Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Finding aid for Moral Re-armament records,
1934-1966
03158
Table of Contents
Summary Information
- Repository
- Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
- Title
- Moral Re-armament records
- ID
- 03158
- Date
- 1934-1966
- Extent
- 1.5 linear ft.
- General Physical Description note
- (3 boxes)
- Location note
- Level B, B9N
- Language
- English
- Abstract
- This collection contains writings of those instrumental in the program, as well as newsletters, reports and speeches, during World War II.
Biographical/Historical note
Moral Re-Armament was a movement that grew out of a program created at Oxford University by Dr. Frank Buchman in 1921. Supported by students and senior members of the University, leadership developed in the various colleges. As the influence of the work spread throughout Britain, it was assigned the name Oxford Group by the British Government. The Oxford Group was "a Christian revolution... [whose] aim [was] a new social order under the dictatorship of the Spirit of God..." Moral Re-Armament grew out of these origins to increase "moral and spiritual standards in men and nations as the only hope for a democratic world." The purpose of Moral Re-Armament was to arouse in the democracies a thinking and living adequate to the threatened impact of total war.A finding aid is available to assist researchers.
Administrative Information
Publication Information
Detroit Public Library. Burton Historical Collection.
Conditions Governing Access note
This collection is open for research use.
Moral Re-armament records, 1934-1966 (OCLC record)
[http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/467272390]Controlled Access Headings
Corporate Name(s)
- Oxford Group -- Archives.
Genre(s)
- Clippings (information artifacts) -- aat
- Press releases -- aat
- Publications -- aat
- Reports -- aat
- Speeches -- aat
Geographic Name(s)
- United States -- Foreign relations
- United States -- Politics and government
Personal Name(s)
- Buchman, Frank Nathan Daniel, 1878-1961
Subject(s)
- Anti-communist movements -- United States.
- Moral re-armament
- World War, 1939-1945
Other Finding Aids note
Finding aid and white index cards available in the Burton Historical Collection and on the World Wide Web.
General note
See finding aids for complete listing.
Collection Inventory
BOX 1 |
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1:1 Correspondence, 1942-1950 |
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1:2 Miscellaneous Items |
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1:3 Newsletters, 1942-1950 |
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1:4 -- "New World News ", 1945-1947 |
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1:5 -- 1948 |
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1:6 -- 1949 |
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1:7 -- Winter 1957-1958 |
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1:8 Newspaper Clippings, 1941-1943 |
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1:9 -- 1944 |
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1:10 -- 1945-1946 |
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1:11 Newspaper Reprints/Magazine Articles, 1941-1947 |
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1:12 Press Releases, 1942-1946 |
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1:13 Printed Material, 1935-1942 |
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1:14 -- 1943-1944 |
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BOX 2 |
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2:1 Printed Material, 1950-195 1; n.d. |
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2:2 Programs & Events, 1934-1946 |
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2:3 Phonograph Records (2): "Songs of Moral Re-Armament", c. 1943 |
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Publications: |
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Buchman, Frank N.D. "Remaking the World", n.d. |
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Burkhart, Roy A. "If It Were Not So", c.1950 |
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Cowman, Mrs. "Charles E. Streams in the Desert", 1965 |
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Howard, Peter. "Ideas have Legs", c. 1945 |
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-- "Innocent Men", c. 1941 |
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"The World Rebuilt", c.1951 (2 copies) |
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Libbey, Scott. "Rebels and God", 1966 |
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Russell, A.J. "For Sinners Only", 1939 |
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Williamson, Geoffrey. "Inside Buchmanism", n.d. |
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BOX 3 |
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3:1 Reports |
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3:2 -- "Business Unusual", 1943 |
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3:3 Speeches & Statements, 1941-1948; n.d. |
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3:4 Writings—"Escape to Live", by Edward Howell |
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3:5 -- "Men on Trial", by Peter Howard |
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3:6 -- Miscellaneous |
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3:7 -- "Remaking the World: The Speeches of Dr. Frank N.D. Buchman" |
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3:8 -- Untitled Manuscript |
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