Correspondence with Goldsmiths Hall re wartime storage of the New Cathedral plate and possible exhibition of some items 1940 - 1941

File of correspondence between the Bishop of Guildford and Goldsmiths Hall where the New Cathedral plate is in storage.

Discusses the exhibition of some items at the New York World’s Fair in 1940, the transfer of most items out of London for safety to the Crypt of the Cathedral and the possibility of some pieces being exhibited rather elsewhere.

Includes list of items and estimated values.

Letter from the Central Council for the Care of Churches with a printed pamphlet ‘Emergency Storage of Valuables from Churches’.