Stella Alexander's interest in Yugoslavia was sparked by reading Fitzroy Maclean's Eastern Approaches and Disputed Barricade, and by her meeting three young Yugoslavs at a Quaker seminar in 1957. She went on to write two books about the country: Church and State in Yugoslavia Since 1945 (Cambrid...
Religious Society of Friends papers of Stella Alexander
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Contains Stella Alexander's writings for RSF publications and correspondence relating to RSF business. Alexander's reports and writings on Yugoslavia for RSF publications and committees can be found in series Add MS 89279/4.
Papers relating to Stella Alexander’s reception into the Catholic Church
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Stella Alexander was received into the Catholic Church in Apr 1991. Includes letters of congratulation, including correspondence with Basil Hume, Archbishop of Westminster.
Contains writings and talks by Stella Alexander on subjects other than Yugoslavia and Quaker matters. Writings and talks on these subjects can be found at Add MS 89279/4 and Add MS 89279/5 respectively. Includes texts on: Pre-war life in Shanghai (BBC Women's Hour) Communism in China (Manchester...
Papers of John Alexander-Sinclair, collected by Stella Alexander
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Includes: A letter (1929) to his father concerning the murder of two Chinese generals. A report of a visit to Germany in November 1938. Notes of (separate) visits to the British Ambassador to China by Gen. Yeh Chien-ying and Sir Stafford Cripps, 1940. A letter from Edmund Clubb, US Consular Serv...