| Description | A handwritten note on the first page states that the scrap book was compiled by the undersigned Herbert New, Edgbaston, Birmingham (and signed off on 8 October 1923) 'for the use of the Officers & Committees of the Church'. The material includes a plan of the new Church of the Messiah, Birmingham, opened 1 January 1862; various printed notices; voting papers; reports and resolutions from church committees and organisations, particularly the Vestry Committee and Annual Meeting and Soiree; seat plans for the church; printed orders of service for special dedication services and the like; programmes regarding educational lectures and programmes; lists of members of the congregation. |