bMS 202

Universalist Historical Society. Records, 1834-1978.

Summary Information:

Call Number: bMS 202
Title: Universalist Historical Society. Records, 1834-1978
Repository: Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard Divinity School,
45 Francis Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138-1911
Quantity: 13 boxes 

Container List:

bMS 202/1 (1) Russell Miller, "The Universalist Historical Society," 1976. Photocopy typescript essay on the history of the organization, based on material in this collection, 59 pp.

Administrative Records, 1834-1978

bMS 202/1 (2) Secretary's record book. September 18, 1834-June 10, 1947. Records include announcements and minutes of meetings; annual reports of secretary/librarian, treasurer, and others; obituaries, clippings, some official correspondence; signatures and names of members, 1834-1912, pp. 7-18. With a name index of members and others, pp. 19-32 and five unnumbered pages at back of book.

Note: Thomas J. Sawyer (1804-1899) was secretary/librarian from 1834 to 1899: most of the records for this period are in his hand.

bMS 202/1 (3) Secretary's records: clippings [1855?]; facsimile signatures of first 100 members, 1834-1838; Act of Incorporation in Massachusetts, 1 January 1877; undated Secretary's report by Thomas Sawyer.

bMS 202/1 (4) Secretary's records: agreement between Universalist Publishing House and UHS on John J. Low legacy, 1900.

bMS 202/1 (5) Secretary's records, 1901-1910. Includes fragment of a letter, 29 May 1904, from Richard Eddy (1818-1906) to G.T. Knight; essay, 1908, "The Organization of the Universalist Church."

bMS 202/1 (6) Secretary's records, 1911-1920.

bMS 202/1 (7) Secretary's records, 1932-1930.

bMS 202/1 (8) Secretary's records, 1931-1935.

bMS 202/1 (9) Secretary's records, 1936-1940.

bMS 202/1 (10) Secretary's records, 1941-1950.

bMS 202/1 (11) Miscellaneous clippings and printed material, 1829-1934.

bMS 202/2 (1) UHS membership: record book of dues paid, 1893-1910.

bMS 202/2 (2) UHS membership: Secretary's record book of dues received and paid to treasurer, 1924-1941.

bMS 202/2 (3) Secretary's records, 1952-1953. Includes material on special meeting, May/June 1953, to dissolve the UHS; form letter with note from Alfred S. Cole (1893-1977), 1 September 1953.

bMS 202/2 (4) Secretary's record book. May 4, 1954-October 27, 1973. Records include announcements and minutes of directors', executive board, annual, biennial, quarterly, and committee meetings; reports of treasurer, librarian, Journal editor, and other officers and committees; some official correspondence. With an index through 30 March 1959, pp. 109-115.

bMS 202/2 (5) Draft partial index to previous record book.

bMS 202/3 (1) Secretary's records, 1954.

bMS 202/3 (2) Secretary's records, 1955-1956.

bMS 202/3 (3) Secretary's records, 1957-1958.

bMS 202/3 (4) Secretary's records, 1959.

bMS 202/3 (5) Secretary's records, 1960-1961.

bMS 202/3 (6) Secretary's records, 1962.

bMS 202/3 (7) Secretary's records, 1963. Includes letter, 4 February, from Elmo Robinson (1887-1972) to Dorothy T. Spoerl.

bMS 202/3 (8) Secretary's records, 1964-1968.

bMS 202/3 (9) Secretary's records, 1969-1970.

bMS 202/3 (10) Secretary's records, 1971.

bMS 202/3 (11) Secretary's records, 1972.

bMS 202/3 (12) "Celebration of Heritage and Hope," 15 October 1972. Includes announcements, grant application, programs, clippings, photographs, and typescript of Russell Miller's address, "Universalist Contributions to Social Change."

bMS 202/3 (13) Secretary's records, 1973.

bMS 202/3 (14) Secretary's records, 1974.

bMS 202/3 (15) "Women in Liberal Religion," 6 October 1974. Includes announcements, grant application, programs.

bMS 202/3 (16) Secretary's records, 1975.

bMS 202/3 (17) Secretary's records, 1976.

bMS 202/3 (18) Secretary's notebook, 1974-1976. Includes notes on meetings.

bMS 202/3 (19) Secretary's records, 1977.

bMS 202/3 (20) Secretary's records, 1978.

bMS 202/3 (21) Drafts of Charters and By-laws of Unitarian-Universalist Historical Society, 1978. Includes versions of UHS Charter, 1954-1964.

bMS 202/3 (22) Membership lists, 1959-1978 and n.d.

