Box 25

Scope and Contents American Friends Board of Missions (Merle L. Davis). Richmond, IN, [hopes that Rufus M. Jones's visit to Africa will continue to foster spirit of unity among Friends missionaries], 1938 January 15; American Friends Board of Missions (Merle L. Davis). Richmond, IN, [wants to start up a pastoral newsletter to keep American missionaries in the field in touch with Friends in America and hopes that Rufus M. Jones, as clerk of Five Years Meeting, will write the first one], 1938 January 15;...

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Including letters from P.G.S. Hopwood, Richard Roberts, H. Wheeler Robinson, William A. Slade and Josiah Stamp., 1938

Scope and Contents Grubb, Edward. [in reading Rufus M. Jones's "The Eternal Gospel" states "I rather fancy there is a strong vein of philosophic agnosticism in Christianity at its best ... and that this is an element we can not afford to dispense with ..."' philosophical notes], 1938 August 25; Hobhouse, Stephen, 1938; Hole, Helen. Paris, [advised of Rufus M. Jones's pending arrival in Germany with D. Robert Yarnall and Bernard Walton], 1938 December 5; Howie, J.B. Victoria, Australia, [the recent General...

Scope and Contents Pendle Hill (Howard Brinton). [Pendle Hill matters], 1938 August 31; Pye, Edith. [re Spanish children’s relief], 1938 December 18; Roberts, Richard, 1938; Rockefeller, David, 1938 May 19; Rockefeller, John D, 1938; Rockefeller, Nelson A. [sorry to have missed seeing Rufus M. Jones and Theodore Dreiser when they came to see him concerning Spanish relief. Will not become a committee member because he has too many other responsibilities], 1938 September 20; Scott, Roderick. Soochow, [wants to...

Scope and Contents Chronologically arranged. Includes itinerary. Gillett, Margaret. Oxford, England, [Friends’ problems in South Africa; meetings with various important people for Rufus M. Jones], 1938 January 18; Mott, John R. [sends results of conferences he held in South Africa and people Rufus M. Jones should meet], 1938; Jones, Rheinallt. (South Africa Senator), 1938; Jabavu, D.D.T. (Pres., South African Native Teachers’ Federation). Fort Hare, Alice, South Africa, [racial problems at Alice “not the...

Scope and Contents Arranged chronlogically. Includes itinerary and follow-up correspondence. Silcock, Harry. [will be meeting in Hong Kong with George Shepherd, Chiang Kai-Shek’s adviser in connection with the New Life Movement; places he will visit in China; suggestions for Friends’ services in China], 1938 March 1; Silcock Harry to Howard Diamond. [materials needed for stocking the Friends Centre in Shanghai]. Several other letters with related information from Silcock also filed., 1938 March 3; Ayusawa,...

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Letters congratulating Rufus M. Jones on his 75th birthday.

Scope and Contents "American Friend" (Walter C. Woodward), 1939; "Atlantic Monthly" (Edward Weeks, editor) [would Rufus M. Jones write an editorial on Quaker relief reflecting their work in trying times] Rufus M. Jones agrees, 1939 December 6; Aydelotte, Frank (president, Swarthmore College). [congratulates him on receipt of Philadelphia award], 1939; Balch, Emily. [appreciation of Capper-Johnson], 1939 September 4; Baumgardt, David. Wallingford, Pennsylvania, 1939 November 21; Bond, Mira. Kaimosi, Africa....

Scope and Contents Harrison, Agatha. copy. [narrative concerning Raj in India and M. Gandhi from her own experiences], 1939 March ?; Holdsworth, L. Violet. [grateful for Rufus M. Jones's new book on saints; her own work], 1939 December 10; Hoover, Herbert. telegram. [would Rufus M. Jones act as sponsor for the Finnish Relief Fund], 1939 December 9; The Humanitarians (R. Kline). [very grateful for Rufus M. Jones's address at Humanitarian Award Banquet], 1939 December 14; Hazaree, Dorothy. Johannesburg, South...

Scope and Contents Ngcobo, Selby Bangani. Adams, South Africa, [Ngwbo, an African teacher, heard Rufus M. Jones preach in South Africa; while in the U.S. would like to stay with Rufus M. Jones], 1939 May 11; Oberlin College (Ernest H. Wilkins, president). [hopes Rufus M. Jones will give first address in the Heldt Lecture series] (Rufus M. Jones agrees), 1939 February 3; Park, Marion. [congratulates Rufus M. Jones on Bok Award], 1939; Pennsylvania, University of (W. Brooke Stabler). [hopes Rufus M. Jones will...