Reference code: GB-0033-CSU-D10
Title: Catalogue of Catholic Women's League Archive
Dates of creation: 1906-2013
Extent: 44 boxes
Held by: Durham University Library, Archives and Special Collections
Origination: Catholic Women's League
Language: Mostly English with some Latin, French, German and Spanish
The Catholic Women's League (CWL) was founded by Margaret Fletcher (1862-1943) as the Legion of Catholic Women's Workers in 1906. Its aim was to promote the religious, educational and social welfare interests of Catholic women, to ensure Catholic
representation of these interests on major public bodies, and to initiate and maintain charitable works. Branches exist in the United Kingdom (with representation in over 200 parishes in 2017) and throughout the world, with the Catholic Women's
League forming a constituent part, along with other Catholic women's organisations, of the World Union of Catholic Women's Organisations (WUCWO). Members of the Catholic Women's League are represented on all the major women's organisations in the
United Kingdom and are involved in charitable work of all kinds, helping to promote issues as diverse as infant and family welfare, old people's welfare, housing, social justice, migration, and education. During the First and Second World Wars, the
League performed a vital function in the management of canteen huts, providing meals for soldiers in England and in theatres of operation all over the world. Although ostensibly a non-political organisation, the Catholic Women's League encourages
its members to exert influence in those issues rooted in social justice and peace, and particularly seek to make the voice of Catholic women heard in the legislative system on issues of the Family through contacting local MPs.
The archive of the Catholic Women's League includes papers on its founders and history; central administration (refugee and service committees, councils, services, financial and property management and publications); governance; events
(commemorations, jubilees and study days); papers on its relationship with other Catholic and women's organisations; and papers on its relationship with regional and international branches.
Donated by the national secretary, Jean Clarke, 19 August 2015, Acc No Misc.2015/16:9.
Archive stored privately by Jean Clarke
Open for consultation.
Permission to make any published use of material from the collection must be sought in advance from pg.library@durham.ac.uk and, where appropriate, from the copyright owner. The Library will assist where possible with identifying copyright
owners, but responsibility for ensuring copyright clearance rests with the user of the material
A. Origins and Foundation
B. Central Administration
C. Governance
D. Events
E. Links to other UK bodies
F. Worldwide Branches
G. Related Bodies Worldwide
H. UK Regional Branches
The collection has been appraised. Information which is duplicated in other records, and clean duplicates, have generally been removed.
Further accruals are expected.
National Board of Catholic Women
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A. Origins and Foundation Margaret FletcherD10/A1/1 23 July 1906 - 10 June 1925
Correspondence, mostly between Miss Streeter and Margaret Fletcher, on the foundation and development of the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/A1/2 18 February 1913 - 21 October 1989
Letter from Mary Davy to Norah [?], dated 21 October 1989, and letter from Kathleen Milne to Mary, dated 15 October 1969, enclosing a letter from Margaret Fletcher, Mabel Hope and Agatha Howard to Mr J. Duff Gordon, dated [?1918], thanking Mr
Duff Gordon and his wife for their assistance with the Catholic Women's League canteen in Boulogne during the First World War
Also includes a photocopy of a letter from Margaret Fletcher to Mgr Parkinson, dated 18 February 1913, apologising for not being able to assist with any public engagements, the reduction in Catholic Women's League membership, and her attempts to
improve convent education
4 letters
There is a file of correspondence between Margaret Fletcher and Monsignor Parkinson 1913-1916 in the archives of Oscott College
D10/A1/3 10 March 1918
Transcript of a speech by Margaret Fletcher to the Canadian Army, given at the Bramshott Military Camp, Hampshire
12 p.
