Letters to Howard Haines Brinton, Ho-L, 1932-1972
Scope and Contents
25 items. Letters often ask for advice and give thanks for Howard Haines Brinton's contributions. Letter writers include: L.L. Hobbs, John V. Hollingsworth, Harriet Howard, Patricia Humienik?, Yukio Irie, Toshi Ishida, Caroline N. Jacob, Josephine Johns, Guy Johnson, Barclay Jones, Mary Hoxie Jones, Rufus M. Jones, Miyeko Kamiya, Calvin Keane, Elizabeth Kirk, Roger C. Kiser, Gertrude H. Korner, E. Kotschnig, Louise Leary, Judson Laird, La Jolla Monthly Meeting, Sceva Laughlin, Polly Lee, Lloyd Lewis, Library of Congress. Highlights include: Hobbs, L.L [responding to Howard Haines Brinton's question concerning names of COs in their Y.M. and organization of their Y.M. with regard to reconstruction work; highly regrets Howard Haines Brinton's leaving Guilford and details what Howard Haines Brinton brought to his job, 1919 August 1; Hollingsworth, John V. Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania [what he proposes to bring out in his talk on Brick Meeting], 1965 May 10; Irie, Yukio. Atsugi, Japan [his writing; Zen-Christian Colloquium for which he shares responsibility], 1971 July 7; Jacob, Caroline. 3 items [about Brintons speaking at their Meeting; Howard Haines Brinton pamphlet rejected for Wider Quaker Fellowship printing], 1964-1970; Johns, Josephine. Media, Pennsylvania [dealing with Meeting members whose spoken views are at odds with others], 1964 April 27; Johnson, Guy. Shropshire, England [is glad Howard Haines Brinton will speak at Woodbrooke], 1948 August 9; Jones, Barclay L [thanks for speaking at Friends' Central School], 1938 November 1; Jones, Rufus M. Kobe, Japan [about Mr. Iwahashi translating Howard Haines Brinton's Swarthmore lecture into Japanese], 1932 May 7; Jones, Rufus M. Haverford, Pennsylvania [thanks for the Festschrift], 1938 January 29; Keene, Calvin. Canton, New York [thanks for review of his book, The Western Heritage], 1964 February 2; Kamiya, Miyeko. Ashiya, Japan. 3 items [sends benzaline pills to help him; her book on psychiatric work in a leprosarium and about religion will be published, 1971-1972; Kirk, Elizabeth. Philadelphia, Pennsylvania [in his pamphlet "From Islam," Howard Haines Brinton inserts a quote about which a reader working on an article about Islam is interested] Howard Haines Brinton writes his source is the Quran, 1972 June 23; Library of Congress (Herbert Putnam). Washington, D.C [thanks for book donation], 1935 June 26
Dates
- Creation: 1932-1972
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