Timothy Dudley-Smith papers: biography of John Stott

This material is held atLambeth Palace Library

  • Reference
    • GB 109 TDS
  • Dates of Creation
    • 1934-2001
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 22 boxes

Scope and Content

The working papers of Timothy Dudley-Smith relating to his two volume biography of John Stott, including subject files relating to 'John Stott: The Making of a Leader', and chapter files for 'John Stott: A Global Ministry'.

Also contains interview transcripts, notes on Stott's published works, correspondence, planning documents and an annotated draft of volume two of the biography.

Access Information

Open

A thirty year embargo (from the date of the documents in the file) has been agreed on the following series of files: TDS/1, TDS/2, TDS/3, TDS/5 and TDS/6/1.

Acquisition Information

Received by the Library in 2002.

Other Finding Aids

Catalogued by Adele Allen in 2013-14.

Appraisal Information

For the purposes of writing the biography of John Stott a high volume of original documents were copied and filed by Timothy Dudley-Smith. During appraisal, items have been removed only where they reproduce voluminous sections of material from the original files, and in these cases the catalogue entries note the reference of the related material in the Stott papers.