D10/A1/4 1945
Printed autobiographies of Margaret Fletcher
For more detailed catalogue entries, search for “Catholic Women's League” in the Durham University Library catalogue
1 file
D10/A1/5 1910 - 2012
Photographs, including “Margaret Fletcher’s badge” and of the National President with Mabel Barnes whose mother worked with Margaret Fletcher 2012, negative of Margaret Fletcher in Leeds in 1910, and 90th
anniversary prayer card showing Margaret Fletcher
3 photographs and 1 negative
D10/A1/6 1956 - 2012
Photographs of the grave of Margaret Fletcher and correspondence on its maintenance
1 file
D10/A1/7 [?1996]
Oval portrait of Margaret Fletcher
1 item
Size: 170 x 225 mm
D10/A1/8 11 July 2012
Publicity leaflet advertising a national pilgrimage to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the birth of Margaret Fletcher, Oxford Oratory, 11 July 2012
1 item
Saint Margaret ClitherowD10/A2/1 16 October 1956 - 21 October 1995
Papers relating to Saint Margaret Clitherow, including correspondence and a petition for her canonisation, a card commemorating the 400th anniversary of her martyrdom, liturgy for a Mass in Margaret Clitherow’s honour 1995, and a Catholic Women's
League hymn
1 file
D10/A2/2 [20th century]
Photographs, postcards, prayer cards and other items of portraits/statues of Margaret Clitherow
17 items
D10/A2/3 [20th century]
Interior and exterior photographs of The Shambles, York
9 photographs
D10/A2/4 1930 - 1954
Illustrations of The Shambles, York
2 illustrations
Size: 1. 290 x 370 mmSize: 2. 345 x 429 mm
English MartyrsD10/A3/1 1929
Copy of the triptych by Geoffrey Webb, in St James's Church, Spanish Place, London, depicting fourteen of the 136 English martyrs beatified by Pope Pius XI on December 15th, 1929
1 painting on wooden board
Size: 370 x 280 mm
D10/A3/2 October 1970 - September 2010
Photographs and an illuminated apostolic blessing thanking Pope Paul VI for the canonisation of the Forty Martyrs, as well as a spiritual bouquet for Pope Benedict XVI on the occasion of his visit to the United Kingdom in 2010
6 items
D10/A3/3 October 1970
Photographs of the canonisation ceremony of the Forty Martyrs in Rome
Copyright: Offica Foto Cine Marianetti
40 colour prints
B. Central AdministrationCouncil and CommitteeD10/B1/1 1907 - 1908
Provisional Executive Committee (later Executive Committee) meeting minute book (1-22)
Volume is indexed and includes a list of Executive Committee members
Includes meetings of sub-committees: Arts and Crafts, the Constitution, Finance, Fund Raising, General Lectures, Informal Meetings, the Information Bureau, the Leaflet, the Missal Fund, Public Service, the Pope’s Jubilee Gift and Social
Lectures
These minutes in this volume end at number 48 but agenda and unsigned minutes for meeting number 54 are loose at the back. This indicates that meetings numbers 49 - 53 for June to November 1911 took place but the record is missing. This was a
period of administrative change for the Catholic Women's League: minutes of the Committee of Council start in late 1911 and although the surviving series of Council minutes starts in February 1912, it seems likely that the Council started meeting in
late 1911.
1 volume
D10/B1/2 1909 - 1911
Executive Committee meeting minute book
Volume is indexed and includes a list of Executive Committee members
Includes meetings of sub-committees: Arts and Crafts, the Constitution, Finance, Fund Raising, General Lectures, Informal Meetings, the Information Bureau, the Leaflet, the Missal Fund, Public Service, the Pope’s Jubilee Gift and Social
Lectures.
1 volume
D10/B1/3 1911 - 1914
Includes a list of committee members and an index
Old label on spine states: “National Committee minutes”; a late 20th century label states: “Committee for Council 1911- 13”
1 volume
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
The Committee of Council was formed in November 1911 and was renamed the National Committee or the National Committee of Council in July 1915. In 1936, it was renamed again and became the National Executive Committee
D10/B1/4 1912 - 1916
Council meeting minute book
1 volume
D10/B1/5 1914 - 1924
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
Includes agenda, sub-committee reports, lists of attendees and an index
1 volume
D10/B1/6 1917 - 1919
Council meeting minute book
1 volume
D10/B1/7 1919 - 1925
Council meeting minute book
1 volume
D10/B1/8 1919 - 1927
Loose papers from the Council meeting minute book, 1919 - 1925
1 file
D10/B1/9 1924 - 1930
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
Includes agenda, sub-committee reports, lists of attendees and an index
1 volume
D10/B1/10 1925 - 1936
National Council meeting minute book
1 volume
D10/B1/11 1930 - 1939
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
Includes agenda, sub-committee reports, lists of attendees and an index
1 volume
D10/B1/12 1939 - 1945
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
October 1945 to April 1948 missing
1 volume
D10/B1/13 1948 - 1980
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee minute book
1 volume
D10/B1/14 1952 - 1965
National Officers’ meeting minute book
Minutes of the Jubilee Committee 1955-1956 are at the end of the volume
1 volume
D10/B1/15 [1955] - 1962
General Secretary’s reports to National Committee and National Council 1955-1962, as well as notes on the work of the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/B1/16 1965 - 1981
National Officers’ meeting minute book
National Executive from 1974
1 volume
D10/B1/17 1981 - 1994
Committee of Council/National Committee/National Executive Committee meeting minutes
1 file
D10/B1/18 1981 - 2010
National Executive Committee meeting minutes:
File 1: 1981 - 1988
File 2: 1989 - 1997
File 3: 1997 - 2004
File 4: 2004 - 2011
File 5: 2011 - 2013
5 files
D10/B1/19 1987 - 2008
National Council (AGM) minutes
1 file
D10/B1/20 1965 - 2001, 2012
Photographs of National Council events, including group photographs of Council members, speakers and guests.
