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Acc. No. 1998.43 and 1998.44	Given by Eleanor Barnes (via Katie Pentith and Richard Schofield, former pupils of Wennington School) on 2 October 1998	Catalogue No. PP KCB


KENNETH CHARLES BARNES: PERSONAL PAPERS


DUE TO THE SENSITIVITY OF THE MATERIAL PARTS OF THIS COLLECTION HAVE RESTRICTED ACCESS (SEE SEPARATE CATALOGUE ENTRIES)

Kenneth Charles Barnes (17 September 1903 – 29 May 1998), teacher, writer, broadcaster and educationalist, was educated at elementary schools, at Emanuel School in Wandsworth, and at King’s College, London, where he obtained a degree in chemistry. From 1925 to 1930 he taught science in several grammar schools. In 1930 he was appointed Head of the Science Department at Bedales School, Petersfield, Hampshire. Ten years later, in 1940, he left Bedales and, together with his wife Frances (who died after retirement in 1969), founded Wennington School in Wetherby, near the Lancashire/Yorkshire border. Wennington was a co-educational boarding school, and Kenneth Barnes was Headmaster from its inception to 1968, when he retired. Wennington became an egalitarian school which took children from a full cross-section of society.

Kenneth Barnes was the author of a number of books including ‘A Vast Bundle of Opportunities’ and ‘Sex, Friendship and Marriage’. He is best known for ‘He and She’ (Penguin) which reflects his pioneer work in sex education, and sold steadily for more than 20 years. Although his first broadcast was in 1948, his regular involvement in BBC radio debates over a period of 25 years largely began in 1960, with his delivery of the Advent Broadcasts as a Quaker. Other broadcasts included the Sixth Form Religion and Philosophy series, ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’, and a discussion with Professor Carstairs and Mary Stocks on ‘Sexual Morality’. He also made several television appearances, particularly in ‘Meeting Point’.

Kenneth Barnes was a life-long member of the Society of Friends, and travelled widely, in the service of the Society. In 1970 – 1971, with his second wife, Eleanor (whom he married in 1969), he covered 50,000 miles visiting Quaker communities, investigating social and educational conditions, in most of the African countries, North America, India and Australasia.

He studied physical science and psychology at university and was an enthusiastic amateur artist and craftsman. His 80^th birthday was celebrated with an exhibition of 120 of his paintings. He enjoyed painting, photography, acting and producing, fell-walking and sailing.

Kenneth Barnes has a daughter, a son, seven grandchildren and eleven great grandchildren.

G. Frances Barnes, teacher and writer, was educated at a small boarding school in Hathersage, Derbyshire, and Cherwell Hall, Oxford, where she trained to be a teacher. From there she went into preparatory school work and became involved with the Society of Friends, which was how she met Kenneth Barnes in 1925. Between 1939 and 1969 Frances Barnes gave addresses in the service of the Society of Friends and wrote several articles mostly about religion and myth.

Eleanor Barnes (née Spray) was head girl at Wennington School, and still lives in Yorkshire.

The following collection of personal papers covers the career and life of Kenneth Barnes, including Bedales School (1930 – 1940), Wennington School (1940 – 1968), his involvement with the BBC Home Service, Society of Friends, correspondence   (personal and professional), writings (published and unpublished), lectures, draft notes, and also papers relating to his first wife, Frances.

The records are arranged as follows:

1/            Records relating to education, career, family and personal life (1919 – 1993)

2/          Bedales School (1931 – 1993)

3/            Wennington School (1941 – 1995)

4/            Records relating to published and unpublished books written by Kenneth Barnes (1948 – 1985)

5/            Records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ broadcasts with the BBC (1948 – 1986)

6/            Records relating to unpublished and published material (not books) written by Kenneth Barnes (1946 – 1991)

7/            Records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ involvement with the Society of Friends (1940 – 1993)

8/            Correspondence – personal and professional - between Kenneth Barnes and various people and organisations (1947 – 1997)

9/            Records relating to Kenneth Barnes, written by other people (1971)

10/            Records relating to G. Frances Barnes (1939 – 1969)

Much of the material has been kept in its original order hence the arrangement of the catalogue. Where an order was not apparent, the material has been catalogued in date order.

[See also the Research Library’s Special Collections for an extensive collection of books, pamphlets and articles written by, and contributed to by, Kenneth Barnes; also accession 1998.37 for the records of Wennington School. Please note that the archive is currently holding the latter on behalf of Wennington School’s Old Students Association, so they are therefore closed to the public; also PP/JC/ASN/12/1 for an interview and correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Jonathan Croall, 1979 – 1980.]

	Records relating to education, career, family and personal life	1919 - 1993


PP KCB 1/1	Education	1919 – 1930	1 folder

	School reports, prize certificates and General School Examination Certificate received whilst at Emanuel School. Also certification of matriculation as a student at the University of London, 1920, with degree certificate, 1924. Includes teacher registration certificate with related documentation, giving details of attainments and experience in teaching, 1927 – 1930.


PP KCB 1/2	Testimonials of Kenneth Barnes written by various teaching professionals for teaching posts	1924 – 1937	1 folder

	Some are originals and others are copies. There are also some typed versions of hand written letters.


PP KCB 1/3	Papers relating to a local tribunal for the registration of Kenneth Barnes in the register of conscientious objectors to national service (armed forces)	1941- 1942	1 folder

	Application to the local tribunal; notice of hearing of application and notification of result of Kenneth Barnes’ application. Includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and his witnesses regarding the tribunal.








PP KCB 1/4	Portfolio, arranged and put together by Kenneth Barnes, containing published articles and pamphlets (in their published format) written by, and about, Kenneth Barnes	1952- 1988	2 folders

	Some have been annotated with further details by Kenneth Barnes. Includes first drafts of some of the material. Kept in Kenneth Barnes’ original order. [See also PP KCB 6/1/1 – 6/6/6 for drafts and published versions of material written by Kenneth Barnes]


PP KCB 1/5	8^th Centenary Souvenir Programme for St. John The Baptist Church, Chirton, Wiltshire	1970	1 item

	Annotated by Kenneth Barnes as the place where his great grandfather is buried.


PP KCB 1/6	Papers relating to Kenneth Barnes’ Exhibition of Paintings held on 18 September 1983 at Bolton Percy, York, as part of his 80^th birthday celebrations	1983	1 folder

	Invitation to the exhibition; a flyer for the event giving details of the paintings, where the proceeds from any sale went to, and travel information for reaching the venue; information sheets distributed during the exhibition which contain some personal notes written by Kenneth Barnes, information for purchasers, descriptions and prices of all the paintings. Includes a note of thanks, written by Kenneth Barnes after the exhibition, with details of total proceeds raised from the event. Also ‘The Paintings of Kenneth Barnes’ and ‘An eightieth birthday exhibition’ by Clive Penman, in ‘Quaker Monthly’, Vol. 62-12, December 1983, pp 246-249.




PP KCB 1/7	Medical history	1985- 1993	1 folder

	Two medical histories compiled by Kenneth Barnes, 1985 and 1988, which include dates and details of illnesses suffered, and medication administered. Also a remedial therapy progress card for a fall in 1993.


PP KCB 1/8	Curriculum vitae	c.1970	1 folder

	3 different copies all drawn up during approximately the same period.


PP KCB 1/9	List, compiled by Kenneth Barnes, of all the books, booklets and symposia he wrote	c. 1984	1 item

	Includes the titles, dates and publishers of all the material. Note: this list is incomplete.



	Bedales School	1931- 1992


	Sunday Evening Assembly papers	1931 - 1939


PP KCB 2/1/1	Sunday Evening Addresses given by Kenneth Barnes during assembly	1931- 1939	2 folders

	Hand written and typed; covering various subjects. Includes drafts – complete and incomplete. Also includes annotations by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 2/1/2	Information sheet: General order for Sunday Evening Assembly	c.1930	1 item

	Correspondence to Kenneth Barnes relating to his resignation from the school	1940


PP KCB 2/2/1	Correspondence from J H Badley, governor and former headmaster of Bedales	1940	1 folder

	Relates to the future of the school and Kenneth Barnes’ reasons for leaving. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 2/2/2	Correspondence from the Chairman of the Governors	1940	1 item

	Also relates to the term’s salary.



	Addresses given by Kenneth Barnes to members of the Bedales Company, Parents and Staff	1972


PP KCB 2/3/1	‘Relationships in the Coeducational School’, given on 6^th May	1972	1 item



	Material written by Kenneth Barnes for the Bedales history	1992


PP KCB 2/4/1	Two drafts of an article entitled: ‘Bedales: Further Memories and Reflections’	1992	2 items

	Written in the form of a letter addressed to Pennie Denton with details regarding teaching science at Bedales, political and social circumstances in the thirties, and conferences. Annotated by Kenneth Barnes. [See also PP KCB 8/3/3] for a further article about Bedales School written in 1964]




	Wennington School	1941- 1995


	Records relating to Creative Society Schools Limited	1944- 1979


PP KCB 3/1/1	Memorandum and Articles of Association	1944	1 item

	Includes a copy of the certificate of incorporation. (Kenneth Barnes, Gladys Frances Barnes; Edith B McCarthy)


PP KCB 3/1/2	Share certificates and transfers	1945- 1953	1 folder


PP KCB 3/1/3	“Register of Directors’ Holdings and Interests”	1945- 1972	1 volume


PP KCB 3/1/4	Trust Deed for securing issue of debentures of £50 each	1959	2 items

	Draft and copy; both annotated; unsigned (Creative Society Schools Limited; Alfred Walter Bayes, Eric William Cockroft, Alan James Kerry) The trust deed refers to the original deed of conveyance, 1945, concerning Ingmanthorpe Hall, other premises situate in the parishes of Kirk Deighton and Wetherby, Yorkshire. (Hugh Bowman, John James Robinson; Kenneth Charles Barnes, Marjorie Bayes, Rawlinson Charles Ford; Creative Society Schools Limited)


PP KCB 3/1/5	A Review of the Debentures	c.1959	2 items

	Includes a copy of the Directors’ resolution in respect of cancellation of old debentures and issue of new.


PP KCB 3/1/6	Charity Commissions	1975- 1977	2 items

	A copy giving Creative Society Schools Limited authority to sell real estate and a draft for the Wennington School Bursary Fund scheme including appointment of trustees.


PP KCB 3/1/7	Members’ voluntary winding-up form	1979	1 item

	Includes a financial statement showing assets at estimated realisable values and liabilities expected to rank as at 7 December 1979.



