Guide to the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America Division of Home Missions Records

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Guide to NCC RG 7

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General Files. Divisional Assemblies: Minutes, 1956-1964

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Divisional Assemblies: Materials, 1961-1965

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4

Divisional Assembly, 1960

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5

Divisional Assembly, 1959

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6

Assembly, 1958

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7

Assembly, 1956

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8

Assembly, 1954

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9

Assemblies, 1951-1953

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10

Assembly Program Committee, 1951, 1953-1959

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11

Executive Board, 1964

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12

Executive Board, 1963

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13

Executive Board, 1962

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14

Executive Board, 1961

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15

Executive Board, 1961

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16

Executive Board, 1960

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17

Executive Board, 1959

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1

Executive Board, 1957-1958

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2

Executive Board, 1955-1956

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3

Executive Board, 1953-1954

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4

Executive Board, 1952

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5

Executive Board, 1950-1951

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6

Administrative Committee, 1960-1964

2

7

Administrative Committee, 1954-1959

2

8

Administrative Committee, 1950-1953

2

9

Home Missions Council of North America, Board of Directors, 1953-1964; Legal Committee, 1951

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10

Policy and Strategy Committee, 1959-1964

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11

Policy Committee, 1956-1958

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12

Policy Committee, 1952-1955

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13

Budget & Finance Committee, 1956-1964

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14

Budget Committee, 1949-1955

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15

Church Extension Committee, 1952-1964

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16

Cooperative Field Projects Committee, 1961-1963

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17

Personnel Matters

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"Churching Sparsely Populated Areas" (Conference & Surveys) I

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2

"Churching Sparsely Populated Areas" II

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"Churching Sparsely Populated Areas" III

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"Churching Sparsely Populated Areas" IV

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In-Service Training (Surveys & Reports) I

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In-Service Training II

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In-Service Training III

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In-Service Training IV

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9

In-Service Training V

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10

Community Development, 1961-1963

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11

Long-Range Planning, 1959-1960

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12

R.G. Ross-J.R. Regier, Memos; Regier, Evangelism Paper

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13

Resource File

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14

Staff Meetings, 1962

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15

Staff Meetings, 1960-1961

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16

Staff Meetings, 1957-1959

3

17

Staff Meetings, 1951-1955

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Administrative Committee; Alaska Committee; American Bible Society; Annual Reports, 1951

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2

Bank Accounts; By-Laws; Church Building; Defense Communities

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3

DHM Assembly; Field Research Committee

4

4

Finance

4

5

Government Projects; Home Missions Institutions

4

6

Intermountain Committee; Literature

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7

Migrants; Missionary Education; Missionary Personnel

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8

Dr. Nace; NCC; New York Projects (i.e., East Harlem Protestant Parish); Nominating Committee

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9

Promotion & Publicity; Public Relations

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10

Sharecropper Committee; Southern Mountains; Southwestern Office; Spanish-Speaking

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11

Town & Country; UCYM; Unity

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12

Urban Church; West Indies Committee

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13

Work Camps; World Day of Prayer; Youth & Student Work

4

14

Administrative Committee; Adult Work; Alaska Committee; Annual Report, 1952

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15

By-Laws; Church Building; Comity

4

16

Defense Communities; DCLW

4

17

DHM Assembly; Ecumenical Relations; Executive Board

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18

Extension Unit (Sharecroppers); Field Administration; Field Research Committee

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19

Finance

4

20

Government Projects; Home Missions Institutions

4

21

Immigrants; Intermountain Area; Literature

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22

Master List; Migrants; Miscellaneous; Missionary Personnel

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23

Nace-Articles; NCC Appraisal Committee

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National Parks; New York (EHPP); Nominating Committee

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25

Policy Committee; Sharecropper Committee

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Spanish Work; Town & Country Church

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27

Urban Church; West Indies Committee; World Day of Prayer

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28

Administrative Committee; Alaska Committee; Association of Council Secretaries, 1953

