Beacon Press
Variant namesThe Beacon Press, a department of the Unitarian Universalist Association, traces its beginnings to 1854 when the American Unitarian Association raised $50,000 for a Book Fund Project. The AUA "issued an urgent call for liberal works that would meet the spiritual needs of the age." Until 1950, the strength of the Press was in history, biography, and a locus in religious thought and religious freedom. Melvin Arnold became the director of the Press in the late 1940s, and he transformed it into a widely recognized voice for liberal religious values. Since the late 1980s, the Beacon Press has taken on an increasingly independent institutional role as a publisher of works of fiction and non-fiction with contemporary or historical religious, social, and philosophical perspectives.
From the guide to the Beacon Press. Wendy Kaminer. Records, 2003-2008., (Andover-Harvard Theological Library, Harvard Divinity School)
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| creatorOf | Bly, Robert. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1972-1998. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | La Piana, George, 1879-1971. Papers, 1878-1972. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | New Directions Publishing records | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Unitarian Service Committee. Administrative Records, 1948-1953 | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | The Nation, records, 1879-1974 (inclusive), 1920-1955 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Vincent Ferrini Papers., n.d., 1949-1977. | Archives & Special Collections at the Thomas J. Dodd Center. | |
| referencedIn | Paul Blanshard Papers, 1912-1979 | Bentley Historical Library | |
| referencedIn | Ted Freedman Papers, 1926-1974 | Bancroft Library | |
| creatorOf | Herskovits, Melville J. (Melville Jean), 1895-1963. Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, 1902-1972. | New York Public Library System, NYPL | |
| creatorOf | Beacon Press. Wendy Kaminer. Records, 2003-2008. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| creatorOf | Jordan, June, 1936-2002. Office files : of The American Poetry Review, 1974-1980. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Presidential Papers, American Unitarian Association, 1936-1958. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Learned Hand papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Paul Ramsey Papers, 1934-1984 and undated | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| referencedIn | Melville J. and Frances S. Herskovits papers, 1902-1972 | Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture. Rare Books, Manuscripts, and Archives Section | |
| referencedIn | Harry Levin papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1909-1968. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | La Piana, George, 1879-1971. Papers, 1878-1972. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | Arnold, Melvin. Papers, 1945-1956 (inclusive). | Harvard University, Divinity School Library | |
| referencedIn | Horace Mann Bond Papers, 1830-1979, 1926-1972 | Special Collections and University Archives, UMass Amherst Libraries | |
| referencedIn | Herbert Marcuse compositions, 1964-1971. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Bernard J. Bamberger Papers., 1909-1979. | The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives | |
| referencedIn | Lawrence Graham Brooks papers, 1897-1981 | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| creatorOf | Beacon Press. Correspondence, 1951-1956, from Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Joy, Charles R. (Charles Rhind), 1885-1978. Papers, 1909-1968 (inclusive). | Harvard University, Divinity School Library | |
| referencedIn | Vera Zorina papers | Harvard Theater Collection, Houghton Library, Harvard College Library, Harvard University | |
| creatorOf | Beacon Press. Correspondence to Van Wyck Brooks, 1955. | University of Pennsylvania Library | |
| creatorOf | Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979. Herbert Marcuse compositions, 1964-1971. | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Paul A. Freund papers | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Fuller, Lon L. Lon L. Fuller papers. 1926-1977. | Harvard Law School Library Langdell Hall Cambridge, MA 02138 | |
| referencedIn | Friends of the Beacon Press, Inc. Records, 1978. | Harvard University, Divinity School Library | |
| referencedIn | Erik H. and Joan M. Erikson papers, 1925-1985 (inclusive) 1960-1980 (bulk). | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Jody Jones Hunter Collection of Works by William Styron, 1831-2001 | David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library | |
| creatorOf | Beacon Press. Letters, 1951-1957, to Lewis Mumford. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| creatorOf | Marcuse, Herbert, 1898-1979. Office files of The American Poetry Review, 1977. | University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library | |
| referencedIn | Papers, 1880-1990. | Andover-Harvard Theological Library | |
| referencedIn | William Ernest Hocking papers | Houghton Library | |
| referencedIn | Gore Vidal papers, 1850-2020 (inclusive), 1936-2008 (bulk) | Houghton Library |
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