	Minutes of Meetings of Directors, Governors, Parents and Staff, and School Chairman Files [RESTRICTED ACCESS]	1944- 1983


PP KCB 3/2/1	“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”	1944- 1975	1 volume

	The minutes are all signed and include Annual General Meetings, Directors’ and Governors’ meetings. Includes (loose in book) amended Memorandum of Association of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1966; letter to Wolf Mendl from Kenneth Barnes regarding the school, 1972; minutes of Directors’ meetings held 7 February 1959 and 28 June 1959 respectively; “Statement for the Governors of Wennington School”, 1967; letter to Kenneth Barnes from Dr. Alfred Torrie, 1968; details of a conference to be held between the Governors and staff of the school on 10 January 1970; Headmaster’s notes for the Governors’ meeting to be held on 19 June 1971; statement of grounds upon which the Governors of Wennington School based their decision to ask the Headmaster to give them his resignation from the post of Headmaster of Wennington, undated. [continued on next page…]

PP KCB 3/2/1	[Continued from previous page] “Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”	1944- 1975	1 volume

	Also includes (affixed) a reprint of an article written by Kenneth Barnes from a book about coeducational boarding schools entitled ‘Wennington’, c.1960; correspondence relating to an anonymous gift to the school, 1964; obituary of Hugh Leech in ‘The Times’, 10 May 1967 with the school’s obituary, 1967; correspondence relating to a letter given to the Headmaster by some of the pupils, 1970; record of an interview with the Headmaster prepared for Peter Hamilton, Chairman, undated; acting headmaster’s report for Summer term 1973; article written by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Wennington School: The Problem of Co-operation’, undated; correspondence relating to a Minute concerning the consideration of the Parents’ Association resolution, 1973; the school’s estimated income and expenditure for the year ending August 1973; Headmaster’s report to the Governors, 27 October 1973. [continued on next page…]

PP KCB 3/2/1	[Continued from previous page] “Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”	1944- 1975	1 volume

	Also (affixed in back of book) correspondence between various school Governors, the Chairman, Kenneth Barnes and the Headmaster relating to the state of the school and its closure, 1970 – 1974; the Headmaster’s address at a Parents meeting on 3 July 1971; text of a statement made by the Reverend Peter Hamilton, Chairman, at a meeting of parents, staff and a delegation of pupils on 26 November 1972; a document for the Headmaster produced as a result of a meeting of the Governors on 16 December 1972; draft of a possible statement to parents regarding the future of the school, undated; a copy of an addendum inserted into a copy of the book ‘Energy Unbound’ written by Kenneth Barnes, undated; notice to the Governors entitled ‘The Crisis at Wennington School’, 1972; a list of the members of the school’s governing body, c.1974; statement by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Wennington School – The Crisis of 1974’; an abbreviation of a press release about the school, 1974; resolution declaring the closure of the school in 1974; papers relating to the Wennington School appeal fund, 1974 - 1975; letter from Peter Hamilton to all those associated with the school relating to the school’s closure, 1974; a statement of the origin, principles and achievements of the school written by Kenneth Barnes, 1974; copy of a Minute from the Directors’ meeting of 31 December 1974 declaring the closure date of the school; a statement of conduct of officials of the Company in the event of any dispute, undated. [See also PP KCB 4/5 for papers relating to the book ‘Energy Unbound’] RESTRICTED ACCESS






PP KCB 3/2/2	School Chairman’s File	1966- 1968	1 folder

	Contains statements concerning the school’s direction and the headmaster’s salary; notices of directors’ meetings; minutes of parent/teacher meetings, Governors’ meetings and Directors’ meetings; statements of accounts; correspondence between school Governors, including Kenneth Barnes in his capacity as Headmaster relating to school business and Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes’ possible visit to Canada, 1967. Includes a letter from Kenneth Barnes to Peter Hamilton regarding the obituary of Hugh Leech, 1967. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/2/3	School Chairman’s File	1968- 1971	1 folder

	Contains notices and agendas of Directors’ meetings; minutes of parent/teacher meeting; Headmaster’s notes for Governors’ meetings; statements of accounts, including staff salary details as at May 1970; correspondence between school Governors and the Chairman relating to school business. Includes a report on central heating and hot water supply for the main school, courtyard block, flats and changing rooms, 1970. RESTRICTED ACCESS













PP KCB 3/2/4	School Chairman’s File	1971- 1972	1 folder

	Contains agendas of Governors’ meetings; minutes of Governors’ meetings, staff meetings and parents meetings; Headmaster’s notes for Governor’s meetings; correspondence between Peter Hamilton, Chairman of the Board of Governors, and other Governors and Brian Hill, Headmaster, regarding school business. Includes a list of projects needed to be undertaken at the school, undated; a list of the principal items of expenditure, 1968 – 1971; a list of staff salaries and a list of staff members, undated; a petition signed by pupils addressed to the Governors regarding the attendance of pupils at Governors’ meetings, 1972. Also includes notes on documents relating to the sale of Gamekeepers Cottage, Wennington, and a copy of the original conveyance deed dated 1972 with a map of the property. (Creative Society Schools Limited; Barclays Bank Limited; Louis Norman Jones and Irma Dora Friederike Jones) RESTRICTED ACCESS

















PP KCB 3/2/5	Minutes, agendas and notices of Annual General Meetings and meetings of Directors and Governors of the school not included in the volume (PP KCB 3/2/1) or the other Chairman files (PP KCB 3/2/2 - 3/2/4)	1948- 1977	1 folder

	Include correspondence between various Governors regarding school business; Directors’ reports; correspondence relating to the appointment of Headmaster, 1967; Headmaster’s report for a Governors’ meeting to be held on 28 October 1972; cancellation of mandate between Barclays Bank and the Headmaster on his resignation, 1973. Also include a copy of the minutes of the school’s Finance Committee on 23 March 1973; details of salary arrangements of the Abbotsholme Headmaster, 1967, and the Burnham scale for Headmasters, undated; a draft document, involving several independent co-educational boarding schools, drawn up for the Secretary of State for Education, 1965; statements detailing the financial position of the school, 1966 and 1973; statement by Kenneth Barnes about the nature and purpose of the Governors, undated; memorandum on the Constitution of Creative Society Schools Limited, undated; notes of a special meeting between the Governing Body and H M Inspectors, c.1948. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/2/6	Draft minutes, agendas and notices for Annual General Meetings of Creative Society Schools Limited for the post-closure period of the school	1976- 1983	1 folder

	Includes a form for voting by proxy, 1980; letter from Kenneth Barnes to members of Creative Society Schools Limited regarding various matters following the school’s closure, 1979; letter from the Companies Registration Office to Kenneth Barnes regarding Creative Society Schools Limited, 1976; unsigned letter from Kenneth Barnes to Peter Hamilton regarding an Annual General Meeting, 1976. RESTRICTED ACCESS
PP KCB 3/2/7	Minutes of Wennington School Parents’ and School Association meetings	1973- 1974	3 items

	The first set of minutes are from the first meeting which details the rules and object of the Association. Includes a short talk from the Chairman of the Parents’ Association on the last Parents’ Day. RESTRICTED ACCESS



	Ministry of Education Reports by H M Inspectors on Wennington School	1948 - 1959


PP KCB 3/3/1	Reports for inspections carried out in May 1948 and December 1959	1948 - 1959	2 items

	The report for 1959 contains annotations from an unknown source.


























	School staff salaries and school accounts [RESTRICTED ACCESS]	1941- 1978


PP KCB 3/4/1	“Old Ledger”	1941- 1944	1 volume

	Contains account details for fees, donations, loans, board and hospitality, school equipment, household equipment, rent, rates and taxes, electricity, telephone, heating, insurance, advertising, repairs and renewals, tuck, carriage, sundries, wages and salaries, newspapers, medical expenses, farm and garden. Also housekeeping accounts, school bank, staff and children’s expenditure, bank account details, including profit and loans. Includes at front: index to costings. Also includes (loose in volume) extra fees, 1944; details of stock, 1944. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/2	“Staff Salaries from October 31^st 1945”	1945- 1946	1 volume

	Includes at back: list of deductions from salaries/amounts paid out for staff during the month. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/3	“Salaries: 1950/51/52”	1950- 1952	1 volume

	Includes (loose in volume) summary of salaries for the various departments of the school, undated; salary list incorporating new pay scales, 1952; receipt of money paid in lieu of travelling expenses, undated. [Note: this volume is outsize] RESTRICTED ACCESS
PP KCB 3/4/4	“Salaries: Sept 1961 – Aug 1962”	1961- 1962	1 volume

	Includes wages for gardens, maintenance and household, 1961 – 1962. [Note: binding very fragile, some pages loose and torn away from rest of volume] HANDLE WITH CARE RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/5	Wages book for non-resident garden, domestic and maintenance staff	1962- 1966	1 volume

	Wages for 1962 – 1963 and 1965 – 1966. Includes at front: annotation written at a later date by Kenneth Barnes. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/6	Staff salary book	1963- 1964	1 volume

	RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/7	“Petty Cash: Nov 1/54 – Oct 31/55”	1954- 1955	1 volume

	Includes analysis of petty cash spent on teaching materials and sundries. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/4/8	Drafts and interim statements of accounts, balance sheets and expenditure	1947- 1976	1 folder

	These cover all financial aspects of the school – teaching salaries, bursary fund, debts, school buildings, boarding and tuition fees. RESTRICTED ACCESS
PP KCB 3/4/9	Statements of accounts	1948- 1978	1 folder

	Includes (affixed to each statement) notices and Directors’ reports for Annual General Meetings of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1948, 1973, 1975, 1978. Also list of estimated income and expenditure for the years 1973 – 1975. RESTRICTED ACCESS



	School correspondence	1949- 1995


PP KCB 3/5/1	Correspondence from School Directors to Kenneth Barnes	1949- 1974	1 folder

	Relating to meetings held, school finance and accounts, and the school buildings. Also a letter to Alfred Sessa, Headmaster, from David Medd, principal architect for the Department of Education and Science regarding plans for a new dining room, 1973. RESTRICTED ACCESS














PP KCB 3/5/2	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes (in his capacity as Secretary to Creative Society Schools Limited) and Blackburns, Robson, Coates & co. (the school’s accountants) and Ford & Warren (the school’s solicitors)	1949- 1974	1 folder

	Relating to all the school’s financial and legal business, including details of accounts. Also a form of mandate for Creative Society Schools Limited with related correspondence, 1974. Also includes a letter from Mr. J T Hobbs to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes in support of the school, 1974. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/3	Official correspondence and memoranda circulated to all School Directors	1953- 1976	1 folder

	These discuss the school’s financial position, building plans, appeals for, and the closure and sale of, the school. Includes a list of the Directors, 1976. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/4	Correspondence between School Governors (largely addressed to or from Kenneth Barnes)	1957- 1967	1 folder

	Relating to official school business, meetings of Governors and Directors, accounts and plans for building work at the school. Includes correspondence to and from Hugh Leech. Also correspondence relating to the draft document involving several independent co-educational boarding schools, drawn up for the Secretary of State for Education, 1965. RESTRICTED ACCESS



PP KCB 3/5/5	Correspondence addressed to Peter Hamilton, Chairman of Governors, from Brian Hill, Headmaster	1968- 1972	1 folder

	Relating to various school issues. Includes Brian Hill’s letter of acceptance of the position of Headmaster, 1968. Also correspondence from other Governors (including Kenneth Barnes) regarding school issues. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/6	Official correspondence from the school to all parents of pupils relating to the closure of the school and raising funds in order to try to keep it open	1974	1 folder

	Includes a draft notice of closure, 1974. Also a copy of a letter sent to parents regarding pupils drinking and smoking in the school, undated.


