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The collection consists of correspondence, photographs, sermons and publications covering much of the adult life of Sam Franklin, including extensive correspondence with and by his wife, Dorothy Franklin.
Arranged in 7 series: 1. Correspondence, 1910-1936; 2. Correspondence: Delta, Providence Co-Operative Farms (DCF), 1936-1970; 3. Correspondence, 1942-1945; 4. Correspondence, 1946-1969; 5. Publications and miscellaneous, 1930-1994; 6. Sermons and notebooks, 1928-1992; 7. Outsize items, 1928-1951.
Collection unrestricted to readers.
Item description, UTS1: Sam and Dorothy Franklin Papers, series #, box #, folder #, The Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary, Columbia University in the City of New York.
Columbia University Libraries, Burke Library at Union Theological Seminary
The career of Sam Horace Franklin, Jr., included stints as: missionary for the Presbyterian Church in Japan; director and pastor of Delta and Providence Cooperative Farms (in Mississippi); chaplain in the US Naval Reserve; acting secretary for the Board of Foreign Missions, Presbyterian Church of the USA; and, Professor of Social Ethics at Tokyo Union Theological Seminary. Dorothy Franklin, Sam's wife, did mission work for the Presbyterian Church in Japan and taught English and served as Dean of Women at Tokyo Union Theological Seminary.
The subject headings listed below are found in this collection. Links below allow searches for other collections at Columbia University, through CLIO, the catalog for Columbia University Libraries, and through ArchiveGRID, a catalog that allows users to search the holdings of multiple research libraries and archives.
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| Correspondence | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
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| Franklin, Dorothy, 1901-1993 -- : Archives | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |
| Franklin, Sam H., 1902-1994 -- : Archives | CLIO Catalog | ArchiveGRID |