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MS 466 - Cadbury Collection - 16th cent. - 20th cent.
- 1 - Family papers - 1727 - 1977
  - 1 - Papers relating to Dame Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury (1858-1951) - 1842 - 1960
    - 2 - Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's personal and social correspondence - 1892 - 1949

Ref No	MS 466/1/1/2/22
Finding Number	MS 466/204/34
Title	Letter from Frances Temple to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury
Level	Item
Date	08 June 1945
Description	Frances Temple (1890-1984, nee Acland Anson), the wife of Dr. William Temple, wrote to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury following a request she had received from Taylor Cadbury asking for a copy of a letter which Temple had written about her husband. Frances Temple's letter had referred to her husband's remarks on 'death & future life'. In her letter to Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury Frances Temple recalls visiting Taylor Cadbury with her husband. Dr. William Temple died in October 1944 shortly before the end of the Second World War. In her letter Frances Temple expresses her regret that her husband had not lived 'to carry on his work into the time of re-construction'.
Extent	1
Format	Item
Related Material	Biographical information about Dr. William Temple and Mrs. Francis Temple taken from Adrian Hastings, 'Temple, William (1881-1944)', Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, Oxford University Press, 2004 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/36454] accessed 24th March 2009. Information about Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury's association with Dr. Temple taken from Richenda Scott, 'Elizabeth Cadbury: 1858-1951', (London: Harrap, 1955), pp. 158-59.
Access Status	Open
AdminHistory	Dr. William Temple (1881-1944) served as Archbishop of York (1929-1942) and as Archbishop of Canterbury from 1942 until his death in 1944. Temple was a leader of the international ecumenical movement, chairing the World Conference on Faith and Order and a leading public supporter of the World Council of Churches in the late 1930s. Elizabeth Taylor Cadbury was closely involved in the religious and social welfare work with which Temple was associated, including the Workers Educational Union and the housing of refugees following the outbreak of the Second World War. Scott describes Taylor Cadbury's support for international ecumenical work in which Temple became a leading figure, noting her enthusiasm for endeavours which aimed to achieve a greater unity between religious denominations.
Language	English

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