Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1947

To Dwight D. Eisenhower. [requests appointment with him on behalf of a group of “important persons” and concerning the army], 1947 January 7; To Constance Drake. [would be glad to have her paint his and Elizabeth Bartram Cadbury Jones’s portrait], 1947 January 20; To Henry J. Cadbury. [the Puritans were unlike the Calvinistic Puritans because they came under the influence of the Spiritual Reformers], 1947 January 28; To Edmund Stinnes. copy. [Rufus M. Jones’s experiences with the Buddhists of Japan and China in meditation and conducting of a service; letter attached from Stinnes to Colin Bell, 1947 February 4; To Emma Cadbury. [happy that her year in Austria has been satisfactory], 1947 February 4; To [D.] Robert Yarnall. [acknowledges information of James Brittain as new chairman of China Relief Committee and hopes Yarnall will serve on the committee], 1947 February 21; To Harry E. Fosdick. [30th anniversary of founding of American Friends Service Committee to be held at Haverford College], 1947 April 1; To Hubert Peet. [is sending copy of his new book "The Luminous Trail" which has an extended chapter on Aldous Huxley’s negativity as "The Perennial Philosophy"], 1947 April 8; To L. Violet Holdsworth. [moved by Holdsworth’s statement that he had helped to keep her in the Society of Friends; funds short for American Friends Service Committee work overseas], 1947 April 8; To Ernest E. Taylor. [very impressed with new book "The Valiant Sixty" which offers a fresh interpretation of the Quaker movement; would like to read about Joshua Sprigge], 1947 June 3; To editor of "Atlantic Monthly." [hopes they will publish his new article], 1947 July 23; To Emma Cadbury. [will come and speak on basic Quaker conceptions, concentrating on forerunners to Quakerism], 1947 August 28; To Edith Grubb. copy. [re good bio of Edward Grubb], 1947 August 28; To Emma Cadbury. [gives a short reading list], 1947 September 14; To Hubert Peet. [great pleasure in reading Edward Coxere’s book], 1947 September 16; To D. Robert Yarnall. [suggests bible reading for American Friends Service Committee Meeting in Ohio], 1947 October 20; To Hubert Peet. [does not need to be paid for any articles he submits to "The Friend." Does so because he wants to], 1947 December 27; To Henry J. Cadbury. [varied Quaker news], 1947 December 29; To Perrin Galpin, executive director, Grant Foundation. [American Friends Fellowship Council requests funds from Grant Foundation], 1947 December 30; To Howard Teaf. [re Finland as an “Iron Curtain” country], 1947