A Guide to the Papers of Albert Cook Outler
A Guide to the Papers of Albert Cook Outler
By Colleen Bradley-Sanders and Timothy S. G. Binkley Center for Methodist Studies at Bridwell Library
Frontispiece: Portrait of Albert Outler by Bruce A. Sayre, 1974.
Copyright © 2014 Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University All rights reserved.
ISBN 0-941881-40-7 Contents
List of Illustrations 7
Foreword 9
Introduction 11
Overview 13
Biographical Note 13
Scope and Contents of the Collection 17
Arrangement of the Collection 17
Restrictions 18
Access Terms 19
Related Material 19
Separated Material 20
Administrative Information 20
Detailed Description of the Collection 23
Series 1: Teaching, 1938–1984 23
Series 2: Ecclesiastic, circa 1927–1989 25
Series 3: The Scholarly Enterprise, 1927–1989 47
Series 4: Extra–mural Involvements, 1939–1989 87
Series 5: Perkins School of Theology and Southern Methodist University, 1951–1988 95
Series 6: Correspondence, 1931–1989 101
Series 7: Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials, 1923–1995 130
Series 8: Photographs, 1915–1988 139
Series 9: Audio-visual Materials, circa 1950–1996 143 Processing Archivist Colleen Bradley-Sanders labelling the first box of Albert Cook Outler papers, November 2014. Illustrations
1. Frontispiece: Portrait of Albert Outler by Bruce A. Sayre, 1974. 2
2. Processing Archivist Colleen Bradley-Sanders labelling the first box of Albert Cook Outler papers, November 2014. 6
3. Albert Outler, circa 1940s. 8
4. Carla and Albert Outler at Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, Texas, circa 1976. 16
5. Albert Outler with students at Southern Methodist University, 1970s. 21
6. Study plan and lecture notes, Duke University, 1939. 22
7. Local preacher’s license, Macon District, South Georgia Annual Conference, 1927. 25
8. Manuscript draft of sermon “Visions and Dreams: The Unfinished Business of an Unfinished Church,” April 23, 1968. 36
9. Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order address, “From Disputation to Dialogue,” July 13, 1963. 42
10. “Professor Outler’s John Wesley Launches A Library of Protestant Thought Series,” Perkins Perspective, June 1964. 82
11. Members of the Wesley Works Editorial Project team meeting at Perkins School of Theology, March 21, 1972. 83
12. Vatican II credentials, 1962. 90
13. Trialogue on “The Death of God” seminar pamphlet, Perkins School of Theology, 1966. 99
14. Ministers’ Week Luncheon program, Southern Methodist University, February 6, 1974. 100
15. Letter from H. Richard Niebuhr to Albert Outler, November 17, 1952. 118
16. Letter from Lois (Mrs. J. J.) Perkins to Albert Outler, April 3, 1968. 120
17. World Outlook “Methodist of the Year” certificate, May 13, 1966. 134
18. Albert Outler reading a scripture lesson during a sacred service in the promotion of Christian unity held at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, December 4, 1965. 138
19. Albert Outler at Southern Methodist University with Dean Joseph Quillian, Bishop McFerrin Stowe, and Rev. Dr. Zan Holmes, February 1974. 141
20. “The Hallowing of Life” brochure and recordings, Perkins School of Theology Martin Lectures, November 1981. 142
21. Greek Orthodox crucifix, 1986. 152 8 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Albert Outler, circa 1940s. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 9 Foreword
The Albert Cook Outler papers represent one of the most extensive and significant archival collections at Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University. A prominent Methodist theologian and John Wesley scholar of world renown, Dr. Outler (1908–1989) served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology for nearly four decades (1951–1979; professor emeritus 1979–1989). The papers fully document his ministerial, scholarly, and professional activities as well as his personal life. Donated in the 1990s through Outler’s trustee, the Rev. Bob W. Parrott, the materials were initially inventoried by Page A. Thomas and Julie Halstead. On the occasion of the 2008 Perkins School of Theology Ministers Week devoted to the theme “Albert Outler and the Wesleyan Spirit,” the library presented the small exhibition “Albert Cook Outler (1908–1989): A Centenary Exhibit,” on display November 14, 2007–May 5, 2008.
Following the appointment in 2009 of Timothy Binkley as the first Bridwell Library Archivist, Colleen Bradley-Sanders was hired to review, organize, and process the Outler papers according to modern professional standards and guidelines. Supported throughout the process by Bridwell Library’s administration, this finding aid is the result of her dedication to the project, the collection, and the library. In addition to this print publication, the finding aid is also accessible online in TARO (Texas Archival Resources Online.) Both the print and online finding aids were reviewed and published with the detailed oversight of the Archivist.
To publicize the collection, Bridwell Library has prepared a related exhibition and digital collection. “The Albert Cook Outler Papers,” an exhibition comprising ninety items, will be on display February 2–May 1, 2015 in The Elizabeth Perkins Prothro Galleries. In addition to the exhibition onsite, an online version will be available on the library’s website. Complementing the exhibition, the digital collection for the Outler papers will provide access to additional materials including manuscripts, publications, photographs, audio, and video. The expertise of Exhibition Designer Jon Speck and Digital Projects Librarian Rebecca Howdeshell have contributed greatly to these outreach efforts. To further celebrate the exhibition and promote the use of the collection, Outler’s legacy will be explored by Dr. Leicester Longden, Associate Professor of Evangelism and Discipleship emeritus, University of Dubuque Theological Seminary, when he delivers the Fondren lecture for Ministers Week at Perkins School of Theology in February 2015. 10 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
In 1988 Dr. Outler wrote to Bridwell Library director Rev. Dr. Robert Maloy regarding the prospect of his materials being made accessible. He expressed his gratitude to the library for undertaking to care for his collection, “to see them shelved, stored, dispersed or discarded in ways that may be judged most useful, if at all, to accredited students (young and old), qualified researchers, and to interested readers.” He also understood the library’s need to make whatever constructive adaptions of it that may enhance its original intentions: “to be as useful as possible both to ‘the academy’ and ‘the church.’” With the publication of this finding aid and supporting exhibition and digital collection, researchers will be able to fully investigate Albert Outler’s rich legacy as a churchman, scholar, theologian, author, teacher, and ecumenicist.
DANIEL J. SLIVE Head of Special Collections Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 11 Introduction
Archival finding aids describe the content, historical context, and physical arrangement of archival collections: groups of personal papers and corporate records deemed to have historical research value. This finding aid, A Guide to the Papers of Albert Cook Outler, describes the documentary legacy of a scholar, educator, churchman, and ecumenical Christian leader of great importance to Southern Methodist University (SMU), the United Methodist Church, and beyond.
The Albert Cook Outler papers comprise the largest and most significant collection in the Perkins School of Theology archive at Bridwell Library, the principal bibliographic resource at Southern Methodist University for the fields of theology and religious studies. The size of the collection reflects Outler’s long career as a clergyman and educator, his prolific written output, and his frequent speaking engagements combined with an apparent inability to discard anything.
When Bridwell Library received the Outler papers in the 1990s, 358 linear feet of materials were placed in archival boxes and indexed by Julie Halstead and Page A. Thomas. Although it was not a standard archival finding aid, the 387-page Halstead–Thomas index has served many researchers since 1993. Realizing that more could be done to organize and describe the Outler materials, in 2010 Bridwell Library administrators hired Colleen Bradley-Sanders to process the collection according to current professional guidelines (Describing Archives: A Content Standard).
A Guide to the Papers of Albert Cook Outler is the result of four years of labor studying the collection, re–establishing the original order of materials and crafting additional records series, removing redundant and out–of–scope materials, rehousing the collection, and compiling data necessary for the creation of an Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aid. These tasks were performed in order to improve access to the collection, enhance its preservation, and revive interest in Outler now that twenty–five years have passed since his death.
Within this finding aid researchers will find data about the collection’s size, date range, scope, and organization. The finding aid also notes the various types of materials found in the collection, mentions related and separated materials, and offers information about Albert Outler’s life. It concludes with a lengthy list of the contents of the collection specified at the folder level. One hundred printed copies of the Guide are being produced for use in selected academic libraries 12 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
across the United States. An electronic version, posted online in TARO (Texas Archival Resources Online, http://www.lib.utexas.edu/taro), will allow researchers to search for specific words and phrases.
Colleen Bradley–Sanders and I wish to acknowledge Wanda W. Smith (1923–2013), Dr. Outler’s former administrative assistant, for sharing information, encouragement, and personal memories with us freely. We would also like to thank Bridwell Library Director Roberta Schaafsma, Associate Director James McMillin, Head of Special Collections Daniel Slive, staff colleagues Rebecca Howdeshell, Jesse Hunt, Heather Oglevie, Jon Speck, Linda Umoh, and Eric White, student assistants Frances Allington, Rachel Godat, Rebekah Rochte, Rachel Tillay, intern Kelly Baxter, and the SMU EAD Team for helping bring the Albert Outler papers project to a successful completion.
TIMOTHY S. G. BINKLEY Archivist Bridwell Library Perkins School of Theology Southern Methodist University A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 13 Overview
Creator: Outler, Albert Cook, 1908–1989
Title: Albert Cook Outler papers
Inclusive Dates: 1908–1996
Bulk Dates: 1930–1990
Abstract: The Albert Cook Outler papers document the pastoral ministry, teaching career, professional interests and involvements, and personal life of churchman and scholar Albert Outler (1908–1989). Dr. Outler was a prominent twentieth–century United Methodist historical theologian and ecumenicist who served on the faculty of Perkins School of Theology from 1951 to 1979 and as professor emeritus from 1979 until his death in 1989.
Collection No: BridArch 105.14
Extent: 300 boxes (147 linear feet)
Languages: Material is in English, Latin, and German
Repository: Bridwell Library, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
Biographical Note
Methodist minister and theological educator Albert Cook Outler was born on November 17, 1908 in Thomasville, Georgia, the son of Rev. John Morgan Outler and Gertrude Flint Dewberry Outler. Albert Outler studied at Wofford College (A.B., 1928), Emory University (B.D., 1933), and Yale University (Ph.D., 1938). He received a local preacher’s license in 1927 and affiliated with the South Georgia Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, becoming a deacon in 1930 and elder in 1933. Outler’s ministerial appointments in Georgia included Bexley (1929–1930), Pineview (1930–1932), Gordon (1932–1934), and Macon (1934–1935). From 1947 to 1949 Albert Outler also served as pastor of the First Methodist Church of Wallingford, Connecticut.
Upon completion of his doctoral studies at Yale University, Outler held teaching positions at Duke University (1938–1945), Yale University (1945–1951), and Southern Methodist University (1951–1979). 14 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Additionally, Outler taught three summer terms at Union Theological Seminary (1943, 1953, and 1967), was a visiting senior fellow at Princeton University (1956–1957), served as Mellon Visiting Professor of Religion at Davidson College (1980), and taught at Texas Wesleyan University (1983– 1984).
A prolific author, Outler contributed articles to many scholarly journals and was the principal author of the section “Our Theological Task” in the 1972 United Methodist Book of Discipline. His larger works include: A Christian Context for Counseling (1945), Colleges, Faculties and Religion: An Appraisal of the Program of Faculty Consultations on Religion in Higher Education (1949), Psychotherapy and the Christian Message (1954), The Confessions and Enchiridion of St. Augustine (1955), The Christian Tradition and the Unity We Seek (1957), That the World May Believe: A Study in Christian Unity (1966), Methodist Observer at Vatican II (1967), Who Trusts in God: Musings on the Meaning of Providence (1968), Evangelism in the Wesleyan Spirit (1971), and Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit (1975).
Through the editing of John Wesley (1964) and four volumes of John Wesley’s sermons (1984–1987), Outler became a leading Wesley scholar. Outler’s view that John Wesley was a folk–theologian whose teachings contributed greatly to the development of Western Christianity and are worthy of study by Methodists and other Christians has had a lasting impact on and beyond the United Methodist Church.
Albert Outler was a gifted orator who accepted frequent speaking invitations beyond his regular teaching duties. Between 1945 and 1986 he delivered more than one hundred major lectures. Additionally Outler addressed numerous Methodist, ecumenical, and academic gatherings including convocations of pastors in several states, six Danforth Foundation conferences between 1951 and 1980, the National Council of the YMCA (1954), the First Quadrennial Convocation of Christian Colleges (1954), the World Council of Churches Consultation of Church Historians (1956), the Methodist Conference on Christian Vocation (1957), the American Baptist Convention (1959), the Institute of Religion at Texas Medical Center, Houston (1961 and 1968), the Oxford Institute on Methodist Theology (1962, 1981, and 1987), the Faith and Order World Conference (1963), the Conference on Methodism in an Ecumenical Age (1963), the Uniting Conference of the United Methodist Church (1968), the Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies at Tantur, Jerusalem (1972), the World Methodist Council (1974 and 1988), the Montreat Bible and Theology Conference (1982), the Conference on Faith and History (1984), and the American Academy of Religion (1984).
Outler served as president of the American Theological Society (1960–1962), president of the American Society of Church History (1963–1964), and president of the American Catholic A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 15
Historical Society (1972–1973). In 1966 he became a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Eight years later, in 1974, Outler was inducted into the Texas Institute of Letters.
Albert Outler was an active member of the North Texas Annual Conference from 1952 to 1978. The Conference elected him clergy delegate to three General Conferences of the Methodist Church (1960, 1964, and 1966) and three General Conferences of the United Methodist Church (1968, 1972, and 1976). Outler’s denominational service included terms as vice president of the Commission on Ecumenical Affairs (1964–1968), chair of the Theological Study Commission on Doctrines and Doctrinal Standards (1968–1972), and member of the executive committee of the World Methodist Council (1976–1982).
An ecumenical leader of great significance, Albert Outler played leading roles in the Consultation on Church Union and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches. From 1962 to 1965 he attended the Second Vatican Council as an official delegate–observer on behalf of the World Methodist Council. He also participated in a series of Roman Catholic–Methodist bilateral conversations following Vatican II (1965–1981) and served on the Board of Directors of the National Catholic Reporter (1973–1983). Outler’s interest in interfaith relations is evidenced in his service as the first Rector of Thanks-Giving Square in Dallas (1976–1988), his joint appearance with the Dalai Lama at the Second Convocation of World Thanksgiving (1984), and his long–standing friendship with Rabbi Levi A. Olan (1903–1984).
Outler was a man of encyclopedic interests and knowledge who understood himself to be uniquely placed to connect people and institutions across historical and theological divides. His work helped build bridges of understanding between the past and the present, between the church and academia, among Protestant, Roman Catholic, and Orthodox Christians, between Christianity and other religions, and between mainline and evangelical blocs within the United Methodist Church.
In a 1960 article, “The Ordeal of a Happy Dilettante,” Albert Outler shared these thoughts about himself with the readers of The Christian Century:
If I could choose my own epitaph I would want to speak of one who was sustained in a rather strenuous career by the vision of a Christian theology that gives history its full due; that makes way for the future without having to murder the past; that begins and ends with the self–manifestation of God’s mystery in our flesh and our history.
Albert Cook Outler married Carlotta “Carla” Grace Smith (1910–2001) of Birmingham, Alabama, on December 18, 1931. They raised two children: Frances G. Allsop and David S. Outler. Albert Outler died in Bradenton, Florida on September 1, 1989. Carla Outler died on October 22, 2001, in Granbury, Texas. To honor Dr. Outler’s memory, Perkins School of Theology held its 2008 Ministers Week on the theme, “Albert Outler and the Wesleyan Spirit.” 16 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Sources: Astle, Cynthia B. “Longtime Friend Preserves Theologian Outler’s Legacy.” The United Methodist Review, June 16, 1995.
Astle, Cynthia B. “Theologian Albert Outler Dies; Renowned as Scholar, Ecumenist.” The United Methodist Reporter, September 8, 1989.
Campbell, Ted A. “Albert C. Outler and the Heart of the Christian Tradition.” Methodist History 48, no. 2 (January 1, 2010): 113–124.
Deschner, John. “Remember in Christ Albert Outler.” Perkins Journal 42, no. 4 (October 1, 1989): 9–10.
Londgen, Leicester R. “Albert C. Outler Remembered.” Good News, November 1989.
Marty, Martin E. “Albert C. Outler: United Methodist Ecumenist.” Christian Century 101, no. 7 (February 29, 1984): 218–222.
Parmley, Helen. “Noted Theologian Albert Outler Dies.” The Dallas Morning News, September 2, 1989.
Parrott, Bob W. Albert C. Outler: The Gifted Dilettante. Anderson, Indiana: Bristol House, Ltd., 1999.
Carla and Albert Outler at Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, Texas, circa 1976. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 17 Scope and Contents of the Collection
This collection comprises 301 boxes (147.5 linear feet) of correspondence, lecture notes, sermons, publications, office records, photographs, audio and video recordings, diplomas, scrap books, newspaper clippings, and artifacts documenting the life and thought of Albert Cook Outler. These resources offer researchers insights into twentieth–century Christian theological education, the history of the ecumenical movement, the formation of the United Methodist Church, and Outler’s contribution to Wesley studies.
Arrangement of the Collection
The Albert Cook Outler papers are arranged in nine thematic series. The first six series represent the original organization of Dr. Outler’s office files as planned by his wife, Carla Outler, and implemented by his administrative assistant, Wanda W. Smith. The final three series were added during processing in order to accommodate previously uncategorized materials.
Series 1: Teaching, 1938–1984
Series 2: Ecclesiastic, circa 1927–1989 Subseries 1: Sermons and Chapel Talks Subseries 2: World Methodist Council (WMC) Subseries 3: Methodist Conferences Subseries 4: Methodist Boards and Commissions Subseries 5: National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC) Subseries 6: World Council of Churches (WCC) Subseries 7: World Methodist Historical Society Subseries 8: General Files
Series 3: The Scholarly Enterprise, 1927–1989 Subseries 1: Lectures and Articles Subseries 2: Book Reviews Subseries 3: Books Subseries 4: Chapters in Books Subseries 5: Forewords in Books Subseries 6: Other Scholarly Works Subseries 7: Correspondence with Publishers 18 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Series 4: Extra–mural Involvements, circa 1935–1989 Subseries 1: Consultation on Church Union (COCU) Subseries 2: Vatican II Subseries 3: General
Series 5: Perkins School of Theology and Southern Methodist University, 1951–1988
Series 6: Correspondence, 1931–1989
Series 7: Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials, 1923–1995 Subseries 1: Personal Correspondence Subseries 2: Albert Outler’s Education Subseries 3: Biographical Files Subseries 4: Carla Outler Subseries 5: Artifacts, Scrapbooks, and Oversize Materials
Series 8: Photographs, 1915–1988
Series 9: Audio–visual Materials, circa 1950–1996 Subseries 1: Audio recordings for public use Subseries 2: Video recordings for public use Subseries 3: Original recordings and archive master tapes
Restrictions
Access to Collection: The collection is open for research use. Patrons must sign the Acknowledgement of Legal Responsibility and Privacy Rights form before using this collection.
Publication Rights: Permission to publish materials must be obtained from the Director of the Bridwell Library.
Copyright Statement: It is the responsibility of the user to obtain copyright authorization. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 19 Access Terms
This collection is indexed under the following terms in the Southern Methodist University Libraries’ online catalog. Researchers desiring related materials may search the catalog using these terms.
Outler, Albert Cook, 1908-1989. Outler, Carla. Perkins School of Theology—Faculty. United Methodist Church (U.S.)—Clergy. Outler family. Theologians—United States. Letters. Photographs. Audiovisual materials.
Related Material
Bob W. Parrott papers, Bridwell Library Special Collections, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
Divinity School records, University Archives, Duke University
Emory University biographical files, Emory University Archives, Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library, Emory University
Frank Baker papers, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Liston Pope papers, Record Group No. 49, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library
Wanda W. Smith papers, Bridwell Library Special Collections, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
Wesley Works archive, David M. Rubenstein Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Duke University
Wesley Works Editorial Project records, Bridwell Library Special Collections, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University
William C. Martin papers, Bridwell Library Special Collections, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University 20 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Willis M. Tate papers, Southern Methodist University Archives, DeGolyer Library, Southern Methodist University
Yale University Divinity School memorabilia, Record Group No. 53, Special Collections, Yale Divinity School Library
Separated Material
During processing redundant, out-of-scope, and non-archival materials were removed from the Albert Cook Outler papers. Some separated materials entered the Bridwell Library Archives Subject Files, the Bridwell Library Special Collections, the Methodist Pamphlet collection, the Perkins School of Theology Archive, and the Southern Methodist University Archives. One box (.5 linear foot) of papers generated by Bob W. Parrott and pieces of Outler–Parrott correspondence were removed and made a separate collection: the Bob W. Parrott papers. One box (one linear foot) of organizational records of the Duodecim Theological Society were transferred to the Princeton Theological Seminary Library in Princeton, New Jersey.
Administrative Information
Preferred Citation:
[Identification of item], Albert Cook Outler papers, Bridwell Library Special Collections, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University.
Acquisition Information: Acquired, circa 1990
Processing Information:
Processed by Colleen Bradley-Sanders, 2010–2014. Finding aid written by Colleen Bradley– Sanders and Timothy S. G. Binkley, 2014.
Encoded by Ada Negraru, Colleen Bradley-Sanders, and Timothy S. G. Binkley, 2014–2015. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 21
Albert Outler with students at Southern Methodist University, 1970s. 22 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Study plan and lecture notes, Duke University, 1939. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 23 Detailed Description of the Collection
Series 1: Teaching, 1938–1984 Extent: 17 boxes
The first series comprises teaching files from Dr. Outler’s tenures at Duke University, Yale University, Southern Methodist University (SMU), and courses that he taught at other institutions. Types of materials include typescript and manuscript lecture notes, research materials, and course syllabi and examinations.
Box File Contents
1051A 1–13 Duke University, 1938–1945
1051B 1–4 Duke University, 1938–1945
5–20 Yale University, 1945–1951
1052A 1–19 Yale University, 1945–1951
1052B 1–5 SMU: Christology, 1951–1976
6–17 SMU: Christology—Lectures, Spring 1965
1053A 1–7 SMU: Christology—The Person and Work of Jesus Christ, 1958–1979
8–19 SMU: Church History, 1951–1976
1053B 1–14 SMU: Contemporary Theology, 1959–1976
1053C 1–5 SMU: Contemporary Theology, circa 1951–1979
6–24 SMU: Historical Theology, 1951–1970
1054A 1–13 SMU: Historical Theology, 1951–1968
14–20 SMU: Historical Theology—The Interpretation of the Christian Message, 1958–1970 24 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1054B 1–2 SMU: Historical Theology—The Interpretation of the Christian Message, 1970–1971
3–9 SMU: Historical Theology—John Wesley, 1967–1979
10–18 SMU: History of Christian Doctrine, 1953–1978
19–24 SMU: Methodist Constitutional History, 1964–1973
1055A 1–14 SMU: Methodist Constitutional History, 1965
1055B 1–11 SMU: Perkins doctoral program in Religion, 1954-1962
12–16 SMU: Senior Colloquy, 1966
1056A 1–15 SMU: Senior Colloquy, 1966–1969
16–18 SMU: Student files, circa 1951–1979
1056B 1–17 SMU: Student files, circa 1951–1979
1056C 1–20 SMU: Systematic Theology, 1951–1976
1057A 1–5 SMU: Systematic Theology, 1955–1970
6–10 SMU: Systematic Theology lectures by Dr. Robert L. Calhoun, 1949–1954
1057B 1–20 SMU: The Association for Graduate Education and Research (TAGER), 1973–1974
1058A 1–26 SMU: Additional courses and teaching files, 1953–1984
27–33 Other institutions, 1953–1976
34 Additional materials, circa 1951–1979 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 25
Local preacher’s license, Macon District, South Georgia Annual Conference, 1927
Series 2: Ecclesiastic, circa 1927–1989 Extent: 48 boxes
The second series documents Dr. Outler’s activities within the Methodist Episcopal Church, South, the Methodist Church, and the United Methodist Church (UMC), including national and international organizations that he served as a representative of his denomination. Materials in this series include sermons, correspondence, meeting minutes, church bulletins, papers on various topics, and publications. The series is organized into eight topical subseries: Sermons and Chapel Talks, World Methodist Council, Methodist Conferences, Methodist Boards and Commissions, National Council of Churches of Christ, World Council of Churches, World Methodist Historical Society, and General Files.