9 files & 1 compact disc
D10/B1/21 1996
Entertainment during the National Council AGM
1 video cassette
D10/B1/22 [1930 x 2000]
National Council committee and associated members
6 BW/60 colour prints
Finance and Property ManagementD10/B2/1 1908 - 1997
Statements of accounts and balance sheets:
File 1: 1908 - 1911; 1914; 1921
File 2: 1947 - 1962
File 3: 1964 - 1973, 1979 - 1980
File 4: 1983 - 1984; 1986 - 1990; 1992 - 1994; 1996 - 1997
4 files
D10/B2/2 1940 - 1949; 1951 - 1963
Catholic Women's League Ledgers:
Volume 1: 1940 - 1949
Volume 2: 1951 - 1963
2 volumes
D10/B2/3 1942 - 1949
Finance Committee Meeting minute book
1 volume
D10/B2/4 1959 - 1979
Catholic Women's League Cash books:
Volume 1: 1959 - 1971
Volume 2: 1971 - 1979
2 volumes
D10/B2/5/1-3 1937 - 1990
Papers relating to the management of a charitable trust established following a bequest from the wil of Mrs E. M. C. Davidson and the subsequent purchase and management of the rental properties of St Clare and St Francis in Storrington
3 files & 1 volume
D10/B2/5/1 13 October 1937 - 18 September 1990
Financial papers for the Storrington Trust
2 files
D10/B2/5/2 1947 - 1960
Ledger for the Storrington Trust
1 volume
D10/B2/5/3 1951 - 1983
Statements of accounts for the Storrington Trust, 1951 - 1964; 1968; 1970; 1972; 1983
1 file
D10/B2/6 12 April 2001 - [2007]
Reports from the Medical Mission Sisters on their work in Korogocho, Kenya, financed by the Valerie Noble Grant
1 file
D10/B2/7 21 January 1939 - 1965
Papers relating to the lease of rooms to the Catholic Women's League, including letters and insurance renewals
1 file
D10/B2/8 November 1955 - 27 April 1965
Deeds for 29 Ebury Street, London
1 file
D10/B2/9 6 November 1969 - 28 June 1971
Letters on a tenancy agreement for 65 Victoria Street, London
1 file
D10/B2/10 25 August 1969 - 7 February 1979
Deeds (copies) and papers on the maintenance and disposal of 23 Eccleston Street, London
2 files
D10/B2/11 17 April 1978 - 12 July 1984
Papers relating to the management of the John Southworth Centre, 48 Great Peter Street, London, including Management Committees minutes and accounts
1 file
D10/B2/12 21 July 1979 - 12 June 1986
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League Housing Association and Homes for the Elderly
1 file
D10/B2/13 February 1999 - 23 July 2003
Papers and architectural plans relating to the building and maintenance of the Catholic Women's League Headquarters at Margaret Fletcher House, Plater College, Oxford
3 files & 6 plans
PublicationsD10/B3/1 1911 - 2015
Catholic Women's League Magazine/CWL: the publication of the Catholic Women's League/CWL News/Catholic Women's League News
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
242 items
D10/B3/2 1909 - 1936
Catholic Women's League Annual Reports
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
25 items
D10/B3/3 1976 - 31 May 2000
Papers on the production of the Catholic Women's League newspaper
1 file
D10/B3/4 January 1933 & June 1935
The Catholic Woman's Outlook
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
2 volumes
D10/B3/5 December 1910 - March 1913
The Crucible: a Catholic magazine of higher education for women
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
10 volumes
D10/B3/6 1900 - 2000
Publications relating to Catholic martyrs
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
15 volumes
D10/B3/7 May 1999 - October 2004
Catholic Women's League smaller production newsletters, including
Branchline and Teamwork
1 file
D10/B3/8 31 December 1996 - August 2010
Papers relating to public relations and promotions, mostly correspondence and minutes of meetings
1 file & 2 audio cassettes
D10/B3/9 [20th century]
Catholic Women's League publicity leaflets and posters
1 file
D10/B3/10 1932 - 2012
Newspaper cuttings concerning the Catholic Women's League and other Catholic events, mostly from national and regional Catholic newspapers:
File 1: 1932 - 1988
File 2: 1996 - 1998
File 3: 1999 - 2005
File 4: 2006 - 2012
4 files
D10/B3/11 20 October 1920 - [?2000]
Papers relating to research on the history of the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/B3/12 1936 - 2007
Printed publications by the Catholic Women's League
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
19 items
D10/B3/13 1958 - 2013
Printed publications by other religious organisations
For a more detailed catalogue entry, search for “Catholic Women's League Archive” in the Durham University Library catalogue
28 items
Works(a) Canteen/Services CommitteeReference: D10/B4/1D10/B4/1/1 1943 - 1946
Services funding ledger
1 volume
D10/B4/1/2 1947 - 1968
Huts and Canteen account ledger
1 volume
D10/B4/1/3 1971 & 1983
Statements of accounts for the Services Committee
2 items
D10/B4/1/4 February 1981 - 4 November 2010
Service Committee reports to the National Council and Executive
1 file
D10/B4/1/5 13 July 1988 - 11 June 2009
Services Committee AGM minutes of meetings
1 file
D10/B4/1/6 1 December 1950 - 11 June 2009
Canteen/Services Committee meetings minutes:
Volume 1: 17 November 1949 - 13 August 1940
Volume 2: 3 June 1940 - 18 June 1946
Volume 3: 1 December 1950 - 1993
File 1: 23 February 1995 - 11 June 2009
The December 1950 minutes refer to that as the first meeting so the Canteen Committee may have been reconstructed then. It was renamed Huts and Canteens Committee from December 1950 to April 1955 and then Services and Clubs Committee from June
1955 to May 1965. There is a gap in the minutes between May 1965 and June 1973 and the Committee has been known as the Services Committee from February 1974 onwards.
