Kellaway, Richard Allen, 1934-. Papers, 1959-1999.

This collection contains material pertaining to Richard Kellaway's ministry, particularly his work at the First Unitarian Church of New Bedford, Massachusetts. Boxes 1-5 contain Rev. Kellaway's sermons, orders of service, and corresponding newsletters arranged chronologically from September 1959 to April 1995. Sermon topics are greatly varied, but include the following: the Unitarian Universalist merger (5/29/60 and 1/4/87); Vietnam and conscientious objector status (11/1965, 6/1/69, 10/12/69, 1/14/68); JFK assassination (11/24/63); humanism (9/19/65, 10/3/65); Watergate (9/16/73); abortion (10/12/80); consumption and consumerism (12/10/89, 2/12/89); American society (9/27/92, 2/23/92); and holiday sermons and sermons focusing on various historical figures. Box 6 contains biographical information, addresses, annual reports, articles and correspondence, as well as ministerial resource files, which include references to organizations and associations to which Rev. Kellaway belonged. Box 6 also contains a Unitarian Universalist curriculum co-written by Kellaway, entitled Connections: Religion as Relating; audio cassette recordings of Kellaway's sermons; and a folder containing correspondence, dated 1991 to 1997, between Rev. Kellaway and New Bedford's "sister" church in Brno, Czechoslovakia. Box 7 contains various Unitarian Universalist publications and some of Rev. Kellaway's reference files.