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Letter from Agnes Johnstone [Mrs George Johnstone], Cranbury Park, Winchester, to WSC, on the bullying of her son, Charles Johnstone at Harrow School. Asking WSC to look after him.

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Letter from Charlotte Thomson to WSC, on Brunswick Road School, Brighton.

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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] (Harrow School) to WSC, school news, particularly outbreak of scarlet fever.

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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to WSC, on publication of letter from WSC in "The Harrovian".

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Letter from "Jack" [John S Churchill] to Lady Randolph Churchill, on outbreak of scarlet fever at Harrow, Jack's birthday, and WSC's visit to Harrow.

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Letter from Herbert Samuel (Bedford Hotel, Brighton, [Sussex]) to WSC praising his speech of the previous night on unemployment and arguing for a comprehensive state system to deal with the problem, including technical training to correct the imbalance between skilled and unskilled labour caused by mechanisation.

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Letter from Walter Jackson (St Eval, St Issey, Cornwall) to [WSC] on his application for an appointment at St Helens [Lancashire]. Advises WSC that his re-election for North- West Manchester is entirely dependent on the Education Bill.

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Letter from Canon John Richardson (St Augustine's, York Street, C-on-M, Manchester) to WSC complaining of the "complete hash" made of school finance by the Board of Education and enclosing a related statistical statement [see CHAR 2/38/43]. Sent back with CHAR 2/38/56.

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Printed statistical statement showing the deficit between the expenditure of Roman Catholic schools in Manchester, Salford, Bolton [both Lancashire] and elsewhere and the proposed Government grant under the Education Bill. Compiled and annotated [by a Mr O'Dea]. Sent with CHAR 2/38/42. See also CHAR 2/38/50.

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Notes [by a Board of Education statistician] criticising figures on the expenditure of Roman Catholic schools compiled by a Mr O'Dea [see CHAR 2/28/43].

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Notes [by a Mr O'Dea] attacking the financial provision for Roman Catholic schools in the Education Bill. Annotated with refutations by [a Board of Education statistician]. Sent back with CHAR 2/38/56.

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Letter from Sir Robert Morant (Board of Education) to WSC thanking him for the letter from Canon John Richardson [see CHAR 2/38/43] and refuting the attacks by a Mr O'Dea on the financial provision for Roman Catholic schools in the Education Bill [see CHAR 2/38/51-55].

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Page from the Gloucester Journal: speech by Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] at the National Liberal Club attacking the power of the House of Lords with special reference to the Education Bill and the Licensing Bill and the reply of Lord St Aldwyn [earlier Sir Michael Hicks Beach] at Gloucester.

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Letter from Canon John Richardson (St Augustine's, York Street, C-on-M, Manchester) to WSC warning that the Education Bill will alienate Roman Catholic opinion from the Liberals.

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC (Board of Trade) to Herbert Asquith [later Lord Oxford and Asquith] agreeing that Harold Tennant should replace Sir Hudson Kearley at the Board of Trade and enclosing the report of the trade unionists who went to Germany to study unemployment insurance and labour exchanges. Advocates following the German example with a large programme of social legislation to underpin existing voluntary agencies; in particular: labour exchanges and unemployed insurance, infirmity insurance, a...

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Letter from Reginald McKenna (Board of Education) to WSC (12 Bolton Street) responding to remarks made by William Joynson-Hicks [later Lord Brentford] about the funding of a particular Jewish school and discussing in general the government grant made to voluntary schools. Signed and annotated typescript.

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Cutting from the Morning Post, report on speech by Sir Michael Hicks-Beach, Lord St Aldwyn to his constituents in Clifton, on the Education Bill, resistance to the payment of Rates, the growth of national expenditure and the reform of the Army and Navy.

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Letter from P.A. Shaw to WSC, on the Free Church Council scheme for national education.

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Letter from WSC to P.A. Shaw, on the need for amendment of the 1902 Education Act [carbon, with ms annotations].

Scope and Contents Letter from WSC to Samuel Lamb, on possible points of difference between himself and the Liberals, particularly the Licensing Question, Disestablishment and Disendowment, and the need for reform of the Education Act, giving his opinion that the election would be fought on four main issues, (1) Free Trade, (2) Retrenchment and the reorganisaton of finance on strict Gladstonian principles, (3) Reduction in size and cost of the Army and the Navy, (4) a copmplete re-organisation of the Army...

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Letter from J Hirst Hollowell, secretary of the Northern Counties Education League (Castlemere, Rochdale, [Lancashire]) to WSC enclosing the prospectus of the League [not present], outlining its policies, and asking WSC to become a Vice President.

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Letter from Augustine Birrell (The Royal Hotel, College Green, Bristol) to WSC discussing some aspects of the take- over of voluntary schools by local education authorities under the Education Bill. Wishes WSC good luck in Manchester and praises his life of Lord Randolph Churchill.

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Letter from Harold Cox (6 Raymond Buildings, Gray's Inn, [London]) to WSC criticising the Education Bill. Signed typescript.

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Letter from WSC to (12 Bolton Street) to [Rev Samuel Proudfoot] asserting that the separation of Church and State could be agreed to by liberal-minded High Churchmen and that the Church of England should maintain "a sturdy Protestantism" in ritual and doctrine. Typesript draft with passage about the wrecking of the Education Bill by the High Church party struck through. See also CHAR 2/29/29.

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Letter from WSC (12 Bolton Street) to R Morant on the extremely enthusiastic audience response to WSC's declaration in favour of the separation of religious and secular education during his speech in the Free Trade Hall, Manchester. Copy in the hand of Annette Anning.