Herman E. Wornom papers, 1923 -- 1939

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Herman E. Wornom papers, 1923 -- 1939

This series is open for research.

1.5 linear feet; 1.25 linear feet; 4 boxes

This series contains material related to Wornom's studies at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University, and Teacher's College, including transcripts, syllabi, reading lists, class notes, assignments, and term papers. These documents are drawn from both Wornom's M.A. coursework, taken in 1923 and 1924, and his later graduate work, from 1935-39, during which time he studied under major Union figures such as Reinhold Niebuhr, Paul Tillich, and E.W. Lyman. Also included is a letter from Wornom to E.W. Lyman, and handwritten notes taken by Wornom at meetings of the Toward a Better World Society.

This series is arranged by institution and then chronologically.



Box 1 Folder 1 UTS: Practical Theology 42- Fosdick, 1934


Box 1 Folder 2-8 UTS: Christian Ethics II- Niebuhr, 1935 -- 1936


Box 1 Folder 9-11 UTS: Philosophy of Religion 11-12- Lyman, 1935 -- 1936



Box 2 Folder 1 UTS: Philosophy of Religion 11-12- Lyman, 1935 -- 1936


Box 2 Folder 2 UTS: Philosophy of Religion 19-20- Niebuhr, 1936 -- 1937


Box 2 Folder 3 UTS: Christian Ethics 43- Ward, 1936 -- 1937


Box 2 Folder 4 UTS: New Testament I- Geoff, 1936 -- 1937


Box 2 Folder 5 UTS: Religious Education 343F- Elliot, 1936 -- 1937


Box 2 Folder 6 UTS: Religious Education 63- Elliot, 1936 -- 1937


Box 2 Folder 7-8 UTS: Advanced Problems in Systematic Theology- Tillich, 1938 -- 1939


Box 2 Folder 9 Columbia: History S113, 1923


Box 2 Folder 10 Columbia: Education S422, 1923



Box 3 Folder 1 Columbia: Philosophy 135- Montague, 1934 -- 1935


Box 3 Folder 2 Columbia: Sociology 162, 1937


Box 3 Folder 3 Columbia: Philosophy 161, 1938 -- 1939


Box 3 Folder 4 General Notes and Documents from classes at Union, Columbia, and Teacher's College, 1935 -- 1937


Box 3 Folder 5 Toward a Better World Society, General Documents, 1923



Box 4 Folder 1 UTS: Christian Ethics 11-12- Niebuhr, 1935 -- 1936


Box 4 Folder 2 General Notes and Documents from classes at Union, Columbia, and Teacher's College, circa 1923 -- 1939