Ref NoJOH/COR/588-664
AltRefNoCorrespondence - Box 1
CollectionHewlett Johnson Papers
TitleCorrespondence
Date1938-1940
Extent1 folder
DescriptionLetters supporting and criticising Johnson in the wake of the letter written by the Canons of Canterbury to The Times criticising his performance as Dean and calling for his resignation. March 1940.; Letters of congratulation on the birth of his and Nowell's first daughter, Kezia. March 1940.; Johnson minimises the extent of religious persecution in Russia. February 1938.; Correspondence in the first half of 1938 with Victor Gollancz, mainly about the activities of the Left Book Club.; Correspondence with Victor Gollancz about the events surrounding a defamatory letter from the New Right Book Club. October 1938;
NotesStockton is not named- just referred to as editor of the "Christian World"
SubjectRusso-Finnish War, 1939-1940
Socialist Book Club
Christian Book Club
New Right Book Club
Left Book Club (London, England)
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Political views
Persecution--Soviet Union
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Writings--"Socialist Sixth of the World"
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Letters of appreciation
Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Attacks in the press
Booth, Henry Kendall, 1876-1942--Writings--"The Great Galilean Returns"
Related OrganisationDaily Herald
Workers' Educational Association
ContentOrganisation/16
Associated PersonGollancz, Victor, Sir, 1893-1967 (publisher and writer)
Banks, H., Mr. (director of Henderson White Ltd.)
Williams, Leonard, Mr.
Ridler, J., Mr.
Merrick, Richmond, Mr.
Barnes, Emily, E. S., Ms.
Robertson, R. A. Z. S., Mr.
Hickling, G., Mr.
Calvert, T. C., Mr.
Dreiser, Theodore (Herman Albert), Mr.,1871-1945 (American novelist)
Briggs, Arthur, Mr.
Himsworth, Joyce, R., Mr.
Donaldson, Euan A. L., Revd.
Mathewson Watson, J. P., Sir (Chairman of the Manchester Evening News White Heather Fund)
Shilton, D W. F., Mr. (General Secretary of the Co-operative Holidays Association)
Jayne, Alice L, Ms.
Horsley, A. S., Mr.
Dyson, F. O., Mr. (Chaplain to the Forces)
Fisk-Moore, William, Mr.
Bowller, S. J. W., Mr.
Sutton, George E., Mr.
Johnson, Hewlett, Revd., 1874-1966
Clayton, Frank, Mr. (member of the Left Book Club)
de Zoete Elliot, Alice, Mrs. (Convener of the Ryde Left Book Club, St. Helens, Isle of Wight)
Stockton, Thomas H. (Editor of the Christian world, 1940)
Johnson, Hewlett, Revd., 1874-1966
Horsley, A. S., Mr.
Sutton, George E., Mr.
Shaw, Allan, A., Mr.
Johnson, Mary Kezia, Miss, b.1940 (elder daughter of Hewlett and Nowell Johnson)
Redwood Anderson, J., Mr. (poet, member of the Christian Book Club)
Liebmann, Rudolf, Mr (author)
Burns, John (member of the Left Book Club)
CategoryCorrespondence
Access conditionsThis material is available for consultation at the University of Kent's Special Collections & Archives reading room, Templeman Library, University of Kent, Canterbury, CT2 7NU (specialcollections@kent.ac.uk).
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