Letters from Howard Haines Brinton, 1971
Scope and Contents
30 items. Note: Not all letters in the folder are highlighted below, but many references are made to his infirmities, especially blindness.To Walter and Catharine Miles [on the Pendle Hill pamphlet containing story by Anna Shipley Cox Brinton; Howard Haines Brinton manuscript being typed for publication], 1971 March 27. To John and Lydia Forbes [understands why Nixon does not attend Meeting; criticism of Washington (D.C.) Quakers; Anglicans and Quakers], 1971 April 30. To Dr. Sharan [appreciates the system of education laid out in Sharan's essay], 1971 May 7. To Hans Freund [would like confirmation of date he gave lecture at Penn State], 1971 June 7. To Alfred Stefferud [enclosing review (by Howard Haines Brinton) of book by John Forbes, The Springfield Mitre], 1971 June 15. To Edwin Sanders [on "liberal" Friends vs. "conservative Fundamentalist" Friends, and the differences in their beliefs which Howard Haines Brinton might assist with by giving a lecture at Pacific Yearly Meeting], 1971 July 19-August 23. To Frida Illsley [Pendle Hill pamphlet by Howard Haines Brinton, "Life and Light in the Fourth Gospel" being printed], 1971 September 14. To Yasaka Takagi [hopes Takagi's book will continue the road to peace for Japan by fostering international understanding], 1971 September 24. To editor of Temple U. Press [has written a book about Jacob Boehme in 1930, and has examined Dr. Kim's book on Boehme, which he considers excellent], 1971 November 5. To Fred Turner [on the need for spiritual underpinnings to Quakerism], 1971 November 23. To Eleanor [Mather?] [would like to publish a book called Meeting House and Farm House based on 2 publications of his, to be about country Friends, as Frederick Tolles' book was about city Friends], 1971 December 13
Dates
- Creation: 1971
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
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