NAF 6/2 New Britain Group: Records of Events

NAF 6/2 New Britain Group: Records of Events.

Extent: 4 files

Scope and content: Papers relating to New Britain meetings, conferences, luncheons and lectures. Includes some later material relating to the New Europe Group and a "revival" of the New Britain Movement in 1941.

NAF 6/2/1 "List of New Britain Meetings 1932 -1934."

Extent: 3 items

Scope and content: Typescript and manuscript lists with details of dates, subject matter, venues and speakers for New Britain Group meetings.

NAF 6/2/2 New Britain and New Europe Group Records of Events.

Extent: 4 sub-sections

Scope and content: Records of New Britain conferences and luncheons; sub-groups; letters; statements of New Britain principles, values etc.; printed booklet, "The Meaning of New Britain"; lecture programmes; press cuttings; reports. Includes material by, or relating to, Watson Thomson, Major General J.F.C. Fuller, David Shillan and Professor Frederick Soddy (including the Soddy Society for Honest Money), amongst others, on European federation, monetary reform, Atomic Energy, and personal development.

NAF 6/2/3 "New Britain Lunches Correspondence: General, Chairmen, Press."

Extent: 40 items

Scope and content: Copy typescript letters inviting recipients to participate in New Britain lunches, as speakers or to chair sessions. Includes some replies. Correspondents include Philip Mairet, A.M. Wall, Malcolm Spencer of the Congregational Union of England and Wales, H.F.T. Rhodes, Robert F.V. Scott, Maurice Reckitt, Charles Purdom, H.H. Elvin, J.V. Delahaye, and various newspapers.

NAF 6/2/4 File. "New Britain Lunches Correspondence: Speakers. And Reports."

Extent: 42 items

Scope and content: Copy typescript letters inviting recipients to participate in New Britain lunches, with replies. Typescript notices concerning New Britain Lunches and the New Britain Movement, with report of the events.

NAF 6/2/4/1 Letter to Reverend Father M.C. D'Arcy from Winifred Gordon Fraser.

Date: 20 January 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter discussing the "urgent need" for a response to the publication of the Churches Manifesto (Letter to The Times, December 1940). Gordon Fraser invites D'Arcy to speak at a series of New Britain lunches to discuss the manifesto.

Date: 24 January 1941

Extent: 1 page, 2 sides

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Campion Hall, Oxford, accepting an invitation to speak at a New Britain Lunch.

Date: 4 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Campion Hall, Oxford, giving details of his availability to speak at a New Britain Lunch.

Date: 5 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter discussing D'Arcy's availability to speak at a New Britain Lunch.

Date: 26 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter discussing arrangements for D'Arcy to speak at a New Britain Lunch, including biographical details about C.B. Purdom, Chairman of the event.

Date: 28 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Manuscript letter apologising for being unable to speak at a New Britain Lunch due to ill health.

Date: 28 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter thanking D'Arcy for sending a substitute speaker, Father Quinn, when he was unable to speak at a New Britain Lunch. Gordon Fraser gives her perspective on the event and Father Quinn's shared interests with the group.

Date: 4 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Campion Hall, Oxford, thanking Gordon Fraser for sending an account of Father Quinn's talk at a New Britain Lunch.

Date: 1 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter, originally enclosing reports of what speakers had said in response to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain Lunches, and discussing the events.

Date: 16 February 1941

Extent: 2 pages

Scope and content: Typescript letter, discussing the "urgent need" for a response to the publication of the Churches Manifesto (Letter to The Times, December 1940). Gordon Fraser invites Kirk to speak at a series of New Britain lunches to discuss the manifesto.

Date: 17 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter on Industrial Christian Fellowship letterhead, accepting an invitation to speak at a series of New Britain lunches to discuss the Churches Manifesto, and proposing that he discuss the findings of the Archbishop of York's Conference held in Malvern.

Date: 20 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter from Gordon Fraser discussing the distribution of a pamphlet at a talk Kirk had agreed to give concerning the Churches Manifesto.

Date: 22 February 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter on Industrial Christian Fellowship letterhead, discussing arrangements for a talk Kirk had agreed to give concerning the Churches Manifesto.

Date: 7 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from The Vicarage, Broadway, Westminster discussing arrangements for a talk Kirk had agreed to give concerning the Churches Manifesto at a New Britain Lunch.

Date: 10 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter, giving details for a talk Reverend Kirk was to give at a New Britain Lunch and discussing the difficulties of getting an audience during wartime.

