Henry Hitt Crane papers, 1902-1977 (bulk 1938-1958).

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Henry Hitt Crane papers, 1902-1977 (bulk 1938-1958).

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Correspondence, 1938-1958, subject reference file, ca. 1902-1966, name reference file, 1938-1958, sermon file, 1925-1958, scrapbooks, 1928-1958, church bulletins and newsletters from church at which Crane pastored, sound tape recordings of messages preached by Crane, and visual materials consisting of photographs and motion picture film. The Crane papers document an interest in, and activities with, various liberal and progressive organizations, and his association and friendship with other clergy and individuals with similar pacifist and activist backgrounds. The collection also includes some collected materisals of Crane's father Charles A. Crane and his uncle Frank Crane. Organizations represented in the collection include Democracy Unlimited, the Detroit Round Table of Catholics, Jews and Protestants, the Methodist Federation for Social Action, the American Civil Liberties Union, the American Friends Service Committee, the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the Fellowship of Methodist Pacifists, and other pacifist groups. Individuals represented in the collection with correspondence or information about include G. Bromley Oxnam, Rebecca Shelley, James A. Pike, Gerald Heard, Lillian Smith, Ethel and Julius Rosenberg, Max Paul Stephan, Walter Reuther, Jerome Davis, Franklin Littell, and James Moffatt.

32.5 linear ft. and 1 film reel.

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