File: 'The Need of the Day' Club

Scope and Content

Correspondence and printed material relating to Stopford's involvement in 'The Need of the Day' Club. This was a Christian discussion group set up in Manchester in 1943 to consider the application of Christian social teachings to post-war reconstruction plans. The file contains interesting correspondence with similar groups interested in Christian-inspired reconstruction. Stopford's involvement with the Club was personal and not part of his official University duties.

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