| Description | Papers relating to the membership of the Council on Foreign Relations and its constituent committees, including: letter from Arthur Headlam, Bishop of Gloucester, concerning the intial meetings of the Council and Committees (ff. 1-3); correspondence between Dr. Don, Canon Douglas and Bishop Headlam about co-option of members and three-year rota for the retirement of members with eligibility for re-appointment (ff.4-6, 10-23); membership lists (ff. 7-9, 24-26, 39-42, 67-75; 79-80, 88-94, 123-137, 147-149, 162-163, 171-172); wartime membership (ff.28-38, 43-48, 51); relationship between the Church in Wales and foreign churches (ff.50, 103-107, 111-114 , 145); notification of the resignation of Bishop Headlam as Chairman and Canon Douglas as Honorary General Secretary in June 1945 (f.52); postwar re-organisation (ff.53-66, 76-78); Canon Douglas's activities for the Council in retirement (ff.81, 110); general correspondence about appointments; notification of the appointment of Falkner Allison, Bishop of Chelmsford, as Chairman of CFR (f.140); correspondence between Bishop Allison, Dr. Edward Hardy and Archbishop Ramsey about Hardy's honorary membership of CFR (ff.155-156, 178-179, 183); discussions on future work and membership of CFR with the inauguaration of synodical government (ff. 157, 159-160, 166-170, 173-176).
Correspondents include Cosmo Gordon Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 27, ); David Prosser, Archbishop of Wales (f. 50); Viscount Templewood (f. 63); Edward, 1st Earl of Halifax (f.64); General Sir Bernard Paget (f.65); Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff. 82, 122); George Bell, Bishop of Chichester (ff. 84, 96, 108); John Morgan, Archbishop of Wales (ff. 103, 111-113); William Havard, Bishop of St. David's (f. 104); Edwin Morris, Archbishop of Wales (f. 145); Falkner Allison, Bishop of Winchester (ff. 153, 164, 169-170, 173-175); Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury (ff.154, 176). |