Searle, Robert W. (Robert Wyckoff), 1894-1967

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Robert Searle (1894-1967) was an American clergyman and minister in the Reformed Church in America. He was also an author of several books and collections of sermons, and the editor of Protestant World .

Robert Wyckoff Searle was born in New Brunswick, New Jersey in 1894. He graduated from Rutgers College in 1915, then went to the New Brunswick Theological Seminary of the Reformed Church of America, later receiving his doctorate from Rutgers in 1929. Mr. Searle was a pastor for thirteen years in three different churches: the Fort Washington Collegiate Church, New York City, the First Reformed Church, Albany, and finally the Madison Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City.

Searle became General Secretary of the Greater New York Federation of Churches in 1934 and Director of Community Relations for the Protestant Council of New York City in 1941. Later he was appointed editor of the Protestant World newspaper. Searle was active in many civic and religious organizations that promoted social, legal, and political reforms.

From the guide to the Robert W. Searle Papers, 1918-1967, (Special Collections Research Center, Syracuse University Libraries)

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creatorOf American Committee for Justice to the Armenians. Correspondence with Theodore Dreiser, 1945. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939. Ernst Toller papers, 1922-1976 (inclusive), 1934-1939 (bulk). Yale University Library
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn New York Times Company records. Arthur Hays Sulzberger papers, 1823-1999 New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
creatorOf Robert W. Searle Papers, 1918-1967 Syracuse University. Library. Special Collections Research Center
referencedIn Ernst Toller papers, 1917-1978, 1933-1939 Yale University. Department of Manuscripts and Archives
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associatedWith American Committee for Justice to the Armenians. corporateBody
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith New York Times Company corporateBody
associatedWith Protestant Council of the City of New York. corporateBody
associatedWith Reformed Church in America. corporateBody
associatedWith Toller, Ernst, 1893-1939. person
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Activism and social reform
Christianity
Christianity
Christianity and politics
Christian sociology
Church and clergy
Clergy
Clergy as authors
Philosophy and religion
Sermons, American
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Clergy
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Birth 1894

Death 1967

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