Letters from Rufus M. Jones, 1944
Scope and Contents
To A.J. Muste. copy. [would have preferred that American Friends Service Committee break off relations with National Service Board for Religious Objectors], 1944 January 9; To Hubert Peet. [sends an article for the "London Friend" which will become a chapter in his book "The Radiant Life"], 1944 February 16; To Clara Randall. [will speak to the Sunday Evening Club], 1944 February 22; To whom it may concern: [recommends Clarence E. Tobias], 1944 March 22; To William Grant. [recommendations for various positions in Grant’s institution], 1944 April 5; To Theodore Paullin. copy. [while time does not permit him to sponsor the pamphlet put out by Pacifist Research Bureau, he sympathizes with their effort], 1944 April 18; To Henry L. Stimson. [would like to speak to him concerning congressional appropriations for training Civilian Public Service men for Friends Ambulance Unit in China], 1944; To Norman Whitney. [believes Quaker “spiritual remnant” has “saving” purpose in wartime], 1944 July 14; To Lady Ethel Unwin. [Quaker boarding schools have been “backward and conservative about admitting Negroes,” the two Philadelphia Yearly Meetings have come out strongly in favor of admission and American Friends Service Committee has organized a race relations committee] (name and date supplied by donor of letter, Joan Rich, 1995), 1944 July 25; To L. Violet Holdsworth. ["I do not hold for a minute the Naturalistic-humanistic view” and agrees with her criticism of a statement by him in a book which would be misleading], 1944 November ?
Dates
- Creation: 1944
Conditions Governing Access
The collection is open for research use.
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