Papers, 1895-1961 (inclusive), 1895-1935 (bulk).

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Papers, 1895-1961 (inclusive), 1895-1935 (bulk).

Manuscripts and related materials (books, fiction, short stories, plays, poetry), professional papers (articles and addresses, 1906-1933; sermons, 1912-1922, 1931-1933; prayers; material relating to parishes; materials relating to service in the American Unitarian Association and the Unitarian Laymen's League Mission); and personal papers. Personal papers include diaries, notebooks, and biographical files and photographs. Also letters from Samuel Atkins Eliot, William Howard Taft, Henry Wilder Foote, Francis Greenwood Peabody, John Haynes Holmes, Louis Craig Cornish; and correspondence, 1919-1932, concerning humanist/theistic tensions in the American Unitarian Association. There is a series of letters, 1924-1935, from Sullivan to Joseph S. Loughran, who was Sullivan's assistant at the Church of the Messiah in St. Louis.

3.5 linear ft. (14 boxes, 1 folder).

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Jones, Jenkin Lloyd, 1843-1918

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Minister, pacifist. Pastor, All Souls Church, Chicago, Illinois. Secretary, Western Unitarian Conference, 1874-1884. Founder, Unity magazine, 1878. Founder, Abraham Lincoln Centre, 1905. Chairman, Committee of Administration, Henry Ford Peace Expedition. From the description of Papers, 1861-1932 (inclusive), 1888-1901 (bulk). (University of Chicago Library). WorldCat record id: 52246354 Jenkin Lloyd Jones, born in Wales in 1843, was brought to the United States ...

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Taft, William Howard, 1857-1930

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William Howard Taft (1857-1930) was an American politician who served as U.S. President (1908-1912) and Chief Justitce of the Supreme Court (1921-1930). 1857 Born in Cincinnati, Ohio on September 15th 1878 Graduated from Yale University 1880 Graduated from Cincinnati Law School ...

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Foote, Henry Wilder, 1875-1964

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Bowen, Clayton Raymond, 1877-1934.

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