Series I: Personal Files
This series contains Rev. Cannon's personal correspondence, lectures, notebooks and collected biographical information such as an interview, an oral history and newspaper mentions.
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Correspondence, 1952-1984, undated, 3 folders
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Job Search, 1965-1966
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Lectures, undated
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Newspaper Mentions, 1964-1968
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Notebooks, 1967, undated, 2 folders
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Reminiscences of John D. Cannon: Oral History--Columbia Crisis of 1968 Project
, 1968 June 12
Wu, Albert The Secularization of the Chaplaincy: A History of the Columbia University Chaplaincy, 1908-1969, Senior Thesis, Faculty of the Department of History, Columbia University, 2005 April 15
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Cannon, John D.--Comments of, 2005 April 28
Series II: Sermons, Speeches and Writings
Arranged in chronological order, this series consists predominantly of Rev. Cannon's sermons and speeches given during his chaplaincy at Columbia University.
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Comments to Freshmen, 1965-1967
Sermons, 1963-1969 1975, undated, 1963-1969, 1975, undated, 7 folders
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"Christ and the Mature Man"--on Ephesians 4, 1964 February 2, 1964
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"To Tell the Truth--on truth-telling on the language of faith, 1964 March 8, 1964
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"Man's Coming of Age", St. Paul's Chapel, 1964 May 31, 1964
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"The One and the Many", 1964 August 2, 1964
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"The Christian and the Movement: Cooperation or Collision", 1966 February 13
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"The College Consensus: A Commentary on Its Character", Miss Porter's School, 1966 May 1
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"Is Nothing Sacred", St. Paul's Chapel, 1966 July 24
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"Christian Presence in the University"--Opening Service, 1966
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"The Church and Ecumenical Life", 1966
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"Freedom-Now and Then"--Baccalaureate Sermon, 1966
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"Relationship of Community of faith to Community of learning"--Opening Service, 1966
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Vetlesen Award--Jan Hendrick Cort, 1966
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"The Heart of the Wise in the House of Mourning"--Commemoration Service, 1967 January 15
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"Conscienceless Power Meets Powerless Conscience"--Race Relations Sunday, 1967 February 12
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"Godly Guides and Ungodly Gurus", 1967 April 9
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"Christian Attitude toward Power in the Eucharist as Social Action", 1967 July
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Good Friday--Dialogues, 1967
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Hiroshima Day--Feast of Transfiguration, 1967
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"On Church and State"--Reformation Sunday [text: give to Caesar the things that are Caesars], 1967
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"Freedom Now and Then", Miss Porter's School, 1967
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"Knowledge Beyond Knowledge", 1968 September
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Baccalaureate Service, 1968
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Passion Sunday--following the death of Martin Luther King, 1968
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Race Relations Sunday, 1968
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"True Religion and Political Relevance", 1968
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"Why Tell it Like it is?", Dickinson College, Carlisle, PA, 1969 February 9
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"Guilt and Hope", 1st Sunday in Lent [Temptation in the Wilderness], 1969
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Rogation Sunday [the Sunday preceding the Rogation Days], 1969
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"The Advantage of Being Christian", undated
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"Christian Identity in a Post-Christian World", undated
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"Citizens of Heaven", St. Paul's Chapel, undated
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"The Lure of Detachment", St. Paul's Chapel, undated
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"The New Reformation: Will the Institutional Church Survive", Reformation Sunday, undated
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Notes for a lecture--talk on the New Morality, undated
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"On Detachment and Confessions" St: Luke's Hospital, undated
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"On the Eucharistic Assembly in Prodigal Son", undated
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"The Parable of the Prodigal Son", undated
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Passion Sunday, Columbia University--with comments on Ed Crawford's paintings, undated
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"Sower and the Seed", undated
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"Technology and Progress: Towards the New Jerusalem", undated
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Thanksgiving Sermon, St. Thomas Church, undated
"What Resources Do We Have for Christian Living", St. Paul's Chapel, undated
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Preparation Materials--Miscellaneous Notes, 1963-1969 undated, 1963-1969, undated, 3 folders
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Speeches, 1959-1960
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"Student Power -- Open Revolt" Seventeen Magazine, 1968
Series III: Student Strike, 1968
Arranged alphabetically, series three encompasses news releases, periodicals, publications, reports, and student group information collected by Rev. Cannon about the 1968 Columbia Student Strike.
Columbia Crisis, 1968-1969
News Releases, 1968-1969
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General Administration, 1968
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Kirk, Truman and Trustees, 1968
Newspapers
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The Columbia OWL
, 1968
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The Columbia Spectator
, 1963-1969
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New York and other, 1968
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Student Organizations--Columbia University, 1968
Publications and Reports
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Columbia Crisis '68: A report submitted to The Ecumenical Foundation by The Reverend William F. Starr, staff member of the Foundation at Columbia
, 1968
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Columbia College Today: Six Weeks That Shook Morningside
, 1968
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The Columbia Crisis: Campus, Vietnam, and the Ghetto: A survey of student and faculty attitudes and behavior at Columbia University
, 1968 July 1
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Who Rules Columbia?, North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA), 1968 September
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Crisis at Columbia: What Happened, Why It Happened, The Future by Robert E. Price, 1968 October 1
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Student Groups, 1967-1969
Series IV: Subject Files
This series contains files related to Rev. Cannon's campus ministry activities and committee work. The series has an alphabetical arrangement.
