G. Bromley Oxnam papers, 1823-1963

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G. Bromley Oxnam papers, 1823-1963

1823-1963

https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms012046

Correspondence; diaries(1903-63) documented with letters, addresses, sermons, lectures, articles, book reviews, newspaper clippings, programs, church bulletins, and photographs documenting Oxnam's life and work; subject files concerning his role in the controversy over diplomatic relations between the U.S. and the Vatican, his participation in the issue of church and state and Protestantism vs. Catholicism, the charges of the House Un-American Activities Committee against him, his work with the Church of All Nations, and other matters; drafts and typescripts (1913-60) of his articles, books, addresses, lectures, and sermons; and scrapbooks presenting details of his life as reported by the press. Correspondents include the Ecumenical Patriarch Athenagoras, the Rt. Rev. Henry Knox Sherrill, the Rev. Bishop Herbert Welch, the Rev. Messrs. George Smith Brown, Samuel McCrea Cavert, Henry Hitt Crane, Franklin Clark Fry, Frederick Brown Harris, Louie Devotie Newton, Daniel A. Poling, and William L. Stidger; Matthew J. Connelly, John Foster Dulles, Sherwood Eddy, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Cordell Hull, Donald L. Jackson, David E. Lilienthal, Carl and Marvin H. McIntyre, Charles C. Parlin, Pres. and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, Henry L. Stimson, Myron C. Taylor, Harry S. Truman, Harold H. Velde, and Henry A. Wallace.

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