Representative Church Body Library, Dublin MS 438 Miscellaneous correspondence, speeches, papers and photographs of J.L.B. Deane (d.2012) rel. mainly to his contributions to the work of the General Synod and the Standing Committee, Pensions Board, Board of Education, Role of the Church Committee, Representative Church Body, and the Cork, Cloyne and Ross Diocesan Synod 1958-2014 From Canon J.L.B. Deane, Bandon, Co. Cork and his executors 1. Correspondence, speeches and papers 1-2. 25 January 1958 Two legal opinions obtained by J.L.B.D. from V.T.H. Delany, Faculty of Law, Queen's University, Belfast, rel. to the marriage of minors (5 ff, TS). 2a. 7 Feb. 1958 Letter from [Maj.] Charles Roberts, Treanlaur, Newport, Co. Mayo rel. to diocesan views in Tuam, Killala & Achonry about the possible election of a new bishop. 3. 16 May 1959 Letter from Sir Cecil Stafford King-Harman rel. to a bill in the General Synod to establish episcopal electoral colleges. 4-5. 24 & 28 Sept. Two letters from Charles Tyndall, Bishop of Derry, 1960 suggesting the centralising of church records and the revision of the official history of the Church of Ireland in preparation for celebrating the centenary of disestablishment. 6. 1962 Speech at the General Synod introducing the report of the Representative Church Body (13 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 7-9. 1963 Three speeches on the Anglican Congress, Toronto (3ff, 10ff, 5 ff, TS) 10-12. 1, 3 & Oct. Correspondence with James McCann, Archbishop of 1963 Armagh, and Maurice Dobbin rel. to consideration by the Church of Ireland of "Mutual Responsibility and Interdependence in the Body of Christ", a document from the Toronto Congress, together with an explanatory note from J.L.B.D. 13. 3 May 1966 Letter to Michael Bruce rel. to the finances of the Church of Ireland Gazette with appended financial statements. 14. 1966 Speech in the General Synod introducing Bills Nos 2,3 & 4 which related to revision of the constitution (4 ff, TS). 15. 27 Oct. 1966 Speech introducing the report of the Diocesan Board of Education at the Cork, Cloyne & Ross Diocesan Synod, Cork (4 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 16. 1966-71 File of papers rel. to the Cork schools controversy together with some reflections on the issue by J.L.B.D. dated 22 Aug. 1994. 17-18. 17 & 21 Feb. Two letters from Capt. H.C.P. Hamilton, Durrow, 1967 rel. to dissatisfaction with Archbishop McCann. 19. [c.1967] Paper on Administration 1967 [Report of the Advisory Committee on Administration submitted to the General Synod] (10 ff, TS). 20. [1967] Introduction to a motion for the Standing Committee of the General Synod rel. to the withdrawal of an invitation to the Bishop of Ripon, J.R.H. Moorman, to preach in Belfast Cathedral (2 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 21-3. 16 May, 30 June & Three letters from Maurice Dobbin, Dublin, rel. to 8 July 1967 Administration 1967. 24. 12 Oct. 1967 Letter from the Bishop of Clogher, Alan Buchanan, rel. to efforts to have "shared" churches in Craigavon. 25. 30 Oct. 1969 Speech introducing the report of the Diocesan Council at the Cork, Cloyne & Ross Diocesan Synod (7 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 25a-s 1971-2004 Copy minutes, papers & corresp. mainly between JLBD and the Department of Education and the Commissioners of Charitable Donations & Bequests rel. to the Crofton Endowment. 26. 1971 Speech in the General Synod introducing revised chapters of the constitution (2 ff, TS). 27. 22 June 1971 Letter to Fr C. McGarry SJ, Conference Of Major Religious Superiors, rel. to proposals for community schools. 28-9. 2 July 1971 Letter from Canon W.G. Wilson rel. to plans for a special meeting of the General Synod to consider the re- arrangement of dioceses, together with the draft of a mandate, prepared by James R. Lindsay, summoning the Synod. 30. Aug. 1971 Copy invitation to the institution of the Revd R.H.A. Eames to the incumbency of the St Fin Barre's group of parishes and his installation as Dean of Cork. 31. 10 Sept. 1971 Speech at the meeting of the Irish Council of Churches Executive Committee rel. to the statement by the Archbishop of Armagh, the President of the Methodist Church and the Moderator of the General Assembly on internment in N. Ireland (3 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 32. 21 October 1971 Letter from James R. Lindsay, Portadown, congratulating J.L.B.D. on a letter in the Church of Ireland Gazette rel. to the revision of the constitution. 33. 21 October 1971 Letter from James R. Lindsay, Portadown, giving an opinion on the two year General Synod bill proceedure. 