| Ref No | JOH/COR/665-754 |
| AltRefNo | Correspondence - Box 1 |
| Collection | Hewlett Johnson Papers |
| Title | Correspondence |
| Date | 1938-1940 |
| Extent | 1 folder |
| Description | Letters to Johnson from assorted correspondents that are critical or questioning of his political views and activities. February-March 1938.; Left Book Club rally at the Astoria Cinema, Woking, April 1938; Letters (mostly supportive of Johnson but some hostile towards him) following the letter written by the Canons of Canterbury to The Times criticising his performance as Dean and calling for his resignation. March-April 1940.; Letters of appreciation about Johnson's publications "The Socialist Sixth of the World" and "Act Now". 1940; Canadian congratulations on the birth of Johnson's first daughter, Kezia. April 1940.; |
| Subject | Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Views on Christianity |
| Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Writings--"Socialist Sixth of the World" |
| Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Writings--"Act Now" |
| Johnson, Hewlett, 1874-1966--Letters of appreciation |
| Left Book Club (London, England) |
| Event | Great Rally organised by the Left Book Club, Woking, 10 April 1938 |
| Great Rally organised by the Left Book Club, Leeds, November 1938 |
| Related Organisation | Left Book Club |
| ContentOrganisation/16 |
| Associated Person | Gollancz, Victor, Sir, 1893-1967 (publisher and writer) |
| Ackland, Valentine, Ms., 1906-1969 (member of the Communist Party and journalist) |
| Lewis, John, Mr. (from the Victor Gollancz, Ltd. Publishers) |
| Niebuhr, Reinhold, Mr. |
| Edward, C. M., Mr. |
| Adams, S., Mrs. |
| Gray Gickard, A., Mr. |
| Goldman, Lionel, Revd. (from the Methodist Manse, Observatory Cape, South Africa) |
| Waker, W. J., Revd. (from the Industrial Christian Fellowship) |
| Goldmith, Leila, Ms. |
| McGaw, Rhonda, Mrs (Convenor of the Left Book Club, Woking group) |
| Muir, Kenneth, Mr. |
| McCarthy, John, D. (from Tasmania, Australia) |
| Prideaux, Anstice, Mrs. |
| Stanford, Major (of 'Friends of Canterbury Cathedral') |
| Mains, Margaret, Mrs. |
| Baden-Beadle, George, Mr. (Director of Faith Craft-Works, Ltd.) |
| Godfrey, H. G., Mr. |
| Jones, S. M., Mr. (of the Left Book Club, Grays discussion Group) |
| Dunn, Lady |
| Donaldson, Louise, Ms. |
| Berry, J., Mr. |
| Watts, Etienne, Revd. (Rector of all Saint's Church, Manchester) |
| Evans, Jessie, Ms. (of the Canterbury Labour Party, Women's Section) |
| Howard, H., Mr. |
| Amphlett Micklewright, F. H., Revd. |
| Whittick, Frank, Wm., Mr. |
| Oakden, Ellen, Miss |
| Fry, Doris, Mrs. |
| Jarrett-Kerr, H., Mr. (of the Christian Social Council of Cheltenham) |
| Crawshay Stanley, F., Major |
| Hankinson, E., Mr. (of Victoria, Australia) |
| Compton Edward, Mrs. (Chairwoman of the Theatre Girls' Club) |
| Robertson, Anne, M., Ms. |
| Peltier, Louis, L., Jr., Mr. (of Canada) |
| White, Eliot, Revd. (Anglican Diocese, Episcopal Church, New York) |
| Strachan Rogers, E., Dr. |
| Clarke, E. J., Miss |
| Brooks, F. H., Mr. |
| Wallbank, Alice M., Miss |
| Manning, W., Mr. (of Capetown, South Africa) |
| MacKay Gordon, A. W., Professor |
| McGuffie, P. D., Capt. |
| Smith, A. E., Mr. |
| Hooke, William, G., Mr. |
| Pollitt, Harry, Mr. 1890-1960 (British Communist, general secretary, 1929-39, 1941-56, and chairman, 1956-60 of the Communist Party of Great Britain) |
| Gollancz, Victor, Sir, 1893-1967 (publisher and writer) |
| Crum, Francis, Mr. |
| Johnson, Mary Kezia, Miss, b.1940 (elder daughter of Hewlett and Nowell Johnson) |
| Chamberlain, Arthur Neville, 1869-1940 (British Conservative politician and Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1937 to 1940) |
| Telford, Lyle James, Dr. 1889-1960 (mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia, 1939-1940 and a founder of the British Columbia branch of the Co-operative Commonwealth Federation (CCF)) |
| Hannington, Walter, Mr., 1896-1966 (trade union official and political activist) |
| Category | Correspondence
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| Level | SubSeries |