Waldo Beach papers, 1949-1986.

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Waldo Beach papers, 1949-1986.

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Collection includes correspondence, memoranda, typescripts and printed material primarily concerning ethics. Major subjects include civil rights and research in politics and ethics. Individual files include a proposal to the Danforth Foundation to improve teaching, correspondence concerning residential development in Duke Forest, conferences on Human Values and Public Policy, and cooperative research in the areas of politics and ethics. Items of note include a copy of an undated typescript, "A President Named Jimmy" , by James D. Barber, a pamphlet produced by the Durham Community Planning Council titled "Durham's Assets in the Arts" , and first-hand accounts of the January 3, 1964 sit-in in Chapel Hill. The collection ranges in date from 1949-1986.

300 items (0.7 linear ft.)

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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SNAC Resource ID: 6906849

Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University. Divinity School

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Established in 1926, the Divinity School is one of 13 seminaries founded and supported by the United Methodist Church, and attracts students from around the nation and several different countries. The Divinity School has from its beginnings been ecumenical in aspiration, teaching, and practice. From the description of Divinity School Records, circa 1920-2005. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 758677083 Established in 1926, the Divinity School is one...

Beach, William Waldo, 1916-2001.

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William Waldo Beach was born in 1916 in Middletown, Connecticut. He received his B.A. from Wesleyan University in 1937 and his B.D. and Ph.D. from Yale in 1940 and 1944, respectively. He was ordained as a minister of the United Methodist Church. Beach taught at Antioch College before joining the faculty Duke's Divinity School in 1946, where he served as Director of Graduate Studies from 1959-1969 and specialized in Christian ethics, racial politics, ecology and technology. He supervised the diss...

Danforth Foundation (Saint Louis, Mo.)

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The Danforth Seminary Internship Program, first inaugurated in 1956, was designed to afford opportunities for students chosen as interns to test themselves for a possible vocation in campus Christian work. From the description of Records of the Danforth Seminary Internship Program, 1956-1965 (inclusive). (Yale University). WorldCat record id: 702173312 During the 1960s, a growing apathy toward Christianity was apparent in American society, particularly among college and univ...

Barber, James David.

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James David Barber was a Political Science professor at Duke from 1972-1995. From the description of James David Barber scrapbook, 1939-1996. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 162519464 ...