Reinhold Niebuhr papers, circa 1913 -- 1998

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Series 3: General, circa 1913 -- 1998

This series contains some restricted material. Restrictions related to specific material are listed in the detailed contents list.

0.75 linear feet; 0.75 linear feet; 1 box

This series contains general files including the Bible given to Niebuhr as a remembrance of his ordination, obituaries of both Reinhold and Ursula Niebuhr, and photocopies of the pages from Niebuhr's biography Courage to Change by June Bingham, which show passages underlined by President Jimmy Carter in 1976. Notes relating to an exhibition on Niebuhr in which Tony Byrnes, Burke Library Cataloger, wrote to Dr. Milton Gatch, Burke Library director, about Niebuhr's relationship to T.S. Eliot are also included.

This series is unarranged.



Box 4 Folder 14 Photocopies of Niebuhr's biography Courage to Change, by June Bingham, underlining by President J. Carter, 1976


Box 4 Folder 15 Ursula Niebuhr Obituaries, circa 1997


Box 4 Folder 16-17 Notes and Titles for Exhibition, circa 1978 -- 1998


Box 4 Folder 18 Consultation Copies: Ernst Von Harnack typescript biography by Anna Harnack; Copies of Decorations by Harnack; Letter Professor John Brown Mason to Niebuhr, 1945 -- 1957


Box 4 Folder 19 Originals: Ernst Von Harnack typescript biography by Anna Harnack; Copies of Decorations by Harnack; Letter Professor John Brown Mason to Niebuhr, 1945 -- 1957

This file is fragile and restricted from use; please use consultation copies in Folder 18.


Box 4 Folder 20 Reinhold Niebuhr Ordination Gift Bible, 1913