Date: 11 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript Industrial Christian Fellowship postcard, confirming arrangements for a talk Kirk was to give at a New Britain lunch.

Date: 18 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter concerning a talk Kirk had given concerning the Churches Manifesto at a New Britain Lunch and Malcolm Spencer's plans to develop concrete proposals to put the Manifesto into practice.

Date: 20 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter on Industrial Christian Fellowship letterhead, discussing a talk he had given at a New Britain Lunch and the steps the I.C.F. was taking to put the principles outlined in the Churches Manifesto into practice.

Date: 1 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter originally enclosing reports of what speakers had said in response to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain Lunches and discussing the events.

Date: 4 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter on Industrial Christian Fellowship letterhead, thanking Gordon Fraser for sending an account of how lecturers had responded to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain talks.

Date: 20 January 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter discussing the "urgent need" for a response to the publication of the Churches Manifesto (Letter to The Times, December 1940). Gordon Fraser invites Marriott to speak at a series of New Britain lunches to discuss the manifesto.

Date: 29 January 1941

Extent: 1 page, 2 sides

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Dungatte House, Balsham near Cambridge, accepting an invitation to speak about the Churches Manifesto at a New Britain Lunch and asking for guidance on subject matter.

Date: 5 February 1941

Extent: 2 pages

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter giving guidance on the subject matter for a talk Marriott had agreed to give about the Churches Manifesto at a New Britain Lunch, discussing the series of lectures planned and making practical arrangements.

Date: 8 February 1941

Extent: 1 page, 2 sides

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Dungatte House, Balsham near Cambridge, discussing arrangements for a talk Marriott was to give at a New Britain Lunch, including the scope of his lecture and the content of a talk by Father D'Arcy.

Date: 26 February 1941

Extent: 3 pages

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter originally enclosing a pamphlet by Ben Tillett, giving details of the purpose of a series of New Britain Lunches (at which Marriott was to speak).

Date: [March 1941]

Extent: 1 page, 2 sides

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Dungatte House, Balsham near Cambridge, responding to her letter on "political economy, moral theology & Christian Sociology" and asking for more information on the audience he would be addressing at an upcoming New Britain Lunch.

Date: 4 March 1941

Extent: 2 pages

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter discussing the audience Marriott would be addressing at an upcoming New Britain Lunch; the connection between the New Britain Movement, House of Industry League and the Trade Union Club (where the Lunch would be held); and details of a previous lecture in the series of Lunches.

Date: 10 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter, discussing the lack of an audience at a recent New Britain Lunch at which Marriot lectured and originally enclosing an account of his talk.

Date: 1 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter, originally enclosing reports of what speakers had said in response to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain Lunches, and discussing the events.

Date: 15 April 1941

Extent: 1 page, 2 sides

Scope and content: Manuscript letter sent from Dungatte House, Balsham near Cambridge, responding to reports of lectures given in response to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain Lunches, discussing the events and voicing support for the New Britain Movement.

Date: 5 February 1941

Extent: 2 pages

Scope and content: Typescript letter discussing the "urgent need" for a response to the publication of the Churches Manifesto (Letter to The Times, December 1940). Gordon Fraser invites Plowright to speak at a series of New Britain lunches to discuss the manifesto.

Date: 27 February 1941

Extent: 3 pages

Scope and content: Annotated draft copy typescript letter, inviting Plowright to attend New Britain Lunchtime talks held at the Trade Union Club, and outlining the purpose of the events. Gordon Fraser discusses Faith, Communism and Fascism.

Date: 12 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter, reminding Plowright of his engagement to speak at a New Britain Lunch, with a summary of previous lectures in the series.

Date: 23 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter, asking Plowright to approve a report of a speech he had given at a New Britain lunch.

Date: 1 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Copy typescript letter, originally enclosing an account of how Plowright's fellow lecturers had responded to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain talks.

Date: 2 March 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter thanking Quinn for speaking at a New Britain Lunch, and originally enclosing a report of his speech. Gordon Fraser gives her perspective on the event and invites Quinn to attend other lectures in the series.

Date: 1 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter originally enclosing reports of what speakers had said in response to the Churches Manifesto at a series of New Britain Lunches and discussing the events.

Date: 4 April 1941

Extent: 1 page

Scope and content: Typescript letter sent on letterhead from the London Society of Compositors, thanking Gordon Fraser for a letter and wishing her luck with a project.