Papers [microform], 1950-1959.

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Papers [microform], 1950-1959.

The collection consists of his personal Baptist related files during his tenure as a trustee of the Christian Life Commission (1955-1960) and his service as Vice-President and President of the Southern Baptist Convention. The collection includes correspondence, publications, news releases, biographical information, reports, subject files, minutes of SBC agencies, addresses made by Hays, photographs, and articles. Major subjects covered in the papers include church-state relations, ecumenicity, Baptist Jubilee Advance, trip to Moscow, peace issues, race relations, the dismissal of 13 professors at Southern Seminary and the Survey Committee to Study the Total Baptist Program.

5 microfilm reels.

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