Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) records, 1933-1973 (bulk 1955-1968).

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Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.) records, 1933-1973 (bulk 1955-1968).

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The collection consists of records of the Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR) from 1933-1973. The records include correspondence, minutes of the Executive Committee (1955-1968), reports, printed material and flyers. The materials document FOR's involvement with or interest in the Alabama Council on Human Relations, race relations, the Highlander Folk School, Vanderbilt University, and integration. Correspondents include John Nevin Sayre, Glenn Smiley, and Charles C. Walker.

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Fellowship of Reconciliation (U.S.)

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The Fellowship of Reconciliation was established in December of 1914, during a meeting at Cambridge, England. Its members believed that Christians were forbidden to wage war, and that instead they should work positively to establish a new world order of peace and justice. The F.O.R. had its office in London. It produced and distributed literature, including its monthly magazine Reconciliation; worked with youth; fostered groups of members throughout the country; and supported the work of the Int...

Smiley, John

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Highlander Folk School (Mounteagle, Tenn.)

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Alabama Council on Human Relations

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Organized in 1947 as the Alabama division of the Southern Regional Council. Beginning as an organization to promote interracial dialog, the council supported the Civil Rights Movement. It evolved into a self-help agency delegating private and public funds for programs to help the poor. From the description of Records, 1961-1995, bulk 1964-1966. (Auburn University). WorldCat record id: 33195686 ...

Sayre, John Nevin, 1884-1977

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Episcopalian minister, pacifist and internationalist; staff member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation, American Section, 1924-1967, served as chair, 1935-1940; worked with the International Fellowship of Reconciliation and served as chair, 1935-1955; served as editor of The World Tomorrow (1922-1924) and Fellowship magazine 1940-1945); a founder of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Committee on Militarism in Education. From the description of Papers, 1885-1982 1922-1967 (bu...

Vanderbilt University.

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Walker, Charles C.

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