PP KCB 3/5/7	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and parents and friends of the school relating to the impending closure of the school, donations and appeals	1974	1 folder

	Many of the letters are marked by Kenneth Barnes to indicate that they have been acknowledged. Includes a receipt for a deed of covenant, 1974; lists of names of people to be acknowledged for money they contributed to the school appeal with details of amounts sent, 1974; lists of names of people who sent money to the school appeal with details of amounts and method of payment, 1974. RESTRICTED ACCESS






PP KCB 3/5/8	Correspondence between the school and Ford & Warren (the school’s solicitors), and Robson Rhodes (the school’s accountants), which all relates to the closure period of the school	1975- 1983	1 folder

	Also a letter to Kenneth Barnes from Hepper Watson & Sons, chartered surveyors, 1975; a stock transfer form relating to Creative Society Schools limited, 1974; a letter to Kenneth Barnes from Walter Crawford, Chairman of Ayton School Committee expressing gratitude for the transfer of Wennington’s Bursary Fund to Ayton School, Middlesbrough, Cleveland, 1976; draft notice and Directors’ report for a meeting of Creative Society Schools Limited which gives details for the school’s closure, 1975; invoices for the services of Robson Rhodes, 1978; annual return for Creative Society Schools Limited, 1979; notice of a General Meeting of Creative Society Schools Limited, 1980. Also includes remittance advice and records of sales of Kenneth Barnes’ book ‘Energy Unbound’, 1980 – 1983. [See also PP KCB 4/5 for papers relating to the book ‘Energy Unbound’] RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/9	General school correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people	1959- 1995	1 folder

	Includes a copy of part of a letter sent on to Kenneth Barnes relating to the school bursary fund and archives, 1995. Also notes about various school issues drawn up for a letter, undated. RESTRICTED ACCESS








PP KCB 3/5/10	Correspondence between Kenneth, Frances and Eleanor Barnes, and old pupils of the school containing all their latest news and details of what they are doing now	1947- 1985	3 folders

	Some of the letters have been annotated by Kenneth Barnes. Some of the letters contain enclosures which include photographs, leaflets and brochures. Also one letter contains 3 papers relating to ‘The Blackie Programme’, a community cultural project, 1982 – 1984. [See also PP KCB 8/1/1 for further correspondence from former pupils] RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/11	Official papers relating to the Wennington School Association for former students	1960- 1984	1 folder

	These include reply forms for the 1960 Annual Reunion; reply forms for membership renewal, 1962 – 1964; minutes for association’s Annual General Meetings, 1982 – 1983; an interim report on Wennington School, 1964; association newsletter, 1981; lists of old scholars names and addresses, 1974 – 1980; lists of former staff’s names, addresses and details of what they have done, undated; list of pupils’ marriages and births, undated; list of Christmas cards received by Kenneth Barnes from present and former pupils, old friends and present and former staff. RESTRICTED ACCESS










PP KCB 3/5/12	Wolf Mendl’s (member of staff) school papers and correspondence	1951- 1954	1 folder

	These include a programme for the school’s medieval fair containing an article by Wolf Mendl, 1951; correspondence addressed to Wolf from various people with links to the school, 1954; Wennington Debating Society’s constitution, 1952; progress report for and information about the medieval fair, 1951. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/5/13	Correspondence between Mr. J Wren-Lewis of Imperial Chemical Industries Limited, London, and Kenneth Barnes relating to the school’s appeal for funding	1961	1 folder


PP KCB 3/5/14	School letterhead	n.d.	1 item



	Official school records	1942- 1972


PP KCB 3/6/1	Copy of proposed contract of service for headmaster (Kenneth Barnes)	c.1940	1 item

	Unsigned.


PP KCB 3/6/2	School entry forms for pupils	1942- 1944	2 items

	RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/6/3	Staff meeting notes on classroom method	1964	1 item

	Annotated by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 3/6/4	Statistics of the school’s Ordinary Level and Advanced Level examination results	1972	1 item

	Also (affixed at front) details of the school’s future examination policy.
PP KCB 3/6/5	Timetable and curricular development scheme	n.d.	1 item

	Includes detailed plan of scheme.



	Sunday Evening Talks, written and given by Kenneth Barnes to the school during assembly regarding various subjects [These have been kept in their original arrangement hence do not follow on in date order]	1947- 1968


PP KCB 3/7/1	“Wennington Sunday Evening Talks (S. E. T.) Vol I”	1952- 1968	1 folder

	A folder containing copies and originals of talks. Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes. Includes (loose at front) a preface which explains the Sunday Evening Assemblies. Also (affixed at front) an index to the talks with a suggested order in which they were given. Also includes (loose at back) copies of talks added at a later date. These have been added to the foot of the index.


PP KCB 3/7/2	Sunday evening talks	1949- 1968	1 folder

	Include originals and copies of some of the addresses in PP KCB 3/7/1. Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes.








PP KCB 3/7/3	Sunday evening talks	1947- 1968	2 folders

	Include originals and copies of some of the addresses in PP KCB 3/7/1. Some are annotated by Kenneth Barnes. Also (at front) an index to the talks with dates at which some were given.


PP KCB 3/7/4	“Wennington School Sunday Evening Assembly: Order of Events”	n.d.	1 folder

	Also a hand written prayer.



	Lists of names of people associated with the school	1961- 1975


PP KCB 3/8/1	Form lists	1961- 1973	1 folder

	For years 1961, 1966, 1968, 1973. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/8/2	Members for the 11^th co-educational conference in Reading, Berkshire, held from 31 March to 3 April, 1964	1964	1 item


PP KCB 3/8/3	Pupils for a Parent’s Day on 4 November 1972	1972	1 item

	Also a list of visitors attending and a sheet with procedures and preparations for the day. RESTRICTED ACCESS








PP KCB 3/8/4	School staff	1975	1 folder

	There are two lists. One was drawn up for a Governors’ meeting and includes the names, qualifications and subject taught, undated. The other was put together by Kenneth Barnes in 1975 and includes the names and dates of employment of all staff from 1940 to the school’s closure in 1975. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/8/5	List compiled by Kenneth Barnes of school Directors and Governors who had died or had not been heard from RESTRICTED ACCESS	c.1965	1 item


PP KCB 3/8/6	List of all pupils who attended the school	c.1975	1 folder

	The list includes the name of the pupil, date of birth, entry to the school, leaving date and some details about parents. Includes (loose at front) a note written by Kenneth Barnes about the list. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/8/7	List of members of Creative Society Schools Limited	n.d.	1 item

	RESTRICTED ACCESS



	Miscellaneous records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ links with the school	1948- 1968


PP KCB 3/9/1	A newsletter from Kenneth and Frances Barnes to the school about a crisis in the life of the school	1948	1 item


PP KCB 3/9/2	“Wennington School 1967 – 68”, a black and white photograph cut out of a magazine	1949- 1968	4 items

	Also 3 black and white photographs of groups of children sitting on some steps by a stone building, 1949 and 1953.


PP KCB 3/9/3	“Wennington School: 1940 – 1961”, a book given to Kenneth and Frances Barnes from the school	1961	1 volume

	Includes the names of pupils and staff with a painted picture spanning across the inside covers of the book. Inscribed (at back) with “Fifth Year, Woodlands Comprehensive Sch., Coventry, ‘61” and “from Colin Dick – with good wishes”. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/9/4	“The Wenningtonian” - the school newsletter	c. 1951	1 item


PP KCB 3/9/5	‘Reflections on the Last Days Before Retirement’ an article written by Kenneth Barnes	c. 1968	1 item

	Note: this is incomplete. [See PP KCB 4/5 for a complete version]


PP KCB 3/9/6	Autographs of pupils in forms 2 to 6 of the school wishing luck to Kenneth and Frances Barnes	c. 1968	1 folder

	RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/9/7	“Wennington Poetry”	n.d.	1 folder

	Poetry written by various people linked to the school. RESTRICTED ACCESS


PP KCB 3/9/8	‘Oath of Hippocrates’, a hand written copy	n.d.	1 item


PP KCB 3/9/9	Wooden box files	n.d.	2 items

	These boxes were probably put together in the school workshop by Kenneth Barnes himself. Note: these contained some of the archive material on arrival (articles written by Kenneth Barnes), which has since been removed to archive storage. [Outsize]



	Records relating to published and unpublished books written by Kenneth Barnes	1948- 1985


PP KCB 4/1	Chapters from an untitled, unpublished book about boarding school education	1948	1 folder

	Includes annotations.


PP KCB 4/2	‘When Boy Meets Girl’, Darwen Finlayson Limited (1957)	1957	1 folder

	Memorandum of agreement between Kenneth Barnes and Darwen Finlayson Limited (publishers) for the book, which includes details of length of book, completion date, published price, and royalties, with amendments by Kenneth Barnes. Also correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Cedric Davies of Darwen Finlayson Limited which relates to the writing and publishing of the book. Includes a report on the book by Marghanita Laski.





PP KCB 4/3	‘He & She’, Darwen Finlayson Limited (1958), and Penguin, (1962)	1958- 1975	1 folder

	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people relating to the writing, publishing and further editions of the book, including its Dutch translation. Includes invoices for the book, 1958 and 1962; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people commending the book, 1958 – 1967. Also includes Darwen Finlayson’s new book list which contains ‘He & She’, 1962; a newspaper article entitled ‘It’s Never Too Late to Learn’, from a local Australian newspaper, which recommends the book, 1960. [See also PP KCB 5/4 for Kenneth Barnes’ contribution to ‘Woman’s Hour’ where he talks about the book; PP KCB 8/2/1 for further correspondence relating to the book]


PP KCB 4/4	‘The Involved Man’, the National Children’s Home (1966)	1966- 1975	1 folder

	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people relating to the writing and publishing of the book, seeking permission for quotes to be used in the book, and the republishing of it. Also correspondence containing reviews of the book, 1966 – 1975.