Administrative Papers and Correspondence,

1914-1978

bMS 202/4 (1) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1914-1915. Includes letters, 15 February 1915 from Hosea Starr Ballou and others, 15 May 1915 from Hosea Starr Ballou; 25 April 1915 from Marietta B. Wilkins.

bMS 202/4 (2) Secretary's correspondence and papers, 1923-1934.

bMS 202/4 (3) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1935-1939. Includes letters, 1 June 1937 from Dana McLean Greeley (1908-) to Vinton A. Sears; 10 June 1937 from John van Schaick (1873-1949) to same; 3 and 10 May 1939 from Hosea Starr Ballou; card, 12 May from Marietta B. Wilkins.

bMS 202/4 (4) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1940. Includes letters, 31 May, 5 June, 20 November, from Hosea Starr Ballou.

bMS 202/4 (5) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1941-1942. Includes letters, 29 May and 3 September 1941, postcard, 29 November 1941, from Hosea Starr Ballou; copy of letter [1941?] from Alfred Cole to E.H. Lalone.

bMS 202/4 (6) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1943. Includes letters, 16 January, 1 February, 3 May, 29 May, from Hosea Starr Ballou.

bMS 202/4 (7) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1944.

bMS 202/4 (8) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1945, 1947. Includes copy of letter, 29 March 1945, from Alfred Cole to Harriet Parmenter.

bMS 202/4 (9) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-June 1954. Includes letters, 11 February and 8 March, postcard 23 March, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/4 (10) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1954. Includes letters, 7 July from Hosea Starr Ballou; 31 July, 6 August, 14 September from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/4 (11) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1954. Includes letter, 18 October, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/4 (12) Secretary's papers, 1954: notes and report on history of UHS prepared for Boston Ministers' meeting 1 February; articles on UHS past and recent history for September and October Universalist Leader.

bMS 202/4 (13) Membership lists, April 1953-May 1954.

bMS 202/4 (14) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1955. Includes letters, 25 January, 3 FEbruary, from Alfred Cole; agreement [February] signed by Kenneth L. Patton (1911-).

bMS 202/4 (15) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1955. Includes note by Alfred Cole in letter to him from Alan Sawyer, 21 April.

bMS 202/4 (16) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1955. Includes letters, 4 July, 1 September, and card, 28 July, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/4 (17) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1955.

bMS 202/4 (18) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1956.

bMS 202/4 (19) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1956. Includes postcards, 11 April and 5 May, and letter, 17 April, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/4 (20) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-December 1956. Includes letters, 7 and 11 August, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/5 (1) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1957. Includes copy of letter, 7 March, from Elmo Robinson to E.H. Lalone.

bMS 202/5 (2) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June l957.

bMS 202/5 (3) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1957. Includes letter, 28 August, from Kenneth L. Patton.

bMS 202/5 (4) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1957.

bMS 202/5 (5) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1958.

bMS 202/5 (6) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-May 1958. Includes letter, 18 April, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/5 (7) Secretary's papers and correspondence, June 1958.

bMS 202/5 (8) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1958.

bMS 202/5 (9) Secretary's papers and correpsondence, October-December 1958.

bMS 202/5 (10) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1959. Includes letter, 16 March, from Kenneth L. Patton to Melvin C. Van de Workeen.

bMS 202/5 (11) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1959. Includes note on letter, 20 May, by Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/5 (12) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1959. Includes letter, 27 August, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/5 (13) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1959. Includes letters and papers, 7 October to William A. DeWolfe and 18 November to Alan Seaburg from Elmo Robinson.

bMS 202/5 (14) SEcretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1960.

bMS 202/5 (15) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April 1960.

bMS 202/5 (16) Secretary's papers and correspondence, May-June 1960.

