World Conference on Religion and Peace, USA Records
Scope and Contents
This collection contains: Minutes, correspondence (1965-1966), statements produced by the conference, workshop kits, study group working papers, publicity, and anthology of published papers of the conference; together with minutes (1966-1989), reports, form letters, and financial records of U.S. Inter-religious Committee on Peace and of WCRP/USA; material relating to Japan-U.S. Inter-religious Consultation, Tokyo, May 1983; and correspondence (1962-1989) and other materials of Homer A. Jack. Correspondents include Jacob B. Agus, Norman J. Baugher, Eugene Carson Blake, Balfour Brickner, Clifford Earle, Maurice Nathan Eisendrath, Dana McLean Greeley, Herschel Halbert, Alfred Hassler, Arthur Norman Holcombe, Homer A. Jack, Francis J. Lally, John Wesley Lord, Stewart Meacham, Paul Peachey, Howard Schomer, Kay Shannon, E. Raymond Wilson, and John J. Wright
Dates
- Creation: 1962-1989
Creator
- World Conference on Religion and Peace (Organization). USA (Organization)
- Agus, Jacob B. (Jacob Bernard), 1911-1986 (Correspondent, Person)
- Baugher, Norman J., 1917-1968 (Correspondent, Person)
- Blake, Eugene Carson, 1906-1985 (Correspondent, Person)
- Brickner, Balfour, 1926-2005 (Correspondent, Person)
- Earle, Clifford J., 1904-1982 (Correspondent, Person)
- Eisendrath, Maurice Nathan, 1902-1973 (Correspondent, Person)
- Greeley, Dana McLean, 1908- (Correspondent, Person)
- Halbert, Herschel (Correspondent, Person)
- Hassler, Alfred, 1910- (Correspondent, Person)
- Holcombe, Arthur Norman, 1884- (Correspondent, Person)
- Jack, Homer A. (Homer Alexander), 1916-1993 (Correspondent, Person)
- Lally, Francis J. (Francis Joseph), 1918- (Correspondent, Person)
- Lord, John Wesley, 1903- (Correspondent, Person)
- Meacham, Stewart (Correspondent, Person)
- Peachey, Paul, 1918- (Correspondent, Person)
- Schomer, Howard, 1915- (Correspondent, Person)
- Shannon, Kay (Correspondent, Person)
- Wilson, E. Raymond (Edward Raymond), 1896-1987 (Correspondent, Person)
- Wright, John J. (John Joseph), 1909-1979 (Correspondent, Person)
Language of Materials
Materials in English.
Conditions Governing Access
None
Conditions Governing Use
None
Historical
National Inter-religious Conference on Peace held March 15-17, 1966, in Washington, D.C., to bring together clergymen and laymen from all peace oriented viewpoints to discuss the relation of religion to peace; following conference, U.S. Inter-religious Committee on Peace (also called Inter-religious Committee on Peace) was formed to continue this work; name changed in 1975 to World Conference on Religion and Peace (USA) to identify more clearly with World Conference on Religion and Peace (International); also called WCRP/USA or WCRP (U.S.A.).
Extent
4.25 linear ft. (4.25 linear ft.)
Abstract
In the early 1960s religious leaders, Rabbi Maurice Eisendrath and Dana McLean Greeley (Unitarian-Universalist) independently saw the need for national confernce on religion and peace. The organized the National Inter-religious Conference on Peace held March 15-17, 1966, in Washington, D.C., which brought together clergymen and laymen from all peace oriented viewpoints to discuss the relation of religion to peace. Minister and peace activist Homer A. Jack was also involved in organizing the group in the early years. In 1975 the group changed its name to World Conference on Religion and Peace (USA) to identify more clearly with World Conference on Religion and Peace (International).
Arrangement
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated.
Custodial History
The Swarthmore College Peace Collection is the official repository for these papers/records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Gift of Homer Jack, 1987 [Acc. 87A-050]; 1991 [Acc. 91A-058]
Bibliographic References
Legal Status
Copyright has been transferred to the Swarthmore College Peace Collection. The rights to some items in this collection may have been retained by their creators/authors (or their descendents), as stipulated by United States copyright law. Please contact the SCPC Curator for further information.
Processing Information
This collection is unprocessed and remains in the order in which it was donated. This finding aid was created by Wendy Chmielewski and SCPC staff, September 2012.
Subject
- World Conference on Religion and Peace (Organization). USA (Organization)
- U.S. Inter-religious Committee on Peace (Organization)
- National Inter-religious Conference on Peace (1966) (Washington, D.C.) (Organization)
- Japan/U.S. Inter-religious Consultation (3rd : 1983) (Tokyo, Japan) (Organization)
Topical
- Clergy -- Congresses -- History -- Sources
- Congresses and conventions -- Japan -- History -- Sources
- Congresses and conventions -- Washington (D.C.) -- History -- Sources
- Laity -- Congresses -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Congresses -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Religious aspects -- History -- Sources
- Peace -- Societies, etc. -- History -- Sources
- Peace Movements -- United States -- History -- Sources
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2017: The file list was standardized in Summer 2017 by Min Cheng in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace. Elisabeth Miller added the notes in Fall 2017.
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