PP KCB 4/5	‘Energy Unbound: A History of Wennington School’, William Sessions Limited (1980)	1968- 1983	1 folder

	A signed copy and annotated draft of the memorandum of agreement between Creative Society Schools Limited and William Sessions Limited (publishers) for the book, which includes details of length of book, completion date, published price, and royalties, 1979. Correspondence from William Sessions Limited to Kenneth Barnes concerning the publication, cost and sales of the book, 1979 – 1983. A draft of the book’s foreword is on the back of one of the letters. Also a letter to Kenneth Barnes from the school’s solicitors relating to the cost of publishing the book, 1979; a letter from Atarah Ben-Tovim of the Children’s Concert Centre to Kenneth Barnes praising the book, 1981. Includes ‘Reflections on the Last Days Before Retirement’ an article written by Kenneth Barnes. Part of this was used in the book, 1968; photocopies of the book’s foreword and chapter 20, c.1983; a copy of a review of the book in the ‘Journal of Local Studies’, Spring 1981. [See also PP KCB 3/2/1 for a copy of an addendum inserted into a copy of the book; PP KCB 3/5/8 for remittance advice and records of sales of the book; PP KCB 8/1/1 for further correspondence relating to the book]


PP KCB 4/6	‘A Vast Bundle of Opportunities’, George Allen & Unwin Ltd (1973)	1973	1 folder

	Sharing Profits Agreement between Kenneth Barnes and George Allen & Unwin Ltd (publishers) for the book which includes details of length of book, completion date, published price, and royalties. Also 3 loose, annotated chapters not used in the book entitled, ‘Chapter 1: The Creativeness of an Actual Community’, ‘Chapter 2: Action in the Thirties’, ‘Chapter 3: Thinking in the Thirties’.

PP KCB 4/7	‘Has Science Exploded God?’, The National Christian Educational Council (1976)	1974- 1978	2 items

	Memorandum of agreement between Kenneth Barnes and The National Christian Education Council (publishers) for the book which includes details of length of book, completion date, published price, and royalties, with amendments, 1974. Also a letter from G R Chapman of The National Christian Education Council to Kenneth Barnes which relates to the publishing and sales of the book, 1978. [See also PP KCB 8/1/1 for correspondence relating to the book]


PP KCB 4/8	‘Integrity in the Arts’, Sessions of York (1984)	1984- 1985	1 folder

	A review and order form for the book, which is published by Sessions of York in association with Kenneth Barnes. Also correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people and organisations relating to reviews of the book, permission for quotes contained within it, and book sales, 1984. Includes letters to Kenneth Barnes from various people requesting a copy of the book, 1984 – 1985.


PP KCB 4/9	Royalty statements for books written by Kenneth Barnes	1969- 1980	1 folder

	These include ‘The Involved Man’, ‘Arnold’s General Studies: Making Judgement and Decisions’, ‘He and She’, ‘A Vast Bundle of Opportunities’, ‘Has Science Exploded God?’ Includes a statement of payment for services or in respect of a copyright for ‘The Involved Man’, 1970; notice of coding for income tax for Kenneth Barnes, 1970.



	Records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ broadcasts (radio and television) with the BBC	1948- 1986


	‘Sixth Form and University’	1948


PP KCB 5/1/1	2 annotated drafts of the script for the broadcast with notes on the discussion which followed the broadcast itself.	1948	1 folder

	Also correspondence from the BBC to Kenneth Barnes concerning the script, 1948.



	‘True Aims of Education’	1948


PP KCB 5/2/1	A published version of the broadcast in ‘The Listener’ magazine, pp. 512 – 513, 7 October	1948	1 item



	‘Religious Education’	1951- 1952


PP KCB 5/3/1	An annotated draft of the script	1951- 1952	1 folder

	Also correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC concerning the script.















	Contribution to ‘Woman’s Hour’	1958


PP KCB 5/4/1	Final copy and two annotated drafts of the script, for a talk referring to the book ‘He & She’	1958	1 folder

	Also a copy of the ‘Woman’s Hour’ transmission on 30 September entitled ‘Reading Your Letters’, produced by Miss Hart, which discusses Kenneth Barnes’ contribution to ‘Woman’s Hour’, 1958. Includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Olive Shapley, Producer for Women’s Programmes, North Region, which relate to the transmission, 1958. Also includes correspondence between Margaret Harvey and Kenneth Barnes praising the transmission, 1958. [See also PP KCB 4/3 for material relating to the book ‘He & She’; PP KCB 6/6/6 for the draft of a talk prepared for Women’s Hour]



	Records relating to Four Advent Talks which form part of a series entitled ‘Science, Poetry and the Incarnation’	1960 - 1961


PP KCB 5/5/1	Annotated copies of the first 3 transmissions as broadcast:	1960	1 folder

	‘What Does it Mean to be Human?’ 30 November ‘The Incarnation was Complete’ 7 December ‘The Deepening of Perception’ 14 December Also a draft of the 4^th broadcast entitled ‘The Unity of Science and Religion’ [See also PP KCB 6/2/3 for published version of the talks.]


PP KCB 5/5/2	Correspondence to Kenneth Barnes from various people giving critical or negative responses to the Advent Talks	1960	1 folder
PP KCB 5/5/3	Correspondence to Kenneth Barnes from various people giving appreciative or positive responses to the Advent Talks	1960- 1961	1 folder


PP KCB 5/5/4	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people written in response to the Advent Talks	1960- 1961	1 folder



	‘Meeting Point’, a BBC television programme	1961


PP KCB 5/6/1	Shooting script for ‘The Rebellious Years’, recorded on 23May and transmitted on 28May	1961	1 folder

	The programme included Kenneth Barnes, Anne Allen and the Reverend Dr. Roy Lee. Annotated by Kenneth Barnes. Also a letter to Kenneth Barnes from the Assistant Head of Religious Broadcasting, Television, and producer of the programme, Reverend Oliver Hunkin which accompanied the script, 1961. Includes a shooting script for another ‘Meeting Point’ programme entitled, ‘Stages of Growth’, which was produced by Reverend Oliver Hunkin and transmitted on 28 May. Kenneth Barnes was not involved in this programme.


PP KCB 5/6/2	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC relating to the broadcast	1961	1 folder













	‘The Christian Religion and its Philosophy’, a series of broadcasts for the BBC Home Service (Schools) Produced by Robert C Walton	1962 - 1966


PP KCB 5/7/1	Annotated copies of the transcripts – some “as broadcast, others not checked”	1962 – 1966	1 folder

	All of Kenneth Barnes’ broadcasts are included. The set also contains transcripts for broadcasts in the same series not involving Kenneth Barnes, but the series is incomplete. Includes letter from the BBC to Kenneth Barnes regarding some of the scripts, 1966. Also various drafts of Kenneth Barnes’ broadcasts in this series: ‘Knowledge, Imagination and Truth: Reason, Imagination and the Life of the Spirit’, 4 December 1962; ‘Personal Reflections: Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’ parts I and II, 1 December and 8 December 1964. Note: copyright for the actual transcripts is held by the BBC. See also PP KCB 6/2/2 for published version of ‘Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’, parts I and II.


PP KCB 5/7/2	Correspondence from various people to Kenneth Barnes giving positive feedback to the broadcast ‘Reason, Imagination and the Life of the Spirit’	1962 - 1963	1 folder


PP KCB 5/7/3	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people giving positive and negative feedback to the ‘Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’ broadcasts	1964-1965	1 folder

	Comments have been written on some of the letters by Kenneth Barnes. [See also PP KC 8/3/3 for further correspondence relating to the broadcasts]


	‘The World of Here and Now’, a series of six talks by Kenneth Barnes for the ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’ series	1963


PP KCB 5/8/1	Annotated copies of the transcripts, as broadcast:	1963	1 folder

	‘Poetry and Parable’, August ‘Approach it like a Child’, 27 August ‘The Growth of the Kingdom’, 28 August ‘The Net in the Deep’, 29 August ‘Enjoying the Enemy’, 30 August ‘Towards Maturity’, 31 August Note: page one of the first talk is missing. Includes drafts of each talk, 1963. Also a letter from Anne Coleman, Secretary to Religious Broadcasting Organiser, North Region, to Kenneth Barnes regarding the scripts, 1963. [See also PP KCB 6/2/2 for the published versions of the first and third talks.]



	‘Religion in its Contemporary Context’, a series of broadcasts for the BBC Home Service (Schools) Sixth Forms Produced and Edited by Robert C Walton	1966 - 1967


PP KCB 5/9/1	Annotated copies of the transcripts – some “as recorded, others checked with broadcast”	1966 - 1967	1 folder

	Kenneth Barnes’ broadcast is included: ‘Personal Choice: Beyond Authority I’, 4 October 1966; the set also contains transcripts for broadcasts in the same series not involving Kenneth Barnes, 1966 – 1967. Includes a supplementary booklet for the broadcasts, ed. Robert C Walton, 1966. Note: copyright for the actual transcripts is held by the BBC.
PP KCB 5/9/2	Early annotated draft of ‘Beyond Authority I’	c. 1966	1 item



	‘Seeing and Believing: Joy and Woe’, a programme broadcast by BBC 1 from the Church of All Hallows, London, Produced by Peter Brooks	1969


PP KCB 5/10/1	Annotated script for the programme transmitted on 23 November	1969	1 item

	This programme included Kenneth Barnes and Eleanor Spray (later Barnes), Nicholas Maw, and Roger Delgado.



	‘Ancient & Modern: A Triangular Look at the Bible’, three programmes broadcast by BBC 1 from Studio Presentation B, Television Centre, Wood Lane, London, Produced by Peter Brooks, and recorded on 13 January	1974


PP KCB 5/11/1	Shooting scripts for the programmes:	1974	3 items

	‘Michael Lynch chooses a passage from the Apocrypha to discuss with Marghanita Laski and Kenneth Barnes: II Maccabees, chapter 7, verses 1 – 9’. ‘Marghanita Laski chooses a passage from the Apocrypha to discuss with Michael Lynch and Kenneth Barnes: Wisdom, chapter 2’. ‘Kenneth Barnes chooses a passage from the Apocrypha to discuss with Michael Lynch and Marghanita Laski: Wisdom, chapter 3’.






	Miscellaneous drafts of transcripts for broadcasts	n.d.


PP KCB 5/12/1	‘Discussion Series on Education in Relation to Life and Religion’	n.d.	1 item


PP KCB 5/12/2	Untitled notes	n.d.	1 item

	A list of ‘other points that should be developed’ regarding children, insensitivity and the Bible.



	Transcripts of BBC Television programmes with which Kenneth Barnes was indirectly involved	1962 - 1963


PP KCB 5/13/1	‘Viewpoint’, transcribed from a TV telediphone recording	1962	1 folder

	Annotated. Includes a letter from Oliver Hunkin, Assistant Head of Religious Broadcasting, Television, to Kenneth Barnes regarding Kenneth’s note on the programme, 1962.


PP KCB 5/13/2	‘Meeting Point’, transcribed from a TV telediphone recording	1963	1 folder

	Annotated. Includes a letter from Oliver Hunkin, Assistant Head of Religious Broadcasting, Television, to Kenneth Barnes regarding the typescript, 1963.