Box File Contents
Subseries 1: Sermons and Chapel Talks 1058B 1 “After Disillusionment, What?” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, circa 1955
2 “Answer to Anxiety” (Matthew 6:25–34), Mississippi State College; Stanford Memorial Church; First Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, 1953–1955
3 “Answer to Anxiety” and “The Source of Christian Courage,” National Council of YMCA, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 21–22, 1954 26 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
4 Baccalaureate sermon, New Haven State Teachers College, New Haven, Connecticut, June 20, 1948
5 “Between the Past and the Future” (Luke 2:39–52), Seymour Methodist Church, Seymour, Connecticut, April 20, 1947
6 “A Bicentennial Celebration,” Trinity United Methodist Church, Beaumont, Texas, 1984
7 “Blessed are the Peacemakers,” YWCA World Service Sunday, Washington National Cathedral, Washington, D. C., November 13, 1966
8 “Build–Up to a Let–Down?” Wesley Methodist Church, Urbana, Illinois, February 25, 1968
9 “The Business of Theology,” Yale University, September 1945
10 Chapel services, Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 1960–1984
11 “Children of Antoninus,” Commencement sermon, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, May 12, 1974
12 “Christ in You—The Hope of Glory” (Colossians 1:9–25), undated, circa 1927–1980
13 “Christian Affirmations about Man,” undated, circa 1927–1980
14 “The Christian and His Church” (Matthew 6:18), undated, circa 1927–1980
15 Christian Faith (5 sermons), undated, circa 1927–1980
16 “Christian Jailbirds,” Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 1960
17 “Christian Jailbirds,” North Carolina College at Durham, 1961
18 “Christians in the Waiting Room,” Week of Prayer, University of Dallas, January 22, 1970
19 “Christian Spirituality,” Spiritual Encounter Weekend, Arlington, Texas, April 26–28, 1985
20 “The Christian Style of Life,” Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, October 20, 1968
21 “Christ: The Hope of the World,” Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, March 14, 1954
22 “The Church,” memorial service sermon, North Texas Annual Conference, First UMC, Dallas, Texas, May 28, 1972
23 “The Churchman Looks at the Crisis,” Duke University, December 11, 1941 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 27
24 Cochran Chapel UMC, Dallas, Texas, October 28–29, 1984 “Heart Religion” (Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, and Luke 10:27) “Growth in Grace” (2 Peter 3:18) “On Working out Our Own Salvation”
25 Communion meditations, Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, 1960–1979
26 “Computers at Prayer,” North Carolina State College, March 1962
27 “Conditions Go!” Kalamazoo College, Michigan, June 10, 1962
28 “Consecration of Curiosity,” Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, July 23, 1953
29 “The Consecration of Curiosity,” Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, December 1958
30 “The Consecration of Curiosity,” Commencement sermon, Episcopal School of Dallas, Texas, May 26, 1983
31 “The Constraints of Love” (2 Corinthians 5:14), Chicago Sunday Evening Club, April 5, 1970
32 “The Constraints of Love” (2 Corinthians 5:14), Queens College, Charlotte, North Carolina, May 17, 1970
33 “The Constraints of Love” (2 Corinthians 5:14), Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana, May 31, 1970
1059A 1 “The Courage to Be—Afraid,” University of Chicago, July 25, 1965
2 Davidson College Presbyterian Church Lenten sermons, Davidson, North Carolina, March–April, 1980 “The Paths of Glory” (Palm Sunday sermon) “Love’s Wastefulness” (Mark 14:3–9) “Pilate’s Plight” (Matthew 27:26)
3 “Dependence and Freedom,” Yale University, circa 1945–51
4 “The Discipline of Love,” Baccalaureate sermon, Highland Park High School, Dallas, Texas, May 1952
5 “The Dyke against the Barbarians,” North Carolina State College, March 1962
6 Easter & Holy Week sermons, 1935–1952
7 “Easter Faith and Human Hope,” Davidson UMC, Davidson, North Carolina, April 6, 1980
8 “The Ecumenical Movement at the Grass–Roots” (John 17:21), Stevens Park Christian Church, Dallas, Texas, February 27, 1955 28 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
9 “The Ecumenical Road Ahead” (1 Corinthians 3:3b–11), Williams College, Williamstown, Massachusetts, April 30, 1967
10 “An Effectual Calling?” Commencement sermon, Duke University, May 11, 1974
11 “Empowered to Witness” (Acts 1:4–8), Lovely Lane UMC, Baltimore, Maryland, May 6, 1984
12 “Erudito et Religio” (Hebrews 11), Duke University, 1940
13 “Escape From Moralism,” undated, circa 1960
14 “The Ethics of Gratitude” (Ephesians 2:8), undated, circa 1927–1980
15 “Faith in a Time of Foreboding,” Baccalaureate sermon, SMU, May 18, 1975
16 “The Faith Mothers Live By,” Duke University, May 12, 1940
17 “Faith Renewed” (Hebrews 13:8–16), Central Pennsylvania Conference, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, June 12, 1964
18 “The Family of Families” (Ephesians 3:4–20), First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, April 4, 1948
19 First UMC, Houston, Texas, November 8–10, 1985 “The Primacy of Scripture” “The Unity of Scripture” “Rightly Dividing the World of Truth”
20 First UMC, Odessa, Texas, November 25–26, 1984 “The Sainthood of All Believers” “Heart Religion” (Matthew 22:37, Mark 12:30, and Luke 10:27) “Growth in Grace” (2 Peter 3:18) “On Working Out Our Own Salvation”
21 “Fit for Freedom,” Baccalaureate sermon, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, June 12, 1966
22 “Fit to Be Free” (Galatians 5), Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, April 12, 1953
23 “Fit to Be Free,” Baccalaureate sermon, Stanford University, Stanford, California, June 17, 1952
1059B 1 “Fit to Be Free,” Duke University, October 16, 1955
2 “Fit for the Master’s Use” (Luke 14), undated, circa 1927–1980
3 “For All the Saints—Including Us,” North Texas Annual Conference memorial service sermon, Dallas, June 1, 1976
4 “For Goodness’ Sake!” Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, April 1985 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 29
5 “For the Time Being” (2 Thessalonians 3:13 and Galatians 6:9), Baccalaureate sermon, Rice Institute, Houston, Texas, May 29, 1958
6–9 The Francis sermons, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, October 5–7, 1969 “Through Jesus Christ Our Lord–The Heart of the Gospel” “Through Jesus Christ Our Lord–The Table of the Lord” “Through Jesus Christ Our Lord–Jesus Christ Our Lord and Savior” “Through Jesus Christ Our Lord–Christ in You, the Hope of Glory”
10 Funeral sermon, Landgrave W. Smith, Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, June 24, 1974
11 “God’s Love and Ours,” undated, circa 1927–1980
12 “The Good Pastor” (John 21), Perkins Chapel, SMU, November 20, 1969
13 “The Grace of Gratitude,” First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, November 23, 1947
14 “The Grace of Gratitude” (Colossians 2:1–7), SMU, November 1951
15 “The Grace of Gratitude,” Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, November 23, 1952
16 “The Grace of Insecurity” (Luke 12), First Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, February 1955
17 “The Great Commandment,” undated, circa 1927–1980
18 “Great Expectations” (Luke 3:13–17), First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, November 30, 1947
19 “Have a Good Trip!” (Galatians 5), Chicago Sunday Evening Club, April 21, 1968
20 “Have a Good Trip!” (Galatians 5), Greensboro College, Greensboro, North Carolina, June 2, 1968
21 “The Heart of the Gospel” (2 Corinthians 5 and Hebrews 4), First UMC, Peoria, Illinois, March 9, 1969
22 “Heritage–Baggage or Resource,” Northaven UMC, Dallas, Texas, March 4, 1979
23 “The Holy Spirit in the Ministry,” North Texas Annual Conference ordination service sermon, June 1, 1976
24 “The Holy Spirit in the Ministry” (Ephesians), Northern New Jersey Annual Conference, June 9, 1976
25 “Home Visitation Evangelism” (Acts 16:16–40), Union Theological Seminary, New York, New York, August 8, 1957
26 “The Humane Engineer,” North Carolina State College, March 1962 30 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
27 “The Importance of Being Earnest,” Arkansas State Conference, Methodist Student Movement, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, December 2–4, 1955
28 “John Wesley—Then and Now,” First UMC, Dallas, Texas, November 8, 1970
29 “The Joy of Living” (John 16:12–33), First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, March 14, 1948
30 “The Kingdom of Heaven” (Luke 17:21), Canberra, Australia, and the Woodlands UMC, Houston, Texas, 1980
31 “Knocking Yourself Out” (Matthew 16:24–26), Rutgers University, October 24, 1948
1059C 1 “Knowledge and Vital Piety” (2 Timothy 2:1–7), Highland Park UMC, Dallas, Texas, March 31, 1963
2 “The Laity” (1 Peter 2:9–10), North Texas Annual Conference, First UMC, Dallas, Texas, May 29, 1972
3 “Lent and the Challenge of Forgivingness” (Colossians 3:1–17), Pollard Memorial UMC, Tyler, Texas, February 27, 1977
4 Lent at Highland Park, Highland Park UMC, Dallas, Texas, March 25, 1986
5 “Life’s Pilgrimage,” undated, circa 1927–1980
6 “Life’s Pilgrimage,” Pullan [Pullen] Memorial Methodist Church, May 21, 1939
7 “Little Man, What Now?” Virginia Methodist Student Conference, February 1942
8 Little Rock Trilogy, St. Paul UMC, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 1–3, 1984 “Heart Religion” “Growth in Grace” “On Working out Our Own Salvation”
9 “Living Beyond the Law” (Galatians 6), Memorial UMC, Thomasville, North Carolina, February 4, 1979
10 “Living Beyond the Law,” Cedar Bayou UMC, Baytown, Texas, March 11, 1979
11 “The Lonely Crowd,” undated, circa 1927–1980
12 “The Lonely Crowd,” Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey, 1959
13 “The Lonely Crowd” (Ephesians 4:14–16), Carleton College, Northfield, Minnesota, January 1959
14 “The Lonely Crowd,” Duke University, March 15, 1959
15 “Man Alive!” Princeton University Chapel and Perritte Memorial Methodist Church, Nacogdoches, Texas, 1961 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 31
16 “Man’s Ultimate Resources” (Luke 15:16), First Presbyterian Church, Macon, Georgia, May 26, 1935
17 “The Meaning of Loyalty,” Wofford College, 1948
18 “The Meaning of Sacrifice,” New Haven Council of Churches, New Haven, Connecticut, March 17, 1946
19 “The Measure of Greatness” (Mark 10:35–45), First UMC, Denton, Texas, October 17, 1982
20 “The Measure of Greatness,” St. Paul UMC, Abilene, Texas, February 27, 1983
21 “The Measure of Maturity,” Cornell University, Ithaca, New York and Vassar College, Poughkeepsie, New York, 1962
22 Memoir of Thomas Marsh, Perkins Chapel, SMU, March 13, 1963
23 “The Methodist Heritage in America: The Past as Prologue,” Northern New Jersey Annual Conference, June 7, 1976
24 “Methodist Pluralism,” Holy Covenant UMC, Carrollton, Texas, March 9, 1981
25 Mulberry Street Church, Macon, Georgia (multiple sermons), 1934–1936
26 “Neighbors are Nuisances” (John 10:25–37), Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts, March 1962
27 “Neighbors Can Be Nuisances” (Hebrews 12 and Luke 10), Union Theological Seminary, New York, July 8, 1964
28 “The New Commandment” (John 13), Illinois Conference, 1957
29 “The New Commandment,” Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, April 4, 1965
30 “The New Commandment,” Oak Lawn UMC, Dallas, Texas, September 12, 1982
31 “New Education for a New Day,” First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, June 11, 1969
1060A 1–5 New Mexico Annual Conference, May 27–29, 1975 “The First Pentecost” “The Spirit in the Heart” “The Holy Spirit in the Church” “The Holy Spirit in the World” “The Holy Spirit in the Ministry”
6 “A New World Order,” Commencement address, Columbia College, South Carolina, May 29, 1944
7 “The Old Testament and Mental Health,” Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, Texas, May 1, 1955 32 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
8 “On Getting First Things First” (Matthew 6:33), Beaumont UMC, Texas, October 18, 1981
9 “On Working Out Our Own Salvation” (Philippians 2:12–13), Perkins Chapel, SMU, April 25, 1974
10 “On Working Out Our Own Salvation,” First UMC, Bloomington, Indiana, November 3, 1974
11 “The One Man Mob,” Temple Buell College, Denver, Colorado, October 22, 1967
12 “The One Man Mob” (Galatians 5), Perkins Chapel, SMU, February 25, 1968
13 “An Ordination Sermon,” Texas Annual Conference, Houston, Texas, June 3, 1981
14 “An Ordination Sermon,” South Georgia Annual Conference, Macon, Georgia, June 8, 1983
15 “Our Christian Calling; Our Callings as Christians,” Columbia College, Columbia, South Carolina, October 21, 1968
16 “Our Fathers’ Faith and Ours” (Hebrews 11–12), General Conference, Methodist Church, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, May 1, 1964
17 “Our Omitted Opportunities” (1 Samuel 28:1–12), Fairmont Methodist Church, Raleigh, North Carolina, 1939
18 “Our Unity at the Lord’s Table” (1 Corinthians 11:27), undated, circa 1927–1980
19 Palm Sunday sermon, Northaven UMC, Dallas, Texas, April 3, 1977
20 “Pardon Me,” Stanford Memorial Church, Stanford University, October 6, 1957
21 “Peace! It’s Wonderful!” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, January 21, 1945
22 “The Peril of Education” (Proverbs 4:7), Baccalaureate sermon, Middle Georgia College, Warner Robins, Georgia, June 9, 1935
23 “The Perils and Promises of Education,” undated, circa 1927–1980
24 “The Perils and Promises of Education” (Job 28), Baccalaureate sermon, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas, May 30, 1952
25 Perkins Chapel, SMU, February 1966 Shrove Tuesday Ash Wednesday “On Discerning the Body in the Holy Communion”
26 “The Power to Love,” First Baptist Church, Pasadena, California, January 24, 1960
27 “The Promise of Life” (John 10:10), Harvard Memorial Club, March 18, 1962 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 33
28 “The Promise of Life” (John 10:10), Chicago Sunday Evening Club, February 5, 1967
29 “The Promise of the Paraclete” (John 15–16), First UMC, Denton, Texas, March 10–12, 1985
30 “The Pursuit of Happiness” (Matthew 5:1–12), The Upper Room Pulpit, September 1951
31 “Redeeming the Time” (Ephesians 5:15–16), Wesley Covenant service, Oak Lawn UMC, Dallas, Texas, January 2, 1983
32 Rejebian sermons, Highland Park UMC, Dallas, Texas, March 23–25, 1986 “True Religion: the Porch” “True Religion: the Door” “True Religion: the Living Room”
1060B 1 “The Renewal of the Wesleyan Tradition,” May 1963
2 “Repentance–Anyone?” (Acts 2), Harvard Chapel meditation, March 1962
3 “The Sainthood of All Believers” (Matthew 5:48), sermon preached at churches in Iowa and Texas, 1984–1985
4 “The Servant of the Lord” (Isaiah 40–55), undated, circa 1927–1980
5 Shandon UMC, Columbia, South Carolina, November 11–13, 1984 “Heart Religion” (Matthew 22:37) “The Sainthood of All Believers” (Matthew 5:48) “Growth in Grace” (2 Peter 3:18) “On Working Out Our Own Salvation”
6 “The Source of Christian Courage” (1 John 4:10–21), July 1954
7 “And So What Have You Done for Me Lately?” Founders’ Day sermon, Duke University, December 10, 1967
8 “The Spirit in the Church” (Acts 2:16–21), Northern New Jersey Annual Conference, June 8, 1976
9 “Spirit in the World,” North Texas Annual Conference, May 31, 1976
10 “Take Thou Authority…” (Titus 2:1–15), Southwest Texas Conference, San Antonio, Texas, 1964
11 “Take Thou Authority!” Central Texas Conference, June 5, 1984
12 “That They All May Be One,” Faith and Order Conference, Texas Council of Churches, November 3–5, 1967
13 “The Three Burdens” (Galatians 6 and Matthew 11), First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, September 14, 1947
14 “Thy Kingdom Come–For Thine is the Kingdom!” undated, 1953–1961 34 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
15 “The Time Being,” Rutgers University, March 1958
16 “The Time Being,” Baccalaureate sermon, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, May 1958 17 “Unfinished Business of the Reformation” (Philippians 3:7–16), Perkins Chapel, SMU, October 30, 1957 18 “An Unfinished Cathedral,” undated, circa 1927–1980 19 “Unite the Pair So Long Disjoined,” University of Chicago Aldersgate festival, May 18, 1958 20 “The Unready Prophet,” undated, circa 1927–1980 21 “Veritas Liberabit Vos” (John 8:31–39), Jefferson Methodist Church, San Antonio, Texas, January 19, 1964 22 Visions and Dreams (Acts 2:17), Uniting Conference of the United Methodist Church, Memorial Auditorium, Dallas, April 23, 1968 23 Wartime sermons (WWII), circa 1941–1945 24 “Wesleyan Spirituality: A Summary,” St. Luke’s UMC, Houston, Texas, October 1985 25 Wesley festival, Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, April 1, 1975
26 “Wesley’s Covenant service and Our Covenant service,” Oak Lawn UMC, Dallas, Texas, January 3, 1982
27 “What Can We Depend On?” (Romans 8:31–39), Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 12, 1952
28 “What Can We Pray For?” (Luke 11:1–13), undated, circa 1927–1980
29 “What it Means to Be a Christian,” undated, circa 1927–1980
30 “What Presbyterians Might Like To Know About John Wesley—And Rarely Think To Ask,” Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, May 1985
31 “Whence the Power to Love” (John 13), St. John’s Methodist Church, Lubbock, Texas, December 1958
32 “Why Wesley?” First UMC, Ashland, Virginia, March 17, 1985
1061A 1 “With All We Have” (Luke 10:25–28), Union Theological Seminary, New York, July 31, 1953
2 “With All We’ve Got” (Luke 10:25–28), Perkins Chapel, SMU, Fall 1951
3 “The World So Loved by God” (John 3:16–17), various locations, 1983
4 Untitled, SMU, Dallas, Texas, September 12, 1961
5 Untitled, SMU, Dallas, Texas, April 4, 1962 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 35
6 Untitled, English Methodist Church, Rome, Italy, December 1, 1963
7 Untitled, Palm Sunday, Northaven Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, April 3, 1977
8 Untitled, Perkins Chapel, SMU, Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1979
9 Sermons, 1945–57
10–13 Sermon drafts and notes, undated, circa 1927–1980
1061B 1 Sermon drafts and notes, undated, circa 1927–1980
2–3 Sermon drafts and notes, 1942–1951
4 Church bulletins, First Methodist Church, Wallingford, Connecticut, 1947–1948
5–6 Church bulletins, various, 1939–1984
Subseries 2: World Methodist Council (WMC) 1062A 1 Bi–Centennial committee, 1975–1976 2 Convocation on Evangelism, Jerusalem, 1974 3–7 Correspondence 1953–1987 8–11 Executive Committee, 1966–1986 12–15 World Conference, 1961–1981 16 World Parish, 1964–1980 17 Methodist World Council Handbook of Information, 1976-1981
1062B 1–5 Oxford Institute, correspondence 1961–1987 6 Oxford Institute, correspondence with Douglas Meeks, 1980–1988 7 Oxford Institute (Seventh), 1982 8 Oxford Institute (Seventh), Working Group I, “The Horizon of Inquiry,” 1982
1062C 1–2 Oxford Institute (Seventh), Report to the Plenary, “A New Future For Wesley Studies,” 1982 3 Oxford Institute (Seventh), Program and participant information, 1982 4–5 Oxford Institute (Eighth) Keynote address, “Methodists In Search of Consensus,” 1987 6–12 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Correspondence, 1963–1986 36 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Manuscript draft of sermon “Visions and Dreams: The Unfinished Business of An Unfinished Church,” April 23, 1968. This sermon was the keynote address at the Uniting Conference of the United Methodist Church. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 37
1063A 1 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Chicago, Illinois, meeting, 1966
2 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Fordham University, New York, meeting, 1967
3 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, meeting, 1967
4 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Arricia (Italy) meeting, 1968
5 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—London (England) meeting, 1968
6 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—San Antonio, Texas, meeting, 1968
7 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Malta meeting, 1969
8–9 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, meeting, 1970
10 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Rome (Italy) meeting, 1972
1063B 1 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Bad Soden (Germany) meeting, 1977
2–3 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Rome (Italy) meeting, 1978
4 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—St. Simons Island, Georgia, meeting, 1979
5 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Rome (Italy) meeting, 1980
6 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Participant Lists, 1977 and undated
7 “The Prospects of the Roman Catholic–Methodist Dialogue—A Methodist Appraisal,” undated, circa 1966–1977
8 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Reports, 1971–1986
9 WMC/Roman Catholic Dialogue—Additional materials, 1965–1977
1064 A 1-2 Second Conference on Methodism in an Ecumenical Age, “Where We Stand in COCU,” Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 1965
3-7 Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, 1976-1988
Subseries 3: Methodist Conferences 1064A 8 General Conference of the Methodist Church, 1960
8 General Conference of the Methodist Church, 1964
10 General Conference of the Methodist Church, 1966
11–14 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1968
15–17 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1970 38 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1064B 1–10 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1972
1065A 1–5 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1976
6 General Conference of the United Methodist Church, 1988
7 Central Illinois Conference, 1964–1966
8 Detroit Annual Conference, undated, circa 1935–1980
9 Illinois Annual Conference, 1957
10 New Mexico Annual Conference, 1975
11 North Carolina Conference, 1940
12 Northern New Jersey Annual Conference, 1975–1976
13–17 North Texas Annual Conference, 1956–1981
1065B 1–22 North Texas Annual Conference, 1954–circa 1988
1065C 1–2 South Georgia Annual Conference, 1982–1983
3 Southwest Texas Conference, 1964–1984
4–5 Texas Annual Conference, 1981–1984
6 Texas Central Conference, 1954–1984
7 Texas Conference of Churches, 1968–1984
8 Western North Carolina Annual Conference, 1968
Subseries 4: Methodist Boards and Commissions 1065C 9–10 Board of Discipleship, 1973–1987
11–18 Board of Education, 1935–1957
1066A 1–11 Board of Education, 1958–1984
12 Board of Evangelism, 1959–1973
1066B 1 Board of Global Ministries, 1973–1978
2–4 Board of Higher Education and Ministry, 1961–1983 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 39
5–15 Board of Missions, 1943–1973
16–21 Commission on Ecumenical Affairs, 1964–1972
1067A 1–12 Commission on Ecumenical Affairs, 1965–1972
1067B 1–7 Commission on Ecumenical Affairs, 1965–1972
1068A 1–4 Commission on Ecumenical Affairs, 1966–1972
5 Commission on Ecumenical Consultation, 1960–1964
6 Commission on Ministerial Training, 1947–1950
7 Commission on Promotion and Cultivation, 1960–1971
8–10 Commission on Our Theological Task (COTT), 1984–1988
1068B 1 Commission to Study the Ministry, 1974–1975
2 Committee to Study the Ministry, 1965–1967
3 General Board of Christian Social Concerns, 1962–1971
4 General Commission on Archives and History, 1970–1989
5 Hymnal Revision Committee of the General Conference, 1976–1987
6 National Methodist Convocation on Medicine and Theology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, 1966-1967
7 Social Principles Study Commission, 1969–1972
8 Other Methodist / United Methodist boards and commissions, 1956-1983
1068C 1 Theological Study Commission (TSC) Atlanta meeting, 1970
2–3 TSC: Book of Discipline, 1972
4–5 TSC: Chicago meeting, 1971
6–9 TSC: Correspondence, 1968–1971
1069A 1 TSC: Correspondence, 1972–1973
2 TSC: Daily Christian Advocate, 1970–1972
3–4 TSC: Judicial Council, 1972 40 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
5 TSC: Kansas City meeting, 1970
6 TSC: Leader’s Guide to Doctrine and Doctrinal Statements, 1972
7 TSC: Meeting minutes, 1956–1971
8 TSC: Membership rosters, 1969–1970
9 TSC: Papers, Cobb, John, 1970
10 TSC: Papers, Comparison of EUB and Methodist Church doctrines, undated, circa 1966
11 TSC: Papers, DeWolf, Harold, 1969–1971
12 TSC: Papers, Outler, Albert, 1969
13 TSC: Papers, Stokes, Mack B., undated, circa 1968–1972
1069B 1 TSC: Papers, various authors, 1963–1969
2 TSC: Press releases, 1969–1972
3 TSC: Proposals, 1972
4–8 TSC: Reports, 1969–1972
9 TSC: Resolutions for General Conference, 1970
10 TSC: St. Louis meeting, 1968
11 TSC: Additional materials, 1971–1972
Subseries 5: National Council of Churches of Christ (NCC) 1070A 1 Advisory Committee minutes, 1962
2–3 Colloquium, Notre Dame University, 1967–1968
4 Commission on Ecumenical Affairs, 1959–1968
5–6 Correspondence, 1952–1989
7 Department of Pastoral Services, 1948–1956
8 Commission on Faith and Order, 1959–1983
9 First Quadrennial Convocation of Christian Colleges, 1954 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 41
10 Interseminary Movement, 1952–1957
11 Missions, 1952–1959
12 Commission on Religion and Health, 1952–1963
13 University Christian Mission, 1952–1958
14 Additional materials, 1957–1968
Subseries 6: World Council of Churches (WCC) 1070B 1 Amsterdam (Netherlands) First Assembly, 1948
2 The Atomic Age, circa1957
3 Canberra (Australia) Seventh Assembly, 1988
4 Consultation on Church Historians, 1956
5 Correspondence, 1955–1989
6–8 Department on the Laity, 1958–1959
9 Ecumenical Council for Life and Work, 1942
10–13 Ecumenical Institute, 1952–1963
1071A 1–3 Ecumenical Institute, 1952–1963
4 Ecumenical Press Service, 1968–1969
5–17 Evanston, Illinois, Second Assembly, 1954
1071B 1–6 Evanston, Illinois, Second Assembly, 1954
7 Financial Report, 1960
8 Johannesburg (South Africa) Conference, 1955
9 “The Methodist Church Looks at the World Council of Churches,” 1960
10 Nairobi (Kenya) Fifth Assembly, 1975
11–14 New Delhi (India) Third Assembly, 1961
1071C 1–13 New Delhi (India) Third Assembly, 1961
14 Participant lists, 1956–1957 42 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order address, “From Disputation to Dialogue,” July 13, 1963. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 43
15 Publications, 1954–1967
16 United States Conference for the World Council of Churches, 1964
17–19 Uppsala (Sweden) Fourth Assembly, 1968
1072A 1–4 Uppsala (Sweden) Fourth Assembly, 1968
5 U.S. Conference, 1962–1968
6 WCC–Roman Catholic Church Relations, 1966
7 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Aarhus (Denmark) meeting, 1964
8 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Advisory Committee, 1959–1960
9 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Bangalore (India) meeting, 1978
10–14 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Bristol (England) meeting, 1967
15 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Chicago, Illinois, meeting, 1954
16–17 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Commission on Christ and the Church, 1956–1961
1072B 1 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Commission on Christ and the Church, 1959–1962
2 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Commission on Worship, 1956–1962
3 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Constitution, 1965
4 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Consultations, 1956–1965
5–13 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Correspondence, 1949–1961
1073A 1–5 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Correspondence, 1962–1978
6 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Cyprus meeting (see also Aarhus meeting), 1964
7–10 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Lund (Sweden) Third World Conference, 1952
11 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Membership and minutes, 1954–1962
12–17 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Montreal (Canada) Fourth World Conference, 1963 44 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1073B 1–9 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Montreal (Canada) Fourth World Conference, 1963
10–22 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Oberlin, Ohio, North American Conference, 1957
1074A 1–9 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Oberlin, Ohio, North American Conference, 1957
10 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Ordination, 1968–1974
11–12 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Papers, 1954–1967
13 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Publications, 1951–1965
1074B 1–2 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Reports, 1951–1961
3 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Rome Consultation, 1983
4 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Study Commission on Institutionalism, 1957–1962
5–11 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Study Commission on Tradition and Traditions, 1954–1963
1074C 1–8 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Study Commission on Tradition and Traditions, 1947–1962
9 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Study Guide, undated, circa 1954–1978
10 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Survey of Church Union negotiations, 1957–1965
11 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Survey, “Our Oneness in Christ…,” 1953
12 WCC Faith and Order Commission: travel diaries, 1956–1960
1075A 1–6 WCC Faith and Order Commission: United States Conference, 1952–1962
7 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, 1959–1966
8–12 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Working Committee, 1953–1967
1075B 1–4 WCC Faith and Order Commission: Working Committee, 1953–1967
5 WCC Faith and Order Commission: additional materials, 1957–1972
6-7 WCC Study Department (Amsterdam), 1946-1947 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 45
Subseries 7: World Methodist Historical Society 1076A 1 Correspondence, 1968–1987
2 Historical Bulletin, 1981–1982
3–4 Bristol (England) regional conference, 1973
5 Toronto (Canada) regional conference, 1977
Subseries 8: General Files 1076B 1 Association of Methodist Historical Societies, 1963–1968
2 Chaplain’s Conference, Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1951–1952
3 Chaplain’s Conference, Yale University, 1953
4 Conference on Interpreting the Faith, 1981
5 Consultation on Methodist Church Overseas Structure (COSMOS), 1965–1967
6–8 Correspondence, 1953–1988
9–14 Council of Bishops, 1951–1981
1077A 1–3 Council of Bishops, 1951–1981
4 Criswell, W. A., 1973
5 Dallas Council of Churches, 1968–1976
6 Disciple Bible Study, 1987
7 Ecumenical Resolution re: Mutual Recognition of Memberships, undated, circa 1935–1980
8 Ecumenical Student Conference, 1954
9 Entrance into representative professional leadership, 1975
10 Evangelical United Brethren Church, 1962
11 Faculty Conference on Religion in Higher Education, Park College, Rocky Mountain Region Y.M.C.A. and Y.W.C.A., 1951-1952
12 Festival of Christian Unity, First Christian Church, February 21, 1971
13 “The Future of the Diaconate,” Carolyn Sweers, 1975
14 The General Rules and other Errors in the 1972 Discipline, 1975
15 Gordon United Methodist Church history, 1989 46 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
16 Greater Dallas Council of Churches, 1975 17 Highland Park Methodist Church / UMC, Dallas, Texas, 1951-1983
1077B 1 “The History and Mission of the Church,” 1954 2 Homosexuality, 1975–1979 3 Interfaith marriages, 1973–1975 4 The Lyceum Club, Dallas, 1958–1959 5–8 Methodism in an Ecumenical Age conferences, 1963–1965 9–10 Methodist Conference on Christian Education, 1957–1968 11–23 Methodist Student Movement, 1940–1961 24 Methodist Student Workers Association seminar, SMU, 1951
1077C 1 Northaven UMC–Methodist Bicentennial banners, undated, circa 1984 2 Other speaking engagements, 1941–1972 3–4 Pacific Homes litigation, 1979 5–17 Pastor’s Schools, 1942–1980
1078A 1 “The Permanent Diaconate—A Challenge to the UMC,” 1973 2–5 Plan of Union (Methodist Church and EUB Church), 1966–1970 6–12 Religious emphasis weeks, 1947–1981 13 Roundtable Unit, 1956 14 Secretariat for Promoting Christian Unity, 1970–1973 15 State Methodist Student Conference, Gainesville, Florida, 1942 March 21 16 Term episcopacy, undated, circa 1935–1980 17 Texas Council of Churches, 1957–1964
1078B 1–3 Theological Consultations, Division of World Missions, Glen Lake, Michigan, 1957- 1960 4 “Theology for Workers with Youth,” 1947
5 Trinity UMC, Beaumont, Texas—Bicentennial celebration, 1984 6 United Methodist Reporter, 1980–1984 7 United Methodist Communications, 1979–1985 8–9 Women’s Society of Christian Service, 1966 10 Additional materials, 1972–1984 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 47
Series 3: The Scholarly Enterprise, 1927–1989 Extent: 65 boxes
The third series includes lectures, books in various stages of creation and production, book reviews, correspondence with publishers, and other scholarly works. There are seven subseries: Lectures and Articles, Book Reviews, Books, Chapters in Books, Forewords in Books, Other Scholarly Works, and Correspondence with Publishers. In the first subseries, named lectureships (Ainslie Lecture to Zimmerman Lectures) are listed first, followed by the remaining lectures in alphabetical order by title.
