Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL
SCOPE AND CONTENT
Arrangement
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Ser. 1. Biographical Material, 1954-1985
2. Correspondence, 1950-1987
Ser. 3. Diaries, 1961-1982
Ser. 4. Speeches and Seminar Presentations.
Ser. 5. Published Articles, 1950-1985
Ser. 6. Kettering Foundation, 1969-1982
Ser. 7. American Friends Service Committee, 1979-1984
8. Other Activities, 1976-1985
9. Miscellaneous Manuscripts
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An Inventory of the James Morgan Read Papers,
1951-1987
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas
Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections
Libraries
1988
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Creator
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James Morgan Read (1908-1985) |
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Title
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James Morgan Read Papers,
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Dates:
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1951-1987 |
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Abstract:
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James Morgan Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker
and president of Wilmington College from 1960-69. He also served as the United
Nations Deputy High Commissioner from 1951-60, and was a vice president of the
Charles F. Kettering Foundation from 1969 until his retirement in 1974. The
bulk of the collection documents James Read's work as a consultant after 1974.
His diaries date from his association with Wilmington College. Areas of
particular interest include the establishment of Soviet-American dialogue and
the Dartmouth and Soviet-American Writers Conferences, U.S./Canadian relations
and the Lester B. Pearson Conference, the American Friends Service Committee,
and the U.N. (non-governmental organizations). |
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Extent:
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12 boxes; 6 linear ft. |
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Identification:
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RG 5/128 |
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Location:
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For current information on the location of
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James Morgan Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker and president of Wilmington
College, Ohio, from 1960-69. He also served as the United Nations Deputy High
Commissioner from 1951-60, and was a vice president of the Charles F. Kettering
Foundation from 1969 until his retirement in 1974.
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1922-1976 |
Born in Camden, New Jersey, the son of a Methodist Minister, Read
graduated from Dickinson College (1929) in Carlisle, Pennsylvania, earned a D.
Phil. from Marburg University (1932) in Germany, and received a Ph.D. from the
University of Chicago (1940). He taught History at Lycoming College from
1932-34 and served as Associate Professor of History and then Chairman of the
Social Sciences Department at the University of Louisville from 1935-43. In
1940, he married Henrietta Morton; they raised three children, Austine
(Bonnie), James III, and Edward. In 1949, Read joined the Society of Friends as
a member of the Gwynedd, Pennsylvania Monthly Meeting. Two years after
Henrietta Read's sudden death from cancer in 1976, James Read married Theresa
K. Dintenfass. |
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1943-1945, 1947-1949 |
From 1943-45, Read was employed in Civilian Public Service. He then
took a job as Associate Secretary of the Friends Committee on National
Legislation in Washington and focused his efforts on legislation for displaced
persons. He continued that concern as Secretary in the Foreign Service Section
of the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC) from 1947 to 1949, overseeing
that organization's relief work in the immediate postwar period. |
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1950-1960, 1960-1969 |
In 1950, James Read was named Chief of the Division of Education and
Cultural Relations of the United States High Commissioner for Germany (State
Department). From 1951 to 1960 he served as the United Nations (UN) Deputy High
Commissioner for Refugees in Geneva, and was appointed Acting High Commissioner
for a few months in 1956. He returned to the academic world as President of
Wilmington College in Ohio from 1960 to 1969. |
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1969-1981 |
Read stepped down as President of Wilmington College in 1969 to take a
job as Vice-President of the Charles F. Kettering Foundation. Five years later,
when he reached the mandatory retirement age, Read chose to continue his
association with Kettering, serving as Senior Consultant in International
Affairs. In that capacity he was involved in three of the Dartmouth
Conferences--XII, XIII, and XIV--which were administered and co-sponsored by
Kettering, and acted as Rapporteur for the third Soviet-American Writers
Conference in the USSR in 1979. Read also wrote a report for Kettering on the
Council on Foreign Relation's fifth Conference on the US-Canada Relationship in
1981. |
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to 1983 |
James Read maintained his involvement with the American Friends
Service Committee, serving on the AFSC Board of Directors as member and Chair
of the AFSC Information and Interpretation Committee. He was also Clerk of the
Quaker United Nations Committee in New York and did a study of the Special
Committee of the UN General Assembly Banning the Use of Force. His experience
with the UN also led to involvement with the US Committee for the UN Institute
for Training and Research. In 1983, he acted as a Consultant to Crosscurrents
to study the possibility of establishing an office for
Friedrich-Naumann-Stiftung. |
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James Read (1908-1985) was a Quaker whose work emphasized
international programs and higher education.
The bulk of the collection documents James Read's work as a consultant
after 1974. His diaries date from his association with Wilmington College.
Areas of particular interest include the establishment of Soviet-American
dialogue and the Dartmouth and Soviet-American Writers Conferences,
U.S./Canadian relations and the Lester B. Pearson Conference, the American
Friends Service Committee, and the U.N. (non-governmental organizations).
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This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog
of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials
about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these
headings: Researchers are advised to search by subject and author, when
applicable.
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The collection is divided in nine series:
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Ser. 1. Biographical Material, 1954-1985
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President of Wilmington College,
1960-69
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Inauguration/Resignation,
1960-69
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Communist Speaker Controversy,
1962
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2. Correspondence, 1950-1987
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Letters arranged chronlogically, 1950-1984:
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Business, Letters Received
1978
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Business, Letters Sent
1978-79
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Christmas, Letters Received,
1961-78
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Christmas, Letters Sent
1950-76
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Family, Letters Received
1965-71 & 1977-84
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Family, Letters Sent
1970 & 1977-79
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Personal Letters Received
1962-76 & 1977-84
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Personal Letters Sent
1977-79
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Letters arranged by subject, 1965-1984 :
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Immigration Reform
1965-70
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Writers' Conference
1977-78
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World Hunger Education Service
1979-81
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Albert Einstein Institution
1984
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Program on Non-Violent Sanctions
1984
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“Women and Men”: Raymond Lloyd
1980-83
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William Huntington
1982-83
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Reference Letters & Resumes
1978-81
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Ser. 3. Diaries, 1961-1982
Ser. 4. Speeches and Seminar Presentations.