Loose papers at the ends of volumes
3 volumes & 1 file
D10/B4/1/7 11 November 1940 - [?2000]
Papers relating to the Canteen/Services Committee's work during World War Two, including original correspondence, certificates, photocopies of articles, and talks
1 file
D10/B4/1/8 March 1964 - 3 March 2013
Papers, mostly correspondence, relating to the administration of the Canteen/Service Committee
1 file
D10/B4/1/9 [late 20th century]
Photograph albums and file of newspaper cuttings, articles, mounted photographs relating to the history of the Service Committee
2 albums & 1 file
D10/B4/1/10/1-24 1914 - 1945
Photographs of the Catholic Women's League camps during the First World War and Second World War:
8 BW/15 negative prints
D10/B4/1/10/1-7 1919
Album of souvenir photographs of the Catholic Women's League Hut, Ashley Place, London, 1916-1919, with printed captions:
“Entrance to hut”; “Dining hall”; “Recreation room”; “C.W.L. Empire Club”; “Garden
restaurant”; “One of the dormatories”; and “The war shrine”, with printed prayer dedicated to the memory of armed servicemen who died during the First World War
7 BW prints
D10/B4/1/10/8 [1914 x 1918]
Postcard of a group photograph of guides at a Catholic Women's League camp near Arundel
1 BW print
D10/B4/1/10/9-24 [1914 x 1945]
Negative prints, mostly of the Catholic Women's League hut and personnel in Bologne during the First World War and the Catholic Women's League canteen in Eindhoven, Holland during the Second World War
15 negative prints
D10/B4/1/11 [1950 x 2000]
Photographs of Service Committee events
5 BW/7 colour prints
D10/B4/1/12 [1980]
Catholic Women's League Services notebook
1 volume
D10/B4/1/13 2009
Gold plaque with an inscription “Catholic Women's League, Memorial Huts and Canteens, 1914 - 1918 and 1939 - 1945”
Placed on the Catholic Women's League bench at the National Memorial Arboretum in 2009
Replaced with a laminated plaque in 2014.
1 gold plaque
Size: 130 x 45 mm
(b) Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad/Refugee Relief Fund/Relief & Refugee CommitteeReference: D10/B4/2D10/B4/2/1 11 December 1943 - 8 November 1948
Papers relating to the Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad, including reports and correspondence
1 file
D10/B4/2/2 5 February 1957 - 20 March 1969
Papers relating to the Refugee Relief Fund, including a declaration of trust and correspondence on charitable status
1 file
D10/B4/2/3 20 April 1961 - 12 April 2002
Financial papers for the Relief and Refugee Committee
3 files
D10/B4/2/3/1 20 April 1961 - 31 December 1997
Statements of Accounts
1 file
D10/B4/2/3/2 12 December 1964 - 10 April 2002
Correspondence with various refugee charities and individuals on donations provided by the Relief and Refugee Committee
1 file
D10/B4/2/3/3 1 May 1979 - 12 April 2002
Other financial papers, including correspondence and bank statements
1 file
D10/B4/2/4 27 August 1943 - 24 April 1998
Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad/Relief Abroad Sub-Committee/Relief & Refugee Committee minutes of meetings:
Volume 1: 27 August 1943 - 20 June 1949
Volume 2: 27 January 1950 - 8 November 1957
Volume 3: 14 February 1958 - 5 October 1978
Volume 4: 5 April 1979 - 24 April 1990
File: 15 November 1990 - 24 April 1998
4 volumes & 1 file
D10/B4/2/5 1959 - 3 December 2010
Progress reports by the Relief & Refugee Committee
1 file
D10/B4/2/6 June 1964 - April 2000
Relief & Refugee Committee Newsletters
1 file
D10/B4/2/7 2 October 1958 - 1959
Papers relating to the World Refugee Year, including minutes of meetings, reports and correspondence
1 file
D10/B4/2/8 6 April 1979 - 21 September 1992
Papers relating to a possible BBC broadcast appeal by the Relief & Refugee Committee, including correspondence and application forms
1 file
D10/B4/2/9 1981 - March 1987
Hungarian Freedom Fighters' Medal commemorating the 25th anniversary of the Hungarian Uprising of 1956, with a newspaper cutting on the 30th anniversary presentation of the medal by the Hon Mrs Mia Woodruff, founder chair of the Relief and
Refugee Committee, to the committee
1 medal & press cutting
D10/B4/2/10 [?1990]
Relief and Refugee Committee donation box
1 item
Size: 110 x 70 x 40 mm
D10/B4/2/11/1-129 [?1945 x 1949]
Relief and Refugee Committee photograph albums:
1 box
D10/B4/2/11/1-42 [?1945 x 1949]
Album of photographs of the White Russian Camp in Kellerburg, captioned
“Views of the camp”; “Russ[ian] Committee”; “Sun-watch”; “Entrance to the Russian part”;
“Orth[odox] church”; “Cemetery”; “Interior of the church”; “Choir”; “Church
Sisters”; “Club”; “Fountain”; “Theatre”; “Theatre hall”; “Balalaika
band”; “Theatre group”; “Russ[ian] second[ary] school”; “Russ[ian] kindergarten”; “Russ[ian] boy-scouts”;
