Douglas Woodruff Papers

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Douglas Woodruff Papers

1908-1963

https://archivesspace.library.nd.edu/repositories/2/resources/1234

Letters received or collected by Woodruff including letters or notes from Shane Leslie, Francis Cardinal Bourne, Henry Cardinal Manning, J.M.J. Acton, Alfred Noyes, F.C. Hingeston-Randolph, Frances Chesterton, Hilaire Belloc, Alan Herbert, Marie Belloc Lowndes, Robert C. Latham, and others; manuscript prayers and notes; datebooks of Woodruff, 1926, 1958; Mass cards, post cards, Christmas cards, clippings, and photographs.

3 linear inches and 2 albums of photographs

eng, Latn

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Woodruff, Douglas, 1897-1978

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(John) Douglas Woodruff was born on May 8, 1897 to Cumberland Woodruff and Emily Louise Hewitt in Wimbledon, England. Woodruff converted to Catholicism at the age of 13, following his mother’s conversion. Woodruff was educated at Downside School, and New College, Oxford. At Oxford, Woodruff was a member of the Union’s debating team alongside his friend Christopher Hollis, later a Conservative politician. From 1936 to 1967, Woodruff was editor of the Tablet, a Catholic weekly international rev...