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Moral Re-Armament Records [Finding Aid]. Library of Congress Moral Re-armament Records A Finding Aid to the Collection in the Library of Congress Manuscript Division, Library of Congress Washington, D.C. 2011 Contact information: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/mss.contact Additional search options available at: http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.mss/eadmss.ms011142 LC Online Catalog record: http://lccn.loc.gov/mm79056671 Prepared by Allan Teichroew and Anita Nolen with the assistance of Robert Doyle, Chad Wilson, and Leonard Hawley Revised and expanded by Bradley Gernand and Melinda K. Friend with the assistance of Deloris Butler Collection Summary Title: Moral Re-armament Records Span Dates: 1812-1991 Bulk Dates: (bulk 1873-1966) ID No.: MSS56671 Creator: Moral Re-armament (Organization) Extent: 228,400 items ; 565 containers plus 27 oversize ; 244 linear feet Language: Collection material in English Location: Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Summary: Worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening. Correspondence, subject files, financial records, play and film scripts, radio and television broadcasting files, press releases, clippings, print and near-print material, scrapbooks, and other records documenting the policies, organization, programs, activities, and membership of Moral Re- armament. Includes papers of the organization's founder, Frank Buchman, and members Ray Foote Purdy and Kenaston Twitchell. Selected Search Terms The following terms have been used to index the description of this collection in the Library's online catalog. They are grouped by name of person or organization, by subject or location, and by occupation and listed alphabetically therein. People Adenauer, Konrad, 1876-1967--Correspondence. Blake, Howard Carson, 1904- --Correspondence. Buchman, Frank, 1878-1961. Frank Buchman papers. 1873-1966. Byrd, Richard Evelyn, 1888-1957. Capper, Arthur, 1865-1951. Chiang, Kai-shek, 1887-1975--Correspondence. Chiang, May-ling Soong, 1897-2003--Correspondence. Cornell, Douglas--Correspondence. Day, Sherwood E.--Correspondence. Du Maurier, Daphne, 1907-1989. Edison, Mina Miller, 1865-1947--Correspondence. Ely, Albert H. (Albert Heman), 1894-1964--Correspondence. Ford, Clara Bryant, 1866-1950. Gandhi, Rajmohan--Correspondence. Hagedorn, Hermann, 1882-1964. Haines, Charles Henry, 1851- --Correspondence. Harriman, Jarvis. Jarvis Harriman papers. 1964-1965. Hicks, William Cleveland, 1900-1944--Correspondence. Hofmeyr, Bremer. Howard, Peter, 1908-1965--Correspondence. Jung, C. G. (Carl Gustav), 1875-1961. Magsaysay, Ramon, 1907-1957. Marcel, Gabriel, 1889-1973. Marie, Queen, consort of Ferdinand I, King of Romania, 1875-1938--Correspondence. Menzies, Ivan, 1896- --Correspondence. Mott, John R. (John Raleigh), 1865-1955. Ngô, Đình Diệm, 1901-1963. Purdy, Elsa Toennies. Purdy, Frederick H. Purdy, Ray Foote, 1898-1965. Ray Foote Purdy papers. 1812-1974. Purdy, Ray Foote, Jr., 1932- Richard, Prince of Hesse, 1901-1969--Correspondence. Moral Re-armament Records 2 Riffe, John, 1904-1958--Correspondence. Roots, John McCook--Correspondence. Schuman, Robert, 1886-1963--Correspondence. Shoemaker, Samuel M. (Samuel Moor), 1893-1963--Correspondence. Smith, H. Alexander (Howard Alexander), 1880-1966--Correspondence. Thant, U, 1909-1974--Correspondence. Tjader, Margaret T. (Margaret Thorne), 1864-1952--Correspondence. Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972. Twitchell, Kenaston. Kenaston Twitchell papers. 1924-1991. West, George Algernon, 1893-1980--Correspondence. Wiley, Alexander, 1884-1967. Wilhelmina, Queen of the Netherlands, 1880-1962--Correspondence. Organizations Moral Re-armament (Organization) Oxford Group. Princeton Theological Seminary. Subjects Communism. Drama. Ethics. Families of royal descent--Greece. Missions--Asia. Moral re-armament--France. Moral re-armament--Germany. Moral re-armament--Japan. Moral re-armament. Motion picture plays. National socialism. Neutrality. Pacifism. Radio scripts. Religion. Spiritual life. Television scripts. World War, 1939-1945--Peace. Young Men's Christian associations. Places France--Foreign relations--Germany. Germany--Foreign relations--France. Japan--History--1945- Administrative Information Provenance The records of Moral Re-armament, worldwide movement dedicated to spiritual and ethical reawakening, were given to the Library of Congress by Moral Re-armament in 1976. Additional gifts were received from T. Willard Hunter and Francis Bradley in 1977, Anne Wishard in 1990, T. Willard Hunter in 1991, Geoffrey C. K. Pugh in 1992, and Jarvis Harriman in 1997. Moral Re-armament Records 3 Processing History The records of Moral Re-armament were processed in 1978. The collection was expanded and revised, 1996-2000, and additional changes were made to the finding aid in 2011. Transfers Items have been transferred from the Manuscript Division