Box File Contents
Subseries 1: Lectures and Articles 1079A 1–2 Ainslie Lecture, Council on Christian Unity, “Ecumenism in a Postliberal Age,” December 3, 1984
3–5 Ayer Lectures, 1957 “And of the Same Essence as Ourselves” “451—And All That!” “After Chalcedon—What?”
6 Balmer Showers Lectures, United Theological Seminary, April 29–30, 1969
7 Barton Lectures, Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, January 12–15, 1964 “The Fact of Christ” “The Beginnings of the Church” “The Survival of the Church” “The Prospects of the Church”
8–10 Boswell Lectures, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, April 13–14, 1976 “The Past as Prologue” “Zion in the New Wilderness” “The New Jerusalem–Ross at Harwood”
11 Boswell Lectures, First United Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, February 26–27, 1984
12–15 Cato Lecture, Uniting Church in Australia, May 22, 1982 “The Rule of Grace” “Pneumatology as an Ecumenical Frontier”
1079B 1–2 Charles Lectures, Earlham College, September and November 1981 “The Lord’s Song in a Strange Land” “The Time of Your Life” “An Ethics for Survival” 48 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
3–8 Cole Lectures, Vanderbilt University, 1958 “The Shaping of the Christological Problem” “The Creed Commonly Called Nicene” “Of the Same ‘Essence’ as Ourselves” “The Bias of Orthodoxy” “Crisis in Christology” “The Right Man on Our Side”
1080A 1–5 Colliver Lectures, University of the Pacific, December 2–4, 1968 “Time of Danger, Time of Hope” “The Problems of Authority in the Church and the Ecumenical Dialogue” “Development and Change in the Church: A Theological Problem and an Ecumenical Possibility” “Christians in Communion: What Price Christian Unity?” (Also delivered as the 1969 Willson Lectures at Texas Tech University, Lubbock, March 31, 1969)
6–10 Currie Lectures, Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, January 29–February 2, 1962 “Providence and History” “The Predicament of the Christian Historian” “The Survival of the Church” “Between the Past and the Future” “Our Hope for Years to Come”
11 Dalton Lectures, Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, May 17–18, 1965
12 Caleb Davies Lectures, Phillips University, May 1962 “Receiving the Gospel” “The Renewal of the Gospel” “Traditioning the Gospel”
1080B 1–5 Denman Lectures, “New Styles in Cooperative Evangelism,” United Methodist Congress on Evangelism, New Orleans, Louisiana, January 4–8, 1971 “Wesley the Evangelist” “Wesley’s Evangel” “A Third Great Awakening?” “A Church of the Martyrs and Servants”
6 Dudleian Lecture, “The Incipience of Faith,” Harvard University, 1956
7–10 Earl Lectures, Pacific School of Religion, February 11–13, 1969 “The Humanum: Crux and Crunch in Contemporary Theology” “The Christian Clue” “On Becoming Fully Human”
1080C 1–4 Fenn Lectures, Central United Methodist Church, Albuquerque, New Mexico, February 8–10, 1981 “The World So Loved By God” and “Ordo Salutis” A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 49
5–8 Finch–Hunt Lectures, Institute for Homiletical Studies, North Carolina, February 5–7, 1979 “The Well–Prepared Preacher” “The Message is the Medium: The Wesleyan Vision of the Christian Life” “On Working Out Our Own Salvation” “Preaching With Authority”
9–14 Fondren Lectures, SMU, February 4–7, 1974 “Plundering the Egyptians: On the Art of Making the Best Use of Good Sources” “Diagnosing the Human Flaw: Reflections on the Real Human Condition” “On ‘Offering Christ’—The Gist of the Gospel” “Going on to Perfection: Holiness of Heart and Life”
1081A 1–2 Gilmore Lectures, First United Methodist Church, Des Moines, Iowa, May 13, 1984 “The Methodist Reformation” “Into Century Three”
3 Gorman Lectures, University of Dallas, September 16, 1976 “The Gospel According to St. Mark”
4 Gray Lectures, Duke University, October 30–November 2, 1962 “The Foundry” “These Well–Meaning, Wrong–Headed Germans” “Predestination Calmly Considered” “Holiness of Heart and Life”
5–7 Gray Lectures, Duke University, November 7–9, 1983 “The Methodist Reformation” “The Great Success Story” (working title “Adventures and Misadventures in America” “Into The Bicentennial and Beyond”
8 Greene Lectures, Andover–Newton Divinity School, October 16, 1957 “The Course of Justice” “The Mightiest in the Mightiest”
9–12 Heck Lectures, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, April 12–14, 1977 “The Loss of the Sacred” “The Recovery of the Sacred” “The Hallowing of All Occasions” “Happiness and Holiness”
1081B 1–3 Heinsohn Lectures and sermon, University UMC, Austin, Texas, April 1980 “The Fullness of Life” “The Threshold of Faith” “Life’s Agenda for Born Again Christians” “Holiness of Heart and Life” 50 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
4 Hopkins Lectures in the Spiritual Life, First UMC, Denton, Texas, March 10–12, 1985 “The Lord and Giver of Life” “The Holy Spirit and Human Spirits” “Christian Spirituality in a Wesleyan Perspective”
5–10 Jones–Cadwallader Lectures, Rayne Memorial UMC, New Orleans, Louisiana, September 28–30, 1975 “Aldersgate Revisited” and Correspondence “John Wesley as Debtor: A Lesson in Christian Stewardship” “Catholic Spirit” “The Methodist Revolution” “On Working Out Our Own Salvation” “A Future for the Methodist Heritage”
11 Kantonen Lectures, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, April 11–13, 1983 “The Ecumenical Experience” “The Ecumenical Achievement” “The Ecumenical Prospect”
12 Leith Lectures and sermon, First Presbyterian Church, Auburn, Alabama, October 23–25, 1983 “The World So Loved By God” “The Nemesis of Power” “The Kingdom of God as Metaphor for God’s Sovereign Grace” “The Rule of Grace: Grace as Dynamis and as Exousia”
13 Lyman Lecture, Sweet Briar College, April 21, 1967 “The Liberal Spirit and the Future of Religion”
1082A 1 Martin Lectures, SMU, November 11–13, 1981 “The Unhallowed Life” “The Hallowing of the Humdrum” “The Hallowing of All Occasions”
2–4 McFadin Lectures, Texas Christian University, February 17–19, 1970 “Brave New Beginnings” “New Solutions for Old Problems” “Crisis Coming Up”
5 McQuaid Lectures and Sermon, First UMC, Garland, Texas, May 17–18, 1981 “The New Commandment” “John Wesley: The Man” “John Wesley: The Message”
6–8 Mendenhall Lectures, DePauw University, January 17–18, 1973 “The Agony of the Humanum” “From Barely Human to Fully Human” “The Human Paradigm” A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 51
9 Merrick Lectures, Ohio Wesleyan University March 8–10, 1953 “The Practical Wisdom of Psychotherapy”
10 Moll Lectures, Baldwin–Wallace College, 1987 “The Good Steward” “Power and Grace” “Christian Community Begins at Home”
11–13 Newnham Lectures, First Methodist Church, Longview, Texas, November 23–25, 1975 “The First Pentecost” “The Spirit in the Heart” “The Spirit in the Church” “The Spirit in the World” “The Harvest of the Spirit” “A New Pentecost?”
1082B 1–4 Noble Lectures, 1962 “Crisis in Christology” “The Mystery of Christ and the Problem of Christology” “The Man of God’s Own Choosing” “The History of Jesus and the Kerygma of Our Salvation”
5 Norton Lectures, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, March 2–5, 1965 “The Demoralization of Modern Man” “The Burden of Justice” “The Quality of Mercy” “The Recovery of Christian Morale”
6 Ott Lectures, Davidson College, Davidson, North Carolina, undated, circa 1935–1980 “New Ways in Contemporary Theology–Christology”
7–9 Palmer Lectures, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, October 7–9, 1975 “Sins, Sins and Social Dysfunction” “Justification by Faith Alone?” “The Hallowing of Life—Happiness and Holiness”
10 Parker Lectures, Institute of Religion, 1987 “The Pastor as ‘Folk Theologian’”
11–14 Perkins Lectures, First Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, March 31–April 3 1968 “The Heart of the Gospel” “Christ and the Christian Community” “Christ and the Modern World” “Christ in You, the Hope of Glory” 52 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1083A 1–5 Perkins Lectures, First Methodist Church, Wichita Falls, Texas, March 31–April 3, 1968 “The Human Malady” “The Human Possibility” “The Healing Christ” “The Power to be Whole”
6 Peyton Lectures program, SMU, 1953
7 Peyton Lectures, SMU, 1966 “Veni, Creator Spiritus–The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit”
8–9 Pieper Lectures, First United Methodist Church, Conroe, Texas, October 5–6, 1986 Communion homily “The Porch and Door of True Religion” “True Religion: Holiness—Life in its Fullness”
10–11 Pirtle Lectures and sermon, Marvin UMC, Tyler, Texas, October 27–28, 1980 “Living Beyond the Law” “The Hollow Triumphs of Secularism” “The Hallowing of Home and Hearthside” “My Calling to Fulfill”
1083B 1 Quillian Lectures, Emory University, January 1963 “The Shaping of the Christological Dogma”
2–5 Rall Lectures (re: Vatican II), Garrett Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, April 11–13, 1966 “On the Eve of the Council” “In the Course of the Council” “The Harvest of the Council” “In the Aftermath of the Council”
6 Richards Lectures, University of Virginia, Fall 1955 “The Authority of the Christian Tradition” “The Christian Event and the Christian Community” “Tradition and Traditions” “The Christian Sense of History”
7 Rockwell Lectures (re: Vatican II), Rice University, March 3–5, 1964 “A New Venture in Ecumenism” “The Council Day by Day” “Unfinished Business and Future Prospects”
8–10 Schultz Lectures, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois, January 30–31, 1969 “The Wesleyan Tradition” “Problems and Prospects” A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 53
11 Scott Lectures, Texas Christian University, 1957 “At Odds with God: The Root–Source of Demoralization” “At Peace with the World–Forms of False Morale” “At Peace with God—The Source of True Morale”
12 Scott Lectures, Texas Christian University, 1964 “Burden of Justice” “The Business of Repentance” “The Law Established by Faith”
1083C 1 Short Lecture, Louisville Annual Conference, 1981 “John Wesley’s Vision of Christian Existence”
2–4 Showers Lectures, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, October 28–29, 1969 “The Crisis of Authority” “The Crisis of Belief” “The Crisis of Morality”
5 Sikes–Melugin Lectures, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas, February 28–March 1, 1983 “The Nemesis of Power” “The Kingdom of God as Alternative to the Kingdoms of this World” “The Kingdom Come!”
6–9 Simpson Lectures, First UMC, Wichita, Kansas, April 1–4, 1976 “Pentecost Revisited” “The Harvest of the Spirit” “The Spirit in the Church” “A New Pentecost”
10 Slater–Willson Lectures, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, September 25–26, 1984 “The Methodist Reformation” “Two Centuries and Counting”
11–16 Smith–Willson Lectures, Southwestern College, Winfield, Kansas, October 20–22, 1959 “Escape from Moralism” “The Burden of Justice” “The Promise of Mercy” “The Business of Repentance” “Life without Condemnation”
17–19 Sprunt Lectures, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, March 6–10, 1967 “Panic in Zion” “The Good Conscience of Modern Disbelief” “Nature, History and Grace” 54 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1084A 1–3 Sprunt Lectures, Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, March 6–10, 1967 “Providence as Presence” “Providence and Theodicy” “Providence and Hope”
4 Stearns Lectures, Bangor Theological Seminary, Bangor, Maine, 1961, “The Climate of Grace”
5 Steel–Hendrix Lecture, Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, October 5, 1985 “A Free Church in a Free State”
6 Stover Lecture, St. Paul School of Theology, Overland Park, Kansas, February 29, 1968
7–8 Surtz Lecture, Loyola University, Chicago, Illinois, November 8, 1982 “Vatican II: Two Decades in Retrospect”
9 TAGER Lectures, September 1973 “The History and Theology of Pastoral Care” “The Pastor as Professional Person” “The Good Shepherd—Changing Perspectives” “Changing Images of the Good Shepherd II” “Changing Images of the Good Shepherd III” “From Couch to Carpet: Vienna to Esalen” “Second Thoughts and Dead Ends”
10–11 Taylor Lectures, Yale University, February 18–20, 1975 “The Harvest of Secularism” “The Recovery of the Sacred”
1084B 1–2 Taylor Lectures, Yale University, February 18–20, 1975 “The Hallowing of All Occasions” “Happiness and Holiness”
3 West Lectureship, First UMC, Corpus Christi, Texas, February 24–26, 1985 “True Religion: The Porch” “True Religion: The Door” “True Religion: Holiness—Life in its Fullness”
4–8 White Lectures, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, November 8–9, 1973 “Homo Unius Libri” “Original Sin–The Human Flaw” “Justification by Faith—The Threshold of the Christian Life” “The Fullness of Faith: ‘Holiness of Heart and Life’” A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 55
9–11 Wiley Lectures, Point Loma College, San Diego, California, October 16–18, 1981 “The Harvest of the Spirit” “The Holy Spirit: The Neglected Doctrine” “The Holy Spirit: New Directions”
12 Willson Lectures, Centenary College, Louisiana, March 20–22, 1956
13–14 Willson Lectures, Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, October 18–19, 1973 “John Wesley as Theologian–Then and Now” “Wesley’s Vision of the Christian Life”
15 Willson Lectures, Texas Wesleyan College, March 28–29, 1983 “Science and Religion–Lifting the Embargoes” “Grounds of Belief”
1085A 1 Willson Lectures, “Wesleyan Spirituality–A Summary,” Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, DC, March 30, 1985
2 Willson–Nichols Lecture, Austin College, Sherman, Texas, March 23, 1982 “The Doctrine of the Holy Spirit: New Perspectives”
3 Zimmerman Lectures, Gettysburg Theological Seminary, May 3, 1961 “The Word We Preach” “The Authority of the Preacher” “Hearing the Word Preached”
4 “Abortion: Dilemmas and Dimensions–Theological Considerations” Dallas Conference on Abortion, Dallas, Texas, May 15–16, 1973
5 “The Affair of the Three Chapters and the Fate of the Antiochene Christology,” Dumbarton Oaks Research Library, Symposium on Antioch–on–the–Orontes, April 30–May 2, 1959
6 “Agenda for a Generation,” Texas Conference of Churches, Assembly of Representatives, Dallas, Texas, February 24, 1970
7 “The Aim of Christian Witness,” Illinois Annual Conference, 1957
8 “Aldersgate Revisited,” Mr. and Mrs. Class, Highland Park UMC, Dallas, Texas, May 24, 1984
9 Alumni Luncheon (no title), February 6, 1963
10 American Hierarchy and Observers in Rome (meeting), November 8, 1963
11 American Institute of Decorators, Texas Chapter, Dallas, Texas, March 17, 1961 56 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
12 “American Methodism’s Centennial—The Great Success Story,” undated, circa 1973-1985
13 “American Protestantism Today,” New Covenant, February 1978
14 “Anglo–Saxon Soteriology: A Provisional Study of a Theological ‘Type’,” Conference of New Testament Scholars, undated, circa 1935–1980
15 “Anxiety and Grace: An Augustinian Perspective,” Gallahue Conference, Topeka, Kansas, March 29, 1960
16 “Augustine and the Transvaluation of the Classical Tradition,” The Classical Journal, February 1959
17 “Augustine’s Notion of Time and Sense of History,” undated, circa 1935–1980
18 “Backgrounds and Patterns in Contemporary Theology,” Perkins Journal inaugural issue, Spring 1955
19 “The Beginnings of Personhood: Theological Considerations,” Perkins Journal, 1973
20 Berea Lectures, undated, circa 1935–1980
1085B 1 “Beyond Pietism: Aldersgate in Context,” Motive, May 1963
2 Bicentennial (comment), U.S. News and World Report, 1975
3 “The Bicentennial and the Reinvention of America”, Bicentennial Celebration, Greater Dallas Council of Churches, Dallas, Texas, November 9, 1975
4–7 The Bicentennial and the Re-Invention of America: Theological Reflections, Princeton Theological Seminary, July 6–9, 1976 “Zion in the Wilderness” “Free Churches in a Free Land” “Blurred Images of ‘America’” “Zion in the New Wilderness: The Re-invention of America”
8 “Bish—Or Cut Bait!” Circuit Rider, 1979
9 “A Blow for Liberty,” All–Church Press, 1965
10 “Braced for the Future,” Greenhill School Convocation, 1958
11 Bristol Speech (no title), July 17, 1973
12 “The Business of Observing Vatican II,” Town and Gown address, SMU, Dallas, Texas, December 14, 1964
13 “Called to Unity” Women’s Society for Christian Service, 25th Assembly, Portland, Oregon, May 12, 1966 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 57
14 “Can We Trust Pope Paul?” Frontier, Summer 1967
15 “The Challenge of Oberlin,” The New Christian Advocate, July 1957
16 “The Challenge to the Church–Related College,” 1950
17 “The Changing Human Condition and the Eternal Christian Hope,” The Council of Bishops, Los Angeles, California, April 16, 1974
18 Chapel dedication address, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, Hicks Family Memorial Chapel, May 11, 1970
19 “The Christian Church,” undated, circa 1935–1980
1086A 1 “The Christian Classics in a Liberal Education,” circa 1951
2 “The Christian Community: A Historical Conspectus,” undated, circa 1935–1980
3 “A Christian Context for Counseling,” The Hazen Conferences, 1945
4–5 The Christian Enterprise in the Academic Community, Pacific Northwest Hazen Conference, Lake Chelan, Washington, 1953 “The Campus Community ‘Between the Times’” “A Christian Outlook for the Campus Community ‘Between the Times’” “The Christian Scholar’s Business in the Campus Community” “The Christian Teacher’s Business in the Campus Community” “The Christian Academic Family in the Campus Community”
6 “Christian Faith and Psychotherapy,” Religion in Life, Autumn 1952
7 “The Christian Faith Challenges Communism” and notes on Freedom, undated, circa 1935–1980
8 “The Christian Measure of Leadership,” Leadership Training Conference, SMU, April 26, 1954
9 “Christian Motivations in Evangelism,” American Baptist Convention, Des Moines, Iowa, June 4, 1959
10 “Christian Nurture: An Ecumenical Frontier,” Texas Congress of Religious Education, Dallas, Texas, November 21, 1970
11 “The Christian Scholar and The Crisis,” Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, March 8, 1951
12 “The Christian Sense of History,” undated, circa 1935–1980
13 “The Christian Tradition, Christian Traditioning and Christian Traditioners,” Texas Methodist College Association banquet, SMU, February 2, 1982
14 “Christian Traditioning and Christian Traditioners,” undated, circa 1935–1980 58 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
15 “The Christian Uses of the Past,” undated, circa 1935–1980
16 “Christian Youth on the March, undated, circa 1950s
17 “Christians in Quest of Community,” Saginaw Inter–Faith Commission, October 18, 1968
18 “Christians in Quest of Community,” Our Sunday Visitor, January 2, 1969
19–21 Christology and Christian Faith, Luther Seminary Lectures, 1960 “The Christological Enterprise” “Crisis in Christology” “The Right Man on Our Side”
1086B 1–4 The Church and a Rebirth of Confidence, Princeton Theological Seminary, June 30–July 2, 1970 “The Church Enchanted” “The Church Disenchanted” “These Three” “His Kingdom is Forever”
5 “The Church and Her University,” Pastor’s Committee on Church–School Relations, April 7, 1964
6 “The Church and the Alcohol Problem,” 1954
7 “The Church and the Mentally Oppressed,” Psychology of Religion, 1935
8 “Church History and the Ecumenical Dialogue,” undated, circa 1935–1980
9 “Church History by the Cube,” Mission Journal, March 1987
10 “The Church in the 21st Century,” Consultation on the Church in the 21st Century, Columbia, South Carolina, October 13, 1980
11 “A Church of Martyrs and Servants,” Together, July 1972
12 “The Church’s Stake in Higher Education,” Spring Convocation, Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, May 3, 1975
13 “The Church Stands on its Record,” undated, circa 1935–1980
14 “The Church, the University, and Social Policy,” Appraisal of the Danforth Study of Campus Ministries, Danforth Foundation, August 31, 1970
15 “A Climb and a Sunset,” The Journal, Wofford College, 1927
16 COCU: Test Case for Ecumenism in America, “Crisis Coming Up,” Texas Christian University Ministers Week, February 1970
17 “The College as a Christian Community,” Central College, Pella, Iowa, November 1956 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 59
18 “Colleges, Faculties and Religion: An Appraisal of the Program of Faculty Consultations on Religion in Higher Education 1945–48,” The Educational Record, January 1949
19 “Collegiality—Key to Vatican II,” World Parish, January 1964
20 “A Comment,” Una Sancta, 1966
21 “Comment on Claud Nelson’s Religion and Society,” 1966
22 “A Comment on Evanston,” Texas Christian Advocate, 1954
23 “Comments on the Second Vatican Council,” NCWC, August 1962
24 “Comments on the Vietnam Dilemma—Doves, Hawks and Disaster,” undated, circa 1965–1975
25 “Community Conference for Christian Unity,” Bryan Adams High School, Ecumenical Evening, January 22, 1965
26 Conference on the Restoration Ideal in American Christianity, Abilene Christian University, July 15–18, 1985 “Primitivism in Early American Methodism” “The Restoration Ideal in Nineteenth–Century American Methodism”
27 “Confessions of an Ecumaniac,” undated, circa 1935–1980
28 “The Consecration of Curiosity” commencement address, Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, May 16, 1978
29 “The Consecration of Curiosity,” Cistercian College Preparatory School, Commencement address, May 20, 1978
1086C 1–2 “The Constantinian Symbiosis,” Conference on Faith and History, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth, Texas, October 18–20, 1984
3 “The Council—One Year Later,” Commonweal, January 6, 1967
4 “Cramming for Finals,” Town and Gown meeting, Dallas, Texas, May 5, 1977
5 “The Crisis in Authority and the Future of the Church,” The Lamp, April 1970
6 “The Crisis of Authority,” Religious Press Association, Atlanta, Georgia, May 22, 1969
7 “The Crisis of Authority,” Bishop Lynch High School, Dallas, Texas, January 14, 1970 60 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
8 “The Cult of Reassurance,” University of Texas lecture, undated, circa 1970s
9 “Current Concerns in Ecclesiology,” Air Force Chaplains’ Professional Development Seminar, Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, October 25–28, 1966
10 “Current Crises of Belief and Identity,” Faith and Order Conference, Texas Council of Churches, Midlothian, Texas, November 3–5, 1967
11 “The Current Theological Scene: A View from the Beach at Ebb Tide,” World Methodist Conference, London, England, August 22, 1966
12 “Curtain Going Up?” Mustang, February 12, 1963
13 Dallas Pastor’s Association, East Dallas Christian Church, June 11, 1963
14 Dallas Pastor’s Association address, University of Dallas, January 21, 1965
15 Dallas Society for Religion and Mental Health address, March 21, 1972
16 “David E. Roberts–In Memoriam,” The Journal of Pastoral Care, Summer 1955
17 Discussion Club, (untitled report on the Society for Art, Religion and Culture, and James Hillman’s lecture on dream interpretation), March 27, 1972
18 “Doctrinal Controversy and Doctrinal Standards,” SMU, Perkins Lay Advisory Council, January 27, 1973
19 “Doctrine and Dogma,” Encyclopedia Britannica, 1970–1974
1087A 1 “The Doctrine of the Laity in Vatican II’s Constitution of the Church,” Biennial Conference, National Council of Catholic Men, Dallas, Texas, April 29, 1965
2 “Does Methodism Have a Doctrine of the Church?” Oxford Institute, July 20–30, 1962
3 “Does Our Abortion Stand Reflect the Church’s Position?”Christian Advocate, September 16, 1971
4 “Don’t Hit That Panic–Button Yet!” Hamline University St. Paul, Minnesota, February 14, 1967
5 Downtown Kiwanis Club address, Dallas, Texas (no title), September 18, 1973
6 “Ecumenical Accents,” (Vatican II), 1964
7 “The Ecumenical Crisis We Face,” World Outlook, June 1967
8 “Ecumenical Elements in the Methodist Tradition,” Commission on Ecumenical Consultation, January 1960 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 61
9 “The Ecumenical Movement and the Case of Christian Unity: A Memoir and a Prospectus,” COCU Paper, September 1977
10 “An Ecumenical Resolution Looking Toward Mutual Recognition of Memberships Between the UMC and other Christian Churches,” March 1, 1976
11 “Ecumenical Service,” Shreveport Ecumenical Lecture Series, Centenary College of Louisiana, April 6–8, 1986
12 “Ecumenical Witness,” Corpus Christi, Texas, January 10, 1965
13 “Ecumenism at the Grass Roots,” Ecumenical Lecture Series, Little Rock, Arkansas, April 26, 1973
14 “Ecumenism Begins At Home,” St. Rita’s Guild, Dallas, Texas, (notes only), November 21, 1967
15 “Ecumenism for Third-Generation Ecumenists,” Mid–Stream, August 1975
16 “Ecumenism in Reconstruction,” (Outler’s response to article), undated, circa 1982
17 “Ecumenism on the Secular Campus,” Listening, Spring 1967
18 “Ecumenism Today: New Directions,” Clergy Luncheon, St. Louis, Missouri, January 13, 1975
19 “Education—For What?” Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, January 1947