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29

Comity; Councils of Churches; Defense Communities

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30

Displaced Persons; DHM Assembly

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31

Executive Board; Extension Unit Committee; Field Research

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32

Finance

4

33

Home Missions Institutions; Intermountain Area; Inventory; Literature

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34

Migrants; Miscellaneous; Missionary Personnel

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35

NCC; National Social Welfare Assembly

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36

Policy Committee; Reorganization Plan

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37

Spanish American Work

4

38

Town & Country Church; Urban Church

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39

West Indies; "Working Together in Home Missions"; World Day of Prayer

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40

Alaska Committee; Annual Report; Councils of Churches, 1954

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41

Directory of Committee Membership; DHM Assembly; Executive Board; Extension Unit

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42

Field Administration; Field Research Committee

4

43

Finance

4

44

Government Projects; Headquarters Location

4

45

Home Missions Council of North America, Board of Directors

5

1

Home Missions Institutions

5

2

Insurance; Intermountain Area; Jews, Christian Approach to

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3

Migrant Work; "Wetbacks"

5

4

Miscellaneous; Missionary Education; Missionary Personnel

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5

Nace; I.G.; NCC; Nominating Committee

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6

Pensions; Personnel Committee; Planning Committee; Policy Committee

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7

Publication & Distribution; Racial & Cultural Relations; Reorganization Plan; Research; Southern Mountains

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8

Spanish-American Work

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9

Town & Country Church

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10

United Church Men; United Church Women

5

11

Urban Church

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12

Washington Office; West Indies

5

13

World Council of Churches; World Day of Prayer

5

14

Administrative Committee; Alaska Committee; American Bible Society, 1955

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15

By-Laws & Standing Rules; Comity

5

16

Conference, Churches & Social Welfare; Councils of Churches

5

17

DCLW; DHM Assembly

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18

E&R Church; Executive Board; Executives of Home Missions Boards; Extension Committee

5

19

Finance

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20

Fundamental Education; Government Projects; Gypsies

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21

Home Missions Council of North America

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22

Home Missions Institutions; Jews, Christian Approach to; Literature

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23

Miscellaneous

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24

Migrants; Missionary Summer Conferences; Mormons

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25

Nace-Articles; NCC; National Parks; Nominating Committee; New York (EHPP)

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26

Policy Committee; Promotion & Publicity; Publication & Distribution

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27

Regional Offices; Religious Census; Research

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28

Sharecroppers; Southern Mountains

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29

Spanish-American Work

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30

Staff Association; Town & Country Church; United Church Men; United Church Women

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31

Urban Church; Washington Office; West Indies

5

32

White House Conference on Education; World Day of Prayer

5

33

1966 Files (titles on front of folder)

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1957 Files (titles on folder)

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2

1958 Files

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3

1959 Files

6

4

1960 Files

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5

1961 Files

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6

1962 Files

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7

Department of Church Building and Architecture. Minutes, 1960-1965

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8

Executive Committee; "Bureau of Church Building" (history)

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9

Joint Conferences on Church Architecture, Feb 1955-Feb 1957

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10

Church Architectural Guild of America

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11

Miscellaneous, Feb 1951-April 1965; n.d.

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12

Department of Indian Work. Indian Work Committee, 1951-1953

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13

Indian Work Committee, 1954-1957

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14

Indian Work Committee, 1958-1959

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15

Indian Committee, 1951

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16

Brigham City; Cook School

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17

Literature; National Congress of American Indians; Religious Work Directors

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18

Files, 1952; 1954

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19

Indian Committee, 1955

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Bureau of Indian Affairs; Brigham City

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2

Carter, J. Russell

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3

Cook School

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4

Coordinating Committee on Indian Affairs

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5

Fredonia; Legislation; Lindquist

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6

National Fellowship of Indian Workers

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7

Phoenix Ariz.; Principle of Consent

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8

Religious Work Directors; Twin Cities

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9

Published and Distributed Materials (Includes National Fellowship of Indian Workers, Nos. 62 - 80)

