Papers of H. Richard Niebuhr, 1912-1962.

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Papers of H. Richard Niebuhr, 1912-1962.

This collection consists of the published and unpublished writings, lectures, addresses, and sermons of H. Richard Niebuhr, as well as correspondence, mostly with colleagues and publishers; teaching and course materials, diplomas and honorariums, and a scrapbook with clippings related to the Niebuhr family. There are also two notebooks that contain Niebuhr's thoughts on personal and theological issues. Most of the material in the collection is handwritten, along with annotated typescripts.

20 boxes, (7 linear feet)

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Niebuhr, H. Richard (Helmut Richard), 1894-1962

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Helmut Richard Niebuhr (1894-1962), a leading twentieth-century American Protestant theologian and churchman, is known for his contributions to Christian ethics, for his social analysis of American denominationalism, his interpretation of American religious history, study of American theological education, and authorship of books and essays advancing "theocentric" theology. The younger brother of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, Helmut was born in Missouri, and was educated at Elmhurst College, Eden...