20 “An Effectual Calling” baccalaureate sermon, Duke University, 1974
21 “The Egg–head in a Free Society,” 1952
22–24 Eighth Annual Urban Consultation, First Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, April 30–May 2, 1981 “No Abiding City” “Playing Catch–up In The City”
25 “The Eschatological Dimension of the Ministerial Office,” SMU, Field Education lecture, April 24, 1962
26 “Evangelism and Social Ethics—Twin Imperatives: Single Mandate,” Conference on Evangelism and Social Ethics, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, April 6–9, 1981
1087B 1 “Evangelism as a Function of Ministry,” undated, circa 1935–1980
2 “Evangelism at Perkins,” SMU, Perkins School of Theology, April 23, 1973
3 “Evangelism in the Wesleyan Spirit,” Andover Newton Quarterly, 1973–1974
4 “Evangelism: Living as Heralds of Christ,” New Covenant, January 1976 62 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
5 “Experiment in Reform” (Vatican II), undated, 1960s
6 “Eyewitness at the Vatican—What Happened to Religious Liberty?” Church World Press, December 5, 1964
7 “Factors Affecting Modern Man’s Notions of What Man Can Make of Man,” Perkins School of Theology, MA–3 Lecture, April 19, 1965
8 “Faith and Freedom: Our Faith in Freedom,” Kansas State Teacher College, Great Issue Lecture, February 7, 1952
9 “A Faith for Nerve–Wracking Times” (Philippians 2), 1956
10 “Faith Renewed” (Hebrews 13), Central Pennsylvania Annual Conference, June 1964
11 “The Federal Constitution,” undated, circa 1935–1980
12–13 First UMC, Pasadena, California, November 16–17, 1975 “Centennial Service” “Heritage and Horizon—Doctrinal Tasks in the United Methodist Church”
14 “Fish or Cut Bait,” Together, May 1966
15 “Fit For Freedom,” The Emory Magazine, July–August 1966
16 “Fit for Freedom,” Kappa Alpha Theta Magazine, Winter 1967–68
17 “Fit for Freedom,” Commencement address, Young Harris College, June 7, 1970
18 “A Focus on the Holy Spirit:: Spirit and Spirituality in John Wesley,” Quarterly Review, 1988
19 “For All the Saints–Including Us,” North Texas Annual Conference, June 1976
20 “For Us Men and Our Salvation,” The World Christian Digest, August 1951
21 A Foundation for Theological Education: “A Sign for These Times?” Christian Century, 1980
22 “Freedom and Commitment in an Uncharted World,” Ministers Week, Emory University, 1981
23 “Freedom of the Will,” World Conference of Psychiatry and Clergy, 1940s
24 “From Disputation to Dialogue,” The Ecumenical Review, May–October 1963 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 63
1088A 1 “From Lund to Montreal: The Protestant Discovery of Tradition,” September 14, 1972
2 “A Fund for Evangelical Scholars,” The Christian Century, February 6–13, 1980
3–6 A Gospel for the Guiltless, Princeton Theological Seminary Lectures, July 1974 “Whatever Happened to Guilt?” “Of Human Bondage” “Oh! Freedom!” “A Gospel for the Guiltless”
7 “Gospel Studies in Transition,” Colloquy on the Relationships among the Gospels, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, May 26–29, 1977
8 “The Grace of Inquiry,” Texas Methodist Student Movement, May 16, 1960
9 “Grace and Spirituality in John Wesley,” University of Dallas, November 19, 1984
10 “Gustav Weigel: A Memoir,” December 5, 1966
11–14 The Hallowing of Life, Oklahoma Ministers Week and Bicentennial Celebration, October 4–7, 1976 “Harvest Time for Secularism” “The Recovery of the Sacred” “The Hallowing of All Occasions” “Happiness and Holiness”
15 “Hall’s Psychotherapists,” Graduation address, Dallas Group Psychotherapy Society September 13, 1980
16 Healing the Broken Body of Christ, Ohio Pastor’s Convocation, January 23–25, 1967 “The Broken Body” “From Diatribe to Dialogue” “Tasks and Prospects”
17 “Heritage—Baggage or Resource?” Northaven UMC, Dallas, Texas, March 4, 1979
18 “The Higher Authority” and “De Institutione Sacerdotali,” lectures for a symposium with Pastor Hampe, January 1, 1966
19 Highland Park Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, Evening Fellowship, December 6, 1964
1088B 1 “The Historical Approach to Theology,” The Duke School of Religion Bulletin, February 1940
2 “History as an Ecumenical Resource: The Protestant Discovery of Tradition, 1952– 1963,” The Catholic Historical Review, April 1973 64 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
3 “The Holy Scripture and Our Christian Faith,” Christian Advocate, June 1955
4 “Holy Spirit,” Highland Park UMC Methodist Men and Women, February 15, 1982
5 “How Can We Arrive at a Theological and Practical, Mutual Recognition of Ministries?” Concilium, April 1972
6 How My Mind Has Changed, Harold E. Fey, editor, Meridian Books, 1960-1961
7 “The Human Prospect and the Christian Hope” and “On Working Out Our Own Salvation,” First UMC, Bloomington, Indiana, November 3, 1974
8 “The Human Prospect and the Christian Hope,” Oklahoma City University April 10, 1975
9 “Iconoclasm and the Integrity of Faith,” Theology Today, October 1968
10 “The Idea of a University College,” undated, circa 1935–1980
11 “The Idea of Development: An Opening Frontier in the New Ecumenical Situation,” American Academy of Religion, Chicago, Illinois, October 19, 1967
12 “The Idea of ‘Development’ in the History of Christian Doctrine: A Comment,” Jaroslav Pelikan festschrift, 1983
13 Illinois Conference of Churches, Ecumenical Worship Celebration (no title), November 10, 1972
14 “Implementing Vatican II in Your Community,” Adult Leader, March 1969
15 “In Anticipation of Vatican II Session III,” Christian Advocate, undated, circa 1965–1975
16–18 Inauguration of Jerusalem Institute, September 24–27, 1972 Translations and commentary on papers by Monsignor Tshibangu
1089A 1 “The Inner Springs of Goodness”
2–3 “The Interpretation of the Gospels Today: Some Questions About Aims and Warrants,” Pittsburgh Festival on the Gospels, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary, April 6–10, 1970
4 “In the Aftermath of the Council,” The Catholic World, April 1967
5 “In the World Yet Not of the World,” Christendom, Winter 1945
6 “James Allen Knight, an Appreciation,” Pastoral Psychology, 1963 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 65
7 “The Jerusalem Institute for Ecumenical Research,” Report to the Catholic Press Association, September 30, 1966
8 “Jerusalem Institute for Ecumenism,” Catholic Mind, February 1967
9 “The Jewish–Christian Dialogue: Its Ecumenical Setting,” Perkins School of Theology Journal, Fall 1970
10 “The Jewish–Christian Dialogue: Our Common Heritage,” Jewish–Christian Conference, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas, June 15–18, 1970
11 The Job of Teaching Religion in a Methodist College, Methodist Conference on Education, Cincinnati, Ohio, November 1957 “The Redeemer and His Fellowship” “The Fellowship of the Redeemed” “The Redemption of Society” “The Redemption of the World” “The Hope of Our Redemption”
12 “John Wesley and Contemporary Evangelicalism,” Catalyst, November 1983
13 “John Wesley and the Laity,” Laity Exchange, 1979-1980
14 “John Wesley as Folk–Theologian,” Theology Today, 1976
1089B 1 “John Wesley as Theologian—Then and Now,” Regional Conference for Historians, World Methodist Historical Society, Bristol, England, July 1973
2 “John Wesley as Theologian—Then and Now,” Methodist History, 1974
3 “John Wesley as Theologian—Then and Now,” Theology Digest, Spring 1975
4–6 John Wesley Institute, Evanston, Illinois, February 13–15, 1977 “John Wesley as ‘Folk Theologian’” “Heir of Controversy—The Transvaluation of Tradition” “Happiness and Holiness”
7 “John Wesley: Resource for Evangelicals,” Catalyst, 1982
8–11 John Wesley Revisited, lectures on Theology, Kirkwood UMC, Webster Groves, Missouri, January 12–13, 1975 “On Working Out Our Own Salvation” “The Hallowing of Life” “Ecumenism Today—New Directions” “A Gospel for the Guiltless” 66 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
12–14 John Wesley Theological Institute, Darien, Illinois, February 9–11, 1986 “The Eponymous Mr. Wesley” “Wesley’s Traditions and Ours” “The Future of the Wesleyan Evangel” “How to Run a Conservative Revolution—and Get No Thanks for It”
15 Junaluska Lectures, undated, circa 1935–1980
16 Justice and Mercy: A Problem in Psychotherapy and Theology, St. Stephens College Golden Jubilee, Alberta, Canada, February 1959 “The Burden of Justice” “The Promise of Mercy” “Life without Condemnation”
17 Justice and Mercy: A Problem in Psychotherapy and Theology, Southern California Ministers Convocation, Los Angeles, California, 1960 “The Promise of Mercy” “Life without Condemnation”
1089C 1–5 The Kingdom of God as the Rule of Grace, Bible and Theology Conference, Montreat, North Carolina, July 19–23, 1982 “The Nemesis of Power” “The Kingdom of God as Metaphor for God’s Sovereign Grace” “The Rule of Grace: Grace as Dynamis and as Exousia” “Thy Kingdom Come!”
6 “Knowledge and Vital Piety in the Wesleyan Spirit,” Emory University, October 30, 1981
7 “The Laity: Protestant and Catholic Conceptions,” Roman Catholic meeting, Atlanta, Georgia, June 13, 1966
8–10 Laity Week, SMU, February 6–8, 1975 “Whatever Became of Sin?” “Justification by Faith—Alone?” “Going on to Perfection—Holiness of Heart and Life”
11 “Landmarks in the Quest for Christian Unity,” Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, Texas, April 4–6, 1965
12 “The Law Established Through Faith,” Union Theological Seminary, February 15, 1961
13 “The Layman and His Bible,” Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, February 19, 1962
14 “Liberta Religiosa” Fondazione S. Paolo Apostolo, Fall 1965
15 “Liberty Deferred—A Crisis in Vatican II,” Southwest Review, Summer 1965 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 67
16 “The Life of Inquiry,” Phi Beta Kappa, Dallas Chapter, December 5, 1979
17 “The Life of Inquiry and The Life of Worship,” undated, circa 1935–1980
18 “The Life of Learning,” Lycoming College Commencement address, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, June 7, 1964
19 “The Logic of Canon-Making and the Tasks of Canon-Criticism,” Stuart Currie festschrift, 1977
20 Lonergan Conference paper, 1974
21 “The Lord and Giver of Life,” Union Theological Seminary, Richmond, Virginia, July 6–7, 1981
1090A 1 “The Loss and Recovery of the Sacred,” circa 1975–1977
2 “Love Among the Eggheads,” Danforth Fellow Conference, Camp Miniwanca, Michigan, September, 1960
3 “Lumen Gentium—A Brief Comment,” 1968
4 “Lund and the Doctrine of the Church,” undated, circa 1935–1980
5 “Man Alive,” Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, Texas, January 23, 1961
6 “Man and Cosmos,” Southwestern Graduate School of Banking, SMU, July 28, 1960
7 “The Man Christ Jesus—As Divine-Human Savior,” The Christian Century, May 3, 1961
8 “The Man of God’s Own Choosing,” undated, circa 1935–1980
9 “The Man of God’s Own Choosing,” First Presbyterian Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1980–1981
10–12 The Meaning of Grace and the Means of Grace, Minnesota State Pastors Conference, January 1959 “The Grace of Our Lord Jesus Christ” “In the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.” “In Remembrance of Me”
13 “Measures of Maturity,” Hockaday School, Dallas, Texas, January 30, 1967
14 “A Memoir and A Prospectus,” Mid-Stream, January 1978
15 Memorial Day address notes, April 26, 1934 68 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
16 “Methodism Getting Its Second Wind” notes, District Seminar in Continuing Education, Lubbock, Texas, March 16, 1981
17 “Methodism in the World Christian Community,” Zion Quarterly Review and Methodist History, 1978
18–19 “Methodism’s Theological Heritage: A Study in Perspective,” METHESCO Convocation, September 9, 1968
1090B 1 “The Methodist Adventure,” undated, circa 1935–1980
2 “The Methodist Bicentennial,” undated, circa 1935–1980
3 “Methodist Polity,” Yale, 1951
4 “The Methodist Standards of Doctrine,” undated, circa 1935–1980
5 “The Methodists and COCU,” MCR Breakfast Talk, Chicago, Illinois, November 8, 1966
6 “The Methodists: The Inner Witness of the Spirit,” New Covenant, September 1978
7 “A Methodist’s View of the Council,” Conversations in Rome, November 1965
8 “The Methodist Tradition,” New Covenant, February 1979
9 “Methods and Aims in the Study of the Development of Catholic Christianity,” SMU, Perkins School of Theology, Informal Faculty Seminar, October 20, 1966
10 “Methods and Aims in the Study of the Development of Catholic Christianity,” Anglican Theological Review, April 1968
11 “The Mingling of Ministries,” undated, circa 1935–1980
12 “The Mingling of Ministries,” Consultation on Church Union (COCU), Princeton University, November 22–23, 1968
13 “United Methodists and COCU: The Mingling of Ministries,” Christian Advocate, October 2, 1969
14 “A Miscellaneous Resolution on the UMC and the Cause of Christian Unity,” ‘Committee of Six,’ Miami, November 16–18, 1967
15 “Montreal and the Problem of the Christian Tradition,” Motive, April 1963
16 “Montreal in Perspective: The Shock of Recognition,” Christian Advocate, October 10, 1963
17 “Mutual Recognition of Divided Ministries? A Methodist Answer,” Concilium, 1972 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 69
18 “The Mystery of Teaching and the Meaning of Grace,” Lycoming College faculty address, December 1958
19 “The Name of the Game is Dialogue,” Dedication of the Newman Center, Wichita State University, Kansas, December 4, 1966
1091A 1–6 Nebraska Wesleyan University Lincoln, Nebraska, Theologian–in–Residence, March 1–8, 1981 “John Wesley as Folk Theologian” “The Mission Fair” “The Life of Inquiry” “The New Commandment”
7 “A New Deal for Presiding Elders,” Wesleyan Christian Advocate, 1933
8 “New Directions in Contemporary Theology,” Princeton Theological Seminary, March 3, 1959
9 “The New Ecumenical Situation: A Bibliographical Sampling,” Perkins Journal, 1965–1966
10 “New Evangelists for an Old Evangel,” Chapter 6 in Beginning in Jerusalem, edited by Rueben P. Job, 1974-1975
11 New Forms of Ministry in the Wesleyan Revival, Institute of Religion, Houston, Texas, November 10–12, 1980 “A Ministry on the Move” “The Minister as Spiritual Director”
12 “New Frontiers in the Ecumenical Movement,” YWCA Consultation, December 1, 1964
13 “A New Future for Wesley Studies,” undated, circa 1935–1980
14–15 “The New Iconoclasm and the Integrity of the Old Faith,” Gallahue Colloquium on Theology, Princeton University, April 18–21, 1968
16 New Mexico Annual Conference, May 27–29, 1975 “The Holy Spirit in the Church” “The Holy Spirit in the Ministry” “The First Pentecost” “The Spirit in the Heart” “The Holy Spirit in the World”
1091B 1 “No Intellectual Awakening—The United Methodist Church and the Laity,” 1975
2 “Nominal Christianity is NOT Enough!” Wichita Falls, Texas, September 18, 1966 70 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
3 “Nominal Christianity is NOT Enough!” Oreon E. Scott Minister’s Breakfast, Dallas, Texas, September 27, 1966
4 “The Nurturing Community,” seminar on social concerns, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, 1973
5 “Objectivity and Commitment in the Study and Teaching of Religion,” Indiana University, April 9, 1953
6 “The Observers at the Council,” Town and Gown address, Dallas, Texas, January 17, 1966
7 “An Olive Branch to the Romans…,” in Methodist History, Discovery column edited by Kenneth Rowe, January 1975
8 “The One Man Mob,” The Log (Perkins School of Theology), April–May 1968
9 “On Ecumenism,” College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 13, 1967
10 “On Getting First Things First,” undated, circa 1935–1980
11 “On the Church,” Commentary for America, January 4, 1966
12 “On the Mystery of Being Human,” Parkland Hospital, Dallas, Texas, May 22, 1970
13 “On Working Out Our Own Salvation,” Metropolitan Church, Toronto, Canada, June 25, 1977
14 “Ordeal of a Happy Dilettante,” The Christian Century, February 3, 1960
15–18 The Order of Salvation, Summer Theological Institute Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, July 12–16, 1982 “The Human Condition” “The Threshold of Faith” “The Fullness of Faith: ‘Holiness of Heart and Life’”
19 “Origen and the Regulae Fidei,” Church History, September, 1939
20 “Our Academic Vocation and Our Professional Societies,” AAR and SSSR, Waco, Texas, March 16, 1973
21 “Our Common History as Christians,” Motive, November 1957
22 “Our Common History as Christians,” Brethren Life and Thought, Spring 1958
23 “Our Wesleyan Heritage,” Convocation, St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, February 29, 1968 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 71
1092A 1 Pacific and Southwest Conference, Rolling Hills UMC, Pasadena, California, January 1985 “Church: Nature and Mission” “The Church: Nature, Ministry and Mission”
2 Parkland Memorial Hospital, “Historical Context and Theological Considerations of Violence and Disaster,” September 30, 1982
3 “Pastoral Care in the Wesleyan Spirit,” Perkins Journal, 1971
4 “The Pastoral Office,” Luther Academy, Eden Summer School, circa 1950–1980
5 “The Pastoral Office,” Field Education lecture, SMU, November 8, 1960
6 “The Patristic Christian Ethos and Democracy,” Conference on Science, Philosophy, and Religion, 1940s
7 “Paul VI: A Memoir,” National Catholic Reporter, 1976
8 “Paul VI—Ecumenical Statesman,” Ave Maria, 1968
9-10 Paulist Inquiry Center Lectures, Los Angeles, California, March 8–9, 1973 “Reconciliation—The Function of the Church” “Infallibility or Indefectibility? The Basis for Christian Certainty and Certitude”
11 “A Pause, or a Period?” editorial, Ecumenical Trends, 1986
12 “The Perils of an Editor,” Town and Gown Club, Dallas, Texas, April 9, 1973
13 “Perkins: Bracing for an Uncertain Future,” Alumni banquet, St. Louis, Missouri, January 1, 1975
14 Perkins Evangelicals meeting, October 22, 1975
15 Phi Beta Kappa dinner address, March 19, 1975
16 “The Place of Wesley in the Christian Tradition,” Wesley festival, Drew University, October 10–11, 1974
17 “The Plan for Union—A Group Comment” [on EUB-Methodist merger], March 1966
1092B 1 “The Platonism of Clement of Alexandria,” The Journal of Religion, July 1940
2 “Pneumatology as an Ecumenical Frontier,” Union Theological Seminary, July 8, 1981
3 “Pneumatology as an Ecumenical Frontier,” undated, circa 1988–1989 72 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
4 “Pope Paul as Reformer,” Frontier, 1967
5 “’Pope Watching’ Popular Indoor Sport in Rome,” Oklahoma Courier, October 8, 1965
6 “The Positive Value of Myth,” American Theological Society, 1956
7 “Postulates for a Christian World View,” State Students and Chaplains Conference, Palo Alto, California, circa 1958–1959
8–9 “Power and Grace,” Isthmus Institute, January 21, 1984
10 “Prayer with the Pope: A Memorable Ecumenical Experience,” The Sign, January 1967
11 The Preaching Legacy of John Wesley, Billy Graham Center Lectures on preaching, Wheaton College, Illinois, September 29–30, 1986 “God’s Part and Ours” “John Wesley: Folk–Preacher as Folk Theologian”
12 “Problems in the Alliance between Psychotherapy and the Christian Cure of Souls,” undated, circa 1935–1980
13 “The Problem of a Theology of History,” University of Virginia Center, November 30–December 3, 1960
14 “The Problem of Doctrinal Standards in the United Methodist Church: A Report and An Appeal for Help!” Program–Curriculum Committee, Board of Education, UMC, Nashville, Tennessee, December 11, 1969
15 “Problems of Order and Ordination in the Methodist Church,” The Log, 1966–1967
16 “The Problem of Religious Community in Protestantism,” The Journal of Religious Thought, Spring–Summer 1944
17 “The Problem of the Self and the Problems of Theology,” Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, February 1955
18 “The Prospects of A Catholic–Methodist Dialogue—A Methodist Appraisal,” Arricia, Italy, October 15–18, 1967 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 73
1092C 1 “Prospects of Christian Unity—A New Horizon,” General Assembly, Disciples of Christ, San Antonio, Texas, August 16, 1975
2 “Protestant Churches Meeting the Communist Challenge,” Highland Park Methodist Church, Dallas, Texas, April 26, 1961
3 “Protestant Churches Meeting the Communist Challenge,” The Perkins School of Theology Journal, Fall 1961
4 “The Psychology of Religion: An Overview,” The Study of Psychology of Religion and Studies in Personality conference, University of Texas at Dallas, November 15, 1980
5–9 Psychotherapy and Christian Thought Lectures, undated, circa 1935–1980 “The Practical Wisdom of Psychotherapy” “Psychotherapy and Christianity: Allies or Rivals?” “The Human Quandary” “The Human Possibility”
10 “Psychotherapy and the Christian Faith,” Lutheran Theological Southern Seminary, Columbia, South Carolina, October 21, 1968
11 “Psychotherapy and the Christian Message,” Tennessee Council of Churches, April 1951
12 “Psychotherapy and the Christian Message,” Pastoral Psychology, February 1954
13 “Psychotherapy and the Christian Message, Revisited,” undated, circa 1935–1980
14 “Quid Est Veritas?” Council of American Protestant College and University Administrators, Kansas City, Missouri, January 5–6, 1959
15 “Quid Est Veritas?” The Christian Century, March 4, 1959
16 “The RCC–WMC Bilateral 1976–81—A Comment,” World Methodist Conference, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 21–28, 1981
17 “Rebels and Reformers,” College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, February 13, 1967
1093A 1 “Rebels and Reformers,” Christian Renewal Center, Oklahoma City, Oklah0ma, November 4, 1968
2 “Reformation Day Updated,” The Methodist Story, September 1965
3 “Reformation Roman Style,” SMU, McFarlin convocation, December 9, 1964 74 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
4 “Reformation—Roman Style,” Reception in honor of observer–delegates and American hierarchy, Grand Hotel, Rome, Italy, November, 1965
5 “Reformation—Roman Style,” Doctrine and Life, December 1965
6 “Reformation in the Roman Style,” Catholic Mind and Wending (Dutch), February 1966
7 “Reformation Roman–Style,” Frontier, Spring 1966
8 “Reform in the Methodist Manner,” Christian Advocate, March 7, 1968
9 “Religion and the Healing Arts,” Inaugural address, Institute of Religion, Houston, Texas, October 10, 1968
10 “Religion: Healthy and Unhealthy,” Timberlawn Psychiatric Hospital, Dallas, Texas, April 24, 1984
11 “Religious Ideologies,” Maxwell AFB, Air University, September 20, 1955
12 “Religious Institutions in a Time of Crisis,” Jewish-Christian Conference, Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, Ft. Worth, Texas, June 15–18, 1970
13 “Religious Liberty–A Protestant Comment,” Oklahoma Courier, 1964
14 “Religious Liberty: Reflections on the ‘American Experience’,” Fondazione S. Paolo Apostolo, Rome, Italy, December 1, 1965
1093B 1 “Remarks on Religion in Higher Education,” undated, circa 1935–1980
2 “Revelation and Reflection: A Comment in Favor of Apophatic Theology,” Perkins Journal, Winter 1973
3 “The Roman Catholic–Methodist Consultation: A Brave Beginning,” The National Catholic Reporter, 1967
4 “Roman Catholic Not Roman Catholic,” U.S. Catholic, April 1965
5 “Rome Rediscovered–Observer at Vatican II,” Summa, 1967
6 “Rome—What Makes it Eternal?” SMU, Dallas College, March 12, 1964
7 “Rough Spots in Climbing ‘Fool’s Hill,” Motive, May 1941
8 “The Rule of Grace,” undated, circa 1935–1980
9 “The Rule of Law and the Right of Dissent,” North Texas Annual Conference, Dallas, Texas, 1967 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 75
10 “The Rule of Law and the Right of Dissent,” The Christian Uses Of Conflict,1969
11 “The Scholar–Teacher and the Job of Counseling,” Danforth Seminar, SMU, 1955
12 School Sisters of Notre Dame, (no title), July 10, 1966
13 “Scriptural Episkopoi for the United Methodist Church,” The Circuit Rider, 1982
14 “The Scriptures, and the Interpretation of Scripture, in Catholic Christianity,” Faculty Seminar, SMU, Perkins School of Theology, October 23, 1975
15 “Scripture, Tradition, and Ecumenism,” Duquesne University seminar, May 6, 1964
16 “The Seminary for Tomorrow,” SMU, Perkins School of Theology, Dean Quillian’s Inauguration, May 1961
17 “The Sense of Tradition in the Ante–Nicene Church,” November 26, 1962
18 “The Sense of Tradition in the Ante–Nicene Church,” in the Heritage of Christian Thought: Essays in Honor of Robert Lowry Calhoun, 1965
1094A 1 “The Shaping of the Mind of Latin Christendom,” Bridwell Library DeBellis festival, SMU, 1962-1963
2 “The Silent Service Surfaces at Montreal,” Christian Advocate, June 20, 1963
3 “Sin, Death and Atonement,” Duodecim paper, 1949
4 SMU Board of Trustees address, November 10, 1962
5 “Social Conflict: Religious Dimensions of the Crisis,” Dallas Neuro–Psychiatric Society, May 21, 1970
6 Society for the Advancement of Continuing Education for Ministry (SACEM) address, Perkins School of Theology, SMU, June 8–11, 1981
7 Southern Society of Philosophy of Religion Presidential address, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, July 6, 1943
8 “Spirituality,” Christ the King Church, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, April 21, 1971
