Records of the Office of the Dean, 1816-1976 (inclusive).

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Records of the Office of the Dean, 1816-1976 (inclusive).

1816-1976

Includes correspondence files for Deans. Subjects pertain to theological education; political and social issues, such as response to the strike of 1969; gifts and memorial funds; and conferences, colloquiums and speaking engagements. Prominent correspondents include Reinhold Niebuhr, Krister Stendahl, and Paul Tillich.

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Harvard University Archives.

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Sperry, Willard Learoyd, 1882-1954

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Thompson, Paul J

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Horton, Douglas, 1891-1968

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Morison, Robert Swain

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Harvard Divinity School. Office of the Dean.

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Tillich, Paul, 1886-1965

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Williams, George Huntston, 1914-....

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Stendahl, Krister

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Miller, Samuel Howard, 1900-1968

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Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1892-1971

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