“Queue for lunch”; “Fire-brigade”; “Tinsmith workshop”; and “Canteen”
1 photograph album42 BW prints
D10/B4/2/11/43-129 [?1945 x 1949]
Album of photographs of the Relief and Refugee Committee, mostly uncaptioned photographs of committee members [?in Germany]
1 photograph album86 BW prints/6 sketches
D10/B4/2/12/1-248 [1945 x 1980]
Relief and Refugee Committee loose photographs:
248 prints
D10/B4/2/12/1-29 [1945 x 1960]
Eastern European refugees in camps in Trieste and other camps in Italy
29 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/30-72 [1950 x 1970]
Bishop Ferdinand Guercilena (Roman Catholic Diocese of Kengtung, Burma) and his missionary work amongst the jungle population of Kengtung
43 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/73-80 [1950 x 1960]
Pupils at the Blind School in Gaza
8 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/81-83 1960
Scenes from
Return to Life, a film depicting British aid to refugees produced by Basic Films for the Central Office of Information
3 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/84-94 [?1960]
The opening of Kole House for Polish refugees
Copyright: Universal Photo Service, London
11 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/95-127 [1947 x 1970]
Individual and group photographs of members of the Committee
23 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/128-145a [1950 x 1970]
Catholic Women's League Hong Kong work among the poor
19 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/146-164 [1970 x 1975]
Cambodian refugees
19 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/165-166 [?1960]
Lalibelia, Ethiopia
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/167-168 [?1960]
Victims of the Pakistan floods
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/169-171 [1960 x 1970]
Refugees in Gaza
1 colour/2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/172 [1950 x 1960]
Refugees waiting for bread distribution on the Jordan-Israel border
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/173 1975
Bishop Nickolas's visit to a mud church in Chipulukusu, Zambia
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/174 [?1970]
Hoá Bính refugee children
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/175 [?1960]
Students at a Salesian Technical School in the Middle East
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/176 [?1970]
Famine victims, Africa
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/177-179 [?1970]
Aid to refugees in Morocco
Copyright: C.I.R.I.C.
3 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/180-183 [1961]
Abandoned Yugoslav children
Sponsored by the Catholic Women's League Portsmouth branch
4 BW prints mounted on card
D10/B4/2/12/184-187 [?1970]
Ukranian refugees
Copyright: Catholic Committee for Relief Abroad
4 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/188-188a [?1970]
Aid to victims of an earthquake in Skopje
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/189 [?1960 x 1970]
Maastricht medical team
Copyright: Foto-Persbureau
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/190-192 [?1980]
Mother and baby home, Austria
3 colour prints
D10/B4/2/12/193 [?1960 x 1970]
Refugees from Macau on a nutrition programme in a Loi camp
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/194 [?1960 x 1970]
Blind children near Biafra, Nigeria
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/195 [?1960 x 1970]
Refugee camp, Jisr-el-Basha, Middle East
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/196-197 [?1960 x 1970]
Deaf and dumb boys playing music in Beirut
Copyright: Catholic Press Bureau
Copyright: Universal Photo Service
2 BW prints
D10/B4/2/12/198 1959
Distribution of clothing at Mar Elias Camp, near Beirut, carried out by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/199 20 August 1960
Mafraq Mission Girls' School
Copyright: Foto Jamil Savegh, Mafraq
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/200 March 1951
Spiritual bouquet sent to Pope Pius XII, part of the Holy Year programme carried out by the Catholic Women's League in the British Zone of Germany
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/201-201b [?1980]
Refugee babies in Zagreb
Copyright: CARITAS
1 colour print, 2 BW negative prints
D10/B4/2/12/202-203 1975
Fr Dora and Sr Luangwa with young Christians in Durban
2 colour prints
D10/B4/2/12/204 21 May 1974
General view of the Sacred Heart Leper's Village in Korea
1 BW print
D10/B4/2/12/205-253 [?1950 x 2000]
Unidentified refugees
42 BW/6 colour prints
D10/B4/2/13 [?1945]
Illustration of Mrs Barbara Conlan sketched by a Dutch refugee
1 illustration
(c) Social Welfare Standing Committee/National Standing Committee for Social WelfareReference: D10/B4/3D10/B4/3/1 31 December 1982 - 10 March 1999
