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COLLECTION Identifier: bMS 394

Unitarian Universalist Association. "Carnes for UUA President" Campaign. Records, 1975-1979.

Overview

Records of Paul Carnes' UUA presidential campaign, including correspondence, general campaign material, and treasurer's records. The papers span 1975-1979.

Dates

  • Creation: 1975-1979.

Access

There are no restrictions on access to this collection.

Extent

7 boxes

This collection consists of material related to Carnes' UUA presidential campaign. It includes correspondence, mainly as it relates to the Carnes campaign, and is arranged chronologicallyl; campaign material that includes literature, publicity, and photographs related to the campaign; and treasurer's records that include correspondence, lists of supporters and contributions, and files on the other candidates.

Biographical / Historical

Paul Nathaniel Carnes (1921-1979) earned an AB from Indiana University in 1942. He then enlisted in the U.S. Army, and on Christmas Day, 1942, he was captured by German forces in North Africa and spent the duration of the war as a German P.O.W. Following World War II, he enrolled in Harvard Divinity School, where he earned an STB in 1948. He served Unitarian parishes in Ohio, Tennessee, and New York, and served as president of the Unitarian Universalist Association from 1977 to 1979. He is the author of For Freedom and Belief: A Manual for Unitarians (1952) and Longing of the Heart: Prayers and Invocations (1979).

Arrangement

Organized into the following series:

  1. Series I. Correspondence
  2. Series II. Campaign material
  3. Series II. Treasurer's records

Acquisition Information

Gift of Peter Spilman Raible, 1980.

Related Materials

For related collections, please see bMS 533.

Title
Unitarian Universalist Association. "Carnes for UUA President" Campaign. Records, 1975-1979: A Finding Aid.
Author
Andover-Harvard Theological Library
Language of description
und
EAD ID
div00394

Repository Details

Part of the Harvard Divinity School Library, Harvard University Repository

Special Collections at Harvard Divinity School Library preserves and makes accessible primary source materials documenting the history of religion and theology, with particular historical emphasis on American liberal religious traditions. Though the historical strengths of the collections have been in the field of Christianity, other religious traditions are increasingly reflected, in step with Harvard Divinity School's evolving focus on global religious studies. Known as Andover-Harvard Theological Library since 1911, it was renamed the Harvard Divinity School Library in 2021.

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