	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC [See also PP KCB 8/1/1 and 8/3/3 for further correspondence relating to Kenneth Barnes’ work with the BBC]	1973 – 1986


PP KCB 5/14/1	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Reverend Peter Brooks, Producer at the BBC	1973 – 1976	1 folder

	The correspondence largely relates to the three programmes broadcast by BBC 1 entitled, ‘Ancient & Modern: A Triangular Look at the Bible’, which were produced by Peter Brooks and recorded on 13 January, 1974, and includes some notes for the third of these programmes, 1973 – 1974. Also correspondence relating to the retirement of Reverend Peter Brooks and ‘A Vast Bundle of Opportunities’, 1976.


PP KCB 5/14/2	A letter from Beverley Thompson, Programme Correspondence Section, to Kenneth Barnes concerning the series ‘Yes Prime Minister’	1986	1 item



	Signed contracts between television companies and Kenneth Barnes for radio and television broadcasts	1973 – 1976


PP KCB 5/15/1	‘Religion and Life: Religion in Britain Today’, contract between the BBC and Kenneth Barnes	1973	1 item

	Transmission date 22 May 1973.


PP KCB 5/15/2	‘Ancient & Modern: A Triangular Look at the Bible’, programmes 4, 5 and 6, contract between the BBC and Kenneth Barnes	1974	1 item

	Transmission date 13 January 1974. Includes amended clause 16A (a).

PP KCB 5/15/3	‘Religious Education: Science and Religion’, radio programme, contract between the BBC and Kenneth Barnes	1976	1 item

	Includes copyright terms.


PP KCB 5/15/4	‘Crisis of Faith’, television programme, contract between Thames Television Limited and Kenneth Barnes	1972 – 1973	2 items

	Recording date 2 January 1973. Includes Kenneth Barnes’ remittance advice, 1973.



	Miscellaneous records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ work with the BBC and other broadcasting companies	1960 - 1963


PP KCB 5/16/1	‘Another Answer to Fred Hoyle’, an article written by Kenneth Barnes in response to a broadcast	c. 1950	1 item

	Annotated by Kenneth Barnes in 1985.


PP KCB 5/16/2	General correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people relating to his BBC broadcasts	1960 – 1961	1 folder

	Includes notes for a conference in Farnham, Surrey, to which Kenneth Barnes was invited, on the subject of ‘Persons and Personal Relationships’, 1961.


PP KCB 5/16/3	Correspondence between Associated Television Limited and Kenneth Barnes	1961	1 folder

	This relates to a broadcast entitled, ‘Falling in Love’, a documentary to be broadcast on 31 May 1961.



PP KCB 5/16/4	Correspondence between ABC Television Limited and Kenneth Barnes	1962 – 1963	1 folder

	This relates to three programmes on the Christian view of love, sex and marriage, broadcast in 1962.



	Records relating to unpublished and published material (not books) written by Kenneth Barnes [See also PP KCB 1/4 for a portfolio, arranged and put together by Kenneth Barnes himself, of some of the following material]	1946 - 1987


	Published articles	1946 – 1962


PP KCB 6/1/1	Drafts	1946 – 1962	1 folder

	These include ‘The Limitations and Conditions of Community’, 1946; ‘The Principles Implicit in Science’, 1958; ‘Girls and the World: Education for Maturity’, 1962; ‘What’s Wrong with Science Teaching?’, undated. Also ‘Problems and Opportunities Offered by Different Levels of Ability within the School’, undated. There is a typescript and original hand written copy of this article. Each draft is annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of when and where it was published.





PP KCB 6/1/2	Published versions	1946 – 1965	1 folder

	These include ‘The Limitations and Conditions of Community’, 1946; the first proof of ‘History of Science in Education’, 1950; ‘The Co-educational Boarding Schools’, 1952; ‘Wennington School’, extract from University of Leeds Institute of Education “Bulletin”, No. 19, May 1955; ‘The Principles Implicit in Science’, 1958; ‘Youth Before Marriage – A Headmaster’s View’, in ‘Marriage Guidance – a monthly bulletin on marriage and the family’, May 1959; ‘Girls and the World: The Need for Maturity’, 1962; ‘Friendship’, in ‘Breakthrough 6’, a student review, Winter 1963; ‘Readings: Biblical and Non-Biblical’ in ‘School Worship’ ed. C M Jones, January 1965; ‘Ryedale Christian Council – The Christian Development of Personality. A Lecture with answers to questions by Mr. Kenneth Barnes at an Ecumenical Conference on Christian Teaching in Schools’, York, 1965; a poem ‘Ruin, the Say, Surrounds Us All’, c. 1950; ‘Values in Education’, undated; ‘What is Wrong with Science Teaching?’, undated. Some articles are annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of when and where they were published.



	Articles and booklets published by the Society of Friends	1952 – 1987


PP KCB 6/2/1	Drafts of articles	1952 – 1987	1 folder

	These include ‘Education and the Christian View of Personality’, 1952; ‘The Future of the Society of Friends’, 1970; ‘The Permissive Society – 1: Who Permits What?’, in ‘The Friend’, 1971; ‘Communicating Our Experiences’, draft for Yearly Meeting, 1973; the final draft of ‘To Live Life Forward’, 1987; ‘God Moves in a Mysterious Way’, undated. Some drafts are annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of when and where they were published.


PP KCB 6/2/2	Published versions of articles	1952 – 1987	1 folder

	These include ‘Education and the Christian View of Personality’, in ‘Friends Quarterly, April 1952; ‘The World of Here and Now: Poetry and Parable’ and ‘The Growth of the Kingdom’, reproduced from the BBC ‘Lift Up Your Hearts’ series of talks, 1963; ‘Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’, part I, in ‘The Friend’, 29 January 1965; ‘Anglican, Catholic and Quaker Stirrings – Nonsense and Hope in Christianity II’, in ‘The Friend’, 5 February 1965; [continued on next page…]
PP KCB 6/2/2	[continued from previous page] Published versions of articles ‘Science, Man and Human Problems – The Failings of Religious Organisations’, in ‘The Friend’, 9 September 1966; ‘Religion: Insight or Mania’, an address given at the London Yearly Meeting, 1967; ‘Youth in a Difficult World’, in ‘Friends Journal’, 1 August 1968; ‘The New Reformation’, in ‘Quaker Monthly’, Vol. 48, No. 7, July 1969; ‘Genetics and Human Freedom’, in ‘The friend’, 6 January 1970; ‘The Future of the Society of Friends 1’, in ‘Quaker Monthly’, October 1971; ‘The Future of the Society of Friends 3’, in ‘Quaker Monthly’, December 1971; ‘The Devil and the Shadow’, in ‘The Friend’, 15 December 1972; ‘Communicating Our Experience’, in ‘Quaker Monthly, October 1973 and ‘Friends Journal’, 15 October 1973; ‘Evolution – Accident or Intention?’, in ‘The Friend’, 4 July 1975; ‘God in Evolution’, in ‘The Friend’, 21 November 1975 (photocopy); ‘What is Truth?’, in ‘The Friend, 4 August 1978; ‘The Importance of Identity – 1’, in ‘The Friend, 12 September 1980; ‘Starting From Van Gogh’, in ‘The Friend’, 10 July 1981; [continued on next page…]	1952 - 1987	1 folder


PP KCB 6/2/2	[continued from previous page] Published versions of articles	1952 – 1987	1 folder

	‘The Present and Future of the Society of Friends’, in ‘Quakerism, A Way of Life’, 1982 (photocopy); ‘Integrity – in Quakerism and the Arts’, in ‘Quaker Monthly’ 1983; ‘Parables in the Wind – 1’, in ‘The Friend’, 6 January 1984; ‘To Live Life Forward - 1’, in ‘The Friend’, 26 June 1987; ‘To Live Life Forward – 2’, in ‘The Friend’, 3 July 1987; ‘God Moves in a Mysterious Way’, in ‘The Friends’ Quarterly’, undated (photocopy); ‘The Permissive Society – 1: Who Permits What?’, in ‘The Friend’, 1971. Also ‘The Future of the Society of Friends’, in ‘The Canadian Friend’, Vol. 67, No. 1, 1971. This issue includes 9 black and white sketches drawn and signed by Kenneth Barnes at the Canadian Yearly Meeting in 1970. Some articles are annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of when and where they were published. [See also PP KCB 5/7/1 for drafts of transcripts of ‘Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’, parts I and II, talks for the BBC; PP KCB 5/8/1for annotated transcripts of ‘The World of Here and Now’ series of BBC talks.]









PP KCB 6/2/3	Published booklets	1960	2 items

	These include ‘Discipline in the Quaker Home’, 1960; ‘Science, Poetry and the Incarnation’, 1960. [See also PP KCB 5/5/1 for annotated copies of the first 3 transmissions of the ‘Science, Poetry and the Incarnation’ Advent Series as broadcast by the BBC.]



	Draft lecture notes for the Society of Friends (it has not yet been established whether these have been published or not)	1970 – 1983


PP KCB 6/3/1	Pendle Hill notes on ‘Creative Quakerism’	1970	1 folder

	Some of the drafts are incomplete.


PP KCB 6/3/2	Miscellaneous lecture notes	1970 – 1983	1 folder

	These include ‘Friends or Creators’, 1970; ‘What is the Core of Quakerism?’, 1983; an untitled ‘S W Lecture’, undated.



	Published booklets, newspaper articles and poetry	c. 1957 – 1985	1 folder


PP KCB 6/4/1	‘15+ Facts of Life’, booklet, published by the British Medical Association	1961	1 item

	Annotated by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 6/4/2	Newspaper articles (letters written to the editor)	c. 1957	1 folder

	These include ‘Value of the Progressives’, in ‘The Times Educational Supplement’, 23 August 1957; ‘Public Schools and Public Expense’, newspaper not known, undated; ‘Grammar Schools and Technologists’, in ‘The Manchester Guardian’, undated. Also include a draft of ‘Value of the Progressives’, 1957. Some cuttings are annotated by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 6/4/3	Poetry (some published, some not)	c.1960 – 1985	1 folder

	Includes several drafts of most of the poems. Also includes drafts of ‘Ruin, the Say, Surrounds Us All’, undated. Some poems are signed by Kenneth Barnes.



	Unpublished articles and lectures	1962 – 1991


PP KCB 6/5/1	‘The Other Independent Schools’, written for ‘The Times Educational Supplement’	1961	1 folder

	Final draft. Includes a letter to Kenneth Barnes informing him that the article will not be published, 1962.









PP KCB 6/5/2	Drafts of unpublished articles	1991	1 folder

	These include ‘Quakers and Sexuality’; ‘Celebration’; ‘The Emergent God’; ‘George Macleod’; ‘The God of Surprises’; ‘The Making of Decisions’; ‘Men’; ‘The Personal Spectrum’; the original draft of ‘The Positive Value of Chaos’; ‘The Quality of Jesuits’. Also some untitled drafts of articles. Most of the drafts are signed by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 6/5/3	‘The Children of God’ a Swarthmore Lecture	n.d.	1 folder

	Two drafts of the unpublished lecture which has been annotated by Kenneth Barnes with the words “Not made public”.



