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Scope and Contents Abingdon-Cokesbury Press (Nolan B. Harmon, editor). [would like Rufus M. Jones to supply one of his best sermons for inclusion in a series of volumes] Rufus M. Jones agrees, 1943 September 29; Agar, Christine. Johannesburg, South Africa, [re relief work in which they are involved], 1943; Albright, M. Catherine. Bromsgrove, England [is grateful for Rufus M. Jones’s and other people’s efforts toward unification of the Society of Friends, recalling his courage as editor of "American Friend"],...

Scope and Contents Gillett, Arthur and Margaret. Oxford, England, [General Smuts in London], 1943 December 1; Girard Trust Co. [re property owned? by Rufus M. Jones, but mortgaged to Carroll M. Jones of South China, Maine], 1943; Gravely, F.H. Kodaikanal, S. India, 1943 December 27; Harvey, T. Edmund. [re his article in "The Friend" and his Parliamentary work], 1943 April 23; Haverford College (Felix Morley, president). [Rufus M. Jones’s extraordinary contributions to the college; explains that his actions as...

Scope and Contents Neilson, Elisabeth. [as a German-American, hopes her book about her childhood will depict the true, liberal pre-Nazi Germany], 1943 November 25; New England Yearly Meeting (Paul Butterworth). [re progress in uniting New England Yearly Meetings of which actions George Selleck will prepare an account], 1943 December 19; Newlin, Algie, 1943; Newman, Harriet. [re health of George Newman], 1943 November 14; Page, Kirby. [would Rufus M. Jones prepare a devotional reading for his books?], 1943...

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80th birthday letters. Including from: E. Page Allinson, Frank Aydelotte, Anna Barlow, David Baumgardt, Dunnings Creek Monthly Meeting, Florida Friends group, Leah Furtmuller, Hans Gramm, Cecil Haworth, Carl Heath, and many other friends and relatives from both sides of the Atlantic, 1943

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80th birthday letters. Including from: Arthur Jones, Miriam Jones, John L. Mott, George Newman, N. Carolina Yearly Meeting, Jean Rowntree, William Adams Slade, Agnes Tierney (poem), Bernard Waring, Whitewater Monthly Meeting, Henry Wriston, Yorkshire Quarterly Meeting and many other friends and relatives from both sides of the Atlantic, 1943

Scope and Contents Allenson and Co. Ltd. [receive permission to republish Rufus M. Jones’s “Stories of Hebrew Heroes” from his English publishers], 1944 April 4; American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (Lin Yutang) to Alfred Kohlberg. (copy). [re Sino-American political interaction vis-à-vis Medical Aid Bureau], 1944 January 23; American Bureau for Medical Aid to China (Alfred Kohlberg). [with regard to the work of American Bureau for Medical Aid to China, of which he was a director, Dwight Edward, apparently...

Scope and Contents Gawthorp, Herbert H. (response to Jones' pacifist stance against Germany; includes clippings containing harmful, racist, and offensive content), 1944 March 8; Gillett, Henry T. [writes about Quaker Meeting in Glasgow; decline of the religious aspect of Quakerism], 1944 May 20; Grant, William (The Grant Foundation). [in response to Jones’ letter, will try to persuade authorities to allow food to be sent into occupied countries; discusses nature of Grant Foundation funding], 1944 April 20;...

Scope and Contents NBC (Max Jordan). [asks Rufus M. Jones to speak on radio program on pioneering America], 1944 April 21; National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (Roger Baldwin). [re a proposal to change system dealing with conscientious objectors to be presented to the president and hope that Rufus M. Jones would accompany group carrying proposal], 1944 February 19; National Committee on Conscientious Objectors (Randolph Phillips). [encloses copy of a letter by FDR responding to suggestions by Rufus M....