bMS 202/5 (17) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1960.

bMS 202/5 (18) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1960.

bMS 202/6 (1) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1961.

bMS 202/6 (2) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1961.

bMS 202/6 (3) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1961.

bMS 202/6 (4) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1961.

bMS 202/6 (5) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-June 1962.

bMS 202/6 (6) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-December 1962.

bMS 202/6 (7) Secretary's papers and correspondence, 1963.

bMS 202/6 (8) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-June 1964.

bMS 202/6 (9) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-December 1964.

bMS 202/6 (10) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-June 1965.

bMS 202/6 (11) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-December 1965.

bMS 202/6 (12) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1966.

bMS 202/6 (13) Secretary's papers and correspondence, March-June 1966. Includes letter, [May], from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/6 (14) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1966.

bMS 202/6 (15) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1966.

bMS 202/6 (16) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1967. Includes letter, 7 January, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/6 (17) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1967. Includes letters to Carl Seaburg, 8 April from Alfred Cole, 30 June from Elmo Robinson; copy of letter, 4 April, from Elmo Robinson to Phillip R. Giles.

bMS 202/6 (18) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-December 1967.

bMS 202/6 (19) Secretary's papers and correspondence, January-March 1968. Includes letter, 8 January, from Elmo Robinson to PHillip R. Giles.

bMS 202/6 (20) Secretary's papers and correspondence, April-June 1968. Includes letter, 5 May, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/6 (21) Secretary's papers and correspondence, July-September 1968.

bMS 202/6 (22) Secretary's papers and correspondence, October-December 1968.

bMS 202/6 (23) President's and Secretary's correspondence, 1969. Includes letter from Elmo Robinson, February 27.

bMS 202/6 (24) President's and Secretary's correspondence, 1970-1973. Includes letters, 1973 September 28 to Carl Seaburg and October 10 to Catherine F. Hitchings and CArl Seaburg, from Georgene Bowen (1898-).

bMS 202/6 (25) President's correspondence, 1974.

bMS 202/6 (26) President's and Secretary's correspondence, 1975.

bMS 202/6 (27) President's and Secretary's correspondence, 1976.

bMS 202/6 (28) President's and Secretary's correspondence, January-June 1977.

bMS 202/6 (29) President's and Secretary's correspondence, July 1977-1978.

Fund for Universalist Studies, 1968-1976.

bMS 202/7 (1) FUS committee: correspondence, 1968.

bMS 202/7 (2) FUS committee: papers and correspondence, January-June 1969. Concerning fund drive and oral history project.

bMS 202/7 (3) FUS committee: papers and correspondence, July-December 1969 and undated [1969].

bMS 202/7 (4) FUS committee: papers and correspondence, January-June 1970.

bMS 202/7 (5) FUS committee: papers and correspondence, July-December 1970.

bMS 202/7 (6) FUS committee: papers and correspondence, 1971. Includes letter, 8 March, from Dana McLean Greeley to Carl Seaburg.

bMS 202/7 (7) FUS 1968-1971. Announcements, draft reports, grant applications.

bMS 202/7 (8) FUS gifts and pledges: correspondence and lists, 1969-1974.

bMS 202/7 (9) Russell Miller History Project, 1970-1976. Miscellaneous documents, including memorandum of understanding, reports on research travels, prospectuses and tables of contents. Note: other documents on this project are with Administrative records and papers.

Library Committee, 1968-1975

bMS 202/7 (10) Papers and correspondence, including minutes of meetings, 1968. Includes list of duplicate volumes, 10 July, and material on UUA Historical Library Committee/Committee on Historical Scholarship.

bMS 202/7 (11) Papers and correspondence, including minutes, 1969.

bMS 202/7 (12) Papers and correspondence, including minutes, 1970-1971. Includes copy of September 1970 grant application to Mass. Council on Arts and Humanities.

bMS 202/7 (13) Papers and correspondence, 1972. Includes draft for August grant application, Mass. Council on Arts and Humanities, survey of MSS, January; lists of periodicals, August.

bMS 202/7 (14) Miscellaneous lists and reports, 1967-1975.