9 Statement to National Catholic Reporter on Pope Paul VI’s encyclical letter. 1968
10 “Stewardship and Evangelism,” Lecture in field education, circa 1960
11 Students Leadership Conference address , SMU, “What is a University?” February 9, 1963
12 “The Table of the Lord—An Ecumenical Statement,” Oberlin Conference on Faith and Order paper, Austin Study Group, 1957-1958 76 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
13 “Ten Years in the Life of an Ecumaniac,” Dallas Serra Club, February 10, 1971
14 “Terms of an Alliance between Modern Psychotherapy and the Christian Care of Souls,” September 25, 1973
15 “The Test of Orthodoxy,” Theology Today, October 1962
16–17 “Theodosius’ Horse: Reflections on the Predicament of the Church Historian,” ASCH presidential address, 1964–1965
18 “Theological Development in the New Theological Situation,” University of Dallas, March 12, 1968
1094B 1 “Theological Education and Internship,” undated, circa 1935–1980
2 “Theological Education in the Wesleyan Spirit,” Wesleyan Fellowship Banquet, Perkins School of Theology, Dallas, Texas, September 10, 1981
3 “Theological Foundations for Christian Higher Education,” First Quadrennial Convocation of Christian Colleges, Denison University, June 20–24, 1954
4 “Theological Foundations for Christian Higher Education,” The Christian Scholar, Autumn 1954
5 “The Theology of Evangelism,” North Texas Conference, Dallas, Texas, May 1963
6 “Theory and Practice in Christian Evangelism,” North Texas Annual Conference, Response to the Report of the Commission on Evangelism, June 2, 1959
7 “A Third Great Awakening?” Together, June 1972
8 “The Time Being,” The Rice Institute Pamphlet, January 1959
9 “Toward Montreal and After,” Kansas City, February 25, 1963
10–16 “Towards a Post–critical Hermeneutics,” 1983–1984
1095A 1 “Towards A Re–Appraisal of John Wesley as a Theologian,” Perkins Journal, Winter 1961
2 “Tri–alogue on ‘The Death of God’” seminar, SMU, February 9, 1966
3 True Religion, Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, Washington, November 5–7, 1984 “Holiness—Life in its Fullness” “The Door (or Gate)”
4 “Truth Is in Order to Goodness which is in Order to Blessedness,” undated, circa 1935–1980 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 77
5 “The Two Assemblies: A Memoir of New Delhi,” Journal of the Interseminary Movement of the Southwest, 1962
6 “Two–Fold Nature of a Real Education,” Young Harris, Georgia, September 14, 1932
7 “The Two Halves of Freedom,” Mustang, December 1955
8 “Two Rhythms Shape Council’s Development,” Oklahoma Courier, November 12, 1965
9 “Unite the Pair So Long Disjointed,” Divinity School News, University of Chicago, November 1, 1958
10 “UN—United? For What?” Dallas Association for the United Nations, May 1955
11 “The Unity We Have,” The Christian Century, June 13, 1956
12 “The Unready Prophet,” Yale Divinity News, November 1947
13 “Va Con Dios,” Greenhill School, Dallas, Texas, Commencement address, May 29, 1959
14 “The Value of a Liberal Education,” Sweet Briar Alumnae News, April 1943
15 “Vatican Council II,” St. Mary’s College, San Antonio, Texas, January 19, 1964
16 “Vatican Secundum—Two Councils in One,” American Society of Church Historians, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, December, 1963
17 “Vatican II,” SMU Ministers Week report, February, 1965
18 “Vatican II—A Challenge to Protestantism,” The Critic, 1966
19 “Vatican II—Act Three,” Christianity and Crisis, December 28, 1964
20 “Vatican II—After a Decade: An Epochal Event Still in Search for Perspective,” Religious News Service, 1972
21 “Vatican II: A Synoptic View,” The London Quarterly and Holborn Review, July 1967
1095B 1 Vatican II and Protestant Theology in America Today and Tomorrow, International Conference on the Theological Issues of Vatican II, University of Notre Dame, March 26, 1966
2 “Vatican II—Between Acts,” Perkins Journal, Spring 1965
3 “Vatican II—Challenge to Protestantism,” SMU Community Service Program, McFarlin Auditorium, December 7, 1966 78 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
4 “Vatican II—Charter for Change,” SMU, McFarlin Auditorium, January 26, 1966
5 “Vatican II: Early Votes Suggest Progressive Trend,” Christian Advocate, October 22, 1964
6 “Vatican II—Experiment in Re–Formation,” Christian Advocate, March 1964
7 “Vatican II in Retrospect–Reformation under Wraps,” Commonweal, 1966
8 “Vatican II—Its Challenge and Opportunity to Protestant Ministers” Coloquy address, circa 1965–1970
9 “Vatican II—One Year After,” First Friday Club, Cleveland, Ohio, November 3, 1966
10 “Vatican II Plus Five” interview notes, Texas Catholic, December 1970
11 “Vatican II—Report to Texas Methodism,” Dallas, June 7, 1966
12 “Vatican II—The Approaching Climax,” Dallas Serra Club address, August 27, 1965
13 “Vatican II—The Church in the Modern World,” Southwest School of Banking, July 21, 1965
14 “Vatican II—The New Crisis of the Council,” Christian Perspectives Lectures, Greensburg, Pennsylvania, April 19, 1967
15 “Vatican II Viewpoint: Beginning of the End,” Christian Advocate, November 18, 1965
16 “A Vital Ministry for Tomorrow,” Lexington Theological Seminary, Welsh Inaugural address, March 9, 1965
17 “The Vocation of the Christian Scholar,” Methodist Commission on Higher Education, Montreat, North Carolina, Summer 1958
18 “A Way Forward from Lund,” The Ecumenical Review, October 1952
19 “The Way of the Peacemakers,” The YWCA Magazine, February 1967
1095C 1–3 Wesley and the Word, United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, April 29–30, 1969 “John Wesley as Preacher” “The Sermons as the Wesleyan Summa Theologiae” “Wesley’s Preaching as Resource for Contemporary Preaching”
4 “The Wesleyan Heritage and Contemporary Theology,” Boston University, March 7–11, 1955 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 79
5 “Wesley, John,” “Wesley, Charles,” and “Wesley, Samuel” in Encyclopedia Americana, 1961
6–10 The Wesleyan Spirit, Texas Pastor’s School, Georgetown, Texas, July 7–10, 1969 “Wesley as Preacher” “Wesley as Teacher” “Wesley as Pastor” “The Sermon as the Sum of Wesleyan Doctrine” “Wesleyan Patterns of Pastoral Care”
11 “Wesleyan Spirituality—A Summary,” The Wesleyan Society, Ashland, Virginia, March 17, 1985
12 “The Wesleyan Quadrilateral—in John Wesley,” The Wesleyan Historical Society, Emory University, November 2, 1984
13 Westminster Choir College, Commencement address, June, 1962
14 “What Are You Doing Here?” SMU convocation, September 28, 1954
15 “What Can We Depend On,” Southern University, Baton Rouge, Louisiana, October 12, 1952
16 “Whatever Happened to Vatican II?” Theological Conference, Rhinelander, Wisconsin, July 1–5, 1971
17 “What if Vatican II Succeeds?” Motive and Arena, May and October 1964
18 “What is a University,” Student Leadership Conference, final banquet address, February 9, 1963
19 “What is the Ecumenical Agenda?” Ecumenical Trends, 1987
20 “What Price, Methodist Reform?” Methodist Conference on Christian Education, Dallas, Texas, November 10, 1967
1096A 1 “What, Really, Is the Ecumenical Spirit?” Lay School of Theology, Columbia, South Carolina, October 20, 1968
2 “What Vatican II Means Back Home,” University of Iowa, University Forum, Joint Program with Bishop Wright, Iowa City, Iowa, April 21, 1965
3 “Will Christmas Come Again This Year?” Methodist Recorder, 1966
4 “With All We Have,” Perkins Journal, Winter 1952 80 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
5–8 Whither Wesleyan Theology? Asbury Theological Seminary, March 12–15, 1974 “Whence, What and So What?” “Catholic Spirit” “Salvation, Faith and Good Works” “Holiness of Heart and Life”
9 “Whom Are We Educating—For What?” Conference on Religion in the Junior Colleges, April 6, 1955
10 “Who Speaks for United Methodists on Abortion?” 1971
11 “Why Did Not the Disciples Return to Their Fishing?” Roundtable, April 1956
12 Wofford College Commencement address, May 26, 1968
13 “The Work of the Holy Spirit,” Christian Advocate, 1952
14 “Worship and Christian Unity: A Methodist Comment about Methodism,” Convocation on Worship, Baltimore, Maryland, April 19, 1966
15 “Worship and Christian Unity,” Music Ministry, November 1967
16 “Yale’s Religious Predicament,” 1946
Subseries 2: Book Reviews 1096B 1–6 Book Reviews by Albert Outler, various publications, 1930–1958
1097A 1–7 Book Reviews by Albert Outler, various publications, 1959–1967
1097B 1–13 Book Reviews by Albert Outler, various publications, 1968–1988
Subseries 3: Books 1098A 1–7 The Christian Tradition and the Unity We Seek, 1957–1958
1098B 1–11 John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought), 1957–1971
1098C 1–8 John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought), 1957–1971
1099A 1–13 John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought), 1957–1971
1099B 1–15 John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought), 1957–1971 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 81
1100A 1–5 John Wesley (Library of Protestant Thought), 1957–1971
6–12 A Methodist Observer at Vatican II, 1966
1100B 1–11 A Methodist Observer at Vatican II, 1966
12–17 Psychotherapy and the Christian Message, 1953–1957
1101A 1–5 Psychotherapy and the Christian Message, 1953–1957
1101B 1–11 St. Augustine: The Confessions and Enchiridion, 1950–1955
1101C 1–9 St. Augustine: The Confessions and Enchiridion, 1950–1955
1102A 1–7 That the World May Believe, 1964–1966
8-12 Theology in the Wesleyan Spirit, 1974–1975
1102B 1-10 Who Trusts in God, 1967–1968
1103A Published books, 1940–1949
1103B Published books, 1950–1959
1104A Published books, 1960–1969
1104B Published books, 1960–1969
1104C Published books, 1970–1979
1105A Published books, 1980–1989 82 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
“Professor Outler’s John Wesley Launches A Library of Protestant Thought Series,” Perkins Perspective, June 1964. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 83
Members of the Wesley Works Editorial Project team meeting at Perkins School of Theology, March 21, 1972. From left to right are Allen Lamar Cooper, Frank Baker, Joseph D. Quillian, Jr., John Deschner, and Albert Outler.
Subseries 4: Chapters in Books 1105B 1 Christian Spirituality: Post-Reformation and Modern, “Pietism and Enlightenment: Alternatives to Tradition,” 1989
2-3 Companion to the Book of Worship, 1968-1970
4 A Companion to the Study of St. Augustine, “The Person and Work of Jesus Christ in the Thought of St. Augustine,” 1955
5 The Doctrine of the Church, “Do Methodists Have a Doctrine of the Church?” Oxford Institute, 1962
6 Methodism, “Distinctive Doctrinal Emphases,” 1968
7 Natural Law and Natural Rights, “Some Concepts of Human Rights and Obligations in Classical Protestantism,” 1955 84 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
8 Self: Language, Experience, Concept, “Problems of Selfhood in a Christian Perspective,” 1984–1986
9 Texts and Testaments: Critical Essays on the Bible and Early Christian Fathers, “The ‘Logic’ of Canon-Making and the Tasks of Canon-Criticism,” 1979
10 The Tragic Vision and the Christian Faith, “Freud and the Domestication of Tragedy,” 1957
1106A 1 Vatican II Revisited, “The Council in Retrospect: An Observer’s Memories and Musings,” 1984-1986
2 The Vitality of the Christian Tradition, “The Reformation and Classical Protestantism,” 1941-1943
Subseries 5: Forewords in Books 1106A 3 The Apostolate of United Methodism, Ted Campbell, 1979
4 Christian Perfection and American Methodism, John L. Peters, 1985
5 The Crucial Task of Theology, Ashby Johnson, 1958
6 Formation of the New Testament Canon: An Ecumenical Approach, William Farmer and Denis Farkasfalvy, 1984
7 Miners, Merchants and Missionaries, Alice Cochran, 1980
8 Pope John XXIII and American Protestantism, Eugene Bianchi, 1966
9 Protestant Patriarch, G.A. Hadjiantoniou, 1961
10 To Reform the Nation, Leon O. Hynson, 1984
Subseries 6: Other Scholarly Works 1106A 11 Freudian Wisdom and Christian Faith, 1959–1960
12 “The Three Chapters,” Arthur Vööbus festschrift, 1977
13 Response to David Balas’s paper, “Participation and Communion in the Adversus Haereses of Irenaeus,” undated, circa 1970–1980
14 “A Fable for Those Who Trust in God,” undated, circa 1950–1980
15 “Gustav Weigel, S.J.: A Memoir,” 1966–1967
16 “John Leith: In the Reformed Tradition of ‘Godly Learning’” colloquium keynote address, 1986–1989 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 85
17 “A Programmatic Essay on the Development of Christianity: Prolegomena to an Understanding of the Apostolic and Canonical Significance of Peter and Paul,” undated, circa 1976–1986
18 Shelton Smith festschrift, “The Love He Bore to Learning…” 1961
19 Notes on diverse topics, undated, circa 1935–1980
1106B 1-4 Notes on diverse topics, undated, circa 1935–1980
5–6 Additional lecture programs and publicity, 1931–1985
Subseries 7: Correspondence with Publishers 1107A 1 Abingdon Press, 1956–1988
2 All–Church Press, 1965–1966
3 America, 1965–1970
4 Ave Maria, 1968
5 The Catholic Herald, 1964–1965
6 The Catholic World, 1965–1970
7 Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1941–1963
8 Christian Advocate, 1952–1972
9 The Christian Century, 1948–1982
10 Christianity and Crisis, 1963–1969
11 Church History, 1965–1988
12 Classmate, 1965–1966
13 Cokesbury, 1968–1975
14 Dimension Books, 1966–1967
15 Epworth Press, 1963–1967
16 Fortress Press, 1966–1970
17 Frontier, 1966–1967
18 Harper and Brothers, 1941–1964 86 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1107B 1 Harper and Row, 1953–1984 2 Harvard University Press, 1967–1970 3 Herder and Herder, 1967–1972 4 Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1966–1968 5 Interpretation: A Journal of Bible and Theology, 1946–1980 6 John Knox Press, 1957–1967 7 Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1964–1980 8 Kosel–Verlag, 1966–1969 9 Louisiana State University Press, 1964–1970
10 Lutterworth Press, 1963–1966
11 Macmillan, 1964–1967
12 McGraw–Hill, 1965–1966
13 Menninger Foundation, 1963–1985
14 Methodist History, 1966–1973
15 Methodist Publishing House / United Methodist Publishing House, 1947–1987
16 Methodist Recorder / United Methodist Recorder, 1966–1974
17 Motive, 1952–1966
18 New Christian Advocate / Together, 1956–1958, 1969-1970
18 Newsweek, 1971
19 The Oklahoma Courier, 1965–1966
1107C 1-20 Oxford University Press, 1954–1986
21 Oxford University Press—Contracts, 1960, 1967
22 Oxford University Press—Cragg Manuscript, 1967–1970
1108A 1–13 Oxford University Press—Hausner, Marion, 1953–1983
14 Oxford University Press—Hillerbrand manuscript, 1967
15 Pastoral Psychology, 1951–1980
16 Paulist Press, 1965–1988 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 87
1108B 1 Prentice–Hall, 1953–1955
2 Quarterly Review, 1961–1988
3 Religion in Life, 1941–1976
4 Review of Religion, Columbia University, New York, 1942-1948
5 Sheed and Ward, 1966–1968
6 The Texas Methodist, 1960–1977
7 Theology Today, 1944–1985
8 The Upper Room, 1954–1975
9 Westminster Press, 1946–1984
10 Word Inc., 1969–1979
11 Zondervan Publishing House, 1983–1987
12–13 Other publishers, 1957–1988
Series 4: Extra–mural Involvements, 1939–1989 Extent: 34 Boxes
The fourth series comprises records of Dr. Outler’s personal and professional activities beyond the United Methodist Church. Of particular interest are files from his work as a Methodist delegate– observer at the Second Vatican Council (Vatican II). The correspondence, meeting minutes, organizational publications, and study papers in this series are arranged in three subseries: Consultation on Church Union (COCU), Vatican II, and General. Artifacts and oversize materials from this series are listed and located with similar items in series 7, Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials.
Box File Contents
Subseries 1: Consultation on Church Union (COCU) 1109A 1 Articles, 1966–1972
2–3 Atlanta plenary, 1969
4 Bibliography, 1967
5–7 Cambridge meeting, 1967 88 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
8 Commission on Unification of Ministries, 1967–1969
9–10 Correspondence, 1965–1966
1109B 1–3 Correspondence, 1967–1988
4–5 Dallas meeting, 1966
6 Dallas meeting, 1972
7 Dayton meeting, 1968
8 Denver plenary, 1971
9 Financial, 1966–1970
10-11 Lake Junaluska, North Carolina, Second Conference on Methodism in an Ecumenical Age, “Where We Stand in COCU,” 1965
12-13 Lexington meeting, 1965
1110A 1-2 Lexington meeting, 1965
3 Meeting minutes, 1966–1969
4 Memphis meeting, 1973
5 Mutual recognition of members, 1974–1979
6 National Conference on the Dallas Consultation, 1966
7 Newsletter, 1970–1979
8 Oberlin, Ohio, meeting “Scripture, Tradition and the Guardians of Tradition,” 1963
9 Paper “The Ecumenical Movement and the Cause of Christian Unity–A Memoir and a Prospectus,” 1977
10 Paper “Learning About COCU,” 1967
11 Papers, 1967–1969
12 Papers on Church Union by Methodist Bishops, 1967
13 Papers, “In Quest of a Church of Christ Uniting” and “An Alert on the New Church Dividing Potential of Some Persistent Issues,” 1977
14 Plan of Union, 1966 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 89
1110B 1–2 Plan of Union, 1970
3 Press releases, 1970–1977
4 Publications, 1960–1984
5 Report of the Executive Committee, circa 1970
6 Report of the National Conference on Program, Cincinnati, 1969
7 Resolutions, 1967–1971
8 Service inaugurating the United Church, 1969
9 Seton Hall University meeting, 1977
10 St. Louis meeting, 1970
11 Texas Conference of Churches, 1969
12 Additional materials, 1964–1973
Subseries 2: Vatican II 1110C 1–5 Correspondence, 1962–1986
6–10 Council Digest, 1963–1964
1111A 1–3 Council Digest, 1965
4 Delegates, 1962–1965
5–8 Divine Word News Service, 1962–1965
1111B 1–17 Documents on Council topics, 1963–1965
1112A 1–9 Documents on Council topics / other official documents, 1962–1965
10 Dutch Documentation Center, circa 1962–1965
11 Fourth Session, 1965
1112B 1–11 News Bulletin (Vatican Press Office), 1963–1965
1113A 1–9 Outler: notes and diaries, 1962–1965 90 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1113B 1–5 Outler: notes and diaries, 1964–1965
1113C 1–12 Outler: speeches, articles, and interviews, 1962–1972
13–15 Press releases (Centrum Coordinationis Communictionum de Concilio), 1964–1965
16 Additional materials, 1962–1966
Vatican II credentials, 1962. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 91
Subseries 3: General 1114A 1 Abilene Christian College, Seminar on the Origins of Catholic Christianity, 1972
2–8 Abortion, 1971–1979
9 Academy of Religion and Mental Health / Journal of Religion and Health, 1954–1964
10–11 A Fund for Theological Education (AFTE), 1977–1987
1114B 1–10 A Fund for Theological Education (AFTE), 1977–1987
11–14 AFTE Colloquy on the Loss and Recovery of the Sacred, University of Notre Dame, November 1979, 1977–1979
1115A 1–5 AFTE Colloquy on the Loss and Recovery of the Sacred, University of Notre Dame, November 1979, 1977–1979
6–10 AFTE Colloquy on the Hallowing of Life, University of Notre Dame, November 1982, 1981–1982
11 Alabama–West Florida Conference, Pastor’s Assembly, 1982
12 American Academy of Religion, 1979–1980
1115B 1–3 American Catholic Historical Association, 1970–1984
4–8 American Society of Church History, 1955–1964
1116A 1–9 American Society of Church History, 1964–1988
10–14 American Theological Society, 1957–1979
1116B 1–14 American Theological Society, 1944–1982
15 Analytical Psychology Association of Dallas, 1981
16 ARC—Society for the Arts, Religion and Contemporary Culture, 1972–1986
17 Bibliographica Patristica, 1961–1963
18 Canadian Methodist Historical Society, 1980–1981
19 Cathedral Center for Continuing Education and Pastoral Concern, Dallas, 1971
20 Center for Advanced Study in Theology and the Sciences, 1972 92 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1116C 1–2 Christian Classics Chinese Translation Project, 1944–1948
3 Christianity and Law Conference, University of Chicago, 1957–1958
4 Christianity on the College Campus Conference, 1953
5 Christianity Today, 1986–1989
6 Clergy Institute, Houston, 1982–1983
7 Clergy–Laity Congress, Dallas, Texas, 1986
8 Committee on Theological Education, 1974
9–10 Conference on Culture, “Gaudium et Spes and Culture,” 1983–1984
11 Conference of Major Superiors of Men, St. Louis, Missouri, 1985–1986
12 Consultation on Being Lutheran and Doing Lutheran Ministry in Texas, St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Richardson, Texas, November 24-25, 1980
1117A 1 Corpus Christi Lay Academy, 1981–1982
2 Council of Southwestern Theological Schools (COSTS), 1957–1959
3 Dallas Association for the United Nations, 1955
4 Dallas County Medical Society, 1971
5 Dallas Mental Health Society, 1954–1955
6 Danforth Faculty Conference, 1951
7–9 Danforth Foundation, 1953–1967
10 Desegregation—Dallas area clergy statement, circa 1960
11 Discussion Club, 1979–1986
12–21 Duodecim, 1941–1988
1117B 1–19 Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Tantur, 1965–1981
1118A 1–6 Ecumenical Institute for Advanced Theological Studies, Tantur, 1966–1979
7 Episcopal School of Dallas, 1983
8 Faculty Consultations on Religion in Higher Education, 1947–1953
9 “Faith Focus” television program, 1983
10 Fellowship of Believers (TV program), undated, circa 1955–1980 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 93
11 Foundation for Religious Action in the Social and Civil Order, 1954 12 Foundation for Religious Studies, 1963 13 Foundation for the Study of Theology and the Human Sciences, Dallas, 1979
14 Gallahue Conference on Theology, 1960 15–16 Goals for Dallas, 1976–1978 17 Greater Dallas Community of Churches, 1988 18 Greater Dallas Council of Churches, 1986 19 The Greenhill School, Dallas, 1954 20 Gustave Weigel Society, 1964–1967
1118B 1–7 Hazen Foundation, 1945-1958 8 Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1962-circa 1971 9 Institute on Religion and Democracy, 1983 10 International Conference on Patristic Studies, 1971–1979 11–12 International Conference on the Theological Issues of Vatican II, 1966 13–15 Isthmus Institute, 1981–1988
1119A 1–9 Isthmus Institute, 1981–1988 10 Jewish–Christian relations, 1965–1974
1119B 1 Journal of Ecumenical Studies, 1982–1984 2 Lay Academy of Bible and Theology, 1981–1982 3–5 Library of Protestant Thought, 1962–1970 6 LIFE discussion droup on the pursuit of happiness, 1948 7 Lonergan Congress, 1969–1970
8 Louis Saunders’ retirement dinner, 1976 9 Memoir of Gus Weigel, undated, circa 1965 10 Miniwanca Conference, 1951 11 National Association of Biblical Instructors (NABI) / Journal of Bible and Religion, 1948-1959
12 National Association of Ecumenical Staff, 1983
13-16 National Catholic Reporter, 1964-1984 94 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 1119C 1–12 National Catholic Reporter, 1975–1980
1120A 1–5 National Council on Religion in Higher Education, 1939–1971
1120B 1–5 National Council on Religion in Higher Education, 1947–1972
1121A 1–2 National Council on Religion in Higher Education, 1950–1969 3 National Day of Prayer, 1983–1985 4 North American Patristics Society, 1973-1986 5–8 Phi Beta Kappa, 1967–1975 9 Religious Education Association Convention, Chicago, November 1966 10 Richardson Ministerial Alliance, 1987 11 The Rothko Chapel, Houston, 1971-1972 12 Second Century—A Journal of Early Christian Studies, 1981–1988
1121B 1 School of Theology for the Laity, East Dallas Christian Church, 1980 2 Shelton Smith tribute, undated, 1961 3 Society of Biblical Literature, 1982–1984 4 Southwest Biblical Studies Seminar, 1983-1988 5 Southwest Commission on Religious Studies, 1974–1978 6–8 Southwest Theological Discussion Group, 1953–1960 9 Southwest Griesbach Festival, SMU, 1978 10 Student Christian Movement of the Middle Atlantic Region, 1948 11 Suenens, Leon Josef Cardinal, 1974-1975 12 Symposium on Parapsychology and Religion, SMU, 1978 13 Texas Congress of Religious Education, Dallas, 1970
1122A 1–8 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, 1965–1975
1122B 1–7 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, 1975–1980
1122C 1–5 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, 1981–1989 6 Thanks-giving Square, Dallas: “Thanksgiving – root, flower and fruit” undated 7-8 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas: undated materials, circa 1965–1989 9 Tyler Street UMC, Dallas, 1978–1982 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 95
1123A 1 Wesley festival, Drew University, 1974
2–4 Wesley Society, 1956–1963
5–7 YMCA–YWCA, 1946–1952
Series 5: Perkins School of Theology and Southern Methodist University, 1951–1988 Extent: 13 boxes
The fifth series documents Dr. Outler’s many non–teaching activities and responsibilities at Perkins and SMU, including committee work, faculty seminars, and Ministers Week. The largest groups of materials within this series detail his service as chairman of the Faculty Planning Committee for the SMU Master Plan and his leadership of the Southwest Seminar on the Development of Catholic Christianity. Although the series opens with correspondence folders, most letters to and from university officials are located in Series 6, Correspondence.
