| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | CFR CFR 11 |
| Extent | 207 ff. |
| Title | General Secretary: Canon John Douglas |
| Date | 1939-1972 |
| Description | Papers and correspondence with and concerning Canon John A Douglas, including: Archbishop Lang's conferment of a Lambeth DD on Canon Douglas (f.1); memorandum by Canon Douglas on a Nazi-controlled Orthodox Church for Central Europe, April 1940 (ff.3-12); memorandum by Canon Douglas on the proposed World Council of Churches, 1940 (ff.13-40); his retirement as Hon. General Secretary of the Council on Foreign Relations, 1945 (ff.53, 55-59); the transfer of CFR working files to the Revd. Herbert Waddams; the transfer of Canon Douglas's own papers, ultimately, to Lambeth Palace Library, and his collection of books and periodicals to the British Museum; note on the archives of the Anglo-Continental Society, 1949 (f.82); letter from Archbishop Fisher to Douglas about the proposal to create a sub-section of Lambeth Palace Library devoted to re-union and ecumenical work, and letter of approval from Bishop Bell (ff. 92, 103); correspondence with the Bursar of the Society of the Faith, relating to his brother the Revd. C. E. Douglas (ff.138-144); his death and obituaries (ff. 151-170, 172-174, 181); access to his papers for a possible biography, including correspondence with his executors (ff. 171, 175, 181, 190-197); the eventual interment of his ashes, and those of his brother, at St. Dunstan-in-the-West, 18 October 1972 (ff.182, 184-189, 198-207). |
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| Code | Name | Dates |
| 326 | Douglas; John Albert (1868-1956); Hon. Gen. Secretary of the Church of England Council on Foreign Relations | 1868-1956 |
| 14 | Lang; William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1864-1945 |
| NA2499 | World Council of Churches; 1948- | 1948- |
| NA3026 | Church of England; Council on Foreign Relations; 1933-1982 | 1933-1982 |
| DS/UK/5999 | Waddams; Herbert Montague (1911-1972); Canon of Canterbury Cathedral | 1911-1972 |
| 618 | Lambeth Palace Library; 1610- | 1610- |
| DS/UK/4224 | British Museum; 1753- | 1753- |
| 191 | Anglo-Continental Society; 1853-1904 | 1853-1904 |
| 12 | Fisher; Geoffrey Francis (1887-1972); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1887-1972 |
| 135 | Bell; George Kennedy Allen (1883-1958); Bishop of Chichester | 1883-1958 |
| GB/109/14091 | Society of the Faith; 1905- | 1905- |
| 325 | Douglas; Charles Edward (fl. 1893-1948); Curate of St Luke, Camberwell | fl. 1893-1948 |
| NA1669 | St Dunstan in the West, Middlesex; ancient parish | |