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Box 8

 Container

Contains 50 Results:

Socratic Club, 1942-1980

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 12
Scope and Contents

64 folders

Dates: Created: 1942-1980

Article: "A Useful Pamphlet" Guardian, August 8, 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 363
Identifier: Folder 363
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Mentions Socratic Club, 1p.

Dates: Created: August 8, 1944

Attendance lists (loose leaf) for Socratic Club meetings and discussion groups, undated & 1944-1957

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 364
Identifier: Folder 364
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Notes for "Cosmic Christianity" talk by LWG en verso of one page, dated May 26, 1944

Dates: Created: undated & 1944-1957

1945 Conference on Christian Faith, February-March 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 368
Identifier: Folder 368
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Ridley Hall, Cambridge (March 17-20). Contains programs, notes, publicity, listings of students interested in attending the conference, and related correspondence. 49 pp.

Dates: Created: February-March 1945

Correspondence to and from C.S. Lewis, 1943-1954

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 369
Identifier: Folder 369
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The originals of these are stored in the CSL letter collection. 11 letters, 24pp.

Dates: Created: 1943-1954

Correspondence, various, 1942-1943

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 372
Identifier: Folder 372
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28 pp.

Dates: Created: 1942-1943

Correspondence, various, January-June 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 373
Identifier: Folder 373
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Contains letters by and about Dorothy L. Sayers (some originals have been placed in the Dorothy L. Sayers Papers). Also includes, en verso of one letter, notes from talks with H.A.H. (H.A. Hodges), dated May 1944. 49pp.

Dates: Created: January-June 1944

Correspondence, various, July-December 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 374
Identifier: Folder 374
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Contains letters by and about Dorothy L. Sayers (some originals have been placed in the Dorothy L. Sayers Papers). 47pp.

Dates: Created: July-December 1944

Correspondence, various, 1945-1949

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 375
Identifier: Folder 375
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45pp.

Dates: Created: 1945-1949

Correspondence, various, 1950-1953

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 376
Identifier: Folder 376
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33pp.

Dates: Created: 1950-1953

Correspondence, various, 1964-1980

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 378
Identifier: Folder 378
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16pp. (Includes correspondence with Kathryn Lindskoog)

Dates: Created: 1964-1980

1960-January 1961 SCARS Correspondence

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 352
Identifier: Folder 352
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39 pp.

Dates: Created: 1950-1969

February-December 1961 SCARS Correspondence, 1961

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 353
Identifier: Folder 353
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53 pp.

Dates: Created: 1961

SCARS, 1950-1969

 Series — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Series 11
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25 folders

Dates: Created: 1950-1969

Lists and names of Socratic Members, 1942-1955

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 380
Identifier: Folder 380
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One SCARS listing included, and some pages contain notes en verso. 37pp.

Dates: Created: 1942-1955

1962-1964 SCARS Correspondence

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 354
Identifier: Folder 354
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14 pp.

Dates: Created: 1950-1969

SCARS Meeting notes (see also: Conference materials), undated & 1950-1959

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 355
Identifier: Folder 355
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46pp.

Dates: Created: undated & 1950-1959

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, undated & 1942-1943

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 381
Identifier: Folder 381
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37pp.

Dates: Created: undated & 1942-1943

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, January-June 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 382
Identifier: Folder 382
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Includes a published copy (from the Socratic Digest) and notes of Stella’s talk, “Concerning the Question: Jesus, Prophet or Son of God?” 45pp.

Dates: Created: January-June 1944

SCARS Meeting notes (see also: Conference materials), 1960-1969

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 356
Identifier: Folder 356
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38 pp.

Dates: Created: 1960-1969

SCARS Misc. Notes, n.d. & 1959-1969

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 357
Identifier: Folder 357
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29 pp. (see also: BBC notebook in the Notebook series, 1968-1986)

Dates: Created: n.d. & 1959-1969

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, July-December 1944

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 383
Identifier: Folder 383
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Also includes a letter from H.H. Price dated August 19, 1944. 27pp.

Dates: Created: July-December 1944

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1945

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 384
Identifier: Folder 384
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Includes lecture notes from Austin Farrer’s talk, “Can Myth be Fact?” 45pp.

Dates: Created: 1945

Note cards by Oxford college with names, possibly of SCARS members, ca. 1953-1958

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 358
Identifier: Folder 358
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34pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1953-1958

SCARS notices and members lists, 1953-1963

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 359
Identifier: Folder 359
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36 pp. (see also Socratic Club lists and member names folder, 1942-1955)

Dates: Created: 1953-1963

SCARS Publicity materials, 1960-1964

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 360
Identifier: Folder 360
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3 copies of the “Basis” for the group, with annotations, “SCARS: A Way of Praying for Unity,” 2 published copies and a draft copy of the article in Outlook (London: Church Missionary Society, January 1961, pp. 12-13), a letter from Rev. John Carden of the CMS, September 30, 1960, and an article on SCARS from Ecclesia, pp. 5-6. 10pp.