	Drafts of articles, addresses and reviews (it is not clear whether these have been published or not)	1933 – 1983


PP KCB 6/6/1	Articles on the subject of religion	1933 – 1979	1 folder

	These include ‘Friends for Action’, c. 1933; ‘A Dream’, 1964; ‘The Permissive Society: What Can We Do?’, undated; ‘Insight and Communication’, 1979; ‘About Doris Horton’, undated; a second draft of ‘Preparation and Assumptions’, undated; ‘Religion the Breeder of Violence’, undated; ‘The Spiritual Experience of Evil’, undated; ‘Standards of Conduct’, undated.

PP KCB 6/6/2	Articles on the subject of education	1947 – 1967	1 folder

	These include ‘Education in the Sixth’, 1947; ‘Why a Boarding School?’ c. 1948; untitled article for the ‘Journal of Education’, 1948; ‘How Shall We Judge Education?’, c. 1950; ‘A Dream’, 1967; ‘Do They Know What They are Asking?’ undated; ‘Education and Leadership’, undated; ‘Education for Democracy’, undated; ‘A Justification of the Independent Boarding School’, undated; ‘Limitations of State Education’, 1950; ‘Personal Relationships in the Coeducational School, undated; ‘The Progressive Coeducational Boarding School’, undated; ‘Science and its Place in Education’, undated; ‘Specialisation in School and University: the Inherent Danger to Society and Culture’, undated; an untitled article for the Marriage Guidance Council on marriage in a coeducational school, undated. Some articles are annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of when and where they were published.






PP KCB 6/6/3	Replies to broadcasts and letters published in various newspapers and journals	1947 – 1970	1 folder

	These letters cover various subjects, particularly certain aspects of education and religion. Some have titles, others do not. Some are annotated. [See also PP KCB 7/3/2 for further letters sent to the Editor of ‘The Friend’.]


PP KCB 6/6/4	Addresses and presentations given at various events	1956 – 1983	1 folder

	These include a speech at Huddersfield College, Yorkshire, 1956; ‘Discipline’ given at Huddersfield, 1958; ‘Religious Education’ given at Huddersfield, 1958; ‘Science and Religion in Oneself’, 1959; ‘Are there any circumstances in which one would not be justified in saying to people about to indulge in extra-marital (adulterous) intercourse that it is wrong?’ 1961; ‘Teenage Relationships: the Need for Maturity’, address to the Marriage Guidance Council, 1962; ‘Jesus: Servant of Morality or Truth?’ at Hull University, 1963; ‘Morality: The Confusion in Our Judgements’, 1963; ‘The Experience of the Older Generation’, to Bootham School, 1963; ‘Coeducation and Sex’, at Darlington Conference, 1965; [continued on next page…]
PP KCB 6/6/4	[continued from previous page] Addresses and presentations given at various events	1956 – 1983	1 folder

	‘Education Towards a New Britain’, at Newcastle University, 1969; ‘Music, Art, Science – and Being Human’, a York University Sermon, 1981; untitled for Bootham School, 1983; ‘The Independent Experimental School: its contribution to National Education’, undated; ‘The Significance of Sexuality’, undated.


PP KCB 6/6/5	‘Some Important Issues in Education’	1957	1 item

	A list of notes drawn up by Kenneth Barnes.



























PP KCB 6/6/6	Reviews	1962 - 1979	1 folder

	These include ‘Sexual Relationships: A Further Comment’ for ‘The Friend’, 1962; ‘The Noonday Devil. Comments by Father Bassett’, 1966; untitled review for ‘The Friend’, 1979; a shortened review of ‘Human Science and Human Dignity’, 1979; ‘The Werkplaats Adventure by Wyatt Rawson’, undated; ‘Memories and Reflections by J H Badley’, undated; ‘The Loadstone by Brian Hill’, undated; ‘Introduction to the Loadstone’, undated; ‘Review of Mr. Lyward’s Answer’, undated; some untitled and undated reviews. Also review of ‘Reg Reynolds Review of The Loadstone’ with accompanying correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and George H Gorman of the Friends Home Service Committee, 1959; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Philip Unwin of George, Allen & Unwin Ltd relating to Kenneth’s views on the book ‘Sexual Life After Sixty’ by Isador Rubin, 1966.


PP KCB 6/6/7	‘Why Educate?’ for Women’s Hour	1964	1 item

	[See also PP KCB 5/4/1 for Kenneth Barnes’ contribution to ‘Women’s Hour’.]






PP KCB 6/6/8	Articles concerning other topical issues	1972	1 folder

	These include ‘Learning from the Crisis’, an article about the coal strike, 1972; ‘’Phantasms. A Record of the Effects (presumed) of Sleep Deprivation’, undated.


PP KCB 6/6/9	Obituary of Dr. Alfred Schweitzer	n.d.	1 item

	Signed by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 6/6/10	‘Notes on Various Teaching Methods etc.’	n.d.	1 item

	Notes for use in a college education course.


PP KCB 6/6/11	Miscellaneous drafts (incomplete) of articles and lectures	n.d.	1 folder

	These are mostly odd pages from drafts. Some of these odd pages have the titles of the article or lecture these are as follows ‘Some ideas about enjoyment – the affirmative way’, undated; ‘The Devil and Ecumenism’, undated.



















	Records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ involvement with the Society of Friends [For correspondence see PP KCB 8/1/1 and PP KCB 8/4/1]	1940 – 1993


	Newsletters sent by Kenneth Barnes to Friends	1940 – 1958


PP KCB 7/1/1	Newsletters written during the Second World War	1940 – 1941	2 items

	One letter gives details on the War itself, how it is affecting lives in general, life at Bedales and Wennington, Friends, and how Quakerism faces the War, 1940; the second letter discusses the move from Bedales School to Wennington School and the reasons for it, the running of the school, and the effects of the War on all of this, 1941.


PP KCB 7/1/2	Newsletters written during a trip, in the service of the Society of Friends, to Ethiopia	1958	1 folder

	These newsletters document Kenneth Barnes’ travels, experiences, impressions and judgements. They also go into some detail about the problems of living and working in Ethiopia, and its education system. The newsletters are numbered from 1 to 11. 6 and 10 are missing.












	Lectures and addresses given by Kenneth Barnes to Friends at various events	1951 – 1987


PP KCB 7/2/1	Drafts of Lectures and Addresses for various Quaker events	1951 – 1960	1 folder

	These include ‘Education for Peace’, for a Pacifism Conference at Woodbrooke, 1951; address about Quakers to Mount School, 1958; lecture given about experiences abroad at Ackworth Open Day, 1958; a Swarthmore Lecture about science and religion, 1960; an untitled lecture for the Society of Friends, undated. Includes notes of the second talk given at the Pacifism Conference at Woodbrooke, 1951. These are annotated with further notes.


PP KCB 7/2/2	‘Redemption in the Modern World’, opening address at the Norway Yearly Meeting	1961	1 item

	Annotated and signed by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 7/2/3	Drafts of lectures for Friends’ meetings	1964 - 1993

	These include lectures for York meetings, 1964, 1975 and 1993; notes for an Essex meeting, 1979.


PP KCB 7/2/4	‘The Material of Religious Experience’, an address given at Woodbrooke	1971	1 folder

	Two drafts of this address which was later shortened and published in ‘Quaker Monthly’. Annotated.
PP KCB 7/2/5	Untitled addresses not made public	1987	1 folder

	One address discusses why Friends attend meetings, 1987; the second address talks about the meetings themselves, undated. Both addresses are annotated.



	Letters written by Kenneth Barnes for publication in ‘The Friend’	1955 – 1965


PP KCB 7/3/1	An occasional newsletter to Young Friends written by Kenneth Barnes on behalf of the Northern Friends Peace Board, York	1955	1 item


PP KCB 7/3/2	Letters sent to the Editor of ‘The Friend’	1960 – 1965	1 folder

	These include letters entitled ‘Man’s Guardianship of Animals’, 1960; ‘The Voice of Silence’, signed, 1964; ‘Rejections and Discoveries’, 1965; ‘Grace & Community’, signed and annotated, undated. Two are signed and one is annotated. [See also PP KCB 6/6/3 for other letters sent to the Editor of ‘The Friend’.]


PP KCB 7/3/3	Letters for the Editor of ‘The Friend’	n.d.	2 items

	These include an unsent letter entitled ‘The Sense of the Meeting’, undated; an untitled letter addressed ‘Dear Friend’ (it is unclear whether this was sent or not), undated.





	Drafts of articles, broadcasts, reviews and other material written by Kenneth Barnes for or on behalf of Friends (it is not clear whether or not these have been published) [See also PP KCB 6/2/1 – 6/2/3 for further material published by the Society of Friends]	1965 - 1979


PP KCB 7/4/1	Drafts of articles for ‘The Friend’	1965 – 1966	1 folder

	These include ‘The Closed Mind – Quaker?’ 1965; untitled article about Kenneth Barnes’ art, 1966; ‘Death’, undated; ‘Doubts About That of God’, undated; ‘Obedience’, undated; ‘Quakerism and the Needs of Youth’, undated; untitled for a section on christ-centredness and qualification for membership, undated; untitled article about what holds the Society of Friends together, undated.


PP KCB 7/4/2	‘Religions of the World. No. 9 ‘The Quaker Movement’, a BBC World Service broadcast	1967	1 item

	Kenneth Barnes interviewed by David Wedgwood Benn. Produced by David Wedgwood Benn. Note: copyright is held by the BBC.




PP KCB 7/4/3	Homily given by Kenneth Barnes at a family mass in celebration of the 25^th anniversary of the marriage of David and Margaret Moorhouse	1979	1 item

	Signed.


PP KCB 7/4/4	Reviews of books and essays	1985	1 folder

	These include ‘The Transformation of Man by Rosemary Houghton’, undated; ‘Quakers and the Arts’, undated. Also an untitled, annotated review of three essays by Robin Hodgkins with a letter from the editor at ‘The Friend’ to Kenneth Barnes regarding the review, 1985.



	Records relating to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes’ trip to Africa in the service of the Society of Friends	1969 - 1970


PP KCB 7/5/1	Kenneth Barnes’ report on his visit to Africa, 1 March - 1 June, with associated notes	1970	1 folder

	Also preliminary and draft notes for the final report. Includes an index to the report and an itinerary for the trip.











PP KCB 7/5/2	Minutes, notices and memorandum for meetings of the Society of Friends which Kenneth Barnes attended whilst in Africa	1970	1 folder

	These include minutes of business meeting held on 2 February in Lusaka; signed minutes of the 11^th Yearly Meeting in Southern Africa; notice of Malawi meeting on 22 April where Kenneth Barnes spoke on ‘Education in a Rapidly Changing World’; memorandum for Yearly Meeting on settlement camps, 1970. Also a list of talks to be given by Kenneth Barnes and where they are to be given during April and May, 1970.


