GROSER PAPERS

Papers of the Revd. St.J.B. Groser concerning industry:

Papers of the East London Church Congress (of the boroughs of Bethnal Green, Finsbury, Hackney, Holborn, Islington, Poplar, Shoreditch, Stepney, and Stoke Newington) entitled 'The Church Rebuilds', including correspondence with the Bishop of Stepney, forms of service, programme, and four issues of the Bishop's Heralds' Bulletin, 1953-4 (ff.1-39).

List of participants and notes of addresses by Groser at a course at the Ecumenical Institute, Bossey, Switzerland, on 'Evangelism and the structures of church life in city and industry', 16-30 June 1958 (ff.40-60).

Papers of a conference arranged by Leslie Stannard Hunter, Bishop of Sheffield, on 'The Church and industry', with a letter from him to Groser describing its purpose, 11-14 July 1949 (ff.61-6).

'The Church and industrial society', an appeal on behalf of William Temple College, 12 July 1950 (ff.67-8).

'The Christian in his job', being the report of a second conference held at St. Botolph's church and hall, Bishopsgate, 24-25 May 1952 (ff.69-71).

Correspondence of Groser with the Bishop of Sheffield and others concerning a conference of industrial chaplains, priest workmen, and others interested in the relation of the Church with its industrial and agricultural members, 14 June 1954 (ff.72-97).

Church Assembly. Board for Social Responsibility. Industrial notes nos.1-8, 1955-61 (ff.98-126).

Report of W.E.A. (London district) conference on 'The Social implications of automation', 29 September 1956, with a note of other meetings and classes at St. Katharine's, Stepney (ff.127-8).

Report, including an address by Groser, on a conference at the House of Commons on the Church and industry, 7 November 1956 (f.129).

Invitation to Groser to join the London diocesan conference working party on 'The Church and the industrial worker', 1956 (ff.130-2).

Conferences on evangelism:

Report of the executive committee of the Industrial Christian Fellowship on co-operation in 'Religion and life' weeks, 22 September 1942 (ff.133-5).

Notes by William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, of 'an introductory address at the inaugural meeting of the commission on evangelism', 18 February 1944, and other papers of the Archbishops' Commission on Evangelism, of which the report was partly drafted by Groser (ff.136-44).

Agenda and list of representatives at an inter-Church conference of the British Council of Churches on evangelism, 2-5 January 1946 (ff.145-7).

List of members of a conference on evangelism held at the Ecumenical Institute, Céligny, Switzerland, 2-8 March 1949 (ff.148-9).

Papers of a meeting of English and Scottish clergy at Iona on new patterns of ministry in the modern world in 1953, and of a further meeting at St. Katharine's, Stepney, in 1954. Enclosures include (ff.151-5) 'A proposition by a group of clergy concerning the ministry in the modern world, with particular reference to the Church of England'; (ff.157-161v) 'Training for the ministry. A brief consideration and some suggestions' (at Lincoln Theological College, 1952); (ff.179-82) 'A "Fellowship in the Gospel"', [1954]. (ff.151-82).

Correspondence and papers concerning industrial chaplaincies and evangelism, 1952-61 (ff.190-243).

Correspondence and papers concerning a conference at St. Katharine's, Stepney, London, on Christianity and Trades Unions, 1953. Also (ff.262-6) 'A report on the meeting of certain Trade Unionists held in Scunthorpe on February 27th 1954', and (ff.267-79) a working party chaired by Groser on industrial democracy, 19-20 June 1954 (ff.244-79).

Human relations in an industrial society (The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine), 1957 (ff.280-281v).

Newsletters nos.1-3 of the London Industrial Council, 1958 (ff.282-5).

Memorandum on 'The dock industry in London' (The Royal Foundation of St. Katharine), October 1958 (f.286).

Papers concerning the inauguration of the East London Industrial Mission, 1958 (ff.287-91).

Minutes and other papers of the Metropolitan Industrial Committee (London), 1960-1 (ff.292-304).

'The characteristics of industrial society', [perhaps by Groser], 1961 (ff.305-17).