Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958. Presidential Papers, American Unitarian Association, 1936-1958.

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Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958. Presidential Papers, American Unitarian Association, 1936-1958.

1936-1958.

Correspondence of Frederick May Eliot with Unitarian ministers, including A. Powell Davies and Stephen Hole Fritchman; correspondence with Unitarian churches; meaterial dealing with the Beacon Press and the Christian Register; material dealing with committees and commissions of the American Unitarian Association and related organizations; correspondence with non-Unitarians (Eleanor Roosevelt, Adlai Stevenson, Willard L. Sperry, Leverett Saltonstall, T.S. Eliot, et al.); and some personal papers.

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