Transfer of the Library, 1972-1976

bMS 202/7 (15) Correspondence and reports, 1972-1973.

bMS 202/7 (16) Correspondence and reports, 1974. Includes letter [April] from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/7 (17) Ballots with comments from UHS members on proposals for future of the library, April-May, 1974. Folder 1.

bMS 202/7 (18) Ballots. Folder 2.

bMS 202/7 (19) Ballots. Folder 3.

bMS 202/7 (20) Correspondence and reports, 1975-1976. Includes photographs of Meadville/Lombard Library for May 1975 UHS Newsletter.

Library Microfilming Project, 1973-1974

bMS 202/7 (21) Correspondence, 1973.

bMS 202/7 (22) Papers and correspondence, January-June 1974.

bMS 202/7 (23) Papers and correspondence, July-December, 1974.

UHS Journal and Selected Publications:

Records and Correspondence, 1959-1976

bMS 202/8 (1) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, January-June 1959. Note: editor's reports are with Secretary's records.

bMS 202/8 (2) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, July-December 1959.

bMS 202/8 (3) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, January-March 1960.

bMS 202/8 (4) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, April-June 1960.

bMS 202/8 (5) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, July-December 1960.

bMS 202/8 (6) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1961.

bMS 202/8 (7) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1962.

bMS 202/8 (8) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1963.

bMS 202/8 (9) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1964-1965. Includes letters: 1964 March 6, April 9, June 12 and 21, October 28, November 11, and 1965 April 23 from Elmo Robinson.

bMS 202/8 (10) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1966-1967. Includes letters: 1966 January 9, November 6, April 25, August 11 and 1967 February 27, May 7 and 20 July 21, September 12 from Elmo Robinson.

bMS 202/8 (11) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1968.

bMS 202/8 (12) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1969. Includes letters, September 26, October 1 and 9, November 24, from Elmo Robinson.

bMS 202/8 (13) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1970. Includes letter, April 7, from Elmo Robinson.

bMS 202/8 (14) UHS Journal: editorial papers and correspondence, 1971-1972. Includes correspondence with George Williams concerning vol. IX.

bMS 202/8 (15) UHS Journal, vol. IX (1971): George H. Williams, "American Universalism", photocopy typescript of MS, with comments by James D. Hunt.

bMS 202/8 (16) UHS Journal, vol. X (1975): editorial papers and correspondence, 1973-1976. Concerns Universalist and Unitarian women ministers.

bMS 202/8 (17) UHS copyright registration certificates: Clinton Lee Scott's Short History (1957); Journal vols. I-VI, X (1959-1966, 1976).

bMS 202/9 (1) UHS Journal: papers and correspondence concerning distribution, 1960-1962. Includes letter, 19 March 1961, from Elmo Robinson to Robert Wolley.

bMS 202/9 (2) UHS Journal: papers and correspondence concerning distribution, 1963-1966. Includes postcard, 2 May 1965, from Elmo Robinson to Alan Seaburg.

bMS 202/9 (3) (Interim) Book Manager: lists of publications and sales, material on church bookstores, 1959-1962. Note: books published by or considered for publication by the UHS, 1955-1975, are discussed in minutes of meetings (Secretary's records); Secretary's papers and correspondence also cover reports and letters on publications: see bMSS 202/4 (14), (15), (16), (17), (18); 202/5 (1)-(6), (10), (11); 202/6 (14), (15), (16), (17), (27).

bMS 202/9 (4) Typescript essays by Carl Seaburg, W. Edward Harris, Vernon Sarver; book review by James D. Hunt; UHS Newsletter: scattered numbers, 1967-1975.

