| Repository | Lambeth Palace Library |
| Level | File |
| Alt Ref No | NC/3/1/1 |
| Extent | 1 file |
| Title | Resignation of John Douglas |
| Date | 1941-1949 |
| Description | Letter from Dr Irene Churchill, Asistant Librarian at Lambeth Palace Library, thanking the Club for the donation of "The Great Palace of the Byzantine Emperors at Constantinople, First Report of the Excavations by the Walker Trust, 1947.", and correspondence by Douglas relating to how he feels unable to accept the book as a gift after retiring from the Club; correspondence with and about Douglas leading to his resignation in June 1948, including his and others' opinions on how the club should be run, and what relationship it should have with the Council on Foreign Relations and the Society of the Faith.; set of letters from 1941 between Douglas and Samuel Gurney; copies of letters from Cosmo Lang, former Archbishop of Canterbury, following Douglas' retirement as Secretary of the Council on Foreign Relations in 1945; correspondence discussing the finances of the Club following Douglas' resignation; minutes of the Emergency Meeting of the General Committee, 16 June 1948, in which Douglas' resignation is announced; Douglas' letter of resignation; minutes of a meeting of the Executive Committee on 26 May 1948. |
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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 |
| GB/109/14237 | Churchill; Irene Josephine (fl. 1914-1960); historian and archivist | fl. 1914-1960 |
| GB/109/24202 | Gurney; Samuel (1885-1968); Anglo-Catholic layman | 1885-1968 |
| 14 | Lang; William Cosmo Gordon (1864-1945); Archbishop of Canterbury | 1864-1945 |