PP KCB 7/5/3	Official correspondence to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes from the Friends Service Council (Quakers) and other people representing Friends services in Africa relating to the organisation of the trip and the itinerary	1969 - 1970	1 folder

	Some have been annotated with further notes by Kenneth Barnes. Also a letter from the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust to Kenneth Barnes relating to funding for the trip, 1970.


PP KCB 7/5/4	Correspondence from Friends in Africa to Kenneth Barnes offering places for him and Eleanor Barnes to stay and visit during their trip	1970	1 folder

	One letter includes an enclosure which gives details of one of the families with which Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes will stay whilst in Nigeria, 1970. [See also PP KCB 8/1/1 for further correspondence relating to Ethiopia]





PP KCB 7/5/5	A letter from a Friend in Oxford to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes relating to the itinerary for the trip	1970	1 item

	Includes some suggestions of people to visit whilst in Africa.


PP KCB 7/5/6	Correspondence to the Friends Service Council from Friends in Africa relating to itinerary changes and places at which Kenneth Barnes is to give talks	1970	1 folder


PP KCB 7/5/7	“Africa 1970”, a newsletter for Friends written by Kenneth Barnes in July	1970	1 item


PP KCB 7/5/8	Aeroplane tickets and baggage tags for Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes for flights to and from Africa, and internal flights within Africa	1970	1 folder

	Also receipts for Eleanor Barnes’ Ethiopia visa and attendances, and travel policy, both with P. F. Vardon & Co. Ltd.


PP KCB 7/5/9	Articles and other publications relating to education, population and community life in Africa (not written by Kenneth Barnes) given to Kenneth Barnes for information for the trip	1965 – 1970	1 folder

	These include ‘The Necessity of the Useless in African Education’, an article by Edgar Castle, 1965; ‘Eastleigh Community Centre’ ( in Africa) a booklet, undated; ‘Population Planning for National Progress and Prosperity. Ghana Population Policy’, 1969; ‘Target’, No. 71, an African newspaper, March 1970.



	Records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ trip to America in the service of the Society of Friends	1970 - 1971


PP KCB 7/6/1	Various drafts of articles written by Kenneth Barnes as a result of his trip to America (it is not clear whether these were published or not)	1970	1 folder

	These include ‘The American Scene’, 1970. Also ‘The Flower City Conspiracy’, undated. This article has a newspaper cutting attached to it which relates to the subject of the article.


PP KCB 7/6/2	Drafts and published versions of articles, notes and extracts written by various people about America used by Kenneth Barnes in his research for his articles in PP KCB 7/6/1	1970 – 1971	1 folder

	These include notes from ‘Conspirators’ Plot Wins Listeners at Trial’, a photocopy of a newspaper article by Jon Margolis, 12 February 1970; ‘The Greening of America’ an article in ‘The New Yorker’ of 26 September 1970, by Charles Reich; ‘And Then the Jurors Wept…’, a photocopy of a newspaper article by Al Ehrbar in ‘The New York Post’, 3 December 1970; ‘Visions of a New Religion’, by Marcia Cavell in ‘Saturday Review’, 19 December 1970; ‘Reflections on America’, by Jeanna Backemeyer, Pendle Hill, USA, 1971; extract from ‘America and the Americans’ by John Steinbeck, undated; ‘Hung Jury’, a photocopy of a newspaper article, undated;

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PP KCB 7/6/2	[continued from previous page] Drafts and published versions of articles, notes and extracts written by various people about America used by Kenneth Barnes in his research for his articles in PP KCB 7/6/1	1970 – 1971	1 folder

	‘Judge Burke’s Answer: One Simple ‘Yes’ Unlocks a Hung Jury’, by Mark Starr, a photocopy of a newspaper article, undated; ‘Letter to a Secret Reader: An Honest, Intelligible Radical Politics’ a photocopy of an article by Robert Brustein in ‘The New Republic’, undated. These have been annotated by Kenneth Barnes.



	Records relating to Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes’ trip to Australia in the service of the Society of Friends	1971


PP KCB 7/7/1	Drafts of Kenneth Barnes’ report on Friends School in Hobart, Tasmania, written as a result of his and Eleanor’s visit	1971	1 folder

	Also a letter from Eric B. Pollard, a Friend from New South Wales, to Kenneth Barnes regarding the report, 1971. Includes ‘A Statement of Educational Policy for the Primary School which the Association is Planning’ by the Association for Modern Education, Canberra, January, 1971.











	Records relating to the Open Letter Movement	1977 - 1984


PP KCB 7/8/1	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various Friends	1977 – 1984	1 folder

	Some of the letters praise Kenneth Barnes’ published books and articles written for various Friends’ publications. Some of the letters have been annotated by Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 7/8/2	‘The Open Letter Movement: Directory of Names and Addresses’	1979	1 item

	Kenneth Barnes is listed.



	Miscellaneous records relating to Kenneth Barnes’ involvement with the Society of Friends	(1970) - 1979


PP KCB 7/9/1	Correspondence between Friends Trusts Limited and Kenneth Barnes relating to his subscription to the Society of Friends	(1970) – 1979	1 folder

	Also York Friends’ Subscription Schedule, 1979; draft list drawn up by Kenneth Barnes detailing his payments to the Friends’ Trust for 1970 – 1979.


PP KCB 7/9/2	General notice for Friends’ Meetings held at Bedales Lodge, Petersfield, Hampshire, on the second and fourth Sunday in each month	n.d.	1 item


PP KCB 7/9/3	‘Quaker Fellowship of the Arts: A Directory of Members’	n.d.	2 items

	Enclosed: an updated list of members which brought the directory completely up-to-date, undated.

	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people and organisations (This section has been kept in the order imposed by Kenneth Barnes. He kept this correspondence separate from the rest of his material, hence there is correspondence here which relates to other sections in the catalogue)	1947 - 1997


	General (both personal and professional) correspondence (This is the only batch of correspondence which does not appear to have any particular order – either by type, content or date. It has been left in the order in which it was found)	1947 – 1997


PP KCB 8/1/1	General correspondence	1947 – 1997	2 folders

	This correspondence is between Kenneth, Frances and Eleanor Barnes and a variety of people including former Wennington School pupils, Cruse (National Organisation for Widows and their children), Friends, personal friends, Home Service Committee, BBC, Friends’ School in Great Ayton, Cleveland, and ‘The Guardian’. A wide range of subjects are covered in the letters. These include Wennington School, personal news from its former pupils and their experiences at the school, Kenneth Barnes’ published material (particularly ‘Energy Unbound’), Quakerism and the Society of Friends, Frensham Heights, and personal news from friends. [continued on next page…]
PP KCB 8/1/1	[continued from previous page] Personal and professional correspondence	1947 – 1997	2 folders

	Also letters addressed to Eleanor Barnes and Frances Barnes. Includes correspondence between A S Neill and Kenneth Barnes (personal), 1966 – 1969; between John Lyward and Kenneth Barnes relating to the death of George Lyward and the situation at Finchden Manor School, Kent, 1973 – 1974; between Kenneth Barnes and Professor Laithwaite, of Imperial College of Science and Technology, relating to the mention of the Professor in ‘Has Science Exploded God?’, 1976 – 1977; between Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes and Friends in Ethiopia giving details of their trip round Ethiopia, 1978; between Kenneth Barnes and John Merrill relating to an insertion about John into Kenneth’s book about Wennington School with a page of facts about John Merrill, a press release about his marathon walk, and details of the British Coastal Walk Lecture Tour, and a draft of the actual insertion for the book, 1979; between Kenneth and Eleanor Barnes and Paul Matt, the man who made their oak furniture, which contains two colour photographs of the Langley Lane Shop, 1980 – 1985; between Kenneth Barnes and other education professionals relating to references for David M Rothwell, a former member of Wennington’s staff, 1975 – 1989; a copy of a letter to Jonathan Croall from Kenneth Barnes regarding material for Jonathan Croall’s book about A S Neill, incomplete, undated; 2 colour, unmounted slides, one depicting a rocky outcrop, the other a group of 8 children camping, undated. [See also the book, ‘All the Best, Neill – Letters from Summerhill’, ed. Jonathan Croall, Andre Deutsch, 1983, for copies of some of the correspondence from A S Neill to Kenneth Barnes] RESTRICTED ACCESS




	Professional correspondence (in original order imposed by Kenneth Barnes of first letter of surname of person or organisation from whom correspondence received)	1959 - 1968


PP KCB 8/2/1	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and people and organisations whose names begin with the letter ‘D’	1959 – 1967	1 folder

	This correspondence relates to Kenneth Barnes’ published books (particularly ‘He and She’), articles and lectures, royalties from his books, and Friends’ meetings. It includes peoples’ feedback on them. Includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Darwen Finlayson Limited, publishers, regarding ‘He and She’, 1962 – 1967. Also a letter from the editor’s assistant at the ‘Daily Express’, Manchester, enclosing a copy of a newspaper article entitled ‘When a husband falls in love again…’ by Esther Rose, 5 February 1962. The article is about Kenneth Barnes.


PP KCB 8/2/2	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and people and organisations whose names begin with the letter ‘G’	1960 – 1968	1 folder

	This correspondence relates to published letters and articles written by Kenneth Barnes, his broadcasts, lectures, and work with the Society of Friends. It includes peoples’ feedback on them. Also a letter from Kenneth Barnes to the General Accident Fire & Life Assurance Corp. Ltd. relating to house insurance, 1964.








PP KCB 8/2/3	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and people and organisations whose names begin with the letter ‘H’	1959 – 1967	1 folder

	This correspondence relates to books and articles written by Kenneth Barnes, his lectures – for Friends and other organisations, BBC broadcasts, and the Swarthmore lecture he gave. It includes peoples’ feedback on them.


PP KCB 8/2/4	Correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and people and organisations whose names begin with the letters ‘I’, ‘J’, and ‘K’	1960 – 1968	1 folder

	This correspondence relates to books and articles written by Kenneth Barnes, his BBC broadcasts, and royalties from his books. It includes peoples’ feedback on them. Includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Mr. E H Goddard, secretary of the Incorporated Association of Head Masters, regarding a book review of ‘A Textbook of Health Education by Denis Pirrie and A J Dalzell-Ward, with a review of it enclosed, 1962; between Kenneth Barnes and Trevor B Jepson regarding a discussion group on Quaker belief, 1965. Also an unsigned contract between Kenneth Barnes and Iris Productions Ltd. for ‘Sunday Break’, discussions and research in connection with ‘Love, Sex and Marriage’ programmes, 1963.