Box File Contents 1123B 1 Correspondence concerning John O. Beaty, circa 1954
2–4 Correspondence—Faculty and staff, 1951–1983 5 Correspondence—Perkins Newsletter, 1968-1969
6 Correspondence— Students, 1955-1984 7 Perkins: Academic Festival, 1962 8 Perkins: Ad Hoc Committee on Rank and Tenure, 1961–1962 9 Perkins: Administration Committee, 1954 10 Perkins: Albert C. Outler Award in Theology / Theological Scholarship, 1976-1984 11 Perkins: Bridwell Library, 1951–1972 12 Perkins: Committee on Fellowship and Awards, 1965–1969 13 Perkins: Committee on Graduate Studies, 1955–1975 14 Perkins: Committee on Recruitment and Tenure, 1963–1970
1124A 1 Perkins: Committee on School Relations, 1972–1974 2 Perkins: Community Affairs Committee, 1954–1964 96 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
3 Perkins: Community Service Program, 1966
4 Perkins: Comprehensive Exams, 1965–1969
5–8 Perkins: Curriculum Committee, 1953–1975
9–10 Perkins: Division III, 1958–1977
1124B 1 Perkins: Division III – Meeting minutes, 1958-1977
2 Perkins: Evangelism and Social Ethics Conference, April 1981
3 Perkins: Faculty meetings, 1970-1976
4 Perkins: Faculty report “The Tantur Visit in Retrospect,” 1972
5–7 Perkins: Faculty seminar, 1952-1955
8–9 Perkins: Faculty symposium, 1973-1974
10 Perkins: Fellowship of Reconciliation address “Christian Witness and the Present World Crisis,” circa 1951-1979
11 Perkins: Field Work and Education Committees, 1955–1962
12 Perkins: Governance Study–Reaction Panel, 1969–1970
13–14 Perkins: Graduate Program in Religion, 1962–1976
15 Perkins: Honors Day Convocations, 1964–1966
16 Perkins: Laity Week, 1975
17–18 Perkins: Methodist Historical Library (Bridwell Library), 1961–1965
1125A 1 Perkins: Mexican–American Program, 1975–1976
2–3 Perkins: Ministers Week, 1958–1981
4 Perkins: Monograph Series Committee, 1973
5 Perkins: Orientation Convocation, 1969
6 Perkins: Parish Week, 1955-1959
7 Perkins: Perkins Chapel, 1960–1979 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 97
8 Perkins: The Perkins Faculty booklet, 1966
9 Perkins: Perkins Journal, 1951–1974
10 Perkins: Reading Guide for Continuing Education: Catholics and Protestants in the wake of Vatican II, 1967
11 Perkins: Selecman Hall Committee, 1953–1954
12 Perkins: Senate Conference address “Humanities at SMU and Perkins School of Theology,” November 28, 1972
13 Perkins: Student Advisees, 1954–1961
14–15 Perkins: Self–Study, 1969
16 Perkins: Southwest Interseminary Conference, SMU, 1955
1125B 1–20 Perkins: Southwest Seminar on the Development of Catholic Christianity, 1966–1984
1125C 1–13 Perkins: Southwest Seminar on the Development of Catholic Christianity, 1973–1985
1126A 1 Perkins: Trends and Issues in Contemporary Roman Catholic Theology, 1969
2 Perkins: Tribute to Kate Warnick, February 1972
3 Perkins: Vatican II reading program for continuing education, 1967
4 Perkins: Wesley Festival, 1975
5 Perkins: Women’s Society of Christian Service (WSCS) study group, 1954–1955
6 SMU: Author’s Awards, 1985
7 SMU: Baccalaureate sermon, 1975
8–12 SMU: Board of Publications / SMU Press, 1964–1986
13 SMU: Candidates for Provostship, 1961
14–15 SMU: Center for the Study of Religion in the Greco–Roman World, 1982–1988
16 SMU: Commencement, 1986
17 SMU: Committee on Grade Average for Master’s Degree, 1955 98 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
18 SMU: Committee on Honorary Degrees, 1970–1976
19 SMU: Convocations, 1951–1984
20–21 SMU: Faculty Senate, 1961–1974
1126B 1–2 SMU: Graduate Council of the Humanities, 1959–1966
3 SMU: Inauguration of President Paul Hardin, 1972
4 SMU: Inauguration of President Willis Tate, 1955
5 SMU: Lawyer’s Convocation, 1954
6 SMU: Leadership Training Conference, 1954
7–13 SMU: Master Plan: AAUP to Master Plan: School of Business Administration, 1962–1963
1127A 1–12 SMU: Master Plan, 1961–1963
1127B 1–9 SMU: Master Plan, 1962–1963
1128A 1–17 SMU: Master Plan, 1962–1963
1128B 1–8 SMU: Master Plan, 1962–1963
1128C 1–3 SMU: Master Plan, 1962–1963
4 SMU: Phi Beta Kappa, 1952–1955
5 SMU: Presidency (resignation of Paul Hardin), 1974–1975
6 SMU: Prudential Committee, 1959–1961
7 SMU: Semi–centennial festival, 1961
8 SMU: Seminar in Ethics and Law, 1962
9 SMU: Short courses for adults: A. J. Toynbee, 1955
10 SMU: Stowe–Tate minority scholarship, 1974–1975 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 99
11 SMU: Town and Gown Club, Dallas, 1955–1978
12 SMU: University Thanksgiving Convocation, 1951
13 SMU: Wesleyana at SMU (Methodist archival center project), circa 1958-1960
14 SMU: YMCA, 1955
Trialogue on “The Death of God” seminar pamphlet, Perkins School of Theology, 1966. 100 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Ministers’ Week Luncheon program, Southern Methodist University, February 6, 1974. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 101
Series 6: Correspondence, 1931–1989 Extent: 62 boxes
The sixth series comprises the majority of Dr. Outler’s personal and professional correspondence. Family letters are filed in Series 7, Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials. Correspondence with most publishers is located in Series 3, The Scholarly Enterprise. Other letters concerning specific organizations and speaking engagements may be found in files throughout the Albert Cook Outler papers. In accordance with the archival principle of respect des fonds, these items were not removed from their original folders and placed in the Correspondence series during processing.
In the list that follows, individually named folders contain at least three pieces of correspondence related to the specified person or organization. All other letters are held in group folders organized alphabetically.
Box File Contents
1129A 1–18 A, 1934–1998
1129B 1 Aardvark Society, 1978
2–3 American Association of University Professors (AAUP), 1968–1982
4 Abernethy, Bradford, 1948–1961
5 Abilene Christian University, 1984–1986
6 Abingdon Press, 1952–1989
7 Academy of Texas, 1969
8 Agnes Scott College, Decatur, Georgia, 1943–1975
9 Akers, S. L., 1939–1941
10 Albritton, Claude, 1961
11 Allen, Joseph, 1969–1973
12 American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 1967–1981
13 American Academy of Religion, 1964–1976
14 American Academy of Religion and Mental Health, 1965–1973 102 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
15 American Association of Theological Schools, 1958–1974
16 American Catholic Historical Association, 1971–1973
17 American Society for Church History, 1985–1989
18 Andover Newton Theological School, Newton Centre, Massachusetts, 1954–1957
19 Armstrong, Gregory, 1968–1981
20 Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore, Kentucky, 1965–1983
1130A 1 Association Press, 1957–1959
2 Athanasian Theological Society, 1980–1981
3 Aubrey, Edwin, 1943–1944
4 Austin College, Sherman, Texas, 1960–1968
5 Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1956–1982
6 Australia trip, 1981–1982
7–19 B, 1935–1956
1130B 1–13 B, 1957–1969
1131A 1–19 B, 1970–1989
1131B 1 Bagwell, Guy, 1939–1944
2 Bainton, Roland, 1938–1943
3–4 Baker, Frank, 1979–1988
5 Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas, 1955–1959
6 Balas, David, 1970–1985
7 Baldwin-Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, 1963–1987
8 Bangle, F. W. Dowd, 1939–1944
9 Bangor Seminary, 1961–1966 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 103
10 Banner, W. A., 1939–1941
11 Battenhouse, Roy, 1942–1965
12 Batto, Bernard, 1984–1985
13 Beamesderfer, Samuel, 1947–1948
14 Beaty, Lee, 1951–1953
15 Beckett, Hazel, 1934–1966
16 Bell, Sheridan, 1963–1964
1131C 1 Bennett, John G., 1944–1947
2 Benton, John K., 1939–1948
3 Bianchi, Eugene, 1980–1982
4 Bibliographia Patristica, 1963–1964
5 Bicentennial committee, 1974
6 Bird, Gerald, 1932–1939
7 Birmingham Southern College, 1962
8 Birthright of Dallas, 1971
9 Blake, Ross, 1953
10 Bodein, Vernon, 1940–1948
11 Boots, Wilson, 1987–1988
12 Boston Avenue Methodist Church, Tulsa, Oklahoma, 1961–1964
13 Boston University—Bicentennial Lectures, 1984
14 Bostrom, Luther, 1938–1941
15 Bowmer, John C., 1967-1974
16–17 Braisted, Paul, 1939–1960
18 Branscomb, Harvie, 1945–1958
19 Braswell, David, 1942–1944
20 Brett, T. Ruth, 1944
21 Brock, Edwin, 1941–1943 104 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
22 Broiles, Rowland, 1960–1962
23 Brooks, James E., 1969–1978
24 Brown, Arthur, 1945–1948
25 Bumgarner, G. W., 1942–1944
26 Buhrman, A. R., 1937–1944
1132A 1–19 C, 1934–1962
1132B 1–16 C, 1963–1978
1133A 1–10 C, 1979–1989
11 Calhoun, Robert, 1937–1965
12 California-Nevada Conference, 1953–1954
13–14 Campbell, Ted, 1979–1987
15 Camp Waldron, 1937–1938
16 Cannon, William R., 1961–1982
17 Canterbury UMC, Birmingham, Alabama, 1981–1982
18 Carney, Fred, 1960–1973
19 Casad, Dede, 1979
1133B 1 Catholic Church, 1962–1964
2 Catholic Historical Review, 1977–1988
3 Catholic Press Association, 1966
4 Cato Lectures, Adelaide, Australia, 1982–1983
5 Cavett, James, 1941
6 Centenary College, Shreveport, Louisiana, 1955–1965
7 Central College, Pella, Iowa, 1962–1963
8 Chadwick, I. Howard, 1942–1944
9 Chaffin, Claude, 1945–1948 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 105
10 Chestnut, Glenn F., Jr., 1964–1987
11 Chicago Sunday Evening Club, 1964–1972
12 Chidsey, Walker, 1941–1943
13 Christenson, James, 1939–1941
14 Christian Century, 1955–1988
15 Christianity Today, 1980–1989
16 Church history self–study project, 1958–1959
17 Circuit Rider, 1979–1980
18 Clyburn, David, 1934–1940
19 Consultation on Church Union (COCU), 1962–1988
20 Colgate Rochester Divinity School, New York, 1948–1979
21 College contacts, 1940–1943
1134A 1 College of St. Catherine, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1966–1967
2 College of St. Thomas, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1966–1967
3 Collie, Robert, 1954–1955
4 Collins, Carr, 1983
5 Colorado College, 1967
6 Columbia University, New York, New York, 1953
7 Colvin, Harold, 1945–1949
8 Colwell, Ernest C., 1943
9 Commonweal, 1965–1986
10 Conference on Science, Philosophy and Religion, 1941–1957
11 Cook, Edmund, 1931–1936
12 Cooper, Robert O., 1963-1964
13 Cornell College, Mount Vernon, Iowa, 1961–1966 106 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
14 Cornell University, Ithaca, New York, 1962-1964
15 Cottey College, Nevada, Missouri, 1964–1965
16 Council on Christian Unity, 1963–1986
17 Council of Protestant Colleges and Universities, 1958–1967
18 Crackpot letters, 1956–1981
19 Craig, Clarence T., 1949–1953
20 Crawshaw, Mrs. Paul G., 1954–1967
21 Crutchfield, Finis A., 1941–1988
1134B 1 Cunningham, W. J., 1934–1954
2–3 Cunninggim, Merrimon, 1949–1974
4–5 Cushman, Robert, 1938–1984
6–18 D, 1938–1959
1134C 1–20 D, 1960–1989
21 Dallas Council of Churches, 1966–1968
22 Dallas Historical Society, 1985
23 Dallas Mental Health Society, 1954–1956
24 Dallas Times Herald, 1988
25 Daily, Maurice, 1935–1967
1135A 1 Dance, Luffkin, 1939–1943
2 Danforth Foundation, 1951–1960
3 Danilowice, Henry, 1940–1941
4 David C. Cook Publishing Company, 1951–1952
5–6 Davidson College, North Carolina, 1978–1986
7 Davis, Wesley, 1936–1951 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 107
8 Derring, Paul, 1944–1954
9 Deschner, John, 1943–1989
10 Devenish, Philip, undated, circa 1951–1979
11 Dillenberger, John, 1958–1963
12 Dinkler, Erich, 1951–1954
13 Douglas, Harlan P., 1944
14 Downey, Glanville, 1957–1969
15 Drew University, Madison, New Jersey, 1957–1988
16 Dubs, Homer, 1942–1944
17 Duderstadt, Cora, 1981
1135B 1–2 Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1939–1981
3 Dunlap, Dale E., 1951–1987
4 Dunnam, Spurgeon M., 1969–1986
5 Duodecim, 1952–1955
6–20 E, 1938–1989
1136A 1 Earlham College, Richmond, Indiana, 1957–1974
2 Earley, Wyndal and Glenda, 1983–1989
3 Eccles, Robert, 1949–1953
4 Ecumenical lecture series, 1971–1973
5 Ecumenical Worship Committee for Racial Harmony, 1985
6 Ecumenism, 1963–1966
7 Eden Theological Seminary, Webster Groves, Missouri, 1955–1963
8 Edmund, Bruce, 1933–1937
9 Edwards, Otis C., 1961–1962 108 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
10 Egan, Jack (John J.), 1977–1987 11 Ehrensperger, Harold, 1944–1949 12 Ellis, John, 1965–1984 13 Elmore, Joe Earl, 1952–1960 14–15 Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia, 1934-1984 16 Ensley, Francis G., 1957–1976 17 Enslin, Morton, 1944–1952 18 Episcopal Theological Seminary, 1962 19 Episcopal Theological Seminary of the Southwest, Austin, Texas, 1953-1962 20 Erling, Bernhard, 1951–1953 21 Escamilla, Roberto, 1973–1979 22 Espy, Edwin, 1945–1970 23 Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois, 1964–1973 24 Executive Committee of the Central Conference of Central and Southern Europe, March 8, 1974
1136B 1–27 F, 1932–1984
1137A 1 F, 1985–1989 2 Fackre, Gabriel, 1979–1983 3 “Fan Mail,” 1937–1985 4 Farmer, William, 1962–1989 5 Feaver, Clayton, 1946–1952 6 Federal Council of Churches, 1947 7 Ferguson, Everett, 1980–1989 8 Ferré, Nels, 1941–1951 9 Few, W. P., 1937–1938 10 Fichter, Joseph, 1978–1981 11 Finch, Arthur, 1938–1939 12 Finch-Hunt Lectures, The Institute of Homiletics, Western North Carolina Conference, Thomasville, North Carolina 1978–1979 13 Finch, William C., 1962–1964 14 Finkbeiner, Melvin, 1975 15 Finkelstein, Louis, 1943–1952 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 109
16 First UMC, Pasadena, California, 1975 17 First UMC, Winter Park, Florida, 1984–1985 18 Fischer, Robert, 1955–1976 19 Fitch, Robert, 1953 20 Flanders, Ed, 1935–1943 21 Fleming, Durwood, 1954–1986 22 Florida Presbyterian College, E. Ashby Johnson, 1963-1964 23 Florovsky, Georges, 1950–1975 24 Foyer Unitas, 1981–1982 25 Frazier, Donald, 1937–1943 26 Freeman, Alfred H., 1951–1954 27 Fridy, Wallace, 1938–1956
1137B 1–21 G, 1935–1975
1137C 1–6 G, 1976–1989 7 Gaines, Pendleton, 1953–1954 8 Galatas, Clinton, 1951–1952 9 Gallahue Conference, Princeton University, 1966–1968 10 Gallahue, Edward F., 1965–1970 11 Gallaway, Ira, 1971–1974 12 Galloway, Paul V., 1960–1988 13 Galloway, Craig, 1985–1986 14 Garber, Paul, 1940–1963 15 Gardner, Roy, 1935–1940 16 Garhart, John, 1952–1953 17 Garret Biblical Institute / Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 1954-1970 18 Gealy, Fred, 1957–1970 19 General Theological Seminary, New York, New York, 1951–1967 20 George, Poikail J., 1965–1968 21 Georgia Tech religious emphasis week, 1953 22 Gibbs, Rollin, 1938–1940 23 Glass, Meta, 1944 24 Good News magazine, 1972–1987 110 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
25 Gorman, Thomas K., 1962–1967 26 Gray, Wallace, 1956–1963 27 Greater Dallas Community of Churches, 1985-1986 28 Greensboro College, North Carolina, 1967–1968 29 Grice, Phil Harold, 1938–1941 30 Grimes, Edwin, 1940–1941 31 Grimes, Howard, 1951–1980
1138A 1 Grimes, Johnnie Marie, 1963–1976 2 Grinnell College, Iowa, 1950–1964 3 Groves, Walter, 1954 4 Guilds, J. Caldwell, 1944 5-11 H, 1933–1969
1138B 1-4 H, 1970-1989 5 Hadidian, Dikran, 1977–1984 6 Haglund, Bengt, 1980–1982 7 Hale, Joe, 1975–1988 8 Hall, Barbara, 1951–1953 9 Hall, James A., 1976–1985 10 Hall, W. C., Jr., 1966–1984 11 Hallinan, Paul J., 1966 12 Hamline University, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1954–1967 13 Hamner, Herschel T., 1951–1966 14 Handy, Robert T., 1964–1984 15 Harbuck, George W., 1947–1976 16 Hardin, Paul, 1966–1974 17 Hardy, Edward, 1945–1949 18 Harmon, Nolan B., 1945–1987 19 Harnkess, Georgia, 1970–1972 20 Harris, Ed, 1935–1984 21 Harris, Leon, 1965–1980 22 Harris, William M., 1957 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 111
1139A 1 Harshbarger, Luther, 1953-1964 2 Hartford Seminary Foundation, Hartford, Connecticut, 1951-1965 3 Hartt, Julian, 1947-1985 4 Harvard Divinity School, 1955-1984 5 Harvard University, 1955-1970 6 Harvey, Martin L., 1952 7 Harvey, Van A., 1958-1978 8 Hathaway, Bill, 1955-1960 9 Hawk, Eugene, 1951 10 Hawthorne, Robert, 1954-1968 11 Hay, David, 1956-1965 12 Hazelton, Roger, 1947-1977 13 Hazen Foundation, 1958 14 Heacock, Jack, 1960-1977 15 Heaton, Richard L., 1955–1958 16 Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati, Ohio, 1943–1944 17 Hefner, Cecil, 1940–1988 18 Heitzenrater, Richard, 1976–1988 19 Hendrix College, Conway, Arkansas, 1954–1985 20 Henry, Patrick, 1961–1988 21 Henry, Stuart C., 1963–1983 22 Herbert, T. Walter, 1944–1946 23 Herzog, Frederick, 1969–1985 24 Hesburgh, Ted, 1966–1987
1139B 1 Highland Park Presbyterian Church, 1955–1965 2 Hildebrandt, Franz, 1955–1962 3 Hill, Harold E., 1948–1960 4 Hillman, Robert J., 1977–1981 5 Hiltner, Seward, 1948–1961 6 Hinson, William, 1985-1988 7 Hirsch, Elizabeth, 1984 8 Hoch, Lambert, 1966-1979 9 Hockaday School, Dallas, 1967-1968 10 Hogg, Richey, 1944-1981 11 Hoggard, Earl R., 1964-1970 112 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
12 Holbrook, Clyde A., 1962 13 Holcomb, Luther, 1954-1965 14 Holder, Ray, 1941-1943 15 Holloway, Vern, 1938-1949 16 Holt, Ivan Lee, 1952-1966 17 Holt, J. B., 1954-1973 18 Horton, Douglas, 1945-1966 19 Horton, Mildred, 1966-1967 20 Houston, Hal, 1956-1958 21 Howard University, Washington, D.C., 1947–1956 22 Howe, Leroy, 1969-1979 23 Howell, Maggart B., 1960-1971 24 Huggin, James, 1945-1957 25 Hughes, Richard T., 1984-1988 26 Hunt, Earl, 1966-1988 27 Huston, Hollis W. and Annie Laura, 1952-1965 28 Hyatt, J. Philip, 1956 29 Hynson, Leon, 1968-1983 30 I, 1934-1981
1140A 1 Indiana Central College, 1967-1970 2 Institute for Ecumenical and Cultural Research, 1969-1985 3 Institute for Religious and Social Studies, New York, 1945-1957 4-7 Institute of Religion, Texas Medical Center, Houston, 1956-1988 8 Institute on Religion and Public Life, 1989 9 International Conference on Paul and the Legacies of Paul, SMU, 1985-1987 10 International Conference on the Unity of the Sciences (ICUS), 1976-1980 11 Interseminary Movement, 1945-1967 12 Invitations declined, 1955-1958
1140B 1–4 Invitations declined, 1959–1988 5–10 J, 1935–1988
1140C 1 Jackson, Charles A., Jr., 1936-1940 2 Jackson, James F., 1940-1952 3 James, Feltham S., 1939-1968 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 113
4 Jarvis, Wayne C., 1969-1984 5 Jewish Welfare Federation of Dallas, 1966 6 Johansen, Judy, 1975-1984 7 Johnson, Ashby, 1958-1966 8 Johnson, Douglas, 1969-1986 9 Johnson, Henry M., 1938-1939 10 Johnson, Lyndon B., 1963 11 Johnson, Robert L., 1960-1968 12 Jones, Arthur, 1972-1981 13 Jones, Barney, 1942-1980 14 Jones, Francis P., 1945-1963 15 Jones, Jameson, 1941-1974 16 Jones, Scott, 1978-1989 17 Jones, Wyatt, 1946-1948 18 Journal of Religion, 1939-1986 19-23 K, 1936-1979
1141A 1–2 K, 1980-1989 3 Kalamazoo College, 1961-1976 4 Kearns, Frances E., 1958-1974 5 Kee, Howard C., 1951-1984 6 Keene, J. Calvin, 1938-1985 7 Keighley, Carl E., 1969-1976 8 Kelley, E. Allen, 1982-1985 9 Kesler, R. Harris, 1944-1956 10 Keyser, Charles W., 1968-1979 11 Kimbrough, S. T., Jr., 1985-1988 12 King, Carl H., 1947-1951 13 Kirby, J. Phil, 1963-1976 14 Kirby, James E., 1951-1986 15 Kirkland, William H., 1951-1958 16 Kirkpatrick, Dow, 1953-1976 17 Klass, Walter K., 1936-1941 18 Knight, James A., 1945-1963 19 Krapf, Gustav A., 1958 20 Kristellar, Paul Oskar, 1939-1943 114 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
21–22 L, 1934-1944
1141B 1–7 L, 1945–1979
1142A 1–3 L, 1980–1989 4 Ladwig, C. William, 1943-1944 5 Landregan, Steve, 1969–1981 6 Landwehr, Arthur, 1974–1986 7 League for Educational Advancement in Dallas, 1965–1968 8 Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, 1968–1971 9 LeBaron, Earle, 1941–1942 10 Lee, John D., 1939–1953 11 Lee, Umphrey, 1951–1954 12 Leith, John, 1950–1987 13 Leppard, L. D., 1941 14 Letters of appreciation, 1946–1959 15 Lewis, Frank B., 1946–1955 16 Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky, 1964–1965 17–18 Liddell, William, 1951–1979 19 Lincoln Theological College, Lincoln, England, 1954 20 Littell, Franklin H., 1943–1971 21 Living Archives program, United Methodist Archives Center, 1985 22 Livingstone, William D., 1947–1949
1142B 1 Lon Morris College, Jacksonville, Texas, 1964–1965 2 London sabbatical, 1971 3 Longden, Leicester, 1987–1989 4 Lord, John Wesley, 1962-1968 5 Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 1958–1981 6 Loveland, Clara, 1944–1945 7 Lovely Lane UMC, Baltimore, Maryland, 1985–1986 8 Loyola University, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1978–1982 9 Luther Academy, Wartburg Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa, 1959–1960 10 Luther Theological Seminary, St. Paul, Minnesota, 1959–1975 11 Lutheran Theological Seminary, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, 1960–1961 12 Lycoming College, Williamsport, Pennsylvania, 1957–1979 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 115
13 Lynch, Ernest, 1942–1943 14 Lyons, Jess, 1944–1945 15–18 M, 1934–1954
1143A 1–6 M, 1955–1984