Financial papers:
2 files/1 volume
D10/B4/3/1/1 31 December 1982 - December 1998
Statements of accounts for the Social Welfare Standing Committee/National Standing Committee for Social Welfare
1 file
D10/B4/3/1/2 1 January 1985 - 21 February 1986
Cash book for the Social Welfare Standing Committee/National Standing Committee for Social Welfare
1 volume
D10/B4/3/1/3 15 January 1996 - 10 March 1999
Correspondence with various charities and individuals on donations provided by the Social Welfare Standing Committee/National Standing Committee for Social Welfare
1 file
D10/B4/3/2 1960 - July 2010
Papers relating to the Social Welfare Standing Committee/National Standing Committee for Social Welfare/Social Awareness Group, including correspondence on the formation of the Committee, minutes of meetings and reports
2 files
D10/B4/3/3 1930 - 1985
Papers relating to the Bird-in-Bush Infant Welfare Centre, mostly annual reports and notes on history
1 file
D10/B4/3/5 [?1950] - 21 February 1970
Photographs of various old people's homes run by the Committee, including the Annie Bright Western House in Birmingham, St. Anne's House in Sheffield, and Walsingham House in Manchester
1 colour/4 BW prints
D10/B4/3/6 [1990] - February 2001
Pages from a scrapbook album with newspaper cuttings, photographs and orders of service collected to highlight the work of the Social Welfare Committee
Also includes some Liverpool branch records
1 file
(d) CampsReference: D10/B4/4D10/B4/4/1 [?1970] - 10 May 2000
Papers relating to the management of the Catholic Women's League Children's Summer Camps, including reports, handbooks, minutes of meetings and correspondence
1 file
D10/B4/4/2 2006
Display for a centenary Camps meeting, including captions and photographs
1 file
D10/B4/4/3 [1951 - 1980]
Photographs of the Catholic Women's League Children's Summer Camps
5 BW/2 colour prints
(e) Our Lady's CatechistsReference: D10/B4/5D10/B4/5 20 January 1986 - 28 September 2006
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League Our Lady's Catechists group, mostly minutes of meetings and some correspondence
2 files
C. GovernanceD10/C1 [?1930] - 2004
Typescript and printed constitutions of the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/C2 1943 - 2001
Officer and membership statistics
1 file
D10/C3 1972 - 2005
Papers relating to trust deeds arranged for the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/C4 1960 - [2000]
Correspondence and other papers relating to the Charity Commission, in particular the establishment of the Catholic Women's League as a charity
1 file
D10/C5 [1970] - 16 August 2004
Letters and reports on various topics to the President and Secretary of the Catholic Women's League
1 file
D10/C6 1961 - 2008
Training manuals and guidelines for officers, including guides to the constitution, Honorary Treasurer's duties, notes on recruitment, minutes of Officers Training Days, notes on banking, guidelines on parliamentary lobbying, and Catholic Women's
League officer training manual
1 file
D10/C7 6 January 1955 - 26 March 2013
Obituaries and liturgies for deceased officers, including Miss K.M. Balfe, Mrs Joyce Triggs, Robin Hood, Mrs Douglas (Mia) Woodruff, Mrs Edna Swan and Ms Mary Bridget Barnes Mabel
1 file
D10/C8 1986 - [?2000]
Certificates issued to the Catholic Women's League by various religious organisations mostly expressing gratitude for donations given
5 items
D. EventsCommemorations and JubileesD10/D1/1 4 June 1950
Catholic Women's League Holy Year Rally programme
1 item
D10/D1/2 September/October 1950
Photographs of mitres presented to Cardinal Bernard Griffin by the Catholic Women's League to commemorate the centenary of the restoration of the hierarchy
4 BW prints
D10/D1/3 19 December 1954 - 14 June 1956
Papers relating to the 50th anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Catholic Women's League, including correspondence, photographs and a programme
1 file
D10/D1/4 1981
Papers relating to the 75th anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Catholic Women's League, including an anniversary rally programme, souvenir key rings, and photographs
1 file
D10/D1/5 1996
Liturgy for the 90th anniversary celebration mass at the Cathedral of Our Lady and St. Philip Howard, Arundel
1 item
D10/D1/6 2000
Papers relating to the Great Jubilee (2000), including the Catholic Women's League Mass correspondence, invitation and photographs, as well as poster competition winning designs
1 file
D10/D1/7 2006
Papers relating to the centenary anniversary celebrations of the foundation of the Catholic Women's League at Walsingham, including planning correspondence, programmes, a bowl given by UCM Scotland, a bookmark, a diary, thank you letters and
cards, and photographs.
