John R. Mott Centennial Celebration Committee records, 1964-1965.

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John R. Mott Centennial Celebration Committee records, 1964-1965.

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Includes correspondence, proposals, outlines, drafts, and reports of the John R. Mott Centennial Celebration Committee and "Toward World Community," the John R. Mott Centennial Celebration International Colloquy at Cornell University, December 4-7, 1965.

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Cornell University. John R. Mott Centennial Celebration Committee.

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John R. Mott: author, diplomat, philosopher. John R. Mott (Cornell University Class of 1888) helped organize the Cornell University Christian Association, forerunner of Cornell United Religious Work, and the ecumenical Cornell University Religious Association. He founded the World Student Christian Association and was instrumental in the organization of the International Missionary Council and the World Council of Churches, serving as first honorary president of the Worl...

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Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955

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John Raleigh Mott was born on May 25, 1865 in Livingston Manor, New York to John Stitt and Elmira Dodge Mott. John R. was the third of four children, having two older and one younger sister. The family soon moved to Postville, Iowa, where the elder Mott prospered as a retail lumber and hardware merchant and became mayor. In this conservative, ethnically diverse environment, young Mott grew to mid-adolescence in a home warmed by Methodist "holiness," which faith he confessed...