1143B 1-2 M, 1985-1989 3 Macalester College, Saint Paul, Minnesota, 1964 4 Mackin, Kevin, 1969-1971 5 Mahon, George, 1976 6 Major, James E., 1942-1945 7 Malek, George, 1982-1988 8 Malicky, Neal, 1958-1987 9 Manschrek, Clyde, 1948-1974 10 Manuel, Michael (The Genesis Project), 1975-1976 11 Marciniak, Ed (Institute of Urban Life), 1978 12 Marney, Carlyle, 1962 13 Marrotte, Paul, 1968-1969 14 Marrs, Ross, 1973-1989 15 Marsh, Stewart, 1938-1977 16 Marti, Fritz, 1944-1977 17 Martin, J. Alfred, Jr., 1947-1955 18 Martin, Paul E., 1953-1968 19 Martin, William C., 1951-1982 20 Marty, Martin E., 1978-1987 21 Marx, Adolph, 1965 22 Mary Baldwin College, Staunton, Virginia, 1951-1961
1143C 1 Maser, Frederick, 1951-1984 2 Masons (Gordon Lodge No. 240 F. & A. M.), 1936-1940 3 Massengale, R. Glenn, 1940-1982 4 Matheny, Tom, 1972-1984 5 Mathews, James K., 1966-1978 6 Matthews, Cecil R., 1943, 1958 7 McCord, James, 1956–1981 8 McCoy, Charles, 1948–1982 116 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
9 McCracken, George E., 1955 10 McCulloh, Gerald O., 1952–1974 11 McGill University, Montreal, 1963 12 McHale, Tom, 1972–1986 13 McIntyre, Michael, 1967–1969 14 McKee, William, 1946–1951 15 McMillan, Frank N, 1966–1983 16 Meadows Foundation, 1981–1982 17 Meaney, Daniel D., 1966–1971 18 Meeks, M. Douglas, 1984 19 Melson, Davis, 1937-1939 20 Methodist Theological School in Ohio, Delaware, Ohio, 1961–1968 21 Metropolitan-Duane Methodist Church, New York, 1966 22 Metzner, Harold C., 1942–1943 23 Mickey, Paul A., 1975–1978 24 Midland [Texas] Council of Churches, 1962 25 Mills, Frederick, 1974–1978 26 Millsaps College, Jackson, Mississippi, 1955–1965 27 Minear, Paul, 1941–1979 28 Minto, Rabb, 1950–1957 29 Minus, Paul, 1964–1968
1144A 1 Mission Society for United Methodists, 1984–1985 2 Mississippi Southern College, Hattiesburg, 1953–1962 3 Moede, Gerald F., 1966–1984 4 Monk, Robert C., 1958–1989 5 Moore, Edward L., 1965–1966 6 Moore, John M., 1944 7 Moorehouse College, Atlanta, 1942–1963 8 Morrell, Paul L., 1975–1985 9 Morgan, James, 1960–1971 10 Morgan, Kenneth, 1946–1948 11 Morningside College, Sioux City, Iowa, 1964–1970 12 Morris, Don P., 1949–1953 13 Morris, Raymond, 1944–1970 14 Moulton, Phillips, 1947–1949 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 117
15 Mountain Retreat Association, Montreat, North Carolina, 1959–1962 16 Muhlenberg Press, 1961 17 Mullikin, W. L., 1943–1944 18 Murphy, Miriam, 1976
1144B 1-5 N, 1939-1988 6 Napier, B. Davie, 1943-1956 7 Nason, John, 1944-1954 8 National Conference of Christians and Jews, 1953-1965 9 National Council of Catholic Men, 1939-1966 10 National Intercollegiate Christian Council, 1946-1948 11 National Lutheran Council, 1961 12 National Methodist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, 1961
1145A 1 Nease, E.H., 1944 2 Neel, Sam, 1943-1949 3 Nelson, Carl E., 1951-1952 4 Nelson, Claud, 1933-1965 5 Nelson, J. Robert, 1952-1989 6 Nelson, William Stuart, 1942-1953 7 Nesbitt, Charles F., 1945-1948 8 Ness, John H., 1968-1982 9 Newman Forum, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, 1963-1964 10 Niebuhr, H. Richard, 1939-1957 11 Niebuhr, Reinhold, 1954-1962 12 Niebuhr, Richard R., 1957 13 Nielsen, Niels, 1951-1981 14 Nighswonger, William A., 1954-1957 15 North American Academy of Ecumenists, 1966-1967 16 North Carolina State College, Raleigh, 1958-1962 17 North Methodist Church, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1963-1965 18 North, Stanley U., 1946-1956 19 Norris, Louis W., 1949-1958 118 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Letter from H. Richard Niebuhr to Albert Outler, November 17, 1952. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 119
1145B 1-5 O, 1938-1988 6 O’Brien, David, 1964 7 O’Toole, Thomas, 1968-1972 8 Oak Lawn UMC, Dallas, 1967-1987 9 Oates, Wayne E., 1957-1967 10 Oberlin College, 1952-1964 11 Oden, Thomas C., 1956-1988 12 Oden, William B., 1967-1976 13 Ogden, Schubert, 1961-1984 14 Ohio Council of Churches, 1962-1965 15 Ohio Wesleyan University, Delaware, Ohio, 1952–1967 16 Oklahoma Agricultural and Mechanical College, 1952-1954 17 Oklahoma City University, 1958-1976 18 Olan, Levi A., 1951-1957 19 Olds, Glenn, 1948-1982 20 Oliphint, Ben, 1973-1988 21 Oliver, Robert G., 1976-1977
1146A 1 Oppenheimer, Evelyn, 1975 2 Orr, J. Edwin, 1973-1983 3 Orser, George H., 1967-1968 4 Ortmayer, Roger, 1962-1964 5 Osborn, Eric F., 1960-1980 6 Osborn, Ronald E., 1965-1970 7 Ottawa University, Ottawa, Kansas, 1952–1965 8 Overstreet, Bonaro and Harry, 1955-1956 9 Oxnam, G. Bromley, 1950-1958 10-18 P, 1934-1979
1146B 1-3 P, 1980-1988 4 Pacific School of Religion, Berkeley, California, 1954–1969 5 Pacific University, Forest Grove, Oregon, 1949–1950 6 Palmer Lectures, University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, Washington, 1974-1975 7 Panigot, Louise, 1944-1945 8 Papal visit to San Antonio, Texas, 1987 9 Parmley, Helen, 1972-1974 10 Parrott, Bob, 1958-1989 120 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
11 The Pastor, 1950-1955 12 Pastors Convocation, Columbus, Ohio, 1965-1967 13 Patterson, Dwight, 1938-1985 14 Paul, David C., 1951-1988 15 Paulist Inquiry Center, Los Angeles, California, 1972-1973 16 Payne, Alfred, 1947-1954 17 Pearce, J. Winston, 1942-1948 18 Pelikan, Jaroslav, 1957-1985
Letter from Lois (Mrs. J. J.) Perkins to Albert Outler, April 3, 1968. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 121
1146C 1 Penzel, Klaus, 1962–1974
2 Perkins, J. J. and Lois, 1954–1974
3 Perkins Lectures, First UMC, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1966–1975
4 Peters, John L., 1950–1987
5 Pfuetze, Paul, 1948–1953
6 Phan, Peter, 1981
7 Phillips University, Enid, Oklahoma, 1960–1964
8 Piedmont University Center, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1968–1969
9 Pirtle Lectures, Marvin UMC, Tyler, Texas, 1975–1980
10 Pollock, James R., 1944–1954
11 Pontifical Institute of Mediaeval Studies, Toronto, 1966–1967
12 Pope, Liston, 1935–1958
13 Poteat, William, 1946–1958
14 Preaching and speaking engagements, 1938–1943
15 Presbyterian Church in the United States / Presbyterian Church, U.S.A., 1946–1975
16 Preston Hollow Presbyterian Church, Dallas, 1946–1985
17 Princeton Theological Seminary, New Jersey, 1946–1983
1147A 1 Princeton University, New Jersey, 1947–1965
2 Princeton University Fellowship / Ford Humanities Project, 1956–1965
3 Project 10, 1982
4 Prothro, Charles and Elizabeth, 1966–1983
5 Prothro, Joe and Dale, 1966–1968
6 Purdy, W. A., 1970–1978
7 Q, 1942–1978
8 Queen, Anne E, 1948-1952
9 Queen’s Theological College, Kingston, Ontario, 1961–1962
10–15 Quillian, Joseph D., 1954–1969 122 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1147B 1-8 Quillian, Joseph D., 1970-1980 9 Quillian, William F., 1937-1956 10 Quillian Lectures, Emory University, 1961-1963 11 Quimby, Chester Warren, 1969 12 Quimby, Karl, 1947-1960
1148A 1–12 R, 1931–1989
1148B 1 Rackliffe, Fred O., 1946–1947 2 Raines, Richard C., 1954–1963 3 Ramsdell, Edward T., 1944–1951 4 Ramsey, Charles M., 1945–1977 5 Ramsey, Howard, 1967–1972 6 Ramsey, Paul, 1942–1987 7 Randolph-Macon Women’s College, Ashland, Virginia, 1945–1966 8 Ranson, Guy, 1947–1971 9 Ratliff, Henry M., 1939–1958 10 Rayne Memorial UMC, New Orleans, Louisiana, 1974–1975 11 Reavley, Thomas M., 1960–1989 12 Reckard, E. C., 1947–1977 13 Reese, James, 1934–1983 14 Reese, William L., 1960 15 Regen, Kelsey, 1942–1943 16 Religion in Education Foundation, 1962-1963 17 Religious Emphasis Committee, 1967–1968 18 Renfro, Barrett, 1957 19 Rhine Symposium, 1977–1978 20 Rice Institute / Rice University, Houston, 1951-1967 21 Rich, Maynard, 1957–1958 22 Richards Lectures, University of Virginia, 1954–1956 23 Richardson, Milton, 1935–1977 24 Richardson, Ted, 1963–1970 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 123
1149A 1 Robb, Edmund W., Jr., 1975–1988 2 Robb, Edmund W., III (Eddie), 1975–1989 3 Roberts, David E., 1941–1955 4 Roberts, Warren, 1935–1939 5 Roetzel, Calvin, 1959–1982 6 Rogers, John B., 1975–1987 7 Rohlfs, Claus, 1958–1987 8 Rolling Hills UMC, Pasadena, California, 1984–1985 9 de Roo, Remi J., 1966–1969 10 Ross, W. Gordon, 1948-1950 11 Rossman, Parker, 1951–1984 12 Rowe, Gilbert, 1938 13 Rowland, Wilmina, 1938–1950 14 Runyan, Theodore, 1963–1987 15 Rupp, Gordon, 1959–1971 16 Rutgers University, 1955–1966 17–19 S, 1935–1949
1149B 1–15 S, 1950–1964
1149C 1–16 S, 1965–1981
1150A 1–8 S, 1982–1989 9 Saint Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, 1962–1970 10 Sandmel, Samuel, 1945–1976 11 Sandeford, Ralph, 1933–1941 12 Sano, Roy, 1984–1989 13 Sawyer, Swoll, 1934–1941 14 Scales, Roland T. (Bill), 1956–1988
15 Schafer, Tom, 1946–1947
16 Schneemelcher, D. W., 1961–1963 124 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
17 School of Theology at Claremont, California, 1964–1976
18 Science, Philosophy and Religion Conference, New York, 1941
19 Scott, J. E., 1934–1940
1150B 1 Scott, Leland, 1952–1985
2 Scott, William, 1945–1948
3 Seals, Woodrow, 1972–1988
4 Seattle Pacific University, 1983–1985
5 Shackford, Joseph T., 1939–1982
6 Sharpe, J. W., 1939–1946
7 Shattuck, Malcolm, 1958–1964
8 Shields, Jim, 1957–1968
9 Shipley, David C., 1942–1960
10 Shuler, Bob, 1981–1988
11 Simpson, Oscar, 1960
12 Sleeth, Ronald, 1958–1978
13 Smart, Wyatt, 1935–1939
14 Smith, Robert W., 1969–1974
15 Smith, Seymour, 1947–1974
16–25 Smith, H. Shelton, 1935–1959
1151A 1–3 Smith, H. Shelton, 1960–1984
4 Smith, Timothy L., 1960–1985
5 Smith, Wanda W., 1966–1988
6 Smith, William Cantwell, 1975
7 Snyder, Henry, 1937–1940
8 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion, 1968–1971
9 Society for Wesleyan Studies, 1984–1986 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 125
10 Solomon, Dan, 1982–1987
11 Sommer, C. Ernst, 1965–1969
12 South Central Jurisdictional Conference, Methodist Church, 1960
13 South Dakota State University, 1966–1967
14 Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Wake Forest, North Carolina, 1959–1961
15 Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville, Kentucky, 1957–1966
16 Southern Society for Philosophy of Religion, 1940–1946
17 Southwestern University, Georgetown, Texas, 1962–1976
18 Southwide Conference on Compliance with the Supreme Court Decision on segregation in public schools, 1955
19 Spellman, Norman, 1952–1977
20 Spiritual Life Institute of America, Sedona, Arizona, 1965–1966
21 St. Christopher Church, Saginaw, Michigan, 1968
22 St. John’s University, Collegeville, Minnesota, 1983-1987
23 St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City, Missouri, 1965–1967
24 St. Paul United Methodist Church, Abilene, Texas, 1985
25 St. Stephens College, Edmonton, Alberta, 1958–1959
26 Stanford University, California, 1952–1979
27 Stafford, Russell Henry, 1957–1958
28 Stealey, S. L., 1942
29 Stephens College, Columbia, Missouri, 1959–1965
30 Sterling, J. Wallace, 1950–1955
31 Stokes, Mack, 1966–1972
32 Stoner, James L., 1949–1955
126 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1151B 1 Stowe, W. McFerrin, 1946–1980 2 Stransky, Thomas, 1964–1987 3 Stratford Baptist Church, Stratford, Connecticut, 1937 4 Stuart, Roy M., 1975–1982 5 Stubbs, David, 1935–1936 6–7 Student letters, 1939–1956 8 Suggs, Jack, 1957–1985 9 Sutherland, Robert, 1944 10 Swearingen, Fred, 1946–1975 11 Sweet Briar College, Sweet Briar, Virginia, 1966-1967 12 Syracuse University, New York, 1952–1954 13–18 T, 1935–1969
1152A 1-5 T, 1970-1989 6 Tamm, Igor, 1946-1947 7 Tanenbaum, Marc H., 1968-1983 8 Tarleton State College, Stephenville, Texas, 1962-1965 9-10 Tate, Willis, 1953-1986 11 Taube, Mortimer, 1940-1954 12 Taylor, John Earl, 1960-1969 13 Taylor, Michael J., S.J., 1960 14 Taylor, Prince A., Jr., 1972-1977 15 Teall, Richard, undated, circa 1935-1980 16 Teer, Harold, 1941-1943 17 Telford, George, 1963-1972 18 Temple Buell College, Denver, Colorado, 1966–1967 19 Temple Emanu-El, Dallas, 1964-1965 20 Texas Christian Advocate, 1954-1960 21 Texas Christian University, 1957-1985 22 Texas Council of Churches, 1958-1967 23 Texas Society for Mental Health, 1952-1953
1152B 1 Texas Wesleyan College, Fort Worth, 1962-1984 2 Thelen, Mary Frances, 1947-1961 3 Thomas, George F. and Dorothy, 1941-1967 4 Thomas, James S., 1968-1987 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 127
5 Thomas, Lavens, 1933-1944 6 Thornburg, John, 1975 7 Thornburg, Robert W., 1966-1984 8 Thrift, Charles T., Jr., 1950-1954 9 Tippett, Donald Harvey, 1954-1975 10 Trice, William E., 1952-1972 11 Trickett, David, 1986-1989 12 Trimble, Henry B., 1937-1951 13 Trinity University Press, San Antonio, 1983-1984 14 Tschoepe, Thomas, 1976-1978 15 Tuell, Jack, 1969-1987 16 Tuttle, Lee F., 1962-1966 17 Tuttle, Robert G., 1958-1982 18-20 U, 1943-1983
1152C 1 Udy, James, 1966-1988 2 Underwood, Walter, 1955-1986 3 Union College of British Columbia, 1960-1969 4-13 Union Theological Seminary, New York City, 1943-1986 14-18 Union Theological Seminary in Virginia, 1958-1984
1153A 1 United Church of Christ, 1965 2 United Lutheran Publication House, 1939 3 United Service Organizations, 1942 4 United Student Christian Council, 1952-1958 5 United Theological Seminary, Dayton, Ohio, 1967-1982 6 University Center in Virginia, 1958-1960 7 University of British Columbia, 1962-1964 8 University of Chicago, 1962-1979 9 University of Dallas, 1964-1988 10 University of Dubuque, 1957 11 University of Ibadan, Nigeria, 1969-1971 12 University of Iowa, 1964-1965 13 University of Kentucky, 1953-1958 128 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
14 University of Notre Dame, 1961-1972 15 University of Oklahoma, 1951-1971 16 University of Puget Sound / College of Puget Sound, 1953-1978 17 University of South Carolina, 1967-1968 18 University of Tennessee, 1954-1967 19 University of Texas, 1954-1977 20 University of the Pacific, 1966-1968 21 University of Virginia, 1955-1981 22 University Methodist Church, Austin, Texas, 1959-1967 23 University Park Methodist Church, Dallas, 1954-1971 24 V, 1940-1987
1153B 1 Van Dusen, Henry, 1936–1960 2 Vanderbilt University, 1951-1984 3 Vassar College, 1950–1966 4 Vatican II reunion, 1984 5–8 Vernon, Walter, 1957–1985 9 Vick, Marvin, 1944–1957 10 Vickers, John A., 1971-1988 11 Viking Press, 1939 12 Virginia Annual Conference, 1970–1971 13 Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg, Virginia, 1955-1959 14 Virginia Union University, Richmond, Virginia, 1961–1966 15 Visser’t Hooft, Willem, 1953–1966 16 Voobus, Arthur, 1966–1968 17–20 W, 1935–1959
1154A 1–6 W, 1960–1988
1154B 1 Wabash College, Crawfordville, Indiana, 1964 2 Wagers, Herndon, 1942–1971 3 Wagner, John C., 1978–1981 4 Wake Forest College, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 1964–1966 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 129
5 Walker, William O., 1975–1979 6 Ward, James M., 1968–1982 7 Ward, Ralph, 1947–1953 8 Ware, Henry, 1946–1948 9 Warner Pacific College, Portland, Oregon, 1976 10 Warnick, Kate, 1960–1974 11 Watkins, William T., 1934–1935 12 Watson, David L., 1984–1985 13 Weaver, Bruce, 1967–1974 14 Weaver, Harold R., 1967–1971 15 Webb, Lance, 1951–1988 16 Weems, Lovett H., Jr., 1980–1987 17 Weigle, Luther, 1933–1949 18 Welch, Claude, 1948–1970 19 Welliver, Lester A., 1963 20 Weltin, E. G., 1962–1986 21 Wesley Theological Seminary, Washington, D.C., 1962–1987 22 Western North Carolina Conference, 1966–1968 23 Wheeler, Sterling, 1954–1985 24 White, Roscoe M., 1943–1947
1155A 1 Wilke, Richard, 1974–1986 2 Williams, Ira, 1958–1965 3 Williams, Walter, 1963–1964 4 Wilson, Cathy, 1977 5 Wofford College, Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1943-1988 6 Wolf, Richard, 1951–1958 7 Wood, Raymond, 1947–1954 8 The Woodlands UMC, The Woodlands, Texas, 1981 9 Women’s Society of Christian Service, 1952–1967 10 Wright, Richard, 1974–1975 130 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
11–12 Y, 1954–1989 13–18 Yale University, 1939–1987 19 Yarbrough, Fletcher, 1966–1969
1155B 1 YMCA, 1939–1966 2 YMCA–Dallas, 1955–1956 3 Young, Franklin, 1949–1984 4 Young Harris College, Georgia, 1955–1981 5 Young, H. Claude, 1974–1989 6 Young, Norman, 1980–1986 7 Yrigoyen, Charles, 1966–1989 8 YWCA, 1957–1966 9 Z, 1948–1986 10 Zeisel, Hans, 1976 11 Zimmerman, Sheldon, 1986 12 Zirkel, Clifford, Jr., 1952–1965 13 Zumberge, James, 1975–1978 14-19 Unidentified correspondents, 1937–1989
Series 7: Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials, 1923–1995 Extent: 31 boxes
The seventh series contains personal correspondence between Dr. Outler and his extended family, interviews with Outler, and more than three hundred newspaper articles mentioning or quoting him. This series also includes Outler’s curriculum vitae, honors and awards, records of his own education, family papers, scrapbooks, and artifacts. The items in this series are arranged in five subseries: Personal Correspondence, Albert Outler’s Education, Biographical Files, Carla Outler, and Artifacts, Scrapbooks and Oversized Materials. A copy of Outler’s doctoral dissertation, “The Problem of Faith and Reason in Christian Theology, As Illustrated in the Thought of Origin,” is located in Box 1160A.
Box File Contents
Subseries 1: Personal Correspondence 1155C 1–14 Albert Outler letters to Carla Smith Outler, 1930–1949 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 131
1156A 1–12 Albert Outler letters to Carla Outler, 1950–1973
1156B 1–10 Carla Smith to Albert Outler, 1930–1931
1157A 1–13 Carla Outler to Albert Outler, 1932–1955
1157B 1–5 Carla Outler to Albert Outler, 1956–1973 6 Albert Outler to family, 1947–1952 7 David Outler (son), 1946–1970 8 Carla Outler to Frances (daughter) and David (son), 1963
1158A 1–4 Frances Outler, 1950–1969
5 Melissa Allsop (granddaughter), circa 1970–1982
6 Letters to Carla Outler, 1948–1957
7 Letters to Albert Outler from family (London sabbatical), 1971
8 Mrs. L. Smith (mother of Carla Outler), 1935–1964
9 Grandmother (to Carla Outler), 1936–1938
10 John Outler (father of Albert Outler), 1933–1944
11 Gertrude Outler (mother of Albert Outler), 1935–1949
12 Mr. and Mrs. John Outler, 1935–1944
13 Annie Bess Outler (sister of Albert Outler), 1931–1966
14 Jason Outler (brother of Albert Outler), 1935–1975
15 John Outler (brother of Albert Outler), 1931–1966
1158B 1 Frances “Fan” Outler (sister of Albert Outler), 1931–1977
2 Ann Outler (niece of Albert Outler), 1940–1941
3 John Outler III (nephew of Albert Outler), 1963–1986
4 Alan Peabody (nephew of Albert Outler), 1938–1941
4 Lillian Lee, 1940–1974
5 Charlotte Stevens (aunt of Carla Outler), 1948–1974
6 Effie Dewberry (cousin to Albert Outler), 1935–1937 132 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
7 Letters to and from Albert and Carla Outler, 1938–1971
8–9 Death of Albert Outler, condolences, 1989-1990
1158C 1–7 Death of Albert Outler, condolences, 1989-1990
Subseries 2: Albert Outler’s Education 1159B 1–3 Wofford College, 1927–1928
4 University of Georgia, 1928
5–20 Emory University, 1930–1933
21–23 Yale University, 1935–1938
1160A 1–14 Yale University, 1935–1938
1160B 1–13 Yale University, 1935–1938
Subseries 3: Biographical Files 1160B 14 Albert C. Outler Chair in Wesley Studies, 1978–1985
15–16 Articles featuring Albert Outler, 1957–1985
1161A 1 Articles featuring Albert Outler, 1952–1978
2 Autobiographical sketches, undated and 1928
3 Awards / Honors, 1960–1988
4 Awards / Honors—Foundation for Evangelism, 1989
5 Awards / Honors—Pax Christi Award, 1987–1988
6 Books and periodicals owned by Albert Outler, 1985
7 Church service, 1977–1985
8 Curriculum Vitae, 1938–1985
9–10 Death of Albert Outler, 1989
11 Family newspaper clippings, 1934–1984 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 133
12 Family records, 1952–1972
13–14 Family records—Frances (Trudi) and David Outler, 1941–1953
1161B 1 Honorary degrees, 1962–1984
2 Honorary degrees—Loyola University, 1979
3 Interviews, 1964–1984
4–6 Interviews—Baylor Oral History, 1974
7 Interviews by Bob Smith, 1970
8 Interviews—Catalyst, 1972
9 Interviews—Challenge to Evangelism Today, 1976
10 Interviews—Face to Face, 1970
11 Interviews by Father Dan Donovan, Institute Of Christian Thought, 1977
12 Interviews—New Covenant, 1977
13 Interviews—Radio SMU, 1968
14 Interviews—TRAFCO (Bill Jones), 1969
15 Memorials for Albert Outler, 1989–1990
16 Methodist Church, 1932–1977
17 Frances Outler memorial address, 1984
18 Poetry, undated, circa 1925–1980
19 Politics, 1946–1953
20 Post–retirement arrangements with SMU, 1973–1980
21 Reviews of Albert Outler’s work, 1955–1965
22 Additional materials, circa 1935–1980 1161C Diaries, 1963–1982 134 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1162A Newspaper clippings about Albert Outler, circa 1925–1995
1164B 1–2 Albert Cook Outler papers index, 1993
3 Albert C. Outler audio library inventory, circa 1989
World Outlook “Methodist of the Year” certificate, May 13, 1966.
