Letters from Howard Haines Brinton, 1932, 1934-1936
Scope and Contents
20 items Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but taken together give a picture of the breadth of Brinton's correspondence and correspondents. Letters (carbon copies) in this folder begin to reflect the work of Howard Brinton at Pendle Hill. To Walter [Miles]. Mills College, Cal [home-school for daughter Joan; went to Palo Alto to watch Hoover welcomed home, 1932 November 10; To Dr. Eubanks Carsner. written on the train [concerning the personality of a personal God], 1934 September 9; To Pendle Hill students. Wallingford, Pennsylvania [letter of welcome], 1934 September 19; To Rufus Jones [reply to R.M.J.'s request for reaction to "Outline for a Fellowship Council"] outline included, 1935 November 14; To family. On board steamer on route to Yokohama, 1936 June 12; To [Anna Shipley Cox Brinton]. Gamagori [Japan] [met with Gilbert Bowles and Japanese Friends, Dr. Inouye, leading authority on philosophy and religion], 1936 June 18; To [Anna Shipley Cox Brinton]. Kyoto, [Japan] [more about trip in company with Professor Kishimoto, with descriptions of places visited; a sect of Shinto is much like Christian Science and their library has best collection of books on early Christianity in Japan], 1936 June 22; To [Anna Shipley Cox Brinton]. Kogasan [Japan] [more description of the trip and customs], 1936 June 27; To [Anna Shipley Cox Brinton] [Beijing, China?] [is at the College of Chinese Studies, coming from S. Korea; visits Japanese temples and stores; stories of Japanese oppression being told and some noted], 1936 July 6; To Clarence Pickett [would be glad to meet, but is scheduled to lecture at Bryn Mawr on that day; hopes for financial aid from AFSC for a Japanese Friend who would attend Friends World Conference and Pendle Hill], 1936 November 12; [(Pendle Hill) is planning to publish a bulletin describing their methods and objectives, i.e. to have at Pendle Hill 15-20 post-bac students working on certain problems and research], 1936 November 19-?; To Sarah Leeds [did not realize that the Emergency Peace Campaign only opposes offensive war, a serious modification of the Quaker position], 1936 November 27; To A. Ruth Fry [teaching course on philosophy of Pacifism (at Pendle Hill)], 1936 December 12
Dates
- Creation: 1932, 1934-1936
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
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