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10

Department of Migrant Work. National Migrant Committee, 1962-1964

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11

Department of Migrant Work, Minutes, 1960-1961

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12

National Migrant Committee, 1957-1959

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13

National Migrant Committee, 1952-1956

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14

National Migrant Committee, 1950-1951

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15

National Migrant Committee-Committees

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16

Committee on Promotion & Publicity; Special Events Committee

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17

Finance, 1951-1958

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18

DHM Annual Assemblies, 1953-1955

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Annual Reports, 1957-1958, 1963-1964

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State Reports, 1956 (I)

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State Reports, 1956 (II)

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Field Reports, 1955 (I)

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State Reports, 1955 (II)

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Correspondence with Chairman: Paul Warnshuis, Tollie Caution

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Correspondence: Alexander, Lula E.

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Alexander, Theophilus D.; Boggs Academy

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Casson, Paul M. - Florida Supervisor

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Collins, Dean S. - Western Regional Supervisor, 1956-1957

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Collins, Dean S., 1954-1955

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Collins, Dean S., 1953

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Davidson, Edmonia (with Report on Migrant Education)

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Dawson, Ethel B.

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10

Eckstrom, Margaret H. - Northeast Area, 1956-1958

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Eckstrom, Margaret H., 1953-1955

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12

Koch, William H. (Citizenship Education Project-Saul Alinsky)

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13

Leaf, Kathryn A.

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14

Pennington, Lenore - New York State Supervisor

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15

Scholes, William E. Mid-West Regional Supervisor, 1957-1958

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Scholes, William E., 1955-1956

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Scholes, William E., 1952-1954

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18

Still, Douglas M. - California State Supervisor

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Weaver, Dortha

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2

Central Region

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3

Eastern Region

9

4

Western Region

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5

Arkansas

9

6

Arizona (see addenda also)

9

7

Connecticut

9

8

California (see addenda also)

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9

Colorado, 1956-1958

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10

Colorado, 1950-1955

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11

Florida, 1956-1958

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12

Florida, 1951-1955

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13

Idaho

9

14

Illinois

9

15

Indiana

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16

Iowa; Louisiana; Maine-New Hampshire-Vermont

9

17

Maryland-Delaware

9

18

Massachusetts

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1

Michigan, 1955-1958

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2

Michigan, 1950-1954

10

3

Minnesota; Missouri; Nebraska

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4

New Jersey, 1953-1958

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5

New Jersey, 1951-1952

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6

New Mexico

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7

New York: Migrant Committee

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8

New York: Correspondence

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9

New York: Reports, 1957

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New York, Reports, 1956

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New York: Reports, 1955

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12

New York: Reports, 1953-1954

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New York: Reports, 1951-1952

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New York: Buffalo, Hudson Valley, Long Island, Utica-Clinton

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15

North Carolina; North Dakota

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16

Ohio

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Oregon, 1956-1958

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Oregon, 1951-1955

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2

Pennsylvania, 1956-1958

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3

Pennsylvania, 1951-1955

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4

Rhode Island; South Carolina; South Dakota

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5

Texas

11

6

Virginia

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7

Washington

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8

Wisconsin

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9

Assorted Reports, 1950-1951

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10

Directors Conferences, 1954; 1956-1958

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11

Eastern Area Conferences

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12

Mid-West and Western Area Conferences

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13

"Human Interest Stories" (by field workers) (I)

11

14

"Human Interest Stories" (II)

11

15

"Family Case Stories"; "Articles"

11

16

"What the Summer Has Meant to Me"

11

17

Alphabetical Files: Adult Education Project

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18

American Bible Society

12

1

Articles

12

2

Audio-Visual Materials: Visual Aids; Films; Filmstrips; Radio & TV

12

3

Baseball Clubs (equipment - Mickey McConnell); Child Care Centers

12

4

Churches: Am. Baptist; AME; Ch. of the Brethren; Congregational-Christian

12

5

Churches: Disciples of Christ; E&R; Evangelical; Evangelical United Brethren

12

6

Churches; Friends; Augustana Lutheran; Evangelical Lutheran; National Lutheran Council; United Lutheran

12

7

Mennonite; Methodist

12

8

Presbyterian US; Presbyterian USA; Reformed Church in Am.