Subseries 4: Carla Outler 1163A 1 Birmingham Southern College, 1930 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 135
2 Budget and expense notebooks, 1935–1936 3 Correspondence, circa 1940s-1980s 4-10 Diaries, 1923-1972 11 Key to Filing System (ACO’s papers), undated, circa 1940-1980
Subseries 5: Artifacts, Scrapbooks, and Oversize Materials 2049A Four academic hoods, circa 1933–1985
2049B Doctoral robe, cap, and tassel, circa 1938–1985
2049C Doctoral robe, circa 1938–1985
2052A Emory University Bachelor of Divinity diploma, June 1933 Pope John XXIII print, 1963 Lycoming College Doctor of Humane Letters diploma, June 1964 Lycoming College honorary degree conferral photograph, 1964 World Outlook “Methodist of the Year” award certificate, May 1966 Notre Dame University Doctor of Law diploma, 1966 General Theological Seminary Doctor of Sacred Theology diploma, 1967 Emory University Doctor of Letters diploma and citation, June 1968 Kentucky Colonel certificate, July 1976 National Catholic Reporter tribute to Albert Outler, September 18, 1980 Institute of Religion tribute, 1990
2052B Five academic hoods, circa 1933–1985
2052C Six academic hoods, circa 1933–1985
2109A Blue scrapbook, 1935–1940 Brown scrapbook, 1946–1949 Newspaper clippings album, 1934–1944 2109B Green scrapbook, 1936–1938 Ivory scrapbook, 1938–1947 136 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
2109C Vatican II in the popular press, oversize materials, 1962–1965 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, oversize promotional materials, circa 1968–1972 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, clergy gathering group portrait, circa 1980 Texas Wesleyan College Doctor of Science diploma and citation, 1984
2109 D Wofford College memory book, 1929–1935
2110A Council on Christian Unity patron goblet, December 3, 1984 Epworth League District Winner medal, circa 1925 Souvenir key to the City of Corpus Christi, Texas, circa 1960s New Haven Charge-a–plate, 1945–1951 American Bicentennial “Respect Enhance Cherish Human Life” medallion paperweight, 1976 Asbury-Goucher Society medal, circa 1984 Wesley quotation “I have no time to hurry” granitoid paperweight, circa 1970s Dallas Historical Society Award for Excellence in Religion plaque and medallion, 1985 South Central Jurisdictional Conference name tags with delegate ribbons, 1964–1968 Methodist Church General Conference name tag with ribbon and medal, 1964 North Texas Conference name tag with attached agenda, 1972 World Methodist Evangelism Convocation name tag with delegate ribbon, 1974 Danforth Foundation “Think Tall” keychain, circa 1963 Connie Award in recognition of service to humanity, Birthright of Dallas, 1977 Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Clergy-Laity Congress crucifix, 1986
2110B Trophy awarded by the Highland Park United Methodist Men and United Methodist Women, February 15, 1982
Commencement address gift from the Episcopal School of Dallas, May 26, 1983
2111 Doctor of Divinity diploma, Wofford College, 1952
Faculty Achievement Award, Southern Methodist University, 1961 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 137
Doctor of Divinity diploma and citation, Kalamazoo College, 1962
Doctor of Humane Letters diploma and citation, Ohio Wesleyan University, 1967
Board of Ministry of the North Texas Annual Conference citation, 1970
Doctor of Humane Letters diploma and citation, Duke University, 1974
Doctor of Letters diploma and citation, Southwestern University, 1975
Ideal Citizen of the Age of Enlightenment award, 1977
Doctor of Humane Letters diploma and citation, Loyola University, 1979
Doctor of Humane Letters diploma, The Catholic University of America, 1979
City of Dallas Certificate of Service, 1981–1983
City of Dallas Special Recognition certificate, 1987–1991
International Institute for the Renewal of Gospel Studies citation, June 29, 1987
2118 LP: Sistine Choir, circa 1960–1965
LP set: The Sounds of the Vatican, 1963
Vatican II observer gift bell, 1964
American Jewish Committee award, November 7, 1974
Pax Christi Award, Saint John’s University, May 1987
Flat File Drawer 1 Princeton University Weekly Bulletin broadside, May 11, 1957 138 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Albert Outler reading a scripture lesson during a sacred service in the promotion of Christian unity held at the Papal Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, December 4, 1965. Pope Paul VI is seated to the left. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 139
Series 8: Photographs, 1915–1988 Extent: 3 boxes
Series eight comprises formal portraits of individuals and groups and informal pictures of Dr. Outler, his family, and associates. Other images in this series document Outler’s numerous speaking engagements and his participation in Vatican II and General Conferences of the United Methodist Church. Most of the photographs in this series are black–and–white prints measuring as large as 8 by 10 inches. Larger photographs are stored flat and listed with oversize materials in series 7, Personal, Biographical, and Family Materials. Panoramic group photographs are stored flat in Box 2200.
Box File Contents
1163B 1–2 Albert Outler, 1940s–1980s
3 Albert and Carla Outler, 1970s–1980s
4 Carla Outler, 1915–1972
5 Frances “Fan” Outler, 1941–1967
6 David Outler, undated, 1940s–1970s
7 Frances “Trudy” Outler Allsop and family, 1940s–1970s 8 Melissa Ackers (granddaughter), 1962–1970 9 Outler family, 1939–1981 10 Pierson homestead, Genesee County, Michigan, 1920s 11 WCC Fourth World Conference on Faith and Order, 1963 12 Archbishop Iakovos, circa 1962–1980 13 Cole Lectures, Vanderbilt University, 1958 14 Duke University, 1974 15 Friends and colleagues, 1940s–1980s 16 Gallahue Conference, Princeton University, 1964 17 UMC Uniting Conference, Dallas, 1968
18 UMC General Conference, Atlanta, 1972
19 UMC General Conference, Baltimore, 1984 140 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
20 Georgia churches served by Albert Outler, 1980s
21 Gordon United Methodist Church, Gordon, Georgia, 1983
1164A 1 Jerusalem Institute for Advanced Ecumenical Studies, 1966 2 John Wesley’s tomb, London, undated, circa 1940–1980 3 Loyola University, 1978 4 Lund, Sweden, ca. 1952 5 Methodist – Roman Catholic Conversations, Arricia, Italy, 1967
6 Methodist – Roman Catholic Conversations, St. Simons Island, Georgia, 1979 7 National Catholic Reporter, 1975-1980 8 Oxford, 1987 9 Pasadena, California, 1975 10 Perkins School of Theology celebration banquet, 1988 11 Southwestern University honorary degree conferral, Georgetown, Texas, 1975 12 St. Thomas College, Minneapolis, Minnesota, 1967 13 Stanford University, 1952 14 Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas 1982 15 Travel (Australia?), undated, circa 1950–1980 16 Union Theological Seminary, 1957 17 World Council of Churches, New Delhi Conference, 1961 18 Wofford College, 1952 19–21 Vatican II, 1962–1965 22 Wesley Works project, 1972, 1986 23 Unidentified, circa 1940–1980 24 Negatives, circa 1940–1980
2200 Yale Divinity School, 1946–1949
Third World Conference on Faith and Order, Lund, Sweden, August 1952
North American Faith and Order Conference, Oberlin College, September 1957
Gathering of Vatican II observers, 1962–1965 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 141
Albert Outler at Southern Methodist University with Dean Joseph Quillian, Bishop McFerrin Stowe, and Rev. Dr. Zan Holmes, February 1974. 142 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
“The Hallowing of Life” brochure and recordings, Perkins School of Theology Martin Lectures, November 1981. A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 143
Series 9: Audio–visual Materials, circa 1950–1996 Extent: 25 boxes and 1 file cabinet
The ninth and final series contains magnetic, film, and electronic recordings of Dr. Outler. Researchers may access the materials in subseries 1, audio recordings for public use, and subseries 2, video recordings for public use. All other recordings (subseries 3, original recordings and archive master tapes, and subseries 4, movie and film strip) are closed to the public for preservation purposes. The accessible materials include 684 cassette tapes produced by Bridwell Library from original reel–to–reel audio recordings of classroom and public lectures, sermons, and panel discussions. Six commercial audio recordings and ten video recordings also may be accessed by the public. Of special note, series nine includes these tributes to Outler: an audio recording of his funeral service at Highland Park United Methodist Church (1989) and video recordings of “This is Your Life! Albert C. Outler” (1988), “Bridging Science and Religion” (1990), and the Thanks-Giving Square Seminar on the Life and Work of Dr. Albert Outler, (1996).
Box File Contents
Subseries 1: Audio recordings for public use Drawer 1 Tapes 949A/1–2: Methodist Constitutional History, January–February 1965
Tape 949A/2: What’s on in Rome? Ministers Week address, SMU, February 1965
Tapes 949A/3–5: Methodist Constitutional History, February–March 1965
Tapes 949A/6: American Methodism and the Second Great Awakening. Methodist Constitutional History, March 17, 1965
Tapes 949A/7: Slavery and Separation. Methodist Constitutional History, March 24, 1965 Tapes 949A/8: Aftermath of the Civil War. Methodist Constitutional History, April 7, 1965
Tapes 949A/9: Methodism in the Ecumenical Movement. Methodist Constitutional History, April 28, 1965
Tapes 949A/10: Contemporary Theology in Methodism: A Kaleidoscope. Methodist Constitutional History, May 5, 1965 Tape 949A/1: Christology lectures, January 28, 1965 Tapes 949A/2: The Shaping of Christological Dogma. Christology lectures, February 4, 1965 Tapes 949A/2: Christological Legacy of Chalcedon. Christology lectures, February 11, 1965
Tapes 949A/3: Christology lectures, February 18, 1965
Tapes 949A/4: The Monophysite Bias of Orthodoxy and the Impact of Enlightenment. Christology lectures, February 25, 1965 144 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Tapes 949A/5: Christology lectures, March 11, 1965
Tapes 949A/6: Anglo–Saxon Soteriology and background to Barth’s Christology. Christology lectures, March 18, 1965
Tapes 949A/7: Barth / Bultmann. Christology lectures, March 25, 1965
Tapes 949A/8: Bultmann / Tillich. Christology lectures, April 1, 1965
Tapes 949A/9: Tillich / Pittenger. Christology lectures, April 8, 1965
Tapes 949B/1–6: Winter–Spring Semester lectures, 1966
Drawer 2 Tapes 949C: The Shaping of Christological Dogma, January 23, 1968
Tape 949D: Changing Images of the Good Shepherd, September 15, 1973
Tape 949E: The Pastor as Professional Person, September 11, 1973
Tape 949F: The Sacralization of Life: The Pastor as Social Catalyst and Change Agent, December 4, 1973
Tape 949G: Of Human Bondage, October 16, 1973
Tape 949H: Christian Context of Being Human, November 6, 1973
Tapes 949J/1–12: Contemporary theology lectures by Albert Outler and Richard Veith, 1969–1970
Tapes 950A: Eschatology. Systematic Theology course, April 13, 1971
Tapes 950B/1–3: Reformation Roman–Style, SMU, introduction by Dean Joseph D. Quillian, Jr., January 9, 1964
Tapes 950C/1: The New Commandment, Lon Morris College, 1965
Tapes 950C/2: That the World May Believe, Lon Morris College, 1965
Tapes 950C/3: The Demoralization of Modern Man, Lon Morris College, 1965
Tapes 950C/4: The Renewal of Faith and the Recovery of Morale, Lon Morris College, 1965
Tapes 950D: Development of Catholic Christianity, faculty seminar, 1966
Tapes 950E: Methesco paper, revision, 1968
Tapes 950F: Perkins Lectures, Wichita Falls, Texas, 1968
Tapes 950G: Visions and Dreams sermon for the Uniting Conference, April 23, 1968
Tapes 950H/1–2: Theologycal Colloquy, 1969 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 145
Tapes 950J: Charter for Change, 1966
Tapes 950J: Vatican II, SMU, January 26, 1966
Tapes 950K: Brief to Judicial Council for General Conference, first draft, 1972
Drawer 3 Tapes 950L/1–6: Vatican II, 1964–1965
Tapes 950M: Service at St. Paul’s / Salvador Mundi Colloquy, 1964
Tapes 950N/1–3: Mendenhall Lectures, DePauw University, 1973
Tapes 950S/1–3: Concilio Ecumenico Vaticano II, December 8, 1965
Tapes 950T: Deschner–Odgen–Outler trialogue seminar concerning “Death of God” theology, February 9, 1966
Tapes 1291/2–1292/11: Systematic Theology lectures, 1970
Tapes 1291/14–1291/17: Systematic Theology lectures, 1971
Tapes 1292/27: C. Eric Lincoln interview, Nat Lacy presiding. Participants: Professors Carney, Farmer, and Jackson, circa 1970
Tapes 1296/15: Albert C. Outler Report on General Conference, May 8, 1972
Tapes 1296/22: Senior Colloquy lecture 1, 1966
Tapes 1296/23: Prehistory of Vatican II, Senior Colloquy, September 21, 1966
Tapes 1296/24: New Theologians: Congar, Rahmen, Londergan. Senior Colloquy, September 28, 1966
Tapes 1296/25: The Council Sessions. Senior Colloquy, October 5, 1966
Tapes 1296/26: Declaration on Religious Liberty and the Decree on Ecumenism. Senior Colloquy, October 12, 1966
Tapes 1296/32: The Meaning of Vatican II. Lectures by Burghardt, Florovsky, and Outler, December 7, 1966
Tapes 1297/1: The Meaning of Vatican II for Protestants. Senior Colloquy, December 14, 1966
Drawer 4 Tapes 1298/9: Ecumenism discussion on 1968 General Conference issues. Ministers Week, SMU, 1967
Tapes 1298/34: Veni Creator Spiritus–The Doctrine of Holy Spirit. Peyton Lecture, SMU, 1966
Tapes 1298/35: Vatican II. Ministers Week, February 2, 1965 146 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Tapes 1298/36–1298/37: Vatican II Report. S.M.U. Convocation, December 9, 1964
Tapes 1299/1: Report from Vatican II, February 1964
Tapes 1300/3: Report on General Conference by Albert Outler and John Deschner, May 8, 1968
Tapes 1301/33: Convocation on Worship addresses by Carlton Young and Albert Outler, April 19, 1966
Tapes 1302/13: Consultation on Church Union (COCU), March 2, 1972
Tapes 1303/3: Going on to Perfection: Holiness of Heart and Life. Fondren Lectures, SMU, February 2, 1974
Tapes 1303/4: Plundering the Egyptians: On the art of Making the Best Use of Good Sources. Fondren Lectures, SMU, February 4, 1974
Tapes 1303/5: Diagnosing the Human Flaw: Reflections on the Real Human Condition. Fondren Lectures, SMU, February 5, 1974
Tapes 1303/6: Offering Christ: The Good News Here and Hereafter. Fondren Lectures, SMU, February 6, 1974
Tapes 1303/8: SMU Ministers Week luncheon honoring Dr. and Mrs. Outler, February 6, 1974
Tapes 1304/2: Faculty conference, second discussions, circa 1975
Tapes 1307/A/179: Evangelism in the Wesleyan Spirit, 1975
Tapes 1313/1–24: History of Christian Doctrine lectures, 1973–1974
Drawer 5 Tapes 1314/1–12: Wesley and Wesleyan Tradition lectures, 1975
Tapes 1314/13A: What Ever Became of Sin. Laity Week Lectures, February 6, 1975
Tapes 1314/13B: Justification by Faith Alone? Laity Week Lectures, February 7, 1975
Tapes 1314/13C: The Hallowing of Life—Happiness and Holiness. Laity Week Lectures, February 8, 1975
Tapes 1314/15: Evangelism and the Ecumenical Movement, October 22, 1975
Tapes 1314/16: A Brief statement on Methodist Doctrine. Perkins Lay Advisory Council, circa 1970s
Tapes 1314/17A: Parapsychology and Religion Symposium opening remarks, May 27, 1978
Tapes 1314/17B: Ecumenism—Senate Conference, circa 1970s
Tapes 1314/18–26 History of Christian Doctrine lectures, 1970 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 147
Drawer 6 Tape 1315/1: Notes on John Wesley’s funeral sermon for Fletcher. Mrs. Fletcher’s account of Fletcher’s life and death. John Wesley sermon “On Love,” circa 1970s Tape 1315/2: Biblical Primitivism in the American Wesleyan Tradition, circa 1970s Tape 1315/3: Biblical Primitivism in the European Traditions. Henry Bowden, circa 1970s
Tape 1315/4: Biblical Primitivism in the American Episcopal Church. David L. Holmes, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/5: Biblical Primitivism in the American Baptist Church. Robert T. Handy, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/6A–B: Parker Lecture, Institute of Religion, Houston, Texas, March 5, 1987 Tape 1315/7: Christianity and Psychiatry, March 5, 1987 Tapes 1315/8A–C: Kantonen Lectures, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, Columbus, Ohio, 1983 Tapes 1315/9–10: Willson Lectures, 1983 Tape 1315/11: Panel discussion with Albert Outler, Dennis Campbell, William R. Cannon, Thomas Langford, Robert Cushman, Jose Miguez Bonino, Geoffrey Wainwright, Duke University symposium on the Bicentennial of American Methodism, November 8, 1983 Tapes 1315/12A–B: Sikes–Melugin Lectures, McMurry College, Abilene, Texas, 1983 Tapes 1315/13A–C: Taylor Lectures, Yale Divinity School, New Haven, Connecticut, February 1975 Tape 1315/14: Repentance and Justification, Summer Theological Institute, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Kentucky, July 1982 Tape 1315/15: Regeneration and Sactification, Summer Theological Institute, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Kentucky, July 1982 Tape 1315/16: On Working On Our Own Salvation, Summer Theological Institute, Asbury Theological Seminary, Wilmore Kentucky, July 1982 Tape 1315/17A: The Nemesis of Power. Montreat Bible and Theology Conference, July 1982
Tape 1315/17B: The Grace of God as Metaphor. Montreat Bible and Theology Conference, July 1982
Tape 1315/17C: The Rule of Grace: Grace as Dynamis and as Exousia. Montreat Bible and Theology Conference, July 1982
Tape 1315/17D: The Rule of Grace: Thy Kingdom Come. Montreat Bible and Theology Conference, July 1982
Tape 1315/18: Comments on Monsignor Tharcisse Tshibangu’s paper for inauguration of Jerusalem Institute for advanced Theological Studies, Tantur, 1972
Tape 1315/19: First draft of funeral sermon for Landgrave Willard (“Lanny”) Smith, June 24, 1974 148 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Tapes 1315/20–22: Moll Lectures, Baldwin Wallace College, Berea, Ohio, March 1987
Tapes 1315/23–25: Isthmus Institute Lectures, featuring Nobel laureates Roger Sperry, Brian Josephson, and Sir John Eccles in dialogue with Albert Outler, 1982–1983
Tapes 1315/26–28: Gray Lectures, the Divinity School, Duke University, November 1983
Tapes 1315/29: A New Future for Wesley Studies: An Agenda for Phase III. Oxford Institute of Methodist Theological Studies, 1982
Tape 1315/30: The Changing Human Condition and the Eternal Christian Hope. Council of Bishops, Los Angeles, April 16, 1974
Tape 1315/31: Speech at the 1972 General Conference of The United Methodist Church, Atlanta, Georgia, April 1972 Tape 1315/32: Rehearsal for Sermon at Lovely Lane United Methodist Church, Baltimore, Maryland, May 6, 1984 Tape 1315/33: Greater Dallas Council of Churches bicentennial address rehearsal, 1976 Tape 1315/34: The Problem of Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards in the UMC– An Interim Report to the General Conference, January 29, 1970 Tape 1315/35: A Resolution of Intent prepared for the Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards meeting in Atlanta, January 29, 1970 Tape 1315/36: Revelation and Reflection—Comments on Behalf of an Apophatic Theology, October 9, 1972 Tape 1315/37: Wellsprings and Guidelines—Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards in the United Methodist Church, tape 2, September 24, 1969 Tape 1315/38: On Working out Our Own Salvation—an extract of a John Wesley sermon, April 25, 1974
Tapes 1315/38–39: Duke University commencement sermons—Candidates for Differing Degrees; Children of Antoninus; an Effectual Calling? May 1974
Tapes 1315/40–43: Princeton Theological Seminary lectures: A Gospel for the Guiltless, July 1974
Tapes 1315/44–45: Francis sermons, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, October 1969
Tape 1315/46: Abortion: Dilemmas and Dimensions; Theological Considerations, Dallas Conference on Abortion, May 1973
Tapes 1315/47A–B: Lectures on Methodist Constitutional History, 1974
Tape 1315/48: Loss and Recovery of the Sacred, University of Notre Dame, November 5, 1979
Tape 1315/49: The Hallowing of Life: The Human Share, University of Notre Dame, November 1982
Tape 1315/50: Doctrinal Standards and Theological Transitions class lecture, March 19, 1974 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 149
Tape 1315/51: The President’s Call: A National Day of Prayer, Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, May 1983
Tape 1315/52: Ecumenism in a Post–Liberal Age, the Ainslie Lectures, Council on Christian Unity, Indianapolis, December 3, 1984
Tape 1315/53: Reconciliation—The Function of the Church, Paulist Inquiry Center, Los Angeles, March 8, 1973 Tape 1315/54: The Crisis of Authority, Showers Lectures, Lebanon Valley College, Annville, Pennsylvania, October 28, 1969 Tape 1315/55: History as Ecumenical Resource: The Protestant Discovery of Tradition, ACHA Presidential Address, New Orleans, December 28, 1972 Tape 1315/56: Vatican II: Two Decades in Retrospect, Surtz Lecture, Loyola University of Chicago, November 8, 1982 Tape 1315/57: The Wesleyan Tradition, Schultz Lectures, Evangelical Theological Seminary, Naperville, Illinois, January 1969 Tape 1315/58: Perkins faculty dinner honoring Albert Outler—festschrift announcement, SMU, October 1, 1974 Tape 1315/59: History of Christian Doctrine– Chalcedon and the Christological Dogma, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/60-61: History of Christian Doctrine- East and West, the Development of Byzantine, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/62-64: History of Christian Doctrine- The Evolution of Latin Christianity: Augustine, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/65-66: History of Christian Doctrine- Anselm, circa 1970s Tape 1315/67: Wesleyan Service at Oak Lawn United Methodist Church, Dallas, January 3, 1988 Tape 1315/68: History of Doctrine lecture—Wesley, March 29, 1978
Tapes 1315/69–72: Evangelism in the Wesleyan Spirit, Denman lectures, New Orleans, January 1971 Tape 1315/73: Dan Fry astrological reading and horoscope for Albert Outler, circa 1970s
Tape 1315/74: Wedding of Harville Hendrix and Helen Hunt, August 7, 1982 Tape 1315/75: Sermon and lecture rehearsal recordings, 1981 Tape 1315/76–78: Theological Study Commission on Doctrine and Doctrinal Standards, Kansas City, January 1972 Tapes 1315/78–81: Research notes at Princeton Theological Seminary Library, February 1972
Tapes 1315/81–85: Research Notes at Union Theological Seminary Library, February 1972
Tapes 1315/86–93: Research notes on John Wesley sermons, 1972 150 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
Tapes 1315/94–96: Research Notes on John Wesley sermons, 1973 Tapes 1315/97–100: A cursory review on John Wesley Sermons, Thomas Jackson edition, May 1973 Tapes 1315/101–102: John Wesley sermons—Analysis, 1970s Tapes 1315/103–104: Coleman collection research notes. Wesley’s extract of Robert Nelson on Constant Communion, November 1971 Tape 1315/105: Coleman collection and Morley collection research notes, circa 1971 Tape 1315/106: Research notes from the Morley Collection, sermon “Against Dissimulation” (John 1:47), circa 1971 Tape 1315/107: Research notes from holograph of sermon on Matthew 6:23 and Amos 3:6, Methodist Archives, London, circa 1971 Tape 1315/107: Perkins Faculty Seminar on Catholic Christianity. From Lund to Montreal: The Protestant Discovery of Tradition, September 14, 1972 Tapes 1315/108–109: Research notes on John Wesley notes on the New Testament, 1973 October Tape 1315/110: Research notes on James Brodrick and Robert Bellarmine, 1970s Tape 1315/111: History and Theology of Pastoral Care lectures– excerpt from Christian Context of Being Human, circa 1970s Tapes 1315/112–113: Research notes on William E.H. Lecky—A History of England in the Eighteenth Century, 1972 Tape 1315/114: Research notes on William Fraser Mitchelly—English Pulpit Oratory from Andrewes to Tillotson, 1970s Tape 1315/115: Research notes on Richard Baxter, 1970s Tape 1315/116: Research notes on Warne, Buller, Clericus, Fenelon, June 14, 1972
Drawer 7 Catalyst Resource: Abortion interview with Jean McRae and Albert Outler, 1973 Thesis Theological Cassette: Rebirth of Confidence, 1970 Thesis Theological Cassette: Reconciliation: The Function of the Church, 1973 Thesis Theological Cassette: A Gospel for the Guiltless, 1974 Thesis Theological Cassette: Reinventing America, October 1976 Presentation of the Albert C. Outler Chair in Wesley Studies, Texas Conference UMC, February 22, 1984 Memorial service for Dr. Albert Outler, Highland Park United Methodist Church, Dallas, September 7, 1989 2118 John Wesley–Discovery Series cassettes (2 boxed sets, CRC–0610), 1972 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER 151
Subseries 2: Video recordings for public use 1174A VHS 949E: The Pastor as Professional Person, September 11, 1973 VHS 949D: Changing Images of the Good Shepherd, September 15, 1973 VHS 949G: Of Human Bondage, October 16, 1973 VHS 949H: Christian Context of Being Human, November 6, 1973 VHS 949F: The Sacralization of Life: The Pastor as Social Catalyst and Change Agent, December 4, 1973 VHS: Ecumenism in the 80s, Diocese of Dallas, 3 television programs, 1980 VHS and DVD: This is Your Life! Albert C. Outler, April 22, 1988 VHS: Union Theological Seminary Colloquium on Ministry, April 3, 1989 VHS: Bridging Science and Religion tribute, 1990 VHS: Thanks-Giving Square, Dallas, Seminar on the life and work of Dr. Albert Outler, October 8, 1996
Subseries 3: Original recordings and archive master tapes 1162B Dictation belts, 1960s 1165 Master cassettes 949A–950K, 1964–1972 1166 Master cassettes 950L–1313/19, 1964–1978 1167 Master cassettes 1313/20–1315/65, 1969–1984 1168A Master cassettes 1315/66–1315/119, 1971–1988 1168B Master cassettes 1315/120–1315/125, 1971–1988 Tape 9B: History of Christian Doctrine–Anselm, November 7, 1973 Tape 618A: The Unhallowed Life, Martin Lectures, SMU, 1981 Tape 618B: The Hallowing of the Humdrum, Martin Lectures, SMU, November 12, 1981 Tape 618C: The Hallowing of All Occasions, Martin Lectures, SMU, November 13, 1981 Tapes 621A–J: Lectures on the Holy Spirit (20 tapes), January 1982 Tape: Dr. Outler on Perkins, March 1, 1983 1168C Master cassettes 1313/50–1313/91, circa 1970s 1169A Twenty–six reels (old box 949) 1169B Twenty–two reels (old boxes 949 and 950) 1170A Twenty–two reels (old boxes 950 and 1291) Lecture on the Christian Family, 1959 May 20 1170B Nineteen reels (old boxes 1291, 1296, 1297, and 1298) 1171 Thirty–five reels (old box 1313) 1172 Thirty–one reels (old boxes 1300, 1303, and 1314) 152 A GUIDE TO THE PAPERS OF ALBERT COOK OUTLER
1173 Ten video reels of Outler lectures, 1973 Three U–matic video cassettes: Ecumenism in the 80s, 1980 2100 Fifteen archive master reels, 1965 2101 Fifteen archive master reels, 1965–1966 2102 Fifteen archive master reels, 1964–1971 2103 Fifteen archive master reels, 1964–1974 2104 Fifteen archive master reels, 1969–1973 2105 Fifteen archive master reels, 1964–1974 2106 Fifteen archive master reels, 1970–1978 2107 Fifteen archive master reels, 1970–1972 2108 Sixteen archive master reels, 1966–1969
Subseries 4: Movie and Film Strip 2119B Reel of 16mm film, circa 1950–1980 Film strip “A Foundation for Dialogue” with soundtrack LP and script, 1965
Greek Orthodox crucifix, 1986. This silver crucifix was presented to Albert Outler when the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese of America Clergy-Laity Congress met in Dallas in 1986.