33a-b. 12 Feb & 3 Mar 1973 Letters from the Bishop of Kilmore, Edward Moore, rel. to a bill for the rearrangement of dioceses. 33c. 21 April 1973 Letter from Canon J.L. Enright, Waterville, Co. Kerry, rel. to the report of the committee for the rearrangement of dioceses in the southern province. 34-5. 29 April & 1 May Letters from the Archbishop of Armagh, George Simms, 1973 and the Clerk to the General Synod, J.F. Buttimore, rel. to the suggestion that the Roman Catholic Church might be invited to send guests to the General Synod. 36. 31 August 1973 Letter from Senator Trevor West rel. to the inclusion of clergy in the state social insurance scheme + explanatory note. 36a. 30 Nov. 1973 Letter from the Bishop of Limerick, Ardfert and Aghadoe, Donald Caird, rel. to the Select Committee on Canons. 37. 11 June 1974 Speech at the Down & Dromore Diocesan Synod (11 ff, TS). 37a-b. 16 Dec. 1974 & Two letters from the Bishop of Kilmore, Edward 21 Jan. 1975 Moore, rel. to the Commission on Ministry. 37c. 11 April 1975 Letter from [Maj.} Chas. [Roberts], Treanlaun, Newport, Co. Mayo rel. to a bill about clergy superannuation. 38. 1975 Speech at the General Synod proposing Bill No. 2 on appointments to parishes (3 ff, TS). 39. 1975 Speech at the General Synod proposing the report of the Select Committee on Procedure (3 ff, TS) 39a. 8 Nov. 1975 Letter from JLBD to Charles [Roberts] expressing reservations about the decision to invite [Howard] Robinson to make the report on the financial situation at the meeting of the Representative Church Body. 39b. 25 Feb. 1976 Letter from [the Revd] Roy Warke, Zion Rectory, Dublin, resigning from the Communications Committee and suggesting [the Revd] Desmond Harman and [the Revd] Houston McKelvey as possible members of the Committee. 40-2. 8 & 11 March Exchange of letters between J.L.B.D. and Alan Johnston, 1976 Church of Ireland Press Officer, rel. to to the release of information from a meeting of the Standing Committee to the Church of Ireland Gazette, together with a proposed statement on the matter from the Press Officer to April meeting of the Standing Committee. 43. 1976 Speech at the General Synod introducing a bill to alter the procedure of episcopal electoral colleges (3 ff, TS). 43a. 16 September 1976 Letter from Kenneth Milne advising of his appointment as Principal of the Church of Ireland College of Education and his intention to resign as Secretary of the Board of Education. 44-8. 14, 22, 26 & 31 Correspondence with the Archbishop of Dublin, Alan March 1977 Buchanan, and Canon Eric Elliott, Hon. Secretary of the Role of the Church Committee, rel. to the unauthorised use of J.L.B.D.'s name on a press release from the Role of the Church Committee, together with a copy of the press release + an explanatory note. 49. 10 Aug. 1978 Address on "Education in the Pluralist or Secular State" at the Social Study Conference, Creeslough, Co. Donegal (11 ff, TS + explanatory MS note). 50-3. 14 Aug & 8 Sept Two letters from the Revd T.J. Simpson, Secretary to 1978 the Board of Education of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland, with replies from J.L.B.D., objecting to references in the address to the Presbyterian Church. 54-5. 14 & 28 Aug. Two letters from Cathal B. Daly, Bishop of Ardagh & 1978 Clonmacnoise, expressing delight at the address and requesting a copy of the script. 56-8. 5, 9 & 12 June Two letters from J.L.B.D. to the Dean of Christ Church, 1981 Dublin, T.N.D.C. Salmon, protesting at the failure to invite the lay representatives of the province of Dublin to a Eucharist in Christ Church Cathedral attended by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Robert Runcie, together with a reply from Dean Salmon. 59. 17 June 1980 Memorandum for the Finance Committee rel. to pensions (3 ff). 60. 1982 Speech at the General Synod proposing the adoption of the report of the Church of Ireland Pensions Board (4 ff, TS). 61. 24 May 1982 Letter from Alan Acheson, Enniskillen, rel. to his membership of various church committees. 61a. 24 May 1982 Letter from JLBD to Christina Murphy, Education Correspondent, The Irish Times, rel. to an interview with Bishop [Donald] Caird which suggested that all small Church of Ireland boarding schools were in need of renovation. 62. Sept. 1982 Speech at the Representative Church Body introducing the report of the Committee on the Financing of the Episcopacy (5 ff, TS with MS additions and corrections). 62a. [n.d., after 1982] Memorandum on the position of the RCB as the body deemed for the purpose of the Income Tax Acts to be the ‘employer’ of the archbishop s and bishops. 63. 1983 Speech at the General Synod introducing a bill for an episcopal levy (2 ff, TS).