| Description | 1. 10 enrolment cards for the league of prayer and service.
2. Unsigned Christmas card.
3. Booklet "CQD or, how prayer works" by Reverend R M Thornton.
4. Booklet "How to listen".
5. Cutting from the Times, 1948, with an article called "Spiritual basis of democracy" marked.
6. Paper with notes on an unknown person.
7. 16 October 1941 Four copies of a letter from the Oxford Group News about moral re-armament.
8. 25 Feb 1945 Letter from Nancy to her aunt Matilda Talbot about church training colleges. Mentions an included note written by Miss Hawkins, principal of the Derby training college, 19 Feb 1954, and includes 5 pages on church training colleges and a handwritten note of prayer.
9. 21 Mar 1949 Letter from Bill to Matilda Talbot sending a poem about Lacock and thanking her for a lovely weekend.
10. 7 Sep 1949 Letter from Reverend John Frith to Matilda Talbot discussing moral re-armament.
11. 1891 and 1892 Two poems by "M E R".
12. 9 October 1941 6 copies of a reprint from the Times, about "spiritual strength in crisis" discussed in the House of Lords.
13. Undated poster "Morale: how to play your part".
14. Page of questions about moral re-armament.
15. 10 April 1951 Letter from Whang-Kyung Koh to Matilda Talbot thanking her for an invitation to an MRA meeting.
16. Handwritten notes on MRA meetings by Matilda Talbot.
17. 1951 Three clips from the Wiltshire Times concerning the MRA and differing views.
18. Poem entitled "At Last", 1882 by J G Whittier.
19. "Quiet time": a page of thoughts and questions.
20. 1947 Draft minutes of standing conference for the Council of the Church Training Colleges".
21. Handwritten prayers in pencil.
22. 1940 Christmas letter from Elsie Thorp to missionaries.
23. 1941 Call to action: concerning the moral re-armament (2 copies).
24. The mighty million: war-time crusade of the Silent Fellowship.
25. Notes on an extract from Romans.
26. C1935 Three clips from newspapers about religious matters, including one on the new vicar of Lacock, J G Frith.
27. 1932 Christmas carol written by a friend of Matilda Talbot.
28. Envelope with various letters and notes on religion and MRA.
29. Card with printed notes on peace through prayer.
30. Notes on current affairs by Matilda Talbot.
31. 17 Nov 1945 Cutting from Everybody's Weekly about Richard Baxter, prophet of Puritanism.
32. 12 May 1926 Copy of the British worker official strike news bulletin on the termination of the Great Strike.
33. Leaflet about Kingley Hall in Bow, London.
34. 18 Jun 1940 Reprint of an article in the Times "An airman to his mother: the fight with evil" about a letter sent from an airman to his mother when he was killed, with a copy of the letter.
35. 1936 Envelope with two invitations from Reverend J Maillard of Milton Abbey. One invitation is to the Abbey festival, 15 Jun 1936, and the other is to a healing service, 9 Jun 1936. Includes two reply cards.
36. 29 Dec 1945 Reprint from the Times of an article "Christianity in Germany: a Nazi document".
37. Booklet on the answer to crisis with a town page from the Y W C A calendar of weeks, 1949.
38. 17 Jun 1937 Letter from Mr Jackson to Matilda Talbot asking her to appoint someone to replace him as Treasurer of the League of Nations Union.
39. Short form of prayer (a card with prayer).
40. "The quiet time", some prayers and thoughts.
41. Principles of the Oxford Group, by Sherwood Sunderland Day.
42. Undated notes by Matilda Talbot on Rudolf Steiner.
43. Booklet about the moral rearmament by the senior chaplain from RAF Yatesbury, Calne, with letters by RAF personnel.
Envelope:
44. 11 Apr 1951 Cutting from the Bath Chronicle "An alternative to world catastrophe".
45. 1951 Cutting from a Bath paper "At historic Lacock, international MRA, team discuss progress".
46. Notes of menus and accommodation, and a bill.
47. Lists of people to contact.
48. List of people attending the MRA meeting on 1 April 1951.
49. List of people and addresses.
50. List of people and their bedroom allocation. |