Papers, 1945-1956 (inclusive).

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Papers, 1945-1956 (inclusive).

Papers collected while Arnold worked for the American Unitarian Association. Includes files and correspondence on Albert Schweitzer, 1945-1953; on Stephen H. Fritchman, 1945-1956; files on Paul Blanshard, 1948-1953; and files on the National Committee of Free Unitarians, 1947-1948.

1.67 linear ft. (5 boxes).

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Schweitzer, Albert

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Alsatian medical missionary, theologian, musician and philosopher. From the description of Autograph letters in German signed (5) : Lambarene, Gabon, to Count Janos Hoyos, a physician in the U.S., 1958 Feb. 6-1960 June 17. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270634614 Epithet: theologian philosopher and organist British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001026.0x00015f Alsatian philosopher, theologian, or...

Blanshard, Paul, 1892-1980

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Author and social and religious commentator. From the description of Paul Blanshard papers, 1912-1974. (University of Michigan). WorldCat record id: 34419299 Paul B. Blanshard was an author and a noted social and religious commentator, perhaps best known for his book American Freedom and Catholic Power . Blanshard was born in Fredericksburg, Ohio in 1892. He graduated from the University of Michigan in 1914 then did graduate work at Harvard, Columbia, and Union ...

Fritchman, Stephen H. (Stephen Hole), 1902-

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Stephen Fritchman (1902-1981) was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He received an AB degree from Ohio Wesleyan University in 1924, a BD from Union Theological Seminary in 1927, and an MA from New York University in 1929. He was ordained in the Methodist Church in 1929 but left that denomination and was ordained as a Unitarian minister in 1930 in Petersham, Massachusetts. He held ministerial settlements in Massachusetts, Maine, and California. He was executive director of the Unitarian Youth Commission f...

Joy, Charles R. (Charles Rhind), 1885-1978

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Charles Rhind Joy (1885-1978): Unitarian minister. Educated at Harvard: A.B., 1908; S.T.B., 1911. Minister in Portland, Me. (1911-1917); Pittsfield, Mass. (1919-1922); Dedham, Mass. (1922-1927); Lowell, Mass. (1927-1929). Administrative vice president, American Unitarian Association (1930-1937); with Unitarian Service Committee (1940-1946), Save the Children Federation (1947-1950) and CARE (1950-1956). Author of many books for adults and children. From the description of Papers, 1909...

Beacon Press

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The 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 wi...

Arnold, Melvin.

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Melvin Arnold (1913- ): editor. After a career as a reporter, business editor of the Portland News Telegram, and member of the public relations department of Standard Oil of New Jersey, Arnold became in 1945 director of the Division of Publications of the American Unitarian Association and Editor-in-Chief of the Beacon Press. He resigned in 1956 to join the Religious Books Department of Harper & Brothers. From the description of Papers, 1945-1956 (inclusive). (Harvard University,...

American Unitarian Association. Division of Publications

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Schweitzer, Helene

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National Committee of Free Unitarians.

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Eliot, Frederick May, 1889-1958

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Frederick May Eliot (1889-1958) was born in Boston and graduated Harvard College with an AB in 1911 and an AM in 1912. He was a Harvard College instructor of government in 1912-1913 and attended Harvard Divinity School from 1912 to 1915. He was ordained to the Unitarian ministry in 1915 at the First Parish in Cambridge, Massachusetts, and also served at the Unity Church in St. Paul, Minnesota. He served as president of the Young People's Religious Union from 1916 to 1918 and served as an army ch...