Papers, 1912-1965.

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Papers, 1912-1965.

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Subject files, 1912-1965, contain correspondence, articles, reports, clippings, sermons, lectures, and printed materials relating to his social reform interests and his professional life. Subjects include the American Federation of Teachers, Church Government Survey, 1931-1932, investigations of coal mines in West Virginia in 1923, Japan, labor, Legislative Committee on Jails in Connecticut, 1932-1936, Oberlin College, peace movement, trip to Russia in 1957, and personal and family matters. Speech and writing files contain drafts, background materials, manuscripts, and correspondence relating to speeches, articles, and books by Davis, 1916-1964.

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