UHS Library Records and Correspondence, 1881-1977

bMS 202/9 (5) UHS Library, list of books. Bound volume, compiled ca. 1900.

bMS 202/9 (6) UHS Library, list of books. Bound volume, compiled ca. 1905.

bMS 202/9 (7) List of Universalist periodicals in Tufts Library and UHS Library. Notebook, compiled 1935-1936.

bMS 202/9 (8) Miscellaneous lists from previous notebook.

bMS 202/9 (9) Richard Eddy. Letter, 24 May 1881, to [Thomas Sawyer?] concerning papers in possession of Richard Dale given to UHS: documents on Philadelphia conventions 1790-1809, letters from John Murray and others to Mr. Fitzgerald.

bMS 202/9 (10) Secretary/librarian's correspondence. Thomas J. Sawyer, letters, 23 February 1894, to Charles Carpenter, 28 February 1894, to [same?].

bMS 202/9 (11) Library correspondence, 1936. Includes scholarly and genealogical inquiries and general library correspondence; each file is arranged alphabetically by correspondent. Note: librarian's reports will be found in Secretary's records; Alfred S. Cole was assistant librarian or librarian from 1932 to 1943: for the period of his tenure his own papers are not itemized below.

bMS 202/9 (12) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1933-1936. Includes correspondence of librarian and other officers concerning MSS and books offered to or acquired by the library; each file is arranged alphabetically by donor or source.

bMS 202/9 (13) Library correspondence, 1937.

bMS 202/9 (14) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1937. Includes gift by Elizabeth Dodge of drawings of John Murray belonging to Henry N. Dodge.

bMS 202/9 (15) Library correspondence, 1938.

bMS 202/9 (16) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1938.

bMS 202/9 (17) Library correspondence, 1939.

bMS 202/9 (18) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1939. Includes letter from Elizabeth Dodge offering Henry N. Dodge's books.

bMS 202/9 (19) Library correspondence, 1940.

bMS 202/9 (20) Gift, 1940.

bMS 202/9 (21) Library correspondence, 1941. Includes letter, 3 October, from Hosea Starr Ballou.

bMS 202/9 (22) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1941. Includes letter from Elizabeth Dodge offering material on Henry N. Dodge.

bMS 202/9 (23) Library correspondence, 1942.

bMS 202/9 (24) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1942.

bMS 202/9 (25) Library correspondence, 1943.

bMS 202/9 (26) Gift, 1943.

bMS 202/9 (27) Gifts, 1944.

bMS 202/9 (28) Librarian's correspondence, 1945.

bMS 202/9 (29) Gifts, 1945.

bMS 202/9 (30) Library correspondence, 1946.

bMS 202/9 (31) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1946. Includes letter from Ida M. Folsom offering contents of Blackmer House cornerstone.

bMS 202/9 (32) Library correspondence, 1947.

bMS 202/9 (33) Gifts, offers, acquisitoons, 1947.

bMS 202/9 (34) Library correspondence, 1948.

bMS 202/9 (35) Library correspondence, 1949.

bMS 202/9 (36) Gift, 1949: Henry N. Dodge material donated by Elizabeth Dodge.

bMS 202/9 (37) Library correspondence, 1950.

bMS 202/9 (38) Library correspondence, 1951.

bMS 202/9 (39) Gift, 1953.

bMS 202/9 (40) Library correspondence, 1954.

bMS 202/9 (41) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1954. Includes correspondence with Arnold W. Shutter concerning gift of Marion D. Shutter's papers.

bMS 202/9 (42) Library correspondence, 1955. Ernest Cassara, librarian. Includes letters, 14 October and 1 December, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/9 (43) Gifts, offers, acquisitoins, 1955. Includes letter from Albert Ziegler donating Thomas Sawyer letters; letter from Samuel Eliot Morison to Elizabeth Dodge, 12 October, included here with her cover letter.

bMS 202/9 (44) Library correspondence, 1956. Folder 1: A-P. Includes note from Alfred Cole filed with Arceneaux query, letter from Cole, 18 January.

bMS 202/9 (45) Library correspondence, 1956. Folder 2: Q-Z.

bMS 202/9 (46) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1956.

bMS 202/9 (47) Library correspondence, 1957.

bMS 202/9 (48) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1957.

bMS 202/9 (49) Library correspondence, 1958. Folder 1: A-H.

bMS 202/9 (50) Library correspondence, 1958. Folder 2: I-Z.

bMS 202/10 (1) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1958. Includes letters, 8 March from Alfred Cole concerning material donated by H.W. Clarke; 21 June from Cornelius Greenway to Melvin C. Van de Workeen.