3 files
PilgrimagesD10/D2/1 1953
Photographs of the Catholic Women's League pilgrimage in York in 1953
2 BW prints
D10/D2/2 1954 - 2001
Photographs of the Catholic Women's League pilgrimages in Lourdes in 1954, 1981, 1996 and 2001
6 BW/93 colour prints
D10/D2/3 1977 - 2010
Papers and photographs relating to the Catholic Women's League pilgrimages to Walsingham
3 files
D10/D2/4 11 - 18 May 1996
Papers and photographs relating to the Catholic Women's League pilgrimage to Rome and Assisi
1 file
D10/D2/5 2009
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League pilgrimage at Westminster Cathedral in 2009, including correspondence on planning, a dvd, and lists of members
1 file
D10/D2/6 2012
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League pilgrimage at Plater College in 2012, mostly planning correspondence
1 file
Other EventsD10/D3/1 [July 29 x 2 August] 1910
Group photograph of the Catholic Women's League Committee at the first National Catholic Congress, Leeds, 29 July - 2 August 1910, including Mrs Jobson (Leeds), Mrs Fitzgibbon (Leeds), Miss Ottaway (Leeds), Mrs Clarke (Leeds), Miss Stowton
(Westminster), Mrs Hope (Westminster), Miss Coignon (Leeds), Miss Streeter (Westminster, Honorary Org. Sec), Miss Fletcher (Foundress), Lady Mowbery (Leeds), Mrs Coghlan (Leeds, Hon. Sec), Mrs Warrington (Leeds, Treasurer) and N. Mahoney (Leeds,
Hon. Secretary)
1 BW print
D10/D3/2 2 February 1967 - 11 June 2008
Papers and photographs relating to the organisation of retreats and study weekends, mostly organised by the Catholic Women's League for members
2 files
D10/D3/3 26 March 1936
(1) Printed:
Reply of Bishop Brown to the address of presentation at the Hotel Metropole, London. On the occasion of the Golden Jubilee of his ordination to the priesthood.
(2) Printed Catholic Women's League Holy Year Rally
2 items
D10/D3/4 21 October 1966 - [?2000]
Catholic Women's League events (various)
1 colour/5 BW prints
E. Links with UK bodiesD10/E1 [?1990]
Typescript reports by Age Concern
1 file
D10/E2 August 1959 - 1962
Papers of the British Vigilance Association, including reports and correspondence
1 file
D10/E3 8 December 1982 - June 2012
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League's relationship with CAFOD, including correspondence, PowerPoint slides, and printed reports
2 files
D10/E4 9 February 1970 - 3 March 1979
Papers of the Consortium of Christian Organisations, mostly minutes of meetings
1 file
D10/E5 11 September 1906 - 23 March 1939
Papers of the Diocese of Southwark Hop Gardens Mission, including reports, photographs, postcards and notes on history
1 file
D10/E6/1-7 31 May 1960 - May 2013
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League's relationship with the Catholic hierarchy:
7 files
D10/E6/1 31 May 1960 - 6 August 2012
Correspondence between the Catholic Women's League and the hierarchy, including Cardinal Basil Hume and other bishops
1 file
D10/E6/2 1 October 1960 - 6 June 2009
Transcripts of homilies preached by bishops at Catholic Women's League events
1 file
D10/E6/3 26 November 1966 - 19 May 1976
Papers relating to the subject of abortion, including newspaper cuttings, reports and minutes of meetings
1 file
D10/E6/4 July 1968 - 13 January 1969
Papers relating to the Humane Vitae, including pastoral letters from bishops, newspaper cuttings, and correspondence
1 file
D10/E6/5 1978 - 30 September 2014
Papers relating to links with the archdiocese of Westminster, including invitations, correspondence, and orders of service
1 file
D10/E6/6 October 1979
Papers relating to the
“Christian Family in the Modern World” conference, mostly notes and correspondence
1 file
D10/E6/7 17 May 2007
Papers relating to the resignation of John Crowley, bishop of Middlesbrough, including correspondence and newspaper cuttings
1 file
D10/E7 1998 - 2001
Papers relating to the International Catholic Migration Commission, including printed reports and leaflets
1 file
D10/E8 February 2000
Printed report of the Midway Detainees Support Group, no. 11
1 item
D10/E9 February 1982 - June 2008
Papers relating to the National Board of Catholic Women, including minutes of meetings with associated reports and printed advice leaflets
1 file
D10/E10 17 July 1979 - 20 November 2006
Correspondence with and reports to Members of Parliament on various political matters affecting Catholic women
1 file
D10/E11/1-4 1 July 1997 - 29 June 2007
Papers relating to Plater College, including:
6 files
D10/E11/1 6 August 1963 - 2003
Papers relating to the administration and organisation of the Catholic Women's League Summer Schools at Plater College
3 files
D10/E11/2 1 July 1997 - 29 June 2007
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League involvement with future plans for Plater
1 file