Files contain manuscript copies of articles, author's notes, and some
research material.
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Speeches While President of Wilmington College
1960-69 9 folders
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“Reflections on the Last Two Decades of the Nobel Peace
Prize, 1962-83,”
1984
For the International Studies Association in Atlanta, Georgia.
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Correspondence
1981-84
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Speeches Delivered at Conference
1984
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Articles by Irwin Abrams
1945-83
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Prize Nominations by AFSC
1975-84
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Acceptance Speeches: Red Cross
1917, 1944, 1963.
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Acceptance Speeches: UNICEF
1966.
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Acceptance Speeches: Amnesty International
1977
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Misc. pamphlets and clippings
1974-84
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“HICOG and Higher Education,” 1984-1985
For the Aspen
Institute-Berlin.
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Correspondence
1984-85
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Agenda and Proceedings
1984
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Ser. 5. Published Articles, 1950-1985
Files
contain manuscript copies of articles, author's notes, and some research
material.
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Early published articles
1950-67
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“Distinctives of a Quaker College,” Friends Journal,
and unfinished sequel.
1963
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“Birth of an Island Nation,” Worldview
October 1980
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Research Materials, Grenada &
St.Lucia
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“The Best Kept Secret,” Friends Journal
October 1981
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“United Nations Seminar,” Quaker Life
1982
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“Non-Use of Force,” Friends Journal
1982
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Quaker UN Office Releases,
1983-85
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Miscellaneous Articles & Notes.
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Ser. 6. Kettering Foundation, 1969-1982
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files, arranged chronologically by project, include reports and related
correspondence.
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Travel and Expense Accounts
1977-78
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Dartmouth Conferences, 1979-84
The Dartmouth Conferences were a
series of off-the-record informal talks between leading citizens of the US and
USSR, initiated at the suggestion of President Eisenhower and administered and
co-sponsored by the Kettering Foundation.
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Dartmouth Conference X
1976
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Dartmouth Conference XI
1977
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Dartmouth Conference XII
Williamsburg,
Virginia
1979
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Dartmouth Conference XIII
Moscow
1981
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Dartmouth Conference XIV
Dartmouth College
1984
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Citizen Exchange Corps
1979
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UN Assoc.-Soviet/US Relations
1979
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Miscellaneous Related Materials
1977-79
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Writers Conferences, 1977-80
The Soviet-American Writers
Conferences were an outgrowth of the Dartmouth Conferences. The Kettering
Foundation co-sponsored and administered the first two, in 1977 and 1978. James
Read acted as Rapporteur for Kettering in 1979 when sponsorship was transferred
to the Kennan Institute. In 1980, he was an observer for Kettering and wrote a
report.
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Writers Conference II, USA
1978
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Writers Conference I, USSR
1977
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Writers Conference Preliminary Meeting, Austria
1978
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3rd Soviet-American Writers Conference, USSR
1979
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4th Soviet-American Writers Conference, California
1980
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5th Soviet-American Writers Conference, USSR
1982
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Canada Project/Council on Foreign Relations, 1977-84
Read was a Delegate to the Lester
B. Peason Conference (V) on the US-Canada Relationship and wrote a report for
Kettering.
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Correspondence
1977-80
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Pearson Conference
1981
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Pearson Conference
1982-83
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Canada-Mexico Project
1978
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US-China Writers Conference, 1982-83
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US-China Writers Conference
1982
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US-China Writers Conference
1983
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World Without War
1978-79
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Esalen Institute
1981-82.
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Ser. 7. American Friends Service Committee, 1979-1984
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Nominations and Staff Lists
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East-West Consultation, 1977-83
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IDEC (International Division Executive Committee)
1981-85
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Biographical Sketches, Subcommittee Lists
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Memos & Intra-Committee
Correspondence.
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Information and Interpretation Committee
1977-84
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Memos & Intra-Committee
Correspondence.
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Quaker United Nations Committee, 1978-1985
The Quaker United
Nations Offices in New York are sponsored by FWCC in its capacity as an
international non-governmental organization (NGO) at the UN, and administered
by the AFSC. Read was Clerk of the QUNC. He discovered the existence of a
Special Committee appointed by the General Assembly of the UN to deal with the
question of the non-use of force, and wrote two articles for Friends Journal. See Series 2, Published Articles. Correspondence, 1973-77.
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Membership & Sub Committee Lists
1982-85
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Memos & Intra-Committee Correspondence
1979-85
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8. Other Activities, 1976-1985
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UN Institute for Training and Research
1978-79
Read was
involved with the US Committee for the UN Institute for Training and Research.
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UN Institute for Training and Research
1980-83
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Council on Religion and International Affairs (CRIA)
1979-85 4 folders
CRIA is
concerned with the interrelationship of ethics and foreign policy and sponsors
regular seminars (CRIA Conversations) which bring together authorities and
policy makers for presentations and discussion. James Read was an Associate and
wrote an article for their magazine, Worldview. See also Series 2, Published
Articles.
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Dayton Friends Meeting
1976-82
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National Council on Philanthropy
1978
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SUN (Symphony for United Nations)
1978-79.
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General
1982 & n.d.
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UNHCR (Genie Soffe)
1964-73
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Peace Academy/AC DA Education
1979-84
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9. Miscellaneous Manuscripts
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