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Abortion, 1966-1992
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Alumni--Columbia University, 1968-1969
Campus Ministries, 1965
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Case Studies in the Campus Ministry, The Church Society for College Work, 1968
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Columbia Student Christian Association, 1929-1942
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Columbia University--Reform, 1968-1969
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Commencements--Columbia University, 1966-1967
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Committee on External Affairs, 1968
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Committee on Religion, 1953-1954
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Committee on Religious Life, 1966-1967
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Correspondence, 1948-1969
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Interim Report--Draft--Materials, 1933-1967
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Outline Report of Review of Religious Life, Columbia University, 1967
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Recommendations Memoranda, undated
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Report--Price, Robert E., "Religious Life at Columbia, 1754-1922", undated
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Reprint--Friess, Horace L., "Growth in Study of Religion at Columbia University, 1924-1954", The Review of Religion, 1955 November, 1955
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Concerned Faculty and Students of Religion Department, 1968
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The Danforth Foundation, 1966
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The Ditchley Foundation, 1973
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Draft--Conscientious Objectors--Columbia University, 1934-1968
Earl Hall
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Activities, 1942-1968
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Advisory Committee, 1962-1968
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Correspondence, 1900-1984 undated, 1900-1984, undated, 7 folders
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Nominations for Clergy Appointments, Columbia University, 1968
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Pamphlets, 1964-1967 undated, 1964-1967, undated
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Photograph, undated
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Report [incomplete], undated
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Statistics--Religious Preference, 1954-1967
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Student Governing Board, 1969
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The Ecumenical Foundation for Higher Education in Metropolitan New York, Inc., 1965-1968
Education
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Articles, 1968
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Syllabi, 1963-1964
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Exhibition--Sister Mary Corita, 1959 1967, 1959, 1967
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Faculty Viewpoints Meeting, Ferris Booth Hall, 1968
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Invitations to Events, 1965-1968
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Morningside Area Clergy, 1968
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Newsletters, Pamphlets, and Reports, 1968-1969
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The Protestant Foundation, 1955-1969
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St. John's in the Village, 1975, undated
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St. Thomas Church, 1960-1968
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Strike Education Committee, 1968
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Vietnam TEACH IN, 1966 March 24, 1966
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The Westminster Foundation of Columbia University--Program and Reports, 1946-1949
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William Earl Dodge Center for Religion and Life, University Religious Affairs, 1969
Worship Services
Liturgies and Services
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St. Paul's Chapel, Columbia University, 1963-1969
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Marriage Service--The Certificate, 1963 undated
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Meditations, undated
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Ministry Related, 1962-1964 undated, 1962-1964, undated
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Prayers
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Benedictions, undated
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Memorial Services, 1956-1969
Series V: Publications--Collected
This series contains publications collected by Rev. Cannon and deals with the political, religious, and social upheavals facing university ministries during the late 1960s. These publications, many of them rare, contain Cannon's marginalia and notes evincing the development of his thoughts about how to lead a chaplaincy in a time of great campus turmoil. This series is arranged alphabetically by author. If the author is not known, the publication is arranged alphabetically by either article or periodical title.
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"An Activist Bishop Faces Life" Newsweek , 1972 December 25
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Campus Ministers' Conference for the Metropolitan New York City Area, Catholic Center, New York University, under the auspices of the Metropolitan New York City Chapter of the Religious Education Association, 1966 March 22, 1966
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Carey, John J., "The Changing Campus" Dialogue on Campus, vol. 19, pp. 2-6, 1969 April
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Chambeau, Frank Alsid de, "An Exploratory Ministry in Education: Analysis and Recommendations", undated
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The Chautauquan: Illustrated Book of Chautauqua, 1952 April, 1952
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Free Student: Published by May 2nd Movement, no. 3, undated
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Goodman, Paul, "Student Chaplains", The New Republic, 1967 January 7, 1967
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Heights
, 1967
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Hill, Herbert, "Planning the End of the American Ghetto: A Program of Economic Development for Equal Rights", 1966
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Hudson, Frederic M., "The American College Chaplaincy as an Action Research Community", undated
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Journal of Social Commentary, 1967 May, 1967
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Kavanaugh, Robert E., "The Grim Generation", Psychology Today Magazine, 1968 October, 1968
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Merkovic, Lee, "Rabbi Goldman", Manhattan Tribune, vol. 1, no. 27, 1969 May 24
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Moore, John M. The Place of Moral and Religious Values in Programs of General Education, 1952
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New York State Campus Ministry Consultation--Reaction Papers, 1967 May 25-June 3, 1967
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The Proceedings from an Invitational Workshop on Religious Studies in Higher Education
, 1967
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Roy Rogers: a magazine of the arts, 1967 May, 1967
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Schlossberg, Edwin, ed. Good News, The Institute for Contemporary Studies, undated
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Senarclens, Jacques de The Church and the University, undated
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Summer '69: Published by Columbia University and Teachers College
, 1969
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Tremmel, William C., "Changing Patterns of Religion on Campus", undated
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Wedel, Theodore O. The Church and the University, undated