bMS 202/10 (2) Library papers and correspondence, 1959. Folder 1: A-C. Includes cataloging report, 1 September, and letter, 22 October, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/10 (3) Library correspondence, 1959. Folder 2: D-Z. Includes letters, notes, cards, 29 June, 29 July, 3, 10, 16, [ca. 25] August, from Elmo Robinson to Alan Seaburg.

bMS 202/10 (4) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1959. Includes correspondence with Lottie HErsey concerning Universalist missionaries in Japan; papers and correspondence 1957-1959, concerning UCA material to be deposited with UHS.

bMS 202/10 (5) Offers and acquisitons, 1959-1963: correspondence with Boris Ermoloff about Thomas Wittemore material.

bMS 202/10 (6) Library correspondence, 1960. Folder 1: A-M.

bMS 202/10 (7) Library correspondence, 1960. Folder 2: N-Z.

bMS 202/10 (8) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1960. Folder 1: A-M.

bMS 202/10 (9) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1960. Folder 2: N-Z. Includes gift of New Hampshire Universalist State convention records, note [May] by Alfred Cole filed with letter from George Welch.

bMS 202/10 (10) Acquisitions: Universalist Church of America deposit of books, 1960.

bMS 202/10 (11) Library papers and correspondence, 1961. Folder 1: A-L.

bMS 202/10 (12) Library correspondence, 1961. Folder 2: M-Z.

bMS 202/10 (13) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1961.

bMS 202/10 (14) Library correspondence, 1962. Folder 1: A-O. Includes letter, 24 January, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/10 (15) Library correspondence, 1962. Folder 2: P-Z.

bMS 202/10 (16) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1962. Folder 1: A-M. Includes letter, 1 October, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/10 (17) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1962. Folder 2: N-Z. Includes letter from Albert Ziegler concerning Murray, Ballou II, Whittemore, J.G. Adams material; correspondence with Charles Vickery concerning UC Ohio records; correspondence with Ashley M. Van Duzer concerning Walter Ferris MS.

bMS 202/11 (1) Gifts, 1962-1963: Ferry Beach Park Association records.

bMS 202/11 (2) Library correspondence, 1963. Folder 1: A-D.

bMS 202/11 (3) Library correspondence, 1963. Folder 2: E-R.

bMS 202/11 (4) Library correspondence, 1963. Folder 3: S-Z.

bMS 202/11 (5) Gifts, offers, acquisitons, 1963. Folder 1: A-L.

bMS 202/11 (6) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1963. Folder 2: M-Z. Includes correspondence with UUSC concerning gift of Unitarian Service Committee records.

bMS 202/11 (7) Library correspondence, 1964. Folder 1: A-L. Includes letter, 26 April, from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/11 (8) Library correspondence, 1964. Folder 2: M-Z. Includes letters, 25 January, 10 March, 11 November, from Elmo Robinson to Alan Seaburg.

bMS 202/11 (9) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1964. Folder 1: A-N. Includes correspondence with Samuel Morrill concerning MS diary of Lemuel Willis.

bMS 202/11 (10) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1964. Folder 2: O-Z. Includes letters, 26 July, 6 and 23 September, 24 November, from Elmo Robinson to Alan Seaburg.

bMS 202/11 (11) Library correspondence, 1966.

bMS 202/11 (12) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1966. Includes correspondence, 1960-1966, concerning records of Church of the Messiah, Philadelphia, Pa.

bMS 202/11 (13) Library papers and correspondence, 1967. Folder 1: A-H. Includes surveys of UHS books and MSS and recommendations on organizing the library.

bMS 202/11 (14) Library correspondence, 1967. Folder 2: J-R. Includes postcard, 29 November, from Elmo Robinson, to Jeanne Nieuwjaar.

bMS 202/11 (15) Library correspondence, 1967. Folder 3: S-Z.

bMS 202/11 (16) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1967. Includes letter, 12 October, from Elmo Robinson concerning Stanley Manning's books and papers, correspondence with Ethel Manning.

bMS 202/11 (17) Library papers: profile of UHS Library, July 1968.

bMS 202/11 (18) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1968. Includes correspondence with Ethel Manning concerning Stanley Manning's papers, with Gladys H. Wright concerning Hazel Kirk's papers, and letter, December 18, from Georgene Bowen.

