Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949

Summary Information

Abstract

Clark Bouwman was a founding faculty member of Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), where he served as professor and dean from 1960 until 1983. The collection contains a manuscript draft of an essay on Protestant ecumenism and labor relations in the United States.

At a Glance

Arrangement

Arrangement

This collection is arranged in one series in original order.

• Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949

Description

Scope and Contents

This collection contains one typed manuscript of an essay entitled "Ecumenical Protestantism and Labor Relations," written while Bouwman was a student at The New School for Social Research. The essay is eighty pages in length, along with a title page and a three-page bibliography. The first page of the essay is missing. Copyedits and critical feedback have been marked in pencil throughout by an unknown editor, possibly a professor at the New School. The essay contributes to an analysis of ecumenical Protestantism in America by showing the differences between sectarian religious groups and what Bouwman calls "churchly" groups, or mainline churches, in terms of their relationship to the "Social Gospel," and to labor laws in particular.

• Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940 -- 1949

  This series contains one typed manuscript of an essay entitled "Ecumenical Protestantism and Labor Relations," written while Bouwman was a student at The New School for Social Research. The essay is eighty pages in length, along with a title page and a three-page bibliography. The first page of the essay is missing. Copyedits and critical feedback have been marked in pencil throughout by an unknown editor, possibly a professor at the New School. The essay contributes to an analysis of ecumenical Protestantism in America by showing the differences between sectarian religious groups and what Bouwman calls "churchly" groups, or mainline churches, in terms of their relationship to the "Social Gospel," and to labor laws in particular.

Burke Library record group:

William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library Archives

Using the Collection

Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Conditions Governing Access

This collection is open for research.

Onsite storage.

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Preferred Citation

Item description, WAB: Clark H. Bouwman manuscript, circa 1940-1949, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.

Custodial History

The papers are part of the William Adams Brown Ecumenical Library Archives, which was founded in 1945 by the Union Theological Seminary Board of Directors.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

The exact provenance of this collection is unknown.

About the Finding Aid / Processing Information

Columbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary

Processing Information

The manuscript was cataloged by Lynn A. Grove on 1988-08-05. Materials were placed in new acid-free folders and boxes. The finding aid was created by Kristen Leigh Southworth in 2013 with the support of the Henry Luce Foundation, and edited by Leah Edelman in 2021.

Revision Description

2021-01-26 PDF converted to EAD and description updated by Leah Edelman.

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Subject

History / Biographical Note

Biographical / Historical

Clark Herbert Bouwman was born in 1920. He received his doctorate from The New School in New York City. Bouwman was a founding faculty member of Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College), where he served as professor and dean from its first classes in 1960 until his retirement in 1983, when he became Professor Emeritus of Sociology. He also served as Dean of Academic Services at Florida Presbyterian and was the Director of Overseas Studies/International Education. He died February 7, 2012 at the age of 92.