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Institute of Education

The Moot


IDENTITY STATEMENT

Reference code(s): GB 0366 MOO

Held at: Institute of Education

Title: The Moot

Date(s): 1939-1949

Level of description: collection

Extent: 1 box

Name of creator(s): The Moot | private discussion group

CONTEXT

Administrative/Biographical history:

The Moot was a private discussion group convened in 1939 by Joseph Houldsworth Oldham (1874-1969) in order to consider postwar social reconstruction within a Christian framework. It was composed of eminent philosophers and intellectuals such as T.S. Eliot, Karl Mannheim, R.H. Tawney and Sir Fred Clarke. Membership overlapped with the Council of the Churches on the Christian Faith and the Common Life. Individual members circulated papers for comment by correspondence and for discussion in meetings held three or four times a year..

CONTENT

Scope and content/abstract:

Papers of The Moot, mainly consisting of Sir Fred Clarke's set of the circulated discussion papers, 1939-1942; also an incomplete run of the Christian News-Letter, 1939-1949.

ACCESS AND USE

Language/scripts of material: English

System of arrangement:

Conditions governing access:

Open.

Conditions governing reproduction:

A reader wishing to publish any quotation of information, including pictorial, derived from any archive material must apply in writing for prior permission from the Librarian or other appropriate person(s) as indicated by the Archivist. A limited number of photocopies may be supplied at the discretion of the Archivist.

Physical characteristics:

Finding aids:

Detailed catalogue

ARCHIVAL INFORMATION

Appraisal, destruction and scheduling information:

Accruals:

Archival history:

Given to the Institute of Education Library by Louis Arnaud Reid when he retired. Originally came into the possession of the Institute of Education via Sir Fred Clarke, who was a member of the group.

Immediate source of acquisition:

ALLIED MATERIALS

Existence and location of originals:

Existence and location of copies:

Related material:

Some personal papers of Sir Fed Clarke are also held (DC/FC).

Some records of The Moot are amongst the papers of Joseph Houldsworth Oldham held in New College Library, University of Edinburgh.

Publication note:

DESCRIPTION NOTES

Note:

Date(s) of descriptions: Created 11/24/1999, modified 12/5/2000


INDEX ENTRIES
Subjects
Christianity | Ancient religions | Religions
Intelligentsia | Social structure
Social reform | Social policy
War | International conflicts

Personal names
Clarke | Sir | Fred | 1880-1952 | Knight | educationist
Eliot | Thomas Stearns | 1888-1965 | poet x Eliot | T S
Mannheim | Karl | 1893-1947 | sociologist
Oldham | Joseph Houldsworth | 1874-1969 | missionary
Tawney | Richard Henry | 1880-1962 | historian

Corporate names
Council of the Churches on the Christian Faith and the Common Life
The Moot | private discussion group

Places