bMS 202/12 (1) Gifts, offers, acquisitions: church newsletter project, 1968.

bMS 202/12 (2) Library correspondence, including church newsletter project, January-February 1969. Includes letters from Georgene Bowen, January 7 and 18, and from Gladys Wright, January 20.

bMS 202/12 (3) Library correspondence, including newsletter project, March-May 1969. Includes correspondence with Gladys Wright, and letters, March 16 and 27, April 2 and 5, May 15 and 18, from Georgene Bowen.

bMS 202/12 (4) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, June-December 1969.

bMS 202/12 (5) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1970. Includes correspondence with Gladys Wright, and letters, February 9 and 28, [March], from Elmo Robinson, and 20 March from Alfred Cole.

bMS 202/12 (6) Library correspondence, 1971.

bMS 202/12 (7) Gifts and acquisitions, 1971. Includes North Carolina Convention records.

bMS 202/12 (8) Book trade with the College of William and Mary, October 1971-June 1972. Correspondence and lists.

bMS 202/12 (9) Book trade with William and Mary, July-September 1972.

bMS 202/12 (10) Book trade with William and Mary, October 1972-1974.

bMS 202/12 (11) Gifts from Peter Noel Knost: correspondence and lists, July 1971-July 1972.

bMS 202/12 (12) Gifts from Peter Noel Knost: correspondence and lists August 1972-July 1973 and n.d.

bMS 202/12 (13) Library papers, 1972: list of MS letters in UHS.

bMS 202/12 (14) Library correspondence, 1972. Folder 1: A-D.

bMS 202/12 (15) Library correspondence, 1972. Folder 2: E-M.

bMS 202/12 (16) Library correspondence, 1972. Folder 3: N-Z.

bMS 202/12 (17) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, January-March 1972.

bMS 202/12 (18) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, April-June 1972. Includes correspondence with Elizabeth Robinson and Elmo Robinson material.

bMS 202/12 (19) Gifts, July-September, 1972.

bMS 202/12 (20) Gifts, October-December, 1972.

bMS 202/12 (21) Library correspondence, 1973.

bMS 202/12 (22) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1973. Includes correspondence with Richard Hugg concerning MSS of Henry N. Dodge.

bMS 202/13 (1) Library correspondence, 1974. Folder 1: A-G.

bMS 202/13 (2) Library correspondence, 1974. Folder 2: H-K.

bMS 202/13 (3) Library papers and correspondence, 1974. Folder 3: L-R. Includes list of microfilms of Universalist serials.

bMS 202/13 (4) Library correspondence, 1974. Folder 4: S-Z.

bMS 202/13 (5) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1974. Includes letters, 6 February to Carl Seaburg and Catherine F. Hitchings, 25 August, 21 December to Catherine Hitchings from Georgene Bowen; 16 December from Franklin Parker concerning Hosea Ballou II letters.

bMS 202/13 (6) Gifts and acquisitions, 1974. Correspondence and papers concerning copying Goddard College MSS.

bMS 202/13 (7) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 1: A-B.

bMS 202/13 (8) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 2: C-F.

bMS 202/13 (9) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 3: G-H.

bMS 202/13 (10) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 4: I-L.

bMS 202/13 (11) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 5: M-N.

bMS 202/13 (12) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 6: O-S.

bMS 202/13 (13) Library correspondence, 1975. Folder 7: T-Z.

bMS 202/13 (14) Gifts, offers, acquisitions, 1975.

bMS 202/13 (15) Acquisitions, 1976, 1977: correspondence with Elmo Robinson, 1960, including his letters of 21 April and 25 JUne, concerning J.L. Sullivan thesis, copy of which acquired by UHS Library in 1976, and correspondence with Elizabeth Parmelee concerning history of Fourth Universalist Society of New York City.

bMS 202/13 (16) Bibliographies, sources and current periodicals on Universalism and liberal religion, ca. 1963-1971.

bMS 202/13 (17) Library register, 1968-[1974?]; photographs of Library and staff, 1968.

bMS 202/13 (18) List of items received, including date and source, June 1968-[December 1974].