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All Other Non-University Group Lectures & Printed Ephemera, 1896 - 1982

 File — Box: 9, Folder: 3-4

Scope and Contents

19 pamphlets containing lectures and other printed ephemera published by various non-university groups, societies, and associations in the United States and United Kingdom including the Modern Humanities Research Association, the Literary Society of Harrogate, the Cobden Club, and the Council of Christians and Jews. Occasional manuscript material such as letters, leaflets, or other small pieces of ephemera are present along with individual pamphlets. Lecture dates reflect when the talk was delivered, and do not necessarily match the publication year.

Lectures

1896: Joseph Mayer, “Address to the Members of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire”
1930: Earl of Crawford and Balcarres, “The Personality of English Scenery”
1935: H.E. Señor Don Salvador de Madriaga, “The Price of Peace”
1941: Francis W. Hirst, “Richard Cobden and John Morley”
1944: William Temple, “Christianity as an Interpretation of History”
1946: C.H. Dodd, “The Gospel and the Law of Christ”
1946: G.M. Young, “Hesperia”
1959: Sir Isaiah Berlin, “John Stuart Mill and the Ends of Life”
1960: Cecil Car, “The Mission of the Selden Society”
1963: Helen C. White, “Changing Styles in Literary Studies”
1967: Lord Ritchie-Calder, “On Human Rights”
1970: Alexander Solzhenitsyn, “‘One Word of Truth…’”
1972: E. Gordon Rupp, “Martin Luther and the Jews”
1974: Philip Potter, “The Love of Power or the Power of Love”
1982: John Carey, “The 1982 Booker McConnell Prize Speech”

Miscellaneous Printed Ephemera

The Protestant Truth Society, Debate: Martyrs or Traitors, 1935

Prison Medical Reform Council, Prisoners’ Circle: Essays by ex-prisoners, 1943

William Temple (National Book Council), The Resources and Influence of English Literature, 1943

W.A.L. Elmslie (Student Christian Movement), Five Great Subjects: Broadcast Talks, 1943

Dates

  • 1896 - 1982

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Extent

From the Collection: 7.5 Cubic Feet (21 boxes)

Language of Materials

From the Collection: English

Creator

Repository Details

Part of the Georgetown University Manuscripts Repository

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