D10/E11/3 14 November 1997 - 26 February 1999
Correspondence on the future of Begbroke Priory
1 file
D10/E11/4 9 November 2005 - 5 July 2007
Catholic Education Service Plater Steering Committee minutes and papers
1 file
D10/E12 19 June & September/October 1999
Printed items relating to Positively Women, including a report entitled
“A voice for HIV positive African women” and a printed newsletter
2 items
D10/E13 8 October 1951 - 20 August 2014
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League and the British Royal Family, including correspondence, newspaper cuttings, and photographs relating to the Catholic Women's League Flower Festival
1 file and 2 photograph albums
D10/E14 4 March 1988 - 2011
Papers relating to the Women's World Day of Prayer group, including printed orders of service
1 file
F. Worldwide BranchesD10/F1/1-17 31 July 1956 - 14 December 2006
Papers, including reports, minutes of meetings, newsletters, correspondence and photographs from Catholic Women's League auxiliaries worldwide:
17 files
D10/F1/1 19 February 1962 - 16 September 2006
CWL Australia
1 file
D10/F1/2 2 September 1927 - 21 October 2006
CWL Canada
1 file
D10/F1/3 [?1960]
CWL Fiji
1 file
D10/F1/4 13 December 1956 - 24 October 1984
CWL Hong Kong
1 file
D10/F1/5 24 September 1975 - 4 February 1981
CWL Dominica
1 file
D10/F1/6 4 October 1956 - 6 February 1957
CWL Jamaica
1 file
D10/F1/7 31 July 1956 - 14 July 1958
CWL Malawi
1 file
D10/F1/8 22 March 1961 - 19 December 1966
CWL Malta
1 file
D10/F1/9 6 May 1964 - September 2004
CWL New Zealand
1 file
D10/F1/10 1959
CWL Norway
1 item
D10/F1/11 8 September 1998 - 10 August 1999
CWL Philippines
1 file
D10/F1/12 4 November 1977 - 6 December 1984
CWL Scotland
1 file
D10/F1/13 4 December 1958 - 29 August 1978
CWL Singapore
1 file
D10/F1/14 5 November 1957 - 1 February 1983
CWL South Africa
1 file
D10/F1/15 1 June 1981 - 22 January 1982
CWL West Germany
1 file
D10/F1/16 18 May 1967 - 26 November 2001
CWL Zambia
1 file
D10/F1/17 15 May 1960 - 14 December 2006
CWL Zaire
1 file
G. Related Bodies WorldwideD10/G1 1 December 1973 - September 2013
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League's relationship with the World Union of Catholic Women’s Bodies/WUCWO, including correspondence, International Liaison Committee minutes and report, and printed newsletters:
File 1: 1
December 1973 - December 1983
File 2: 10 January 1984 - November 1986
File 3: 26 January 1987 - 12 November 1991
File 4: January 1992 - 19 October 1999
File 5: 13 June 2000 - 23 October 2007
File 6: 21 January 2008 - September 2013
6 files
D10/G2 12 September 1947 - 22 April 2013
Papers relating to the Catholic Women's League's relationship with the Vatican, including Pope Pius XII's address to the International Union of Catholic Women’s Leagues in 1947; Catholic Women's League messages to the Pope and acknowledgments,
1950s - 1970s; a spiritual bouquet to John Paul II in 1982; and a message from John Paul II in 2001
1 file
H. UK Regional Branches
Papers relating to Catholic Women's League branch administration including minutes of meetings and correspondence
Mostly arranged by diocese/archdiocese incorporating all smaller branches within each jurisdiction
D10/H1 11 April 1992 - 18 April 2009
Arundel & Brighton branches
1 file
D10/H2 [?1950] - 26 June 2010
Birmingham branches
1 file
D10/H3 1953 - 9 July 2011
Brentwood branches
1 file
D10/H4 19 May 2007 - 29 February 2012
Cardiff branches
1 file
D10/H5 9 May 1992 - January 2013
Clifton branches
1 file
D10/H6 5 April 1992 - 13 June 2011
East Anglia branches
1 file
D10/H7 6 April 1991 - 16 June 2008
Hallam branch (closed in 2001)
1 file
D10/H8 1985 - 7 May 2011
Hexham and Newcastle branches
1 file
D10/H9 [?1950] - 26 May 2010
Lancaster branches
1 file
D10/H10 19 October 2006 - 5 October 2010
Leeds branches
1 file
D10/H11 1957 - 28 April 2004
Liverpool (archdiocese) branch (closed in January 2004)
2 files
D10/H12 14 February - 22 April 2004
Liverpool (diocese) branches
1 file
D10/H13 28 January 1994 - 9 April 2011
Middlesbrough branches
1 file
D10/H14 4 April 1992 - 22 May 2010
Nottingham branches
1 file
D10/H15 1992 - 20 March 2010
Northampton branches
1 file
D10/H16 1949 - 1972
Catholic Women's League Northern Province minute book
1 volume
D10/H17 1973/74 - 2010
Plymouth branches
1 file
D10/H18 9 May 1992 - 29 October 2012
Portsmouth branches
1 file
D10/H19 6 April 1991 - 29 May 2008
Salford branches (including minute and subscription books)
1 file & 5 volumes
D10/H20 4 May 1991 - 16 March 2013
Shrewsbury branches
1 file
D10/H21 1965/66 - 3 December 2010
Southwark branches
1 file
D10/H22 31 December 1913 - 10 November 2012
Westminster and London branches
1 file
D10/H23 2003 - 2013
Reports from various branches sent to the National Executive
3 files