Dates: Created: 1960-1964

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, October-December 1949, 1951

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 386
Identifier: Folder 386
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41pp.

Dates: Created: October-December 1949, 1951

Speaker names and addresses, ca. 1955-1957

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 361
Identifier: Folder 361
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8 pp.

Dates: Created: ca. 1955-1957

"Theological Shape of the SCARS Silence", n.d.

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 362
Identifier: Folder 362
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6 booklets, 6pp. each, and 9 pages of handwritten notes. 15 pp.

Dates: Created: n.d.

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1952

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 390
Identifier: Folder 390
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29pp.

Dates: Created: 1952

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1953-1954

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 391
Identifier: Folder 391
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Includes lecture notes from "What would Constitute a Rational Proof of God’s Existence?” by Peter Geach and Colin MacIvor’s “The Need for Metaphysics.” 52pp.

Dates: Created: 1953-1954

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1960-1961

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 394
Identifier: Folder 394
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47pp.

Dates: Created: 1960-1961

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1962-1963

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 395
Identifier: Folder 395
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Includes lecture notes by J.J. Macintosh. 25pp.

Dates: Created: 1962-1963

Correspondence, undated, with circa dates ranging from 1943-1954

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 370
Identifier: Folder 370
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One letter contains notes en verso titled “The Ascension,” speaker: “Gerald,” dated May 23, 1944. One correspondent is most likely Bernard Williams, a Socratic speaker. undated, 32 pp.

Dates: Created: undated, with circa dates ranging from 1943-1954

Lists and names of Socratic Members, undated, with some materials circa 1953

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 379
Identifier: Folder 379
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34pp.

Dates: Created: undated, with some materials circa 1953

Correspondence, undated, with circa dates ranging from 1945-1956

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 371
Identifier: Folder 371
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various. 41 pp.

Dates: Created: undated, with circa dates ranging from 1945-1956

1943 Conference on Christian Faith, February-March 1943

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 367
Identifier: Folder 367
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Jordans, Beaconsfield, Bucks (March 13-16). Contains programs, receipts, notes, and related correspondence. Documents with extreme mold were photocopied and discarded. 22pp.

Dates: Created: February-March 1943

Attendance list book for Socratic Club meetings, October 1948-February 1953

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 365
Identifier: Folder 365
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94pp.

Dates: Created: October 1948-February 1953

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1946-1949

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 385
Identifier: Folder 385
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Includes lecture notes from Renford Bambrough’s talk, “The Task of the Skeptic.” 24pp.

Dates: Created: 1946-1949

Attendance list book for Socratic Club meetings (includes attached pencil), 1954-1956

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 366
Identifier: Folder 366
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35pp.

Dates: Created: 1954-1956

Correspondence, various, 1954-1958

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 377
Identifier: Folder 377
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25pp.

Dates: Created: 1954-1958

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1950-1951

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 388
Identifier: Folder 388
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Includes lecture notes from H.H. Price’s lecture “Is Theism Important?” and I.M. Crombie’s “Theology of Falsification.” 48pp. (see also, notebooks III-IV, April-June 1950 in the Notebook series)

Dates: Created: 1950-1951

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, Michaelmas Term 1950

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 387
Identifier: Folder 387
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1 red notebook containing Socratic Club, Socratic Philosophy group & Socratic Study group notes, name lists, etc. 34pp.

Dates: Created: Michaelmas Term 1950

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, Hilary Term 1951

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 389
Identifier: Folder 389
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1 red notebook containing Socratic Club notes, etc. Also includes O.U.C.U. notes. 37pp.

Dates: Created: Hilary Term 1951

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1957-1959

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 393
Identifier: Folder 393
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49pp.

Dates: Created: 1957-1959

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1964-1966

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 396
Identifier: Folder 396
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43pp.

Dates: Created: 1964-1966

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1955-1956

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 392
Identifier: Folder 392
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62pp. See folder 443 for "Miracles" lecture by Alastair MacIntyre given May 14, 1956.

Dates: Created: 1955-1956

Meeting notes and lectures of the Socratic Club, 1968-1969

 File — Box: 8, Folder: 397
Identifier: Folder 397
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38pp.

Dates: Created: 1968-1969

Stella Aldwinckle Papers

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: Wade-A-75 through A-84
Abstract

This archive contains personal and professional papers relating to Stella Aldwinckle, the founder of the SocraticClub (which included C.S. Lewis) and member of the Oxford Pastorate staff at Oxford University.

Dates: Created: 1922-1990; Other: Majority of material found in 1940-1970