12

9

Community Organization

12

10

Conscientious Objectors; Cuban Refugees

12

11

Education of Migrant Children

12

12

Education Questionnaire

12

13

Evaluation of Committees & Job Analysis

12

14

Fundamental Education Supervisory Committee

12

15

Future of Migrant Labor

12

16

Harvester Dedication Services (station wagons)

12

17

"Harvester News"; "New England Harvester"

12

18

Health Problems of Migrants; "Humanity by the Carload" (play)

12

19

Indian-Migrant Development; King Ferry Episcopal School; Laboratory School-Fort Lupton

12

20

Lenski, Lois (migrant plays)

12

21

Literature & Publishing

12

22

Lowry, Edith E. (Director), Background Material, 1958

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23

Lowry, E.E., Background Material, 1956

12

24

Lowry, E.E., Memos to Supervisory Staff

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25

Lowry, E.E., Personal

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26

Lowry, E.E., Speeches and Reports

12

27

Migrant Luncheons, 1955-1957

12

28

Migrant Meal Project; Migrant State Committee Study

12

29

Miscellaneous

12

30

National Child Labor Committee

12

31

National Council on Agricultural Life and Labor (NCALL)

12

32

NCC: Adult Work Coordinating Committee; Div. of Christian Education

12

33

NCC: Div. of Christian Education- Migrant Curriculum

12

34

NCC: Commission on Cooperative Field Projects

12

35

National Education Association; National Sharecroppers' Fund

13

1

Public Law 78 (importation of foreign workers)

13

2

Public Relations

13

3

Quality Bakers (advertisement)

13

4

Rural Slums (survey) I

13

5

Rural Slums (II)

13

6

Scouts (Girl & Boy); Social Security; Spanish-Speaking Migrants; Summer Service Units

13

7

Transportation of Migrant Workers; Tuskegee Staff Replacement; United Council of Church Women

13

8

U.S. Government: Health, Education & Welfare; Joint Committee on the Economic Report

13

9

U.S. Government: Labor Department

13

10

U.S. Govt.: East Coast Migrant Conference, 1954;

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11

U.S. Govt.: Public Housing Administration; Seminar on Migrant Children (1952)

13

12

Vacation Church Schools

13

13

Vocational Education Project; Vocational School Project

13

14

Weekend Work Camps; World Youth Project

13

15

Studies & Reports (I)

13

16

Studies & Reports (II)

13

17

Studies & Reports (III)

13

18

"Harvester News", 1954-1957; "Eastern Harvester", 1950-1954; “Western Harvest”, 1951-1958

13

19

Manuals

13

20

Working Guides (I)

13

21

Working Guides (II)

14

1

Teachers' Guides

14

2

Textbooks (I)

14

3

Textbooks (II)

14

4

Published & Distributed Material

14

5

Children's Work Coordinating Committee, July 1951-1960

14

6

Christian Life and Work, Oct 1955-Nov 1958; n.d.

14

7

Church and Economic Life, June 1951-June 1958; n.d.

14

8

Council on National Organizations, Dec 1955-July 1957

14

9

Councils of Churches, Sept 1953-Dec 1958; n.d.

14

10

Displaced Persons, Dec 1951-May 1953; n.d.

14

11

Emergency Services, May 1951-1953; n.d.

14

12

Evangelism Department, March 1952-1958

14

13

Finance, May 1956-June 1958

14

14

General Administration, March 1952-Nov 1954; n.d.

