonging to Mr Robert Galt, Clerk for the Court of Management of Carswell Church.

• Administrative / Biographical History

  The Carswell Church was located on Montgomery Street in the village of Eaglesham. The church was originally a United Presbyterian Church, but became the Carswell Church of Scotland after the union of the Church of Scotland and the United Free Church in 1929.

  The church hall was known locally as 'Union Hall', and was the only hall in the village. It was situated slightly to the rear on the left hand side of the church building.

  The church was built in 1867 at a cost of £1300 and the manse built at a cost of £700. (source: "The Church in Eaglesham" by D W Russell, 1979)

  The Carswell Church is now known as Carswell Hall and takes its name after the Rev. William Carswell who was ordained in 1827. The church became the 'Children's Church' in 1959 and is currently being developed as a local community hub which will house the William Gemmel statue collection.

• Arrangement

  The papers were arranged by the depositor as follows:

  1. General correspondence 1941 - 1951, arranged chronologically (1-6)

  2. County of Renfrew Papers 1948 - 1951

  (1) School meals service

  (2) Child welfare clinic

  (3) Eaglesham School accomodation

  (4) Construction of notice board

  3. Church financial statements 1946 - 1950

  4. List of church repairs c. 1949 and 1951

  5. Images 1925? - 1953

• Access Information

  There are no restrictions on access.

• Acquisition Information

  The bulk of the material was transferred from East Renfrewshire Council Libraries as per accession 2013/04 on 14/8/2013.

  A second accession 2015/04 dated 11/11/15 has additional material from the same depositor (comprising items 1/1 and 5/1) .

• Note

  This description was based on the General International Standard for Archival Description and East Renfrewshire Council's Manual of Listing and Archival Description.

• Other Finding Aids

  An item level list has been prepared.

• Archivist's Note

  Description prepared by Lorraine Murray, Student from University of Glasgow. 06/11/2015 - 26/11/2015

• Conditions Governing Use

  None

• Appraisal Information

  All records transferred to the archives have been retained, apart from some duplicate pages.

• Custodial History

  The papers were originally deposited by Mrs Helen Galt Norrie, daughter of Robert Galt in 2011. Material previously held by East Renfrewshire Council Libraries as per heritage accession no. 2013/1 dated 26/6/13.

• Accruals

  No further accruals expected.

• Related Material

  2 page letter from the depositor Helen Galt Norrie giving background to the collection and plans relating to East Renfrewshire application ref no. 2014/0850/ASM