	Official correspondence relating specifically to Kenneth Barnes’ reviews, lectures, symposia, BBC broadcasts and other publications	1959 – 1968


PP KCB 8/3/1	Correspondence relating to reviews and symposia written by Kenneth Barnes	1959 – 1968	1 folder

	This includes correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and George Allen & Unwin Ltd., publishers, relating to the symposium ‘I Believe’, 1964 – 1967; between Kenneth Barnes and Dr. C B Hindley, chairman of the Association for Child Psychology and Psychiatry, inviting Kenneth Barnes to speak at a one day conference on ‘Teenage Sexuality’, 1967.


PP KCB 8/3/2	Correspondence relating to lectures, and reviews and publications written by Kenneth Barnes, and his BBC broadcasts	1960 – 1967	1 folder

	This includes correspondence seeking permission for Kenneth Barnes to quote from other people for one of his books, requests for Kenneth Barnes to give lectures and write articles, and feedback and correspondence arising from Kenneth Barnes’ publications and broadcasts. Also a letter from Margaret Clarke to Kenneth Barnes enclosing two reviews of ‘The Archaic Principle in Education’ a book by Margaret Clarke, 1962; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Mrs M G Steen, Hon. Secretary of Cambridge Marriage Guidance Council, enclosing the Council’s report for 1962.











PP KCB 8/3/3	Correspondence mainly between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC	1960 – 1968	2 folders

	This correspondence relates mainly to Kenneth Barnes’ broadcasts and work for the BBC– arrangements for them and correspondence received (from various people and organisations) as a result of them, and requests for published versions of them and other publications and lectures written by Kenneth Barnes including the Swarthmore Lecture entitled ‘The Creative Imagination’. Includes correspondence from Friends concerning articles and books written by Kenneth Barnes, 1962; between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC relating to various aspects of the series of broadcasts ‘The Christian Religion and its Philosophy’ with a copy of Basil Taylor’s draft script on ‘Art, Imagination and Myth’ for the series, and synopses of other series of talks for the programme, 1962 – 1964; concerning an articles being undertaken by Kenneth Barnes for ‘Breakthrough’, a student Christian Review, 1963; between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC relating to various aspects of the series of broadcasts ‘Nonsense and Hope in Christianity’, 1964. [continued on next page…]


















PP KCB 8/3/3	[continued from previous page] Correspondence mainly between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC	1960 – 1968	2 folders

	Also the Audience Research Report on ‘Charity and Chastity’, a Home Service Broadcast by the BBC involving Kenneth Barnes, with accompanying correspondence, 1963; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Victor Clark, Chief Education Officer for East Riding County Council, relating to a teachers’ course ‘Education in Personal Relationships’ given by Kenneth Barnes, 1963; ‘Bedales and the State System’, an article to which Kenneth Barnes was asked to contribute with accompanying correspondence, 1964; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various people relating to a request for Kenneth Barnes’ help with a sensitive matter, as a result of one of his Friends’ conferences, 1964; contract between Kenneth Barnes and the BBC for ‘The Christian Religion and its Philosophy - Ethics and Human Relationships (6) The Needs of Men and the Claims of Society’ to be broadcast in 1965; correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and Maurice Bridgeland relating to Maurice Bridgeland’s thesis on ‘pioneer work with emotionally disturbed children’, 1966; a copy of ‘Birth Control and the Natural Law’ a script rejected by the BBC, 1968. RESTRICTED ACCESS












	Correspondence relating to Kenneth Barnes’ involvement with the Society of Friends and the reviews, lectures, pamphlets and other publications he wrote for, and on behalf of, the Society	1959 – 1977


PP KCB 8/4/1	Correspondence mainly between Kenneth Barnes and the Friends’ Home Service Committee, ‘The Friend’ and other Friends’ organisations	1959 – 1977	2 folders

	Includes a copy of ‘Religion and the Under Sevens’ an article by Bernard Canter at ‘The Friend’, 1961; a letter from Kenneth Barnes to John Freeman at ‘The New Statesman’ relating to his BBC broadcasts, 1964; an invitation from the College of Ripon & York St John to Kenneth Barnes to sit on an ‘Any Questions’ panel, 1975; a copy of a letter to the Editor of ‘The Friend’ entitled ‘Schools’ by Kenneth Barnes, undated. Also correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and staff at ‘Family Doctor’, a publication of the British Medical Association relating to material written by Kenneth Barnes for them, 1959 – 1966. This includes a list of items to be included in a pamphlet by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Facts of life for Teenagers’ for ‘Family Doctor’, 1959 - 1960; copy of an article published in the September 1961 issue of ‘Family Doctor’ entitled ‘Strictly for Schoolgirls’ by Josephine Barnes, with a copy of an article written by Kenneth Barnes entitled ‘Strictly for Schoolboys’ also for an issue of ‘Family Doctor’, 1963; ‘Sex and Adolescence’ a review of the book written by F R C Casson, by Kenneth Barnes, 1964; a letter from the headmistress of Rowdeford School in Wiltshire to Kenneth Barnes praising his ‘Family Doctor’ booklet, 1966.









	Miscellaneous correspondence	1961 – 1975


PP KCB 8/5/1	Correspondence between Sheila Wood, Secretary of the Association of Assistant Mistresses and Kenneth Barnes relating to a talk given to them by Kenneth Barnes at their annual conference in 1962	1961 – 1962	1 folder

	Also a letter from Kenneth Barnes to Philip Unwin of George Allen & Unwin Ltd. relating to the publication of the conference, 1962.


PP KCB 8/5/2	Personal correspondence between Kenneth Barnes and various personal friends	1962 – 1969	1 folder

	Includes a letter to Kenneth Barnes from George Lyward, 1969; wedding greetings from Quakers in York, 1969; a black and white photograph of a group of children on a rocky outcrop, undated.


PP KCB 8/5/3	Letter from Stephen Wright, Wennington School Bursar, to Kenneth Barnes relating to his pension payment	1975	1 item



	Records relating to Kenneth Barnes, written by other people [See also PP KCB 8/2/1 for a further newspaper article about Kenneth Barnes]	1971


	Interviews with Kenneth Barnes	1971


PP KCB 9/1/1	‘Young Love’, an interview by Edward Kynaston, education correspondent for the ‘Sunday Independent’	1971	1 item

	Published on 21 March, 1971. The article includes a black and photograph of Kenneth Barnes with his wife in Perth.

PP KCB 9/1/2	‘Offers Guidelines in a Time of ‘Barbarous Sexual Life’, an interview reprinted from ‘Des Moines Sunday Register, 10 January 1971	1971	1 item

	The article includes a black and white photograph of Kenneth and Mrs. Barnes chatting with several Scattergood School, West Branch, Iowa, USA, students and faculty members. Note this article was reprinted with permission from Scattergood School.


PP KCB 9/1/3	‘The Affirmative Way’, a copy of a review of the 12 part series of weekly interviews to be undertaken by Joan Bakewell	n.d.	1 item

	The review has been annotated by Kenneth Barnes explaining that he was included in the series.



	Reviews of material written by Kenneth Barnes	n.d.


PP KCB 9/2/1	‘Discipline in the Quaker Home’, a review of the book in ‘Science of Thought Review’	n.d.	1 item




















	Records relating to G. Frances Barnes	1939 –1969


	Articles and addresses written by Frances Barnes	1939 - 1969


PP KCB 10/1/1	Drafts of articles and addresses (it is unclear whether these were published or not)	1939 – 1969	1 folder

	These include 'Background for a Course in Religious Education’, c. 1969; ‘The Significance of Myth’, undated; an untitled address about the nobility of the human spirit, undated; an untitled address about God as creator, undated; an untitled address about the choice of a career, undated. Some of these have been annotated by Kenneth Barnes with details of the date the article was written.


PP KCB 10/1/2	‘Religious Education: Are We All Involved?’	1964	1 volume

	A published version of the annual Presidential Address to the Friends’ Guild of Teachers, in ‘The Friends Quarterly’, April 1964.



	Frances Barnes’ correspondence [See also PP KCB 8/1/1 for further correspondence addressed to Frances Barnes]	1953


PP KCB 10/2/1	Personal correspondence addressed to Frances Barnes	1953	1 item








	Miscellaneous records	n.d.


PP KCB 10/3/1	‘Frances: The Funeral’, draft of a written piece by Kenneth Barnes	n.d.	1 item




































Catalogued by: Teresa Wilmshurst 28 November 2001

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PP KCB

KENNETH C. BARNES: PERSONAL PAPERS

KENNETH CHARLES BARNES: PERSONAL PAPERS

PP KCB 1/1

Education

Medical history

Bedales School

Sunday Evening Assembly papers

Wennington School

Records relating to Creative Society Schools Limited

PP KCB 3/1/1

PP KCB 3/1/2

PP KCB 3/1/3

“Register of Directors’ Holdings and Interests”

PP KCB 3/1/4

Trust Deed for securing issue of debentures of £50 each

PP KCB 3/1/5

A Review of the Debentures

PP KCB 3/1/6

A copy giving Creative Society Schools Limited authority to sell real estate and a draft for the Wennington School Bursary Fund scheme including appointment of trustees.

PP KCB 3/1/7

Members’ voluntary winding-up form

Includes a financial statement showing assets at estimated realisable values and liabilities expected to rank as at 7 December 1979.

Minutes of Meetings of Directors, Governors, Parents and Staff, and School Chairman Files

PP KCB 3/2/1

“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”

The minutes are all signed and include Annual General Meetings, Directors’ and Governors’ meetings.

PP KCB 3/2/1

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“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”

PP KCB 3/2/1

[Continued from previous page]

“Wennington School: Minutes of meetings of Directors. Papers relating to closure etc. From 1959 - 1975”

[See also PP KCB 4/5 for papers relating to the book ‘Energy Unbound’]

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PP KCB 3/2/2

School Chairman’s File

Includes a letter from Kenneth Barnes to Peter Hamilton regarding the obituary of Hugh Leech, 1967.

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PP KCB 3/2/3

School Chairman’s File

Contains notices and agendas of Directors’ meetings; minutes of parent/teacher meeting; Headmaster’s notes for Governors’ meetings; statements of accounts, including staff salary details as at May 1970; correspondence between school Governors and the Chairman relating to school business.

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PP KCB 3/2/4

School Chairman’s File

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PP KCB 3/2/5

Minutes, agendas and notices of Annual General Meetings and meetings of Directors and Governors of the school not included in the volume (PP KCB 3/2/1) or the other Chairman files (PP KCB 3/2/2 - 3/2/4)

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PP KCB 3/2/6

Draft minutes, agendas and notices for Annual General Meetings of Creative Society Schools Limited for the post-closure period of the school

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PP KCB 3/2/7

Minutes of Wennington School Parents’ and School Association meetings

The first set of minutes are from the first meeting which details the rules and object of the Association.

Includes a short talk from the Chairman of the Parents’ Association on the last Parents’ Day.

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