| Description | Papers relating to the development of the Church of England's policy and organisation concerning youths. Includes a report of a deputation to the President of the Board of Education on 29 July 1940 (ff. 162-9), a proposed constitution for the Church of England Youth Council (ff. 249-51), and a copy of the first annual report of the Council for 1943 (ff. 302-5). Correspondents include: Martin Linton Smith, Bishop of Rochester and Chairman of the Sunday Education Committee of the National Society (ff. 57-8, 97); Alan Campbell Don, Chaplain to Archbishop Lang (ff. 76, 78, 119); the Oecumenical Youth Commission (ff. 82-3, 116); Ralph Ellis Burlingham (f. 108); Thomas Jones, Secretary of the Pilgrim Trust (f. 110); Godfrey Scott Smith, Archdeacon of Furness (f. 111); Basil Staunton Batty, Suffragan Bishop of Fulham (f. 117); Roland Harry William Roberts, Canon of Guildford (ff. 118, 125); Geoffrey Charles Lester Lunt, Bishop of Ripon (ff. 124, 203-6, 217); Geoffrey Francis Fisher, Bishop of Chester and (from 1939) London (ff. 126-7, 264, 284); Alfred Lambert Woodard, Vice-Chairman of the National Society (f. 142); Richard Edward Parsons, Director of Religious Education for the National Society (f. 144); Henry Townsend Vodden, Bishop of Hull (ff. 145-6, 219-20); Alfred Walter Frank Blunt, Bishop of Bradford (f. 153); Frederick William Thomas Craske, General Secretary of the Church of England Youth Council (passim); Herwald Ramsbotham, Minister of Education (f. 170); Sir Maurice Gerald Holmes, Permanent Secretary of the Board of Education (ff. 178, 183); Tom Longworth, Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract and Vice-Chairman of the Church of England Youth Council (f. 181); Frank Barraclough (f. 182); Richard Austen Butler, Minister of Education (ff. 210-11, 233-7, 241, 257); Sir Harold Wilberforce-Bell (ff. 214-16); Frederic Sumpter Guy Warman, Bishop of Manchester (ff. 221-2); Harold F. Peerless, General Secretary and Chaplain of the Church Lads' Brigade (ff. 231-2, 242-3, 245); Robert George Frederic Wyatt, Canon of Blackburn (f. 244); Percy Mark Herbert, Bishop of Blackburn (f. 247); Paul Thomas Radford Rowe Kirk, General Director of the Industrial Christian Fellowship (f. 253); Mary Irene Curzon, 2nd Baroness Ravensdale (f. 254); John Harold Stanley Burton, Head of Cambridge House (f. 255); Edward Michael Gresford Jones, Suffragan Bishop of Willesden and Chairman of the Church of England Youth Council (ff. 261, 293, 296, 298); David Herbert Somerset Cranage, Dean of Norwich (f. 269); Arthur Groom Parham, Suffragan Bishop of Reading (f. 278); Hugh Gerard Gibson Herklots, Youth Secretary of the British Council of Churches (f. 295); and Richard David Say, General Secretary of the Church of England Youth Council (f. 299). |