to other custodial divisions of the Library. Some photographs have been transferred to the Prints and Photographs Division. Motion pictures and sound recordings have been transferred to the Motion Picture, Broadcasting, and Recorded Sound Division. Sheet music has been transferred to the Music Division. All transfers are identified in these divisions as part of the records of Moral Re-armament. Copyright Status Copyright in the unpublished writings of Moral Re-armament in these records and in other collections of papers in the custody of the Library of Congress has been dedicated to the public. Access and Restrictions The records of Moral Re-armament are open to research. Researchers are advised to contact the Manuscript Reading Room prior to visiting. Many collections are stored off-site and advance notice is needed to retrieve these items for research use. Preferred Citation Researchers wishing to cite this collection should include the following information: Container number, Moral Re- armament Records, Manuscript Division, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Biographical Notes and Organizational History Frank Buchman Date Event 1878, June 4 Born, Pennsburg, Pa. 1899 B.A., Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. 1899-1902 Attended Mt. Airy Seminary, Philadelphia, Pa. 1902 Ordained Lutheran minister 1905 In charge of Luther Hospice, Philadelphia, Pa. 1908 Traveled to Europe and England 1909-1915 Secretary, YMCA at Pennsylvania State College, State College, Pa. 1915-1919 Toured Asia under YMCA auspices 1916-1922 Part-time lecturer, Hartford Theological Seminary, Hartford, Conn. 1921 Visited Cambridge and Oxford, England, where the foundation was laid for the fellowship later called the Oxford Group 1926 Honorary doctorate, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pa. 1929 Traveled to South Africa with the Oxford Group Moral Re-armament Records 4 1931-1938 Led Oxford Group teams to Scandinavia, Holland, Canada, and the United States 1938 Inaugurated campaign for Moral Re-armament at East Ham Town Hall, London, England 1939 Launched campaign for Moral Re-armament in New York, Washington, D.C., and California 1940 Initiated You Can Defend America program 1942 Suffered paralytic stroke 1942-1947 Conducted Moral Re-armament summer training sessions, Mackinac Island, Mich. 1946 Presented first annual World Assembly for Moral Re-armament, Caux, Switzerland, headquarters 1952-1957 Traveled with Moral Re-armament teams throughout Asia, Australia, and Europe 1961, Aug. 7 Died, Freudenstadt, West Germany Ray Foote Purdy Date Event 1889 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1920 B. A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1920-1922 Master, Taft School, Watertown, Conn. 1923 Assistant to the president, Eastman Dillon & Co., New York, N.Y. 1923-1924 Attended Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, N.J. 1923-1927 General Secretary, Philadelphian Society, Princeton, N.J. 1925 Married Elsa Toennies 1927 Attended Mansfield College, Oxford, England 1928 Ordained to ministry, Throop Avenue Presbyterian Church, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1928-1965 Full-time service and director, Oxford Group and Moral Re-armament; director, Oxford Group and Moral Re-armament 1965, Oct. 30 Died, Atlanta, Ga. Kenaston Twitchell Date Event 1903, Apr. 8 Born, Brooklyn, N.Y. 1924 B.A., Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1927 Married Marian Dominick Smith Moral Re-armament Records 5 1929 Traveled to South Africa with the Oxford Group circa 1930 M. A., Balliol College, Oxford University, Oxford, England 1947 Convened meeting of Konrad Adenauer and other postwar German leaders, Caux, Switzerland 1950 Traveled to Japan, where he brought the mayors of Nagasaki and Hiroshima and a later prime minister, Yasushiro Nakasone, to a Moral Re-Armament conference 1973 Retired from Moral Re-armament circa 1981 Published Regeneration in the Ruhr: The Unknown Story of a Decisive Answer to Communism in Postwar Europe. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press 1988, Oct. 30 Died, Princeton, N.J. Organizational History of Moral Re-armament Date Event 1918 Houseparty strategy of conversion begun in China by Frank Buchman 1921 Foundation laid for First Century Christian Fellowship and later the Oxford Group 1925-1926 "Buchmanism" investigated by Princeton University, Princeton, N.J. 1929 Oxford Group toured South Africa 1931-1937 Oxford Group teams sent to Scandinavia, Holland, Canada, the United States, and South America 1933-1940 Oxford Group supplement published in the New Witness 1936 National Assembly, Stockbridge, Mass. 1937 Rising Tide published 1938 Campaign for Moral Re-armament begun at East Ham Town Hall, London, England World Assembly for Moral Re-armament, Interlaken, Switzerland 1939 Moral Re-armament movement launched in the United States World Assembly for Moral Re-ReArmament,
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