14

15

Group Procedures Conference, Sept-Dec 1955

14

16

Information Office, Sept 1951-Aug 1958; n.d.

14

17

International Justice and Goodwill Department, Oct 1953-Dec 1958; n.d.

14

18

Juvenile Delinquency, Nov 1952-July 1956

14

19

Missionary Education Commission, July 1957-Sept 1958; n.d.

14

20

Personnel Office, Jan-April 1958

14

21

Research and Survey Bureau, March 1953-Dec 1956

14

22

Research and Survey Bureau, Feb 1957-May 1958; n.d.

14

23

Treasury Department, Dec 1953-Feb 1960; n.d.

Department of Town and Country Church

14

24

Minutes, 1961-1964

15

1

Minutes, 1955-1957; 1959-1960

15

2

Minutes, 1950-1954

15

3

Agricultural Hall of Fame; AME Church; Census Conference Change (1961)

15

4

Continuing Education; Conservation

15

5

Convocations & Conferences, 1955-1964

15

6

Committee on Rural Economic & Social Trends - CREST (continuing Land Tenure Committee), 1951-1955; 1957-1965

15

7

County Beautiful; Farm Labor Migrancy

15

8

Federated Churches

15

9

In-Service Training

15

10

Interchurch Relations Committee

16

1

Miscellaneous

16

2

Mormons; Organizational Meeting of Four Denominations

16

3

Poverty; Production Committee for Poverty Film

16

4

Research Committee

16

5

Seminar on Theology & Rural Life (papers); Work in the Great Plains Area

16

6

Rural Life Sunday and Harvest Festival Bulletins

16

7

"The Christian Rural Fellowship Bulletin", 1951-1959

16

8

Publications

16

9

Publications

16

10

Department of Urban Church. Minutes, 1962-1965

16

11

Minutes, 1958-1961

16

12

Minutes, 1956-1957

16

13

Minutes, 1953-1955

16

14

Minutes, 1951-1952

16

15

Minutes of Committees, 1951-1956

16

16

Office Diary (distributed material), 1964

17

1

Office Diary, 1961-1962

17

2

Office Diary, 1959

17

3

Office Diary, 1958

17

4

The Church and Urban Politics; Church Extension Committee

17

5

Church Extension Conferences (I)

17

6

Church Extension Conferences (II)

17

7

Defense Communities; Defense Services Committee

17

8

Department of Urban Affairs & Housing (Federal)

17

9

Effective City Churches (I)

17

10

Effective City Churches (II)

17

11

Mission to the Metropolis (study)

17

12

Miscellaneous

17

13

Narcotic Addiction, Conference; Regional Planning Institute

17

14

"Research on City Life - On City Churches"

17

15

Serving Children & Youth Not Served by Churches & Agencies-Workshop; Task Force on Housing

17

16

Task Force on Urban Responsibilities; Training for the Urban Ministry

17

17

Wagner, John H., Jr. (Director)

17

18

Speeches

17

19

Papers & Reports

17

20

Publications (I)

17

21

Publications (II)

18

1

DHM Publications. Yearbooks and Reports

18

2

DHM Publications: Miscellaneous

18

3

“The City Church”, vols. 9-5, 1958-1964 (missing issues listed on front of folder)

18

4

"The City Church", vols. 1-8, 1950-1957

18

5

"Town and Country Church", Nos. 148-179, 1960-1964

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6

"Town and Country Church", Nos. 68-147, 1951-1959

ADDENDA

Migrant Work

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7

"Again... Pioneers," Oct. 1950-1951

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8

Arizona, Sept 1950-Sept 1956

18

9

Arizona, Oct 1956-July 1957; n.d.

18

10

California, Feb 1951-July 1952

18

11

California, Aug 1952-1953

18

12

California, May 1954-Nov 1956; n.d.

18

13

Personnel Committee, Feb 1951-Oct 1956; n.d.

18

14

White House Conference on Education, Dec 1954-April 1956