Box 24

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Folder containing letters from William Slade, Josiah Stamp, Eugene Lyman, Richard Roberts and Robert Wicks et al. [re authoring religious books for a series; also Macmillan Co.'s letter re publication and list of titles and authors], 1936

Scope and Contents Gillman, Frederick J. [edited "Fellowship Hymn Book"; is coming to U.S. and hopes to get Friends together to initiate reforms], 1936 February 23; Gravely, F.H. Madras, India, 1936; Gregg, Richard. [England's sense of security vanishing on the heels of Italy's incursion into Ethiopia; 100,000-member response to Peace Pledge Union subscribing never to support any kind of union. Aldous Huxley and Gerald Heard leaders of the peace movement's research and planning committee], 1936 September 19;...

Scope and Contents Pacific School of Religion (H.F. Swartz). Berkeley, California, [invites Rufus M. Jones to be their Earl Lecturer] (Rufus M. Jones agrees), 1936 August 26; Peabody, Francis. [as a Unitarian, offers himself as a candidate of the Wider Quaker Fellowship], 1936 August 27; Pendle Hill (Joseph Platt). [proposes series of lectures for Rufus M. Jones to deliver] (Rufus M. Jones agrees), 1936 June 12; Richmond, University of (F.W. Boatwright). [Rufus M. Jones to make address there], 1936 February...

Scope and Contents Schneder, D.B. Sendai, Japan, 1936; Scott, Roderick, 1936; Shearman, Margaret Hilles. [wants to belong to Wider Quaker Fellowship], 1936 May 14; Sheldon, W. [as co-conferee at Round Table Conference, discusses what their contributions might be], 1936 July 17; Sperry, Willard H. [Rufus M. Jones will preach at Harvard], 1936 April 7; Sperry, Willard H. [requests Rufus M. Jones to speak at Harvard in 1937] (Rufus M. Jones agrees), 1936 April 24; Steere, Douglas. [news from Douglas Steere], 1936...

Scope and Contents Allen, George and Unwin Ltd. [re account of Rufus M. Jones books published by them], 1937 April 30; American Friends Service Committee (Clarence Pickett). [Y.T. Wu will attend Earl Lectures and speak to Rufus M. Jones there (Berkeley). Sylvester Jones reported from Barcelona re Friends’ child feeding], 1937 January 14; American Friends Service Committee (Ruth Outland). [attended Foreign Missions Conference of North America and listened to many reports re changes in mission work since...

Scope and Contents Cadbury, Emma. Vienna. [trip to Spain, etc.], 1937 July 17; Cadbury, Emma and Henry Cadbury. [some problems raised at their meeting re changes and affiliations within the larger bodies of meetings], 1937 December 12; Cadbury, William Warder. Printed letter from Canton, China, 1937 April; Chase, Caroline. [re placing her father’s papers at Haverford College], 1937 April 26; (China). C.C. Liang, National Committee, YMCA of China. [would be pleased to set up an itinerary for Rufus M. Jones,...

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Including discussions of various possible contributors and Baillie, John; Fosdick, Harry Emerson; Hopwood, P.G.S.; Lyman, Eugene; MacMillan Co., publishers; Matthews, Walter R.; Roberts, Richard; Robinson, H. Wheeler; Slade, William; Smuts, Jan Christiaan, Capetown, South Africa; Sperry, Willard; Stamp, Sir Josiah, 1937

Scope and Contents Grubb, Edward. [heard Rufus M. Jones’s Friends World Conference speech over the radio and thought it very good], 1937 September 6; Harris, J. Rendel, 1937; Haviland, Walter (Friends Select, headmaster), 1937; Hazen, Edward W. Foundation (E.A. Yarrow). [requests Rufus M. Jones to give a series of talks at their eastern conference to be held at Haverford College] (Rufus M. Jones declines), 1937 April 6; Heath, Carl. Itarsi, India, [places and people seen in India, including M. Gandhi and J. R....

Scope and Contents National Christian Council of China (Ronald Rees) to Clarence Pickett. Shanghai, [will cooperate in any way possible during Rufus M. Jones’s visit to China, specifically in arranging visits to schools], 1937 May 21; Newman, George. Middlesex (England). [heard Rufus M. Jones’s Friends World Conference broadcast which was an expression of the essence of Quakerism], 1937 September 5; Newman, Herman. [is seeking a new position in which he could serve Quakerism], 1937 October 6; Pacific School of...

Scope and Contents Taylor, Ernest E. [wonders if enclosed article on “private benevolence and public welfare” could not be republished in America to induce new flow of money to places such as Pendle Hill], 1937 September 29; Union Theological Seminary (Henry S. Coffin, president). [hopes Rufus M. Jones will stay with them when he is to speak at the Seminary], 1937 May 13; Wallis, Amy. [will be coming as a delegate to Friends World Conference] Also other letters with family and meeting news, 1937 January 31;...