Box 6

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Primarily letters to EMJ, 1959-68, as one of the members of the National Advisory Committee for the Center from Elizabeth Hendricks, Margaret Jones and John Yungblut in reference to purchase of a building which would become Quaker House; Heberto Sein's visit to Atlanta; newsletters and other information about Quaker House.

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Copy of a presentation made by Henry Cadbury in court in January, 1949, on behalf of a young man being tried for civil disobedience in refusing to fight. 1 item

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Letters and memos to EMJ from Colin Bell, Cecil Evans, Barrett Hollister, George Loft and Mike Yarrow re an AFSC mission to Cuba; minutes of an ad hoc committee on Cuba, and a statement of purpose of such a mission. In 1941 EMJ was asked by AFSC to visit Cuba and report on conditions, especially among Spaniards there. Daniel Jensen had to have surgery and could not make the journey from Mexico to the Colorado ranch alone, so she did not go to Cuba.

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Letters to EMJ in 1954 re impending visit to Europe, and in 1958, EMJ's refusal to take oath against Communism in order to obtain passports resulted in a letter from Senator Joseph O'Mahoney citing Paul Robeson as an example of denial of passport. Daniel, Elizabeth, and Karen spent the summer of 1954 in England and on the continent. Daniel, Elizabeth, Karen, and Fred spent the summer of 1958 in Europe. Stories are told briefly in EMJ diaries.

Scope and Contents EMJ was a representative of Nebraska Yearly Meeting to Five Years Meeting. Letters to EMJ from Errol Elliott, Herbert Huffman, Jack Kirk and others on topics such as Quaker Life, projects which EMJ supported financially and other topics, 1953-1985, 23 items; unattributed "A Suggestion for Relationship to other Yearly Meetings of Friends and to other Religious Groups" (typescript, 2 p.); program information for Five Years Meeting, 1935 and 1955 (typescript); copies of information produced by...

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Friendship House (Freundschaftsheim) in Germany was established to study issues of peace, world order and human cooperation. Three letters to EMJ, 1958-61, who supported FH; newsletters of FH, 1952-57 and of Bruderhof, 1953, a friendship community in Paraguay; informational material, including from Grace Rhoads.

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Correspondence, including EMJ to Sen. Milward Simpson, on the need to compensate the Seneca Nation for land confiscated from them; also matters relating to the Associated Executive Committee of Friends on Indian Affairs. 6 items. Also some printed material re AECIA, newsletters (2 from Indian Reservations) and clippings.

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Primarily personal letters from Ivor, an artist, to EMJ, including a report of anti-Semitism at the University of Colorado in 1949 and EMJ's letter in support of Ivor. Some copies of clippings on/by Ivor.