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Box 3

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Contains 19 Results:

Nelson and Marian to family, 1958

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents Teaching at University of Bordeaux; during summer goes to Vichy for treatment for the jaundice that lingered since suffering from hepatitis. Mentions French Fellowship of Reconciliation; comparison of American and European Quakerism. In August, Nelson chaired an International Students Seminar at Ste.-Foy-la-Grande. In September, the family traveled to Eastern Europe. Marian’s passport attracted interest because its extension had first been cancelled because she refused to sign a...
Dates: 1958

Nelson and Marian to family, 1959 1mo-6mo

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents

Travels and life in France; attended Yearly Meeting. Plans to leave for the U.S. in August.

Dates: 1959 1mo-6mo

Nelson and Marian to family, 1959 7mo-12 mo

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents

Returns to U.S.. settling in Nashville, Tenn.

Dates: 1959 7mo-12 mo

Nelson and Marian to family, 1960

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents

Racial problems in Nashville; participated in November Peace March in Washington, D.C.

Dates: 1960

Nelson and Marian to family, 1961

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents

Racial tensions in Nashville; visit from David Richie; attended Race Relations Conference at Earlham College

Dates: 1961

Nelson and Marian to family, 1962-1963

 Sub-Series — Box: 3
Scope and Contents

Marian attended Friends Conference on World Order; sit-ins in Nashville, integration

Dates: 1962-1963