National Conference of Christians and Jews.

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The conference, founded as the National Conference of Jews and Christians, was formed to promote the religious ideals of brotherhood and justice. The conference name changed Nov. 28, 1938 to National Conference of Christians and Jews.

From the description of National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1927-1989. (University of Minnesota, Minneapolis). WorldCat record id: 63285851

The National Conference of Christians and Jews, was formed in 1928 to facilitate cooperation between religions on civic and social justice issues and to promote understanding and mutual respect through education and dialogue. The roots of the conference's founding conference lay in the Committee on Good Will between Jews and Christians, which was founded circa 1923 within the Federal Council of the Churches of Christ in America. Dr Alfred Anthony, executive secretary of the Home Missions Council, and John W. Herrings, of the Federal Council's staff, provided early initiative and leadership for the committee. Accounts of its founding indicate that the committee was formed, in part, as a response to the resurgence and popularity of the Ku Klux Klan during the 1920s. The conference began as a series of meetings and discussions between a small group of supporters and interested individuals. Early backers of the idea included leaders of the Federal council of the Churches of Christ, B'nai B'rith, the Central Conference of Rabbis, and the Roman Catholic Church. In 1927, the decision to create the National Conference of Christians and Jews was formalized. Everett R. Clinchy was appointed to direct a program for the conference. In the fall of 1928, the first NCCJ seminar, created by Clinchy, was hosted by Columbia University. Clinchy also secured cooperation of three co-chairman for the new organization: Carlton J. H. Hayes as the Catholic co-chairman, Newton D Baker as the Protestant co-chairman; and Roger Williams Strauss (who was an early supporter of the Conference) as the Jewish co-chairman. The organization continues to work for social justice as the National Conference for Community and Justice. A time line of the history of the organization is available on the NCCJ website.

From the guide to the National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1927-1989, (University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives [swha])

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn National Jewish Welfare Board, Records, undated, 1889-1995 (bulk 1917-1990) American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995. Papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], ca.1941-1949. University of Virginia. Library
referencedIn Morison, H. Graham (Hugh Graham), 1906-1976. Papers, 1930-1976. Harry S. Truman Library
referencedIn Cohn, Isidore, 1885-1980. Isidore Cohn papers, 1879-1972 (bulk 1920-1950). Louisiana State University, LSU Libraries
referencedIn Leyendecker, J. C., 1874-1951. Poster collection, 1917-[196-]. Lawrence Public Library
creatorOf National Conference of Christians and Jews. National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1927-1989. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis
referencedIn Elmo Roper Papers., 1909-1972 Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn Dialogue Television Series collection, 1984-1992 Xavier University Archives and Special Collections
referencedIn Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Foundation. Archives, 1971-1991. Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries
referencedIn James Parton papers, 1914-1986. Houghton Library
referencedIn National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1959-1977. San Diego State University Library, SDSU Library and Information Access
referencedIn John Johnston Parker Papers (#3464), 1920-1956 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967. Papers, 1921-1967. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Don Shoemaker Papers, 1937-1998 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. Audio tapes of BGEA, 1949-[ongoing]. Billy Graham Archive & Research Center
creatorOf National Conference of Christians and Jews. Collection, n.d. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library
referencedIn Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993. Personal papers, 1948-1992. Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. Abe M. Luntz papers, 1886-1982. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Copeland family. Papers, 1637-1998 (bulk, 1950-1998). Hagley Museum & Library
referencedIn Inventory to the Records of the Rutgers University Chaplain (Bradford S. Abernethy), 1928-1974 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Rutgers University. Office of the University Chaplain. Records of the University Chaplain, 1928-1974. Rutgers University
creatorOf Hilliard, Raymond M., 1907-1966. Raymond M. Hilliard papers, 1922-1967. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Blumenthal family. Collection 1910-2004, 1945-2001 / Blumenthal family. University of North Carolina, Charlotte, J. Murrey Atkins Library
referencedIn Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.). Records, 1927-1980. Andover-Harvard Theological Library
referencedIn Friedan, Betty, 1921-2006. Papers, 1933-1985 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Wax, James A. (James Aaron), 1912-1989. Rabbi James A. Wax collection, 1922-1989. Memphis Public Library & Information Center, Benjamin L. Hooks Central Library
creatorOf National Conference of Christians and Jews. Correspondence with Marian Anderson, 1949-1966. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
referencedIn Henry Noble MacCracken papers, 1914-1968. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn J. B. Matthews Papers, 1862-1986 and undated David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Robert Manning papers, 1938-1993. Houghton Library
referencedIn James Weldon Johnson and Grace Nail Johnson papers, circa 1850-2005, 1900-1976 Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Records of Radcliffe College President Wilbur Kitchener Jordan, 1943-1960. Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Flynn, Vincent J. (Vincent Joseph), 1901-1956. Vincent J. Flynn papers, 1928-1957, bulk 1944-1956. University of St Thomas, UST
creatorOf Rose Bros. Fur Co. (Saint Paul, Minn.). Company records, 1855-1955. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Max James Kohler Papers, 1765-1963 (bulk 1888-1935) American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Oswald Garrison Villard papers Houghton Library
referencedIn Philip Lax, papers, undated, 1915, 1917, 1944-2003, 2005-2008 (bulk 1970s-1980s) American Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Cardinal, Edward V., (Edward Victor), 1897-1981. Papers, 1920-1969. University of Notre Dame, Hesburgh Library
referencedIn Davison Fund, inc. Archives, 1930-1942. Rockefeller Archive Center
referencedIn Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967. Papers, 1921-1967 1940-1949. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Patterson, Henry C., 1889-1972. Papers, 1929-1972. Balch Institute for Ethnic Studies Library
referencedIn University of Connecticut, President's Office Records [Homer D. Babbidge, 1962-1972], undated, 1962-1972. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
creatorOf National Conference for Community and Justice. National Conference for Community and Justice records, 1987-1998 and undated. Milwaukee Jewish Historical Society
referencedIn Harold C. Fleming Papers, 1950-1993, (bulk 1961-1987) Library of Congress. Manuscript Division
referencedIn Carlyle Marney Papers, 1899-1979 David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library
referencedIn Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995. Additional papers of Virginius Dabney [manuscript], ca.1945-1947. University of Virginia. Library
creatorOf National Conference of Christians and Jews records, 1927-1989 University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives
referencedIn Post Family Papers, 1882-1973 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Everett R. Clinchy papers, 1919-1984 University of Minnesota Libraries. Social Welfare History Archives
referencedIn Alexander W. McAlister Papers, 1886-1946 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn National Conference of Christians and Jews Records, 1959-1977, 1968-1975 Special Collections & University Archives
referencedIn Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. Abe M. Luntz papers, series II, 1916-1987. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Counselbaum, Stella. Stella Counselbaum papers, 1944-1969. Chicago History Museum
referencedIn Admiral Lewis Lichtenstein Strauss Papers, 1908-1973 American Jewish Historical Society
creatorOf Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976. Family Papers, 1922-1976 1965-1976. Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library
referencedIn Elizabeth Hughes Gossett papers, 1907-1990, 1924-1981 Bentley Historical Library
referencedIn Schnorrenberg Family Papers, 1821-2018 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
creatorOf National Conference of Christians and Jews. Issues in the desegregation of public schools, a study of the Hartford situation; a report of six community seminars held on the campus of Trinity College, Hartford, Connecticut, from November 10, 1975 to December 15, 1975. Trinity College Library
referencedIn Papers, 1914-1968. New York State Historical Documents Inventory
referencedIn William C. Friday Papers, 1942-1999 and undated (bulk 1985-1999) University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Robertson, William Bernard. William Bernard Robertson Papers 1946-2006. Bluefield State College, Wendell G. Hardway Library
referencedIn Lusk, Hall Stoner, 1883-1983,. Hall Stoner Lusk photographs collection [graphic], 1937-1968. Oregon Historical Society Research Library
referencedIn Luntz family. Abe M. Luntz family photographs, ca. late 1800s-1995 [graphic] Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn University of Connecticut, President's Office Records [John A. DiBiaggio, 1979-1985], undated, 1952-1986. Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center.
referencedIn McNeill Smith Papers, 1937-1999 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Union of American Hebrew Congregations. Records, 1873-1985. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Luntz, Theodore M., 1926-. Theodore M. Luntz papers, 1944-2010. Western Reserve Historical Society, Research Library
referencedIn Ad Hoc Committee on the Human Rights and Genocide Treaties. Ad Hoc Committee on the Human Rights and Genocide Treaties records, 1943-1982 (bulk 1960-1979). Churchill County Museum
referencedIn Hansen, Connor T., 1913- . Papers, 1913-1987. Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project
referencedIn Papers, 1931-2002 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
creatorOf Brin, Fanny Fligelman, 1884-1961. Fanny F. Brin papers, 1896-1958. Minnesota Historical Society Library
referencedIn Records of Religious and Benevolent Societies, Organizations and Meetings, 1800-1987 (inclusive). Yake University Divinity School Library
referencedIn Records of Radcliffe College President Ada Louise Comstock, 1923-1943 Arthur and Elizabeth Schlesinger Library on the History of Women in America‏
referencedIn Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York. 1950-66. Archives. 1949-66. Tulane University, Amistad Research Center
referencedIn Whitney M. Young Jr. Memorial Foundation Records, 1971-1991. Columbia University. Rare Book and Manuscript Library
referencedIn Barbara B. Kennelly Papers. undated, 1977-1998. University of Connecticut, Thomas J. Dodd Research Center.
referencedIn Morris S. Lazaron papers, 1851-1979 (bulk 1930-1950) The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
referencedIn Macht, Wolfe, 1890-1952. Papers, 1918-1949. The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives
Role Title Holding Repository
Relation Name
associatedWith Ad Hoc Committee on the Human Rights and Genocide Treaties. person
associatedWith Arlington Street Church (Boston, Mass.) corporateBody
associatedWith Betty Friedan person
associatedWith Billy Graham Evangelistic Association. corporateBody
associatedWith Blumenthal family. person
associatedWith Brin, Fanny Fligelman, 1884-1961. person
associatedWith Brown, Sterling W. person
associatedWith Cardinal, Edward V., (Edward Victor), 1897-1981. person
associatedWith Clinchy, Everett R. 1896- person
associatedWith Cohn, Isidore, 1885-1980. person
associatedWith Committee on Civil Rights in Metropolitan New York. 1950-66. corporateBody
associatedWith Comstock, Ada Louise. person
associatedWith Copeland family. family
associatedWith Counselbaum, Stella. person
associatedWith Dabney, Virginius, 1901-1995. person
associatedWith Davison Fund, inc. corporateBody
associatedWith Fleming, Harold C. person
associatedWith Flynn, Vincent J. (Vincent Joseph), 1901-1956. person
associatedWith Friday, William C. (William Clyde). person
associatedWith Gossett, Elizabeth Hughes, 1908-1981 person
associatedWith Greenewalt, Crawford H., 1902-1993. person
associatedWith Greenfield, Albert M., 1887-1967. person
associatedWith Hansen, Connor T., 1913- . person
associatedWith Hilliard, Raymond M., 1907-1966. person
associatedWith Horowitz, Edward, 1904-1986. person
associatedWith Hyatt, David. person
associatedWith Johnson, James Weldon, 1871-1938. person
associatedWith Jones, Lewis Webster. person
associatedWith Jordan, W. K. (Wilbur Kitchener), 1902- person
associatedWith Kennelly, Barabara B. person
associatedWith Kerner, Otto, 1908-1976. person
associatedWith Kohler, Max J. (Max James), 1871-1934 person
associatedWith Lax, Philip, 1920-2012 person
correspondedWith Lazaron, Morris Samuel person
associatedWith Luntz, Abe M., 1893-1981. person
associatedWith Luntz family. family
associatedWith Luntz, Theodore M., 1926- person
associatedWith Lusk, Hall Stoner, 1883-1983, person
associatedWith MacCracken, H. N. (Henry Noble), b. 1880. person
associatedWith Macht, Wolfe, 1890-1952. person
associatedWith Manning, Robert, 1919- person
associatedWith Marney, Carlyle, 1916-1978 person
associatedWith Matthews, J. B. (Joseph Brown), 1894-1966 person
associatedWith McAlister, Alexander W., 1862-1946 person
associatedWith Morison, H. Graham (Hugh Graham), 1906-1976. person
associatedWith Murphy, Robert. person
associatedWith National Conference for Community and Justice. corporateBody
associatedWith National Conference of Christians and Jews (San Diego, Calif.) corporateBody
associatedWith National Conference of Jews and Christians. corporateBody
associatedWith National Jewish Welfare Board corporateBody
associatedWith Parker, John Johnston, 1885-1958 person
correspondedWith Parton, James, 1912- person
associatedWith Patterson, Henry C., 1889-1972. person
associatedWith Post Family family
associatedWith Robertson, William Bernard. person
associatedWith Roper, Elmo, 1900-1971 person
associatedWith Rose Bros. Fur Co. (Saint Paul, Minn.) corporateBody
associatedWith Rutgers University. Office of the University Chaplain. corporateBody
associatedWith Rutgers University. Office of the University Chaplain (Bradford S. Abernethy) corporateBody
correspondedWith RUTH HANDLER person
associatedWith Schnorrenberg family. family
associatedWith Schnorrenberg family. family
correspondedWith Shoemaker, Don, 1912-1998 person
associatedWith Smith, McNeill. person
associatedWith Smith, Norman B. person
associatedWith Strauss, Lewis L. person
associatedWith Sullivan, John L. person
associatedWith Union of American Hebrew Congregations. corporateBody
associatedWith University of Connecticut. President's Office. corporateBody
correspondedWith Villard, Oswald Garrison, 1872-1949 person
associatedWith Ward, Alfred M. person
associatedWith Wax, James A. (James Aaron), 1912-1989. person
associatedWith Whitney M. Young, Jr. Memorial Foundation. corporateBody
associatedWith WKRC (Televison Station, Cincinnati, Ohio) corporateBody
Place Name Admin Code Country
United States
United States
Subject
Brotherhood Week
Christianity and other religions
Christianity and other religions
Civil Liberties and Rights
Intergroup relations
Jews
Jews
Judaism
Religious pluralism
Religious pluralism